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by corrys 6y ago
There are many published studies highlighting the volume of Bitcoin transactions associated with illegal activities. For example, this one from the University of Oxford: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog&#
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by corrys 6y ago
I don’t think people who are fleeing CA are in the 13% tax bracket. Federal + state tax is around 40% for most engineers I know.
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by corrys 6y ago
Hand counting can be manipulated too [0], so the idea that we can just move back to it and save our democracy is not accurate (or at least not a complete solution). In other words, dishonest politicians will find ways to exploit our fears e
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by corrys 6y ago
Bitcoins have been confiscated by many governments. A quick Google search reveals many instances of that.
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by corrys 6y ago
Perhaps one the main reasons is that a large number of people use multiple devices or even multiple browsers on the same device. Not sure how SSL client certificate authentication accommodates that.
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by corrys 6y ago
This proposal is clear and thoughtful, I like it. However, I didn’t see an explanation of how this would help addressing abuse (or other illegal activity) directed at third parties - someone who is not participating in a particular group. E
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by corrys 6y ago
This assessment sounds correct. The silver lining here is that engineers will pay more attention to algorithm biases in the future.
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by corrys 6y ago
I, of course, don’t have all the context of your wife’s situation. However, it seems like she could register a company that provides writing services - and, therefore, be unaffected by this law? If a person is actually engaged in a business
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by corrys 6y ago
Interesting... It does look like cops's salaries are below average in most states: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-Av...
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by corrys 6y ago
You can already do that right now. You can already file a lawsuit for a stupendous amounts because the cop looked at you the wrong way. Would the cop get prosecuted? No. Losing qualified immunity doesn't mean that cops will automatica
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by corrys 6y ago
From my (limited) understanding of the role of police unions in cases like that, they basically threaten local governments and demand no prosecution for their members. They hold the keys to more public oversight and accountability.
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by corrys 6y ago
That is a very unusual speculation. Do lower paid people have less compassion? Do high school teachers have worse understanding and appreciation of ethics and morality than bankers?
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by corrys 6y ago
You seem to equate high salary with compassion. What is this notion based on?
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by corrys 6y ago
Help with what? Keep cops in shape? Absolutely. Make cops more compassionate? Possibly not (not sure). Would it help to hold criminal cops accountable? No relation to military training.
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by corrys 6y ago
Yes, that's how responsibility works. Doesn't mean that cops will be sentenced and go to jail for every person they tased, just means they won't be immune by default.
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by corrys 6y ago
Police unions are the real problem in this situation. There will always be criminal cops. As long as they are protected by corrupt and powerful unions - they will have very little incentive to change.
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by corrys 6y ago
The duality of good/bad cops is absolutely a distraction. It would be great to have a society with only good people. No bad people. Is that a solution? Is that even an option? There will always be cops who break the law. Let's st
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by corrys 6y ago
What are "higher quality cops"? People with more developed morals and ethics? Money does not necessarily attract more compassionate or kind people. There are plenty of other high paying industries where that's not the case (e
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by corrys 6y ago
> Your premise is wrong. You are both right. However, in the article [1] a large number of police officers were either acquitted, are awaiting sentencing, or were not punished, what the general population would consider, fairly. When we
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by corrys 6y ago
Microsoft is extending parental leave, not maternity/paternity leave. There is no country in the world that offers 12-24 months of a paid parental leave (in addition to the initial maternity/paternity leave).
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by corrys 7y ago
I mostly agree with this sentiment. However, even in the pre-recorded music times there was a pretty clear separation between the music people would play themselves at home and the music they would actively seek out to hear in a more profes
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by corrys 7y ago
New songs do have an incentive to emerge - it’s just human creativity. In the last 2 decades distribution has been massively democratized, the opposite of what your fear is. Anyone can distribute their music online to billions of people fo
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by corrys 7y ago
Strange to see Block Party in this list! Also post rock had its time in the late 90s / early 00s. Doubt we can put it in the category “what kids listen to these days”. This category today is more along the lines of Post Malone and Lil
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by corrys 7y ago
> and he would like to censor every single word before it is public - that is not freedom, it is authoritarianism He never said that. He said that a publishing delay just enough to filter out potential illegal content (snuff, hate speech
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by corrys 7y ago
It is illegal to both posses nuclear materials (U.S. Code § 831) and to "develop or possess a radiological weapon" (U.S. Code § 832)
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by corrys 7y ago
Same old argument. Why isn't everything legal then? Why not make all explosives legal? Nuclear weapons?
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by corrys 11y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. In the future I would like to add a dashboard where users would be able to see comments from all sources they are interested in. Just a single feed for all comments in the system might be overwhelming.
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by corrys 11y ago
Thanks! I, too, value consistent and simple UI. Ideally when distributed web takes off Birdy should become completely distributed and encrypted.
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by corrys 11y ago
Thank you for your thoughts - I appreciate this discussion. I think in the beginning it will best work on bigger websites with popular commenting sections and strict editorial policies. Take The Guardian for example. They disable comments v
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by corrys 11y ago
I am curious to know which other apps you refer to. You answered you question yourself actually - mobile integration is key. iOS and Android extensions allow users to add comments not only to any page in the browser, but to all URLs that ot

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