uncletammy

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by uncletammy 4y ago
How is this not seen as a massive privacy oversight?
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by uncletammy 4y ago
It doesnt need to stop TikTok. It just needs to slow it down long enough for one of the US competitors to eat up their marketshare. The end goal isnt protecting US citizens. It's weaponizing information to use against perceived threats
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> Aside from that, people in aggregate just aren't that bright: I don't want them making decisions much more substantial than what they'll have for dinner, much less voting on issues that affect me. If you evaluate it on a
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> I'll contend that while I've been fully taken advantage of remote work ... I think you meant " fully takING advantafe of remote work ". Not to nitpick. I just genuinely thought you meant you were taken advantage o
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by uncletammy 4y ago
You don't need to trust him. The donations are public record and fairly well reported.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> The problem facing Twitter 2.0 is that Musk is personally driving product development and he has essentially no empathy for users. The problem facing Twitter 2.0 is that Musk is personally driving product development and 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘴�…
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by uncletammy 4y ago
I was expecting to see a man in a dirty boiler suit and was pleasantly surprised. A thousand years from now when they're digging up texts and artifacts from this period, there's likely going to be a lot of confused academics.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Absolutely 100% this. The bank run on Tether exposes Tether's systematic lies and inherently unworkable business model.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> We don't know if there is enough USD in Tether's coffer to redeem all the withdrawals I'd take it a step further and say that we know Tether's USD coffers aren't deep enough to cover withdrawals. They've f
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Bad on Github. It shouldnt have come down like that in the first place.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
That's the reason I use it too but in my opinion, their technical ability to blanket censor content while offering little to no recourse completely justifies hosting important things elsewhere. At the end of the day, the amazing value
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Through what mechanism is it possible for them do bypass custom DNS servers? Does DNS over other protocols prevent this tampering?
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> I think reputable car companies take this stuff very seriously, but your concern is also well placed. I trusted Volkswagen because of their reputation. Then the news broke about them systematically lying and breaking the law with resp
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> Taking away facebook will not make them un-depressed. Although I agree that Facebook isn't the problem here, taking it away might be a necessary first step.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> The BBC also appear to have put a month-delay on podcasts which prevents them from helping u inform opinions on recent news. Through what mechanism is the BBC able to delay podcasts?
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> Apple has a conservative approach to Webkit and doesn't implement as many new features or standards as quickly as the other engines This is far too generous. They intentionally withold features in an effort to push people towards
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by uncletammy 4y ago
I don't quite understand the point you're making. Most people don't need what? A Harvard education, prestige, or a college education in general? What do "top athletes" demonstrate in support of your point? Not be
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Your username suggest to me that you probably see some value in decentralization. Education, of all things, shouldn't come from a single source. Institutions having different views on what and how to teach is a feature. The resulting
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> Plus the uptime and speed benefits of having the site on IPFS are great for anyone who’s using a browser extension that supports it are a big plus. Interesting. I have never hosted a site on IPFS but my assumption would be the opposit
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> Blockchains are not implicitly related to "coins" ... That was definitely an oversimplification, and a slightly wrong one at that. In bitcoin, there isn't actually a concept of "coins". Just transactions wh
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Although I take slight issue with how you've worded it, I think I'm in agreement. I'll attempt to add clarification to the parts I find difficult to parse. Blockchains only ensure that coins are never spent twice. They make
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Yeah but I want the software! Will you open source it? I'd contribute!
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by uncletammy 4y ago
BTC chose the "digital gold" use case over "digital cash", a phrase present in the title of the Bitcoin whitepaper. Because of this, we'll all be stuck with POS Ethereum. Be sure to thank your favorite Maximalist fo
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by uncletammy 4y ago
BTC chose the "digital gold" use case over "digital cash", a phrase present in the title of the Bitcoin whitepaper. Because of this, we'll all be stuck with POS Ethereum. Be sure to thank your favorite Maximalist fo
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by uncletammy 4y ago
I find it annoying that the greatest source of information regarding the ongoing implosion of Twitter seems to be Twitter itself. I'm eager to watch it die but I'm still unwilling to load their horrendously slow and visually offe
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by uncletammy 4y ago
> ... it was a broad assumption in the industry that the exchange was solvent and could back user assets on a 1:1 basis. Anyone in crypto who makes this assumption about any other entity in crypto is either brand spanking new or a fool.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
For those who love Rage Against the Machine and can't seem to find modern revolution music, give Idles a try. It's a bit more on the punk side but equally angry and inspired. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idl
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Brutal
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Your proposed solution sounds an awful lot like a manifest file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_file
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by uncletammy 4y ago
Because privacy. Name any company with an online presence that asks for their user's phone number and I'll give you five reasons why that company can't be trusted with it. Data of this nature is a liability and should be tr

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