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721.
by sukilot 6y ago
Autism has nothing to do with, possibly even counting against the likelihood of someone saying something like that. The only reason that particular IM conversation is public is because someone saved a copy of a conversation and leaked it.
722.
by sukilot 6y ago
Where is the article?
723.
by sukilot 6y ago
Computers use a much more complicated encoding, if you specify them in as much detail as Gödel did.
724.
by sukilot 6y ago
Obligatory xkcd on bridge jumping: https://xkcd.com/1170/
725.
by sukilot 6y ago
It's hard to trust a self proclaimed computer expert who neither uploads any data to share as evidence, nor backs up any his work anywhere nor syncs to any cloud.
726.
by sukilot 6y ago
On a per capita basis, the US has more people in prison than there are Uyghurs in Chinese camps and Chinese residents in prison combined. The US invaded Iraq for oil colonization.
727.
by sukilot 6y ago
Sure, "American" multinational corporation managers love to play ball with CCP to make money. That doesn't mean Americans citizens love it or that American government should support it.
728.
by sukilot 6y ago
How generous to sacrifice the employees' overtime pay!
729.
by sukilot 6y ago
What happens if a customer wants to delete their backup? Do you require a phone call or something? 30day grace period?
730.
by sukilot 6y ago
Can I take a drive to a copy shop to convert it to tape for $50? (If not, why not?)
731.
by sukilot 6y ago
Huh? If an app depended on remote authorization, why wouldn't it simply disable itself after a grace period? Also, piracy of proprietary software hurts free software, which is means it is worse existential harm to computing than not ha
732.
by sukilot 6y ago
How old are you? Malware is much worse nowadays thanks to Bitcoin monetization and more networked sensitive data.
733.
by sukilot 6y ago
Yes, but morticians don't care whose fault it is.
734.
by sukilot 6y ago
Also there is a huge risk that the $50 boots aren't actually any better.
735.
by sukilot 6y ago
A credit card costs about 3% not 1%. A credit card is a prisoner's dilemma problem where once anyone uses it, the others are pressured to use it also to cut their losses.
736.
by sukilot 6y ago
4% success rate is fantastic for one tool bring the perpetrator to the attention of investigators. The problem is in abusing the tool as in the watch theft case.
737.
by sukilot 6y ago
Please, just read Don Norman's The Design of Everyday Things instead of a hundred dashed out blog posts.
738.
by sukilot 6y ago
Why would Craig (falsely) claim to own not-Satoshi addresses, instead of claiming Satoshi addresses that are less likely to be used (due to exposure risk)?
739.
by sukilot 6y ago
That's why rich people under unfriendly governments keep capital in multiple different nations.
740.
by sukilot 6y ago
I'd start with two separate accounts, less likely to be frozen simultaneously. After that, I'd try holding some cash in a safe somewhere. Or prepay rent for a free months. Or keep some money in a friend or family account. Bitcoin
741.
by sukilot 6y ago
Poor (and rich) people get computer viruses all the time. Put a Bitcoin wallet on everyone's machine and remittance fees would be a drop in the ocean compared to theft.
742.
by sukilot 6y ago
$Million is pretty simple. That's an everyday real estate purchase is a major US city. Tens to hundreds of millions is different. But even tens could be handled by any attorney in the field. That's estate planning level.
743.
by sukilot 6y ago
Bank transfers are free because you have to deposit (aka lend) money to the bank before transferring it. And the bank get to use that money for profit while it is deposited. There's a billion dollars difference between a million and a
744.
by sukilot 6y ago
Government/warlord-avoiding money transfer like this is the core use case for Bitcoin outside of speculating on its future value. It's not for casual shopping transactions.
745.
by sukilot 6y ago
I presume double spends happen often, as people try to trick counterparties who don't wait long enough for transactions to settle. Note that neither branch of a double spend is the "real one" (the feelings of the double spend
746.
by sukilot 6y ago
How can you call a pile of open source code with no marketing "vaporware"?
747.
by sukilot 6y ago
Development paused when Brad had a kid in 2018. It probably needs someone new to adopt it.
748.
by sukilot 6y ago
$30K over 13 years, and 98% of that funding was the lead developer and his wife (plus 10% from another developer) giving their own money to another developer. It looks more like "wealthy Googlers helping out a friend with a short term
749.
by sukilot 6y ago
Whitman grew eBay from $4m/yr revenue to $8B/yr and a $billion exit in 10 years. That's not an accident. Good managers can manage anything, if the thing has potential. What they can't do is succeed by managing nothing .
750.
by sukilot 6y ago
YouTube short form already grew up into something like Quibi. You could make a more compelling offering than Quibi simply by curating existing content. That's why no one cares about Quibi -- they already have YouTube.

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