smokeyj

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by smokeyj 10y ago
Zuck: People just submitted it. Zuck: They "trust me" Zuck: Dumb fucks
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I've experience the exact same thing. It becomes a cyclical rut of feeling like you're not making enough progress on a project, then feeling guilty for spending time enjoying other things. Thoughts like "why should I enjoy my
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Is this any different than signing a contract that you don't know the terms to? If an entrepreneur signs an agreement with a VC that has obscure clauses hidden deep in legalese - that doesn't mean the terms no longer apply. It doe
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> Actual threats are important, but so are perceived threats Like the airplane that was downed because a passenger felt threatened by a math professor solving equations? I'm sorry but catering to ignorance is not the way forward. We
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by smokeyj 10y ago
The easy answer to this is decentralized protocols. For example SMTP. You can just delete evidence of criminal activity and then run for president.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
My point is people expect privacy even when sharing information with third parties. Just because your xbox kinect is always watching and amazon echo listening - doesn't mean the average consumer doesn't expect privacy. My question
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by smokeyj 10y ago
> objectively reasonable Why am I not surprised that our laws are underpinned by a paradox. > It's objectively true that phone call records are not private By this standard, is anything private? If I have a home security system r
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by smokeyj 10y ago
So we're counteracting the immorality of profits with morally sound regulatory code? What if I don't like your religion?
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Some rules are victimless. Or downright nonsensical. I don't like this tone of moralizing regulation. As if being non-compliant is inherently unjust.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
Anyone afraid of breaking a few rules isn't a founder. The lesson: create something people want. The rest will work itself out.
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by smokeyj 10y ago
The point is we have a drug that's known to be addictive and cancerous - and it's sold over the counter. Smokers don't know what's in a cigarette and they don't care. So in this grand equation - exactly how does reg
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by smokeyj 10y ago
To make sure e-cigs properly induce cancer and life long addiction? Does regulation serve an actual purpose, or just a silly exercise in obedience directed by their corporate overlords..
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by smokeyj 10y ago
I like to imagine Krugman and co pacing around their offices wondering why Bitcoin hasn't completely crashed - with the occasional murmur of "deflationary" and "libertarians" and "no it can't be".
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by smokeyj 11y ago
Systemic problems require root cause analysis. It's like firing a dev who introduced a bug. Sure you can fire him, but you haven't fixed the problem. Fix the build.
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by smokeyj 11y ago
> Humans survive only by cooperating and banding together. Or, more realistically - by enslavement, the threat of violence and killing off everyone who challenges your authority. It seems history is tirelessly cyclical.
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by smokeyj 11y ago
I just used crypto as a random example. I could have said "this is why I write my own input sanitation library" or "HTTP" library. My point is OSS is a collaborative effort by often times anonymous contributors. Therefor
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by smokeyj 11y ago
Worse yet, the OS is compromised. This is why I hand roll all my encryption libraries. /s
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by smokeyj 11y ago
What's with these kids and their "calculators". Back in my day we used a slide rule and we liked it! But seriously this is stupid. Programming shouldn't be the goal. Just because you can write a function doesn't mea
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by smokeyj 11y ago
> Reality does work, therefore, as I've described, regardless of Holy tautological christ, batman! > "physical reality" that exists independent of the concept of personal liberty How about gay rights? Or reproductive ri
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by smokeyj 11y ago
I feel like you're trying to make a point but I'm not sure what it is. My post made no mention of expectations to rights or liberties. My point was the document intended to place limits on the government isn't very objective.
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by smokeyj 11y ago
I'm less interested in the courts interpretation of reasonable than why my personal liberty depends on such a subjective term. If the bill of rights is entirely subjective, it might as well say "We the people have rights.. and stu
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by smokeyj 11y ago
It seems like ultimately there will be an external protocol for distributed databases. For example bigchaindb.
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by smokeyj 11y ago
This looks like an AI generated comment
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by smokeyj 11y ago
Don't pat your back too hard. Someone is subsidizing this - and it's most likely the customers that have a choice where they spend their hard earned dollars. Point being, there will likely be a better hosting package somewhere els
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by smokeyj 11y ago
If you feel entitled to not be displaced - then yes, that's a sense of entitlement. I was amazed by the people who felt entitled to a lower cost of living - all while blaming IT workers for gentrifying their beautiful oasis. I would ha
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by smokeyj 11y ago
Coming from a family of immigrants that had to move around to find work, it's interesting to hear about people's sense of entitlement to a certain lifestyle. Especially the expensive beachside living lifestyle. Am I wrong for not
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by smokeyj 11y ago
This wall of text was unnecessary. A community member self promoted. If you don't like it down vote
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by smokeyj 11y ago
> This provides a tamper-resistant historical record of what's occurred previously. So git basically. Maybe instead of blockchain technology they could call it version control tech.
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by smokeyj 11y ago
I'm just saying if you have a criticism share it. If your problem is being an nth iteration then that's not really comment worthy. Sure the node ecosystem has an abundance of modules and frameworks. I don't consider it harmfu
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by smokeyj 11y ago
Dismiss it, but you don't have to tell the entire world about your uninformed opinion. It's not as valuable as you suspect.

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