I too like the ads. But programs with "tip of the day"s in them have had this problem solved for a long time, just including a check box for never show me again. You could make the argument with some programs that it…
Well you can look at how the US has done in the middle east for an example of the economic cost of asymmetric warfare. Though I generally agree with your point that it's not going to work out well for the invaded…
When you read it your also copying it into cache. We could argue the technicalities but really it's about copyright law not the colour of bits. Or if you prefer we can just say it's legal to copy the ebook to a new…
Netflix did offer to have their client generate random upstream traffic to balance the load. Which netflix says was met with silence in the meeting where they proposed it. It has some amusing implications where netflix…
It's actually a historical issue. In the US cellphones orginaly used standard POTS numbers while in other countries cellphones often had an easily distinguishable format. This means that in the US granny wouldn't know…
Seems to me a government mandated program might seem more limitless and be less personal and thus you don't feel like your taking advantage of the kindness of caring people or stopping resources going to those who are…
One of the problems is they're natural monopolies. You only need the one data link and so it's (arguably) more cost effective to have a single regulated monopoly on the last mile side. You can create hybrid systems…
To simplify: Bitcoin miners race to discover a code that gives them 50 bitcoins. This code gets harder to find each time it is found. This decision is pre-baked in using the bitcoin system (other e-currencies have…
I don't think there's any particular outrage. Unless it's along the lines of not having the systems in place so that this doesn't occur. Whether this is outrageous (others in the thread have pointed out solutions) it's…
Somewhat ironically some countries have laws that make work-to-rule (usually phrased in law as malicious compliance) as illegal.
Plenty of civil disobedience is of the form of ignore bad laws and complain loudly when they are enforced. This is without passing comment on whether copyright infringement is terrorism or freedom fighting.
The New Zealand treasury actually did a preliminary impact paper on BI several years ago and it was noted that many of the people currently on welfare would likely end up with less money. (They use the term GMI, but it…
There are multiple studies and meta studies presenting a link between inequality and crime. So even if it's not for basic subsistence it does appear that raising the lower end of society up could improve the crime rate.…
Depends on the type of redistribution. It's not hard to imagine inflation as an effect for a lot of them (though the inflation could have a net positive effect depending on the redistribution scheme). At the very least…
Interesting to see that this does not include a similar declaration for someone with expertise in the field that the investment opportunity is in. Still I guess it could be argued that even if the business is successful…
There are similar restrictions for flying visually or by instruments. Even flying visually you wouldn't pass your flight test if you restricted your field of view to anything like a normal camera. It's amazing how…
It's one of those nebulous things. For example. Is it illegal for me to pay you a commission to sell products for me? Is it illegal for you to subcontract selling these products? Is it illegal for the subcontractors to…
A classic one in the US would be the choice of visiting the doctors. The rich can afford to have regular checkups(or insurance) and get a sniffle checked out early. The poor can not afford to visit the doctor over minor…
It will be based on the idiom "forest for the trees", effectively having the same meaning but also includes the fact that they are a part of what makes up the forest.
The problem is it's a thousand little things not just one big thing. The real power is that every item can be improved a little with automation. Your dryer starts an hour before you wake up so that your clothes are dry,…
I think something else worth pointing out is that even rehabilitation in the case that someone will never be let out of prison serves a purpose as it makes the prison more effective for those who will.
But the successful bad actors are more noticeable because they are near the top of the search while those you have to unpunish are hard to find. Even if they can easily find them I think the real reason they want to…
I've seen some of the discussion related to SteamOS and the Raspberry Pi. Looks like SteamOS has no ARM support, so that is likely to be a hurdle. Something similar is Limelight which streams your computer to a PI…
I think you'd need to whitelist some useful acronyms if you implemented that rule. USA NSA DOJ TCP POS etc.
"Look I'm sorry mate but I'm just running this wire through your house to give your neighbor internet, if you don't let me you're in the wrong" "Sorry but we need to tear up this highway and disrupt traffic for the next…
I too like the ads. But programs with "tip of the day"s in them have had this problem solved for a long time, just including a check box for never show me again. You could make the argument with some programs that it…
Well you can look at how the US has done in the middle east for an example of the economic cost of asymmetric warfare. Though I generally agree with your point that it's not going to work out well for the invaded…
When you read it your also copying it into cache. We could argue the technicalities but really it's about copyright law not the colour of bits. Or if you prefer we can just say it's legal to copy the ebook to a new…
Netflix did offer to have their client generate random upstream traffic to balance the load. Which netflix says was met with silence in the meeting where they proposed it. It has some amusing implications where netflix…
It's actually a historical issue. In the US cellphones orginaly used standard POTS numbers while in other countries cellphones often had an easily distinguishable format. This means that in the US granny wouldn't know…
Seems to me a government mandated program might seem more limitless and be less personal and thus you don't feel like your taking advantage of the kindness of caring people or stopping resources going to those who are…
One of the problems is they're natural monopolies. You only need the one data link and so it's (arguably) more cost effective to have a single regulated monopoly on the last mile side. You can create hybrid systems…
To simplify: Bitcoin miners race to discover a code that gives them 50 bitcoins. This code gets harder to find each time it is found. This decision is pre-baked in using the bitcoin system (other e-currencies have…
I don't think there's any particular outrage. Unless it's along the lines of not having the systems in place so that this doesn't occur. Whether this is outrageous (others in the thread have pointed out solutions) it's…
Somewhat ironically some countries have laws that make work-to-rule (usually phrased in law as malicious compliance) as illegal.
Plenty of civil disobedience is of the form of ignore bad laws and complain loudly when they are enforced. This is without passing comment on whether copyright infringement is terrorism or freedom fighting.
The New Zealand treasury actually did a preliminary impact paper on BI several years ago and it was noted that many of the people currently on welfare would likely end up with less money. (They use the term GMI, but it…
There are multiple studies and meta studies presenting a link between inequality and crime. So even if it's not for basic subsistence it does appear that raising the lower end of society up could improve the crime rate.…
Depends on the type of redistribution. It's not hard to imagine inflation as an effect for a lot of them (though the inflation could have a net positive effect depending on the redistribution scheme). At the very least…
Interesting to see that this does not include a similar declaration for someone with expertise in the field that the investment opportunity is in. Still I guess it could be argued that even if the business is successful…
There are similar restrictions for flying visually or by instruments. Even flying visually you wouldn't pass your flight test if you restricted your field of view to anything like a normal camera. It's amazing how…
It's one of those nebulous things. For example. Is it illegal for me to pay you a commission to sell products for me? Is it illegal for you to subcontract selling these products? Is it illegal for the subcontractors to…
A classic one in the US would be the choice of visiting the doctors. The rich can afford to have regular checkups(or insurance) and get a sniffle checked out early. The poor can not afford to visit the doctor over minor…
It will be based on the idiom "forest for the trees", effectively having the same meaning but also includes the fact that they are a part of what makes up the forest.
The problem is it's a thousand little things not just one big thing. The real power is that every item can be improved a little with automation. Your dryer starts an hour before you wake up so that your clothes are dry,…
I think something else worth pointing out is that even rehabilitation in the case that someone will never be let out of prison serves a purpose as it makes the prison more effective for those who will.
But the successful bad actors are more noticeable because they are near the top of the search while those you have to unpunish are hard to find. Even if they can easily find them I think the real reason they want to…
I've seen some of the discussion related to SteamOS and the Raspberry Pi. Looks like SteamOS has no ARM support, so that is likely to be a hurdle. Something similar is Limelight which streams your computer to a PI…
I think you'd need to whitelist some useful acronyms if you implemented that rule. USA NSA DOJ TCP POS etc.
"Look I'm sorry mate but I'm just running this wire through your house to give your neighbor internet, if you don't let me you're in the wrong" "Sorry but we need to tear up this highway and disrupt traffic for the next…