neiman

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by neiman 2mo ago
Honestly, who likes any hype in anything ever? Especially if you genuinely like and understand the thing being hyped.
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by neiman 8mo ago
It's cool that stuff like vector file formats is still being reinvented. What's the new idea(s) here, though? Like, I get that it's new and has better features (better compression, faster decoding, etc.) --- but what are the
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by neiman 9mo ago
You can pay with a card, but there is an additional 5 Euros fee (which is fair enough). I booked a refundable hotel already in the summer, in case I won't get the tickets. But getting the ticket this year was relatively easy (though ma
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by neiman 9mo ago
Where were people's favourite lectures? I attended 7 talks. My favourite talk by far was hacking the GPG. Brilliant, really: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical... The "In-house elect
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by neiman 9mo ago
A few questions: 1. People still do software based on the GNU license. What's the difference? 2. I'm a mathematician - math is not copyrighted, yet it's still being done. 3. Is it really so important for society that copyrigh
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by neiman 9mo ago
I recently made a radical proposal of public domain rules; It's inspired by GNU software licenses. It goes like this: 1. Anyone can use anything that is in the public domain. 2. Any creation that uses elements from the public domain is
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by neiman 9mo ago
I don't care much about Betty Boop either, and I do care, like you, about The Maltese Falcon - but mostly I think that a version of The Maltese Falcon starring Betty Boop is definitely something I'd like to see!
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by neiman 1y ago
I think the small-ish communities, where it's really people who are enthusiastic about the same topic, are often great. It's when they become bigger that the crappy echo chamber begins.
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by neiman 1y ago
I did a small project last week . It's completely vanilla and works great. It's a web tool for writing long threads for Mastodon. I kept on wondering while making it if I was doing it wrong without any framework. Because that&#x27
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Switzerland Referendum on Electronic ID(astralcodexten.com)
4 points by neiman 1y ago|0 comments
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by neiman 1y ago
Many countries still have problems with organized crime, and it's getting worse even though they have aggressive KYC and AML. Israel is one example I'm familiar with. So it's a bit more complicated than that. I understand the
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by neiman 1y ago
Yes, you're correct. I used it in the wrong way. I don't think KYC keeps people honest, I think it's just making the life of honest people uncomfortable.
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by neiman 1y ago
Poland, and specifically Warsaw, since the process might be a little different in different parts of Poland.
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by neiman 1y ago
There are plenty of civil organizations and hackerspaces in Europe that focus on such things, not to mention academic groups.
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by neiman 1y ago
I tried with one physical bank, and they refused; the expat forums said it's the same with all, though I didn't verify myself tbh. The problem is that the only thing you get is a stamp in your passport saying you applied for a tem
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by neiman 1y ago
You get a stamp in the passport that you're waiting for a decision regarding your stay, but it's meaningless to anyone besides the border control people.
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by neiman 1y ago
I'm a foreigner living in the EU for many years, here's my 2 cents. For over a year, I was locked out of financial services due to my inability to pass KYC. The reason was that I had already left one country, but was still in the
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by neiman 2y ago
I adore Terence Tao, but this one feels like stating the obvious. Basically, he says that simple solutions to complex situations work sometimes—for example when a simpler system can approximate your system. But many times it's not true
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KDE Plasma 6.3 Released(phoronix.com)
2 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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NodeBB Joins the Fediverse(wedistribute.org)
3 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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A Thought Experiment about Biometrics(neimanslab.org)
2 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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GOG new program focuses on preserving classic games(arstechnica.com)
10 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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by neiman 2y ago
Isn't every community is like that after so long? Like, I don't like the way that Matt behaved recently, but regarding most of the complains in the post -- these exist in any community or organization which is big enough and has b
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Rises in life expectancy have slowed dramatically(theguardian.com)
5 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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Matrix v1.12 Release(matrix.org)
4 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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You can create your own holiday(near.blog)
20 points by neiman 2y ago|14 comments
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The Democratic Web Manifest(neimanslab.org)
6 points by neiman 2y ago|0 comments
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by neiman 2y ago
Did they? Heh, I didn't know that. But I thought they launched with the AT protocol already, no?
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by neiman 2y ago
> By making the protocol centralized and stupid-simple, it's also stupid-simple to replace in when everyone is done painting the perfect bikeshed. Can you recall any example of anyone replacing a centralized protocol with a decentra
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Solving the "Are You a Millionaire?" Problem with ZK Certificates(neimanslab.org)
5 points by neiman 2y ago|1 comments

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