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by zen21 4y ago
Where did he claim that someone should do what he wants?
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by zen21 4y ago
If you “have the resources and the knowledge” then you don’t even need the source code. You can build your own browser from scratch.
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by zen21 4y ago
> Anyone reasonable would presume the machines are tested and get check up type service before their big day. Certainly they don't go from storage to stage without being thoroughly tested. > Next, anyone reasonable would presume
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by zen21 4y ago
“RTA” is against HN’s guidelines. As far as I can see he didn’t retain a lawyer. He just had a consultation at best. That’s essentially meaningless. If you’ve ever worked with lawyers before, a consultation just gives you an overview of
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by zen21 4y ago
“Confirmed” by whose lawyer?
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by zen21 4y ago
Seems like a straightforward trademark dispute.
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by zen21 4y ago
Never attribute to incompetence what could more easily be explained by greed.
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by zen21 4y ago
> (the WP or NYT aren't cool, they're read by good customers) It’s fair to say ‘cool’ is too narrow a word. Feel free to substitute ‘has positive associations’. > no one will derive negative associations by a brand simply
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by zen21 4y ago
> You, on your end, seem to assume that people will on their own make a negative association between a brand and one of the tens or hundreds of outlets it advertises on- one they possibly don't even read- and consequently change the
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by zen21 4y ago
> I don't think the internal working of a company is much of a concern for advertisers Generally this is true because normally the internal working of a company isn’t public and doesn’t affect its image. With Elon’s takeover of Twi
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by zen21 4y ago
I am think he knew something was wrong, but probably was in denial about it, and held on to the idea that as a genius he’d be able to get out of it.
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by zen21 4y ago
I wonder if Henry Kissinger wrote a letter on her behalf?
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by zen21 4y ago
> the much more credible risk of being boycotted by a few million customers who also happen to be Musk's fans This doesn’t seem credible at all. You make it seem like he’s some kind of cult leader, which he is not. People find him
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by zen21 4y ago
Why is the unrecoverable money a good basis for valuation? It just means the total number of coins is slightly lower.
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by zen21 4y ago
I think this kind of reasoning comes from ‘you’ as you are now imagining yourself suddenly ‘finding yourself’ in that situation - a bit like the character in Quantum Leap. SBF seems like Evel Knievel - i.e. he became identified with being
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by zen21 4y ago
Satoshi didn’t start a literal Ponzi scheme. It’s known as a greater fool scam.
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by zen21 4y ago
As far as I can see, Twitter’s current problems are a result of Elon making decisions in service of the debt he created in order to purchase the company. He’s also fired a large number of people involved in content moderation, and complia
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by zen21 4y ago
That would tell you nothing. The two manufacturers could easily be using the same compromised software or hardware inside the casing.
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by zen21 4y ago
What are you talking about? You can inspect both the hardware and software. If you can verify a ‘deterministic algorithm’, you can verify this.
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by zen21 4y ago
Did you look at the precursor? They explicit address user verification of the hardware, right down to using simplified translucent PCBs for the keyboard etc. so you can see it hasn’t been tampered, and using an FPGA for the CPU so you know
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by zen21 4y ago
https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor This aims to address these issues. Verifiable hardware and open source OS and wallet.
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by zen21 4y ago
Your first paragraph has good questions that are all a part of how brand advertising works. This isn’t new. As for the second paragraph. If you don’t think Musk has changed twitter’s brand and reputation, then I think you are in a minorit
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by zen21 4y ago
It’s #2. This is brand advertising, not product ads. It’s about the overall reputation of Twitter. Newspapers are a good analogy. Is Twitter more like the NYTimes, or the NYPost? That will determine who advertises.
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by zen21 4y ago
Isn’t Elon the problem? This whole thing has been so public, including the text messages from the pre-trial, that anything he says now is like the emperor’s new clothes.
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by zen21 4y ago
SBF, the new John McAfee.
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by zen21 4y ago
> The on chain activity makes this look like an individual who did not prepare extensively before doing this or doesn't have the skills to use automation/operational best practices How common is the knowledge of these best prac
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by zen21 4y ago
Has it? Who are these parties?
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by zen21 4y ago
> cannot be debased or otherwise corrupted by the government-de-jour It doesn’t seem to need the government to corrupt it.
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by zen21 4y ago
Not necessarily. The energy generated may be used for purposes such as heating people’s homes, or industrial processes essential for creating medicine, operating schools and hospitals etc. Of course we need to move away from these energy s
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by zen21 4y ago
SBF had the reputation of being the most honest person in crypto.

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