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The real article title says there is an association, while the HN title says there is causation ("Sitting for a long time shrinks your brain even if you exercise"). Very bad

Everyone that wants to transact privately and without censorship or middlemen is a criminal? This society is so sick that that's a common viewpoint

I can't even reply to your comment without my words being stolen and used to train "AI". I have no option to opt out. So you will only get this chilled response.

Advertising companies including google make many billions by gathering, using, selling the personal information of people just like you

You are really claiming that Google doesnt want your data? And claiming that big companies in general don't want your data? It's so absurd that i am not sure i understand your comment correctly.

It is an absolute 100% guarantee that Google wants your data

Hong Kong protestors were tracked by looking at their purchases of public transport tickets. Canada froze the bank accounts of those involved in protests also. Wikileaks had to rely on cryptocurrency for funding and donations could be tracked otherwise. From this I see a trend that shows it is critical for democracy, don't you?

Cointelegraph very often exaggerates and writes in an inaccurate way, it should never be used as a reliable source of information. You can see the real information here which makes it clear that it only applies to exchanges: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

There are several models.

Haveno already works by providing p2p multisignature escrow. With this design, you need to match with an individual and do a direct exchange. There is a Tor-based application

BasicSwap has another model with noncustodial atomic swaps and some sort of decentralised orderbook.

I expect that Serai will be much more effective than those. It will launch soon with a liquidity pool design, similar to Uniswap for Ethereum. With this model, other people can profit by providing liquidity for pools. It will be very easy for anyone to initiate a trade and do an exchange for a different currency from the pool. It will be incorporated into the most popular mobile app Cakewallet, so it should be accessible even for non-technical users and quickly gain adoption. I think this has the potential to provide an even more convenient, generally superior experience compared to centralised exchanges.

Based on all the other comments it seems like nobody else understands this. Funny.

People will just (legally) use decentalised exchanges to convert between monero and bitcoin so it won't have much impact

I just read the section in his book that the article refers to and within context it doesnt say anything that the article suggests. It doesn't say anywhere that he believes in the noxious vapors of miasma theory or that he doesnt believe germs exist. Did you read it? Can you quote where he says he doesnt believe in germ theory?

I am not sure he even misunderstands miasma theory. At a certain point in history, miasma theorists were incorrect about the exact mechanisms for spreading disease — they didn’t understand the concept of disease vectors in the environment, like mosquitoes — but their drainage and sanitation solutions were highly successful. I think that is what he refers to with statements like "miasma’s approach to medicine". At worst it seems like he may have used the term 'miasma theory' in a different way than is typical, which hardly justifies the claims in the article.

The section of his book ends with this: "As a final side note, it seems to me that a mutually respectful science-based, evidence-based marriage incorporating the best of these two clashing dogmas would best serve public health and humankind". How can he write that if he doesn't believe in germ theory as the headline clearly implies? He is looking at the history of science and making deeper statements about the general approaches to studying the spread of disease. I think the article seems to willfully and intentionally misrepresent the text.

That doesnt make any sense and i never hear anybody else say that.

Financial assets have some degree of correlation, of course. So? Most people dont even have access to the stock market

Essentially the same for me, I had one incident where someone was arguing in favor of it and then immediately embarrassed themselves badly because they were misled by a chatgpt error. I have the feeling that this hype will collapse as this happens more and people see how bad the consequences are when there are errors

Even in 2012 bitcoin could very concretely be used to order drugs. Many people have used it to transact and preserve value in hostile economic environments. Etc etc. Ridiculous comment.

Personally i have still yet to find LLMs useful at all with programming.

I dont enjoy going in bookstores; i'd rather order online. What's the big deal exactly?

I had a stalker in the past. I feel more comfortable without him knowing where i live.

In general i have a strong need for privacy. Not having privacy is generally unsettling, in the same way that i close the door when using a toilet or having a shower. I am disturbed by people that don't seem to have an understanding of that concept.

If you don't want to post a photo, then don't post a photo.

Other people have posted photos of me without my consent, how am i meant to stop that?

If i posted photos 20 years ago when i was a dumb teenager i cant undo that, either

Injecting malware via flaws in the shitty programs, maybe

I dont see the difference, both should be illegal

Excluding the evidence would incentivize police to stop choosing the most convenient interpretation of the law. They should have to try to make the most accurate interpretation, which means punishment when they are wrong. Just like for everyone else

I can't express strongly enough that arguing about how to raise children is an incredibly deep, contentious topic. Over and over i see that the state terrifies me deep into my soul, as does the power that a parent has over shaping its children. You're gambling either way and there will always be disturbing consequences. You do not know the optimal way to raise a child - nobody does. It is subjective. Parents NEED to take on massive responsibility and raise their own children rather than leaving it up to the state or letting the state dictate how children are raised. Do you trust Donald Trump to shape your child? Who knows who could be elected next wherever you live

You really don't believe it will be the one scamming you?

I see a lot of comments here arguing age requirements are overreach and these decisions should be left to the parents. To those presenting such arguments, do you think that applies to other activities as well? What about smoking/drinking/firearms? Pornography? Driving?

Yes. The state has far, far too much involvement in everybody's lives.

I see, now it makes sense for me with that context

Why not a helicopter with space to do CPR etc? As is already done...

In the future in a good way or a bad way? I haven't seen or heard of any tech being used only in China that i would actually want in my city. These "air taxis" for example are way too loud

Instead of 'pampered' i think the word should be 'neglected'. Some older people tend to use words like pampered to give the sense that the young people had it "too good" so now they deserve to suffer by not being independent, but that is rarely the case. There is nothing pleasant about a childhood spent in front of screens that leaves one anxious and lacking independence.

Why is the word Israeli removed from the title? and Meta added? Seems like quite a politically-important modification

It is. The actual text of the law makes it very clear and it has been discussed a lot. That Home Affairs webpage that tries to spin it is yet another disturbing sign.

I use a search engine 99% of the time. Occasionally i use an LLM, but even for checking the most simple information I am not able to have any confidence that the answer it gives is correct. It seems to lie to me every time i use it and contradicts itself when i tell it that it made an error. It provides no citation to where it got its information and that seems completely essential. I very rarely see any use for it. Even if a search engine is much slower i will not compromise on knowing where the information is sourced from so I can judge its accuracy, bias, etc. I feel disturbed by all the people that have lower information standards