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tracedddd··on FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs
not at all, it’s easy to buy cash only tracphone, mint, boost, etc. and there are plenty of explicit anonymous providers such as phreeli.

That said, I don’t think its a problem whatsoever and we shouldn’t have laws restricting it.

tracedddd··on I am a SOTA 0-shot classifier of your slop
While I agree on the core idea, I found the way you went about saying it pretty embarrassing.
tracedddd··on Never forget that utterly ridiculous Pepsi logo design document (2023)
Fair, but the point stands.
tracedddd··on Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
What do you think about it being a preventative measure against future SBFs?
tracedddd··on Never forget that utterly ridiculous Pepsi logo design document (2023)
It seems pretty likely this was an intentional leak meant as a viral outrage based advertising campaign. The content is not just ridiculous but also underdeveloped for someone who actually believed it. And since I'm now reading it here on HN I suppose it worked.
tracedddd··on Epic Games Hackers Say They Faked the Whole Thing
It’s just not a lot of money in most cases. Often in the hundred to few thousand range. And there is usually a data sample, such as the schema and the first 100 rows, or a demo. Of course, those aren’t strict guarantees but it does make faking it all more difficult.
tracedddd··on Epic Games Hackers Say They Faked the Whole Thing
Escrow was pretty popular on Raidforums, high reputation forum users would not only escrow transactions directly but also do things like pseudo-publicly validate or invalidate claims by checking a sellers data or tools against their own collections (presumably the benefits of being a professional hacker escrow and seeing lots of data).
tracedddd··on $750 a month, no questions asked, improved the lives of homeless people
I have a hard time believing that’s a legitimate statistic. Even being a normal daily smoker would equate to a lot more than 2%.
tracedddd··on Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs
That’s because it’s for the $250 deposit.
tracedddd··on LockBit says it's leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land
I know that’s what one would expect, but it’s not true. Many large ransomware distributors have a solid record of keeping their word and established relationships with the negotiation firms. Trustworthiness and honesty lead to more payouts and they have no interest in your data or doing you harm, just getting paid.
tracedddd··on FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote
I don’t know the specifics of federal authority when it comes to internet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it fell under interstate commerce, which is how they justify federal drug laws.
tracedddd··on This is financial advice [video]
The Y axis is dollars, not BTC.
tracedddd··on NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Don’t commercial hydrogen fuel cells create water as a byproduct?
tracedddd··on Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18B
Not certain at all, it’s based on last universal common ancestor estimates(LUCA) and supported by (lack of) fossil record.
tracedddd··on WonderOS
Sounds interesting, but after reading the entire page I’m still not sure I understand it.
tracedddd··on Two years of Bitcoin in Bukele’s El Salvador
Unfortunately, that doesn’t tell the full story. Features and optimizations often come with costs such as security and complexity. Not to mention many cryptocurrency projects have an embedded self-enrichment scheme for the founders and centralized decision making, making them a theoretical target for governments. Sometimes a simple, well tested solution is better than a complex one with better performance and features. After all, money should be simple and carry low technical risk.

That said, I personally think features found in some other projects are worth the costs. But I can definitely see why someone would still choose btc. Especially for a government initiative or treasury.

tracedddd··on Ham radio enthusiasts vs. High-frequency traders: A battle for the airwaves
Ham bands are jammed with traffic? My experience is you can barely find anyone, except on repeaters, and even then it’s pretty quiet besides during scheduled check-ins in the evening (or similar events.)

I even travel with my radio. It seems to be this way across the United States. If you’d be open to sharing, I’d love to know where it’s so saturated.

That said, I don’t want commercial interests to take the amateur bands either, but I do believe they need to modernized. I think some of the space should be unallocated, and left that way, so people can experiment with minimal restriction.

tracedddd··on Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation
No offense but it sounds like you need to take a media break and get some air. Go camping.
tracedddd··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
Decred is a cryptocurrency who’s core offering is an expanded governance system. Although at the top it’s pretty much run by the company right now.
tracedddd··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
There’s nothing wrong with a neutral, politically uninterested party running the infrastructure for profit reasons. In fact it’s probably better than a bunch of charged and opinionated members trying to sway influence one way or another.
tracedddd··on Decred proposal: Change PoW/PoS Subsidy Split From 60/30 to 10/80
Decred has ASICs and there is nothing they can realistically jump to.
tracedddd··on Show HN: Emoji to Scale
I think it’s by height in which case it makes sense… maybe.
tracedddd··on Vitalik Buterin Proposes New EIP to Tackle Ethereum’s Sky-High Gas Fees
It’s more like social networks. Sure you may have a similar (or better) Twitter but everyone is on Twitter so it’s hard to get any traction.

If you do capture a significant number of real users than yes there’s not much difference.

People will mention the fees or efficiency but the fact is a lot of the underdogs have not had to face any actual load so it’s easy to brag about low fees.

tracedddd··on The Problem with Crypto: It's All Proof of Burn
Very light reading with large, unsubstantiated leaps and derivative opinions. The fact that work of this quality is getting traction just makes the HN anti-crypto bias evident. Do they even click through?
tracedddd··on China Evergrande contagion concerns rile global markets
Am I missing something? The link you posted directly links to a clear statement that they don’t and never will hold. Where’s the sidestepping?
tracedddd··on Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search engine in 2021
I find Apple Maps totally fine and basically on par with Google maps today. It was indeed trash when it came out but I use it exclusively now and haven’t had any issues in a couple years. My one gripe is the deep Yelp integration.
tracedddd··on Facebook launches what it believes is the metaverse for work
It’s amazing how a company like Facebook, loaded with cash and talent and influence, can develop such an uninspired and conservative version that’s basically doomed to painfully forced success at best.
tracedddd··on End of the line for Uber?
To be honest that’s all self inflicted. It may be painful to downsize to a sustainable model but these aren’t hard costs - at least not to the extent they exist now.
tracedddd··on $600M taken in largest DeFi hack to date
Yes, by legitimate I meant genuine rather than authorized.
tracedddd··on $600M taken in largest DeFi hack to date
Still early, but looks like damage control to me.

https://twitter.com/mudit__gupta/status/1425150994778787841?...

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