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Ha. I thought this was going to be about the .ml domain issue.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/typo-...

So you agree then that the USD is not fiat, but is in fact a plutonium based currency? How does this fact effect the bitcoin case?

The real estate bubble and the financial crisis in 2008 that followed was due to oversight failure, pure and simple. Rather than address that failure, the government bailed out everyone.

It wasn't magic.

Of course there will still be fraud, but enforcement of regulations provides powerful disincentives to cheat. Right now it's wild west, and when systemic risk shows up, the Fed bails everyone out without consequence.

Regulations would help if they were truly enforced and, in the case of fraud, criminal charges were pursued. White collar prosecutions are so rare, there is no longer any real deterrent.

Can you explain your question?

This is a regulatory oversight problem, pure and simple, and it has existed forever. The incentive structure is far too conflicted for self policing. See also: ratings agencies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/business/regulators-strug...

Fraud and Ponzi schemes will persist until regulators get real.

Cliff Stoll is awesome and also makes/sells Klein Bottles:

https://www.kleinbottle.com/

Roku has been doing that forever, and now all those cheap TCL TVs are doing it too. Keep this in mind, especially if you use one of these in a productivity context.

https://docs.roku.com/published/userprivacypolicy/en/us

https://test.tcl.com/eu/en/privacy-notices-smart-tv-services...

If only the company that would benefit from this subsidy would contribute in some way...

Try filing your taxes using different numbers than on your W2/1099 and see what happens.

I guarantee you'll get a discrepancy letter.

Who decides what is notable? You? Google? Some jerk who has it in for me?

Any system that functions as a gatekeeper to full participation in society needs accountability.

Is a mugshot of your DUI arrest (but no conviction) 20 years ago the first result of a google search for your name?

No one is saying we should completely forget the past, but there needs to be recourse for people who are being treated unfairly.

For heating, you could bring in a small refrigerator rather than a resistive load. Get something besides heat for your power.

Love the open forge (probably coal-fired) in the background. In other news: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/17/beijing-smog-p...

That, and the delegation of rulemaking by lawmakers to "unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats" within state agencies. Term limits will accomplish the opposite of the stated intent.

Well, the author is a pro telcom lawyer and law professor at UPenn. Here's an amicus brief he filed asking the court of appeals to reconsider their order classifying ISPs as telecom services (net neutrality):

https://www.ustelecom.org/sites/default/files/documents/15-1...

His foundation is supported by telecom money:

https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/ctic/about-ctic.php

Techcrunch should reclassify this story as an opinion piece, or delete it.

The value is "created" where the sale is made. Until money changes hands, there is no concrete value.

That the problem is foreseeable doesn't make it less tragic.

What is "success"? Is it better looking houses? More expensive cars? Fresher food?

You need to think much more basic than that: Success is having a savings account, a roof over your head in a safe stable location so the kids can stay in the same school, reliable transportation, and a job that provides enough income for all of the above.

"This means that that if bitcoin, or other related technologies like the block chain are going to be adopted by companies to run real businesses on then either the companies themselves will own the technology roadmap or some other entity with a fair bit of credibility will have to step in."

Like banks and the Fed?

There is evidence from studies of youth sports that specialization at a young age can actually be detrimental to adult outcomes:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658407/

So irrational.

In this case, VW didn't game the regulation. They gamed the test conditions. They deliberately violated the regulation. Violations should be expected on occasion. Violators should expect to be punished when caught.

When incumbents have invested capital specifically to comply with regulations, it makes sense that the incumbents will demand that the regulations are applied equitably.

Regulators tend to be held highly accountable to the community they regulate.

Hitler was a decent painter, but I wouldn't want him in my gallery.

The MSM creates a false world view by creating an impression that rare, exciting events are the norm. Stratfor creates a false world view by "contextualizing" current events and making predictions, thus creating a false impression that the future is knowable.

Pick the fantasy you're most comfortable with.

He took forever to say nothing.

Just wait until they implement dynamic pricing.

Nick is misrepresenting himself somewhat. The letter from Customs mentions 250 units, not 2000. Also, his $30K "loss" is a gross sales loss ($15 retail price * 2000), not Sparkfun's actual loss, which I'd imagine is substantially less.