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by averysmallbird 11d ago
I appreciate Isherwood in this retrospect. Most of this novels have a sort of placid flow about human existence and the tedium of modern life, until the last few pages retell the moral with such rapidity that feels almost physical.
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by averysmallbird 1mo ago
For whatever he did, he never needed to be the product of an international pile-on. Even having known and read about this feels like being a party to a tragedy.
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by averysmallbird 3mo ago
This is OpenAI and Meta using their leverage over the White House to screw over their competitor.
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by averysmallbird 3mo ago
It’s clear from this post that Anthropic doesn’t believe this is legal, but is complying for the sake of it. Federal law doesn’t generally have broad authorities to send demand letters like these.
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by averysmallbird 7mo ago
This isn’t so heavy handed. The purpose of age signaling is so that a parent can set in one place an age, and then federal privacy protections under COPPA and state protections under the AADC kick in.
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by averysmallbird 7mo ago
It’s only enforced by the CA Attorney General, and I’d be surprised to see a threat, let alone a lawsuit, against Linux on this. Not to say this is ideal.
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AI toy maker exposed responses to children(nbcnews.com)
2 points by averysmallbird 7mo ago|0 comments
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by averysmallbird 7mo ago
The response to GP is a credit to HN though too.
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
They are attempting to find the Starlink terminals so they can machine gun protesters without accountability or documentation, not because they have a regulatory issue with SpaceX.
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
I appreciate your engagement! > The most compelling reason I've read so far is that because the US sells weapons to Israel, though I think there's some good reasons to sell weapons too so it's not all negative. Some of it
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
I appreciated your exchange in this subthread about the difference of the U.S.'s involvement versus Iran. However, I want to push back even without drawing that distinction, so I do it here. I think private individuals and even civil s
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
As someone very vocal on Iran, I find these recriminations shallow and generally intended to be punitive about those positions in those others places. By the same precedent, it opens up Iranian human rights activists to the same endless acc
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
There's no single mechanism. Iran's internet is diverse at the edge, and bottlenecked at the international gateway. Censorship, throttling, and (presumably) surveillance occurs at both layers. In some cases, also the region matter
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by averysmallbird 8mo ago
This cannot be done by Executive Order anyway.
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by averysmallbird 10mo ago
CFPB was created in part because of the failure of the FTC during the financial crisis. I’d suspect this specific issue would still be more under the remit of FTC, but no need for pedantry on the overall point. Sad to see enforcement agenci
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by averysmallbird 10mo ago
think you mean the FTC.
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by averysmallbird 10mo ago
What are the chances that this is made possible because of the DMA?
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
The pro-age verification folks have been talking about ZKPs for years now. Here’s one of the legal proponents of the Texas law, and now General Counsel at the FCC, referencing ZKPs[1]. More sophisticated folks have been pitching actual impl
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
Gershad — not sure it’s super active but seems like it still has a user base. https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/12/10977296/gershad-app-iran...
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
Not quite as clear cut. The EO triggers a national emergency under IEEPA, which is the basis of sanctions — so there is a well established legal underpinning. Unclear whether Microsoft has standing to challenge the designation of the ICC, a
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
Same same. SMEX is based in Lebanon — (S)WANA is an obnoxious term that’s going around for MENA.
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Executive Order Revoking Chris Krebs and SentinelOne Clearances, Review of CISA(whitehouse.gov)
48 points by averysmallbird 1y ago|15 comments
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
This is an April fools joke.
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by averysmallbird 1y ago
Your general premise is valid, but the specific theory doesn’t fit the relationship between the merchants and the credit card companies. See the fight over the Durbin/Marshall swipe fees bill: http://merchantspaymentscoaliti
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
Great book.
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
Nice to see this posted. Understated in this is that BND also helped North Dakota avoid the worst of the mortgage crisis, and that the student loan program (combined with decent state universities) make education more affordable. As far as
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
Louis Rossmann doesn't seem to understand the FTC Act or its rulemaking authorities, especially after Loper Bright. Can't speak for Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, but the reason behind the zero dollar penalties under Section 5 violat
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
There’s a difference between screen time and social media usage.
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
It’s the Fifth Circuit. Coinbase steered the case there given its record of judicial activism. I wouldn’t take the outcome for granted.
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by averysmallbird 2y ago
Not sure this title and tweet is quite accurate. This was a veto of an act of congressional disapproval of an SEC rule. I’m not familiar with the underlying rule but the CRA itself might not have actually set proactive rules for firms. This

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