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by kauffj 5y ago
Gwern's Algernon Argument is relevant here: https://www.gwern.net/Drug-heuristics Logically, it's likely there must be trade-offs for higher IQs or it would have been selected for more strongly.
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by kauffj 6y ago
This problem could be fixed with less regulation, not more. Without intellectual property there would be far more diversity and choice.
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by kauffj 6y ago
No, other people are unilaterally making up rules and applying them to me. I would happily live in a society without IP, but am not permitted to do so. Those who support IP demand it globally, at the barrel of a gun.
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Show HN: aioupnp, pure Python alternative to miniupnpc with more device support(github.com)
3 points by kauffj 6y ago|0 comments
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Google stifles YouTube competitor LBRY, banning it for pedantic reasons(reclaimthenet.org)
131 points by kauffj 6y ago|34 comments
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by kauffj 6y ago
There is no other method to allow local control over publishing identity combined with a coherent view of a decentralized network.
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by kauffj 6y ago
Many people didn't want to send email in the 1990s either. A blockchain is the only technology that allows a simultaneously decentralized and coherent view of what exists on a network along with local control over identity. I think blo
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by kauffj 6y ago
More than 25,000 YouTubers now publish to the LBRY protocol, with more coming over every day, for reasons just like this. The total reach of these creators is more than 400,000,000 people. We're just rolling out our mainstream video pr
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by kauffj 6y ago
A blockchain retains a complete, coherent, censorship-resistant listing of what's available on a network in a way that local or federated key-pairs can not. There is no search all of PeerTube. There is search all of LBRY.
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by kauffj 6y ago
LBRY is the best YouTube alternative because it is the only one that fundamentally changes social video in a way that YouTube cannot copy. LBRY uses a public blockchain to allow creators to retain complete control over their publishing iden
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MetaMask replaces MIT License, claims ownership of all forks(github.com)
45 points by kauffj 6y ago|17 comments
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Ask HN: What's the best guide for text formatting best practices?
6 points by kauffj 6y ago|1 comments
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by kauffj 6y ago
> There is no amount of money that can be paid to someone where there is non-zero risk of dying or having long-lasting damages to your brain, heart or lungs This is trivially false, as people accept money for health risk every day (see:
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by kauffj 6y ago
Robin Hanson has a been a strong proponent of this idea. If you're curious about this subject, this post is a must read: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/03/variolation-may-cut-co...
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by kauffj 6y ago
However you feel about this, Twitter did it in pretty much the worst way possible. 1. They had someone with a clear history of strong anti-Trump and anti-Republican sentiment take the action ( https://twitter.com/LevineJonath
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by kauffj 6y ago
If you think the idea of trusting giant social media corporations with the levers to control our speech is outrageous, so does everyone working on LBRY. We are working hard to design systems that have the same user experience as the traditi
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by kauffj 6y ago
Yes yes yes. I am saving this comment I can quote it again in the future. The development of any number of now widely accepted truths went through periods where they were viewed incredibly skeptically. It's inconceivable to me that any
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by kauffj 6y ago
Privacy and user-friendly archive link: http://archive.is/KdcDA
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Ask HN: Brand and company are being hurt by Facebook scammers. What can we do?
3 points by kauffj 6y ago|0 comments
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by kauffj 6y ago
If anyone is interested in the intersection of Web 3.0 and Creator Monetization, you might like LBRY. The core idea of LBRY is to make YouTube-like experiences possible without Google (alternatively, to fix the discovery, incentive, and leg
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When Photographs Lie (1990, shortly after Adobe Photoshop)(newsweek.com)
1 points by kauffj 6y ago|0 comments
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by kauffj 6y ago
> So your business model is built on the presumption of possessing an inviolable license to simulate the likeness of others? No. It's based on people desiring a publishing platform that does not allow interference from intermediarie
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by kauffj 6y ago
Thank you sergio! lbry.tech is the best resource to learn about what LBRY is from a technical perspective.
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by kauffj 6y ago
I agree with pc86 on the ethical issues. On the pragmatic ones: - If the lawsuits ever become unbearable we can always choose to simply stop existing. One beautiful part of LBRY is that it does not depend on the company to work. - It's
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by kauffj 6y ago
CEO of LBRY here. These videos are welcome on LBRY. We'll have to get a real (i.e. not me commenting on HN) legal opinion should we get a take down request, but prima facie I don't see why these would be illegal. (If they are ille
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by kauffj 6y ago
I'm commenting on HN, which generally has a pretty low quota of unsavory people. There's no denying LBRY has gotten some attention from the fringes, but there is a ton of mainstream, smart, completely unobjectionable content on LB
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by kauffj 6y ago
That is not us. We have a very liberal AUP for the LBRY name: https://lbry.com/faq/acceptable-use-policy I agree that it's not helpful to have this content perceived of as coming from us and we will be looking at
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by kauffj 6y ago
If you are outraged about this, please consider using or contributing to LBRY. All of our tech is open, we've been growing incredibly quickly, and we have a great roster of creators who are fed up with YouTube. LBRY for n00bs: https:&
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by kauffj 6y ago
An uninhibited free market would absolutely produce a price for that service. If no mail is sent, it's because the market is inhibited or both of the parties (government and families) are unwilling to pay the price.
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by kauffj 6y ago
Go one level deeper: it's an inevitable outcome of combining democracy and normally distributed human ability

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