kadavero (u/kadavero)

kadavero commented on Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors google.com/patents/US6506... · Posted by u/firefoxd

kadavero · 9 years ago

Pedantically speaking, all the text and images you see on your screen are electromagnetic field and are manipulating your nervous system.

https://xkcd.com/722/

kadavero commented on BTC-e and its founder charged in 21-count indictment over hack of Mt. Gox justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/... · Posted by u/ryanlol

comex · 9 years ago

For one of charges in the indictment, "Operation of an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business" (18 USC § 1960), they allege that BTC-e satisfied two conditions, either of which alone would have been sufficient to prove the charge. One of the conditions is knowingly transmitting funds derived from a criminal offense, but the other one is just "fail[ing] to comply with the money transmitting business registration requirements set forth in [31 USC § 5330]". So I'd say the BTC-e stuff is indeed part of "what he's charged with", albeit not the main focus.

kadavero · 9 years ago

This is ridiculous overreach. It sets a dangerous precedent where any online trader must be mindful of all legislation of all possible jurisdictions on the world.

Otherwise, sell porn, have one customer from Saudi Arabia, go for a vacation in Turkey, and here comes your flogging extradition trip.

At the same time, US has a "Hague invasion act" authorizing military action against international prosecution of their officials.

kadavero commented on Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf] filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf... · Posted by u/aboodman

Eerie · 9 years ago

Encrypted files that nobody but the owners can decrypt.

kadavero · 9 years ago

1 Submit child porn 2 Publish the key 3 ????? 4 Profit

kadavero commented on Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf] filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf... · Posted by u/aboodman

kadavero · 9 years ago

So, child porn that nobody can delete?

kadavero commented on Winnie the Pooh banned from Chinese social media for looking like Xi Jinping shanghaiist.com/2017/07/1... · Posted by u/wascwywbt

kadavero · 9 years ago

So there is a NotTheOnion department on Hacker News?

kadavero commented on Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts mcmansionhell.com/post/16... · Posted by u/CariadKeigher

codingdave · 9 years ago

I don't know the full context of what is going on legally, but I do know that being threatened is not the same thing as getting sued. And getting sued is not the same thing as them having a case. And them having a case is not the same thing as you not having a defense.

Lawyers exist for a reason. Don't let other lawyers bully you with threats. Get your own lawyer to look into things. Back down if it makes sense. Sometimes it does. But don't back down just because you get threatened.

kadavero · 9 years ago

Do you also know that even talking to a lawyer when threatened costs money? And that Zillow is likely to have way more money to spend on lawyers than a blog?

kadavero commented on Algorithm generates practical paper-folding patterns to produce any 3D structure news.mit.edu/2017/algorit... · Posted by u/edwinksl

kadavero · 9 years ago

Solving origami (2d) was the task of 2017 ICFP programming contest. I wonder how this MIT approach would work for that task.

http://icfpc2016.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/task-description.ht...

kadavero commented on Optimizing things in the USSR (2016) chris-said.io/2016/05/11/... · Posted by u/yoloswagins

kodfodrasz · 9 years ago

Actually the central planners did plan backups and alternatives for everything. With all its flaws even the SU was not so flawed to let total idiots make every economic decision.

Just think of Mig and Sukhoi, for a simple example. Or NPO-Saturn and Tumansky, if you prefer jet-engine manufacturers.

kadavero · 9 years ago

> not so flawed to let total idiots make every economic decision

You might want to read up on Khruschev's corn farming plans, Gorbachev's prohibition, Mao's backyard furnaces and many more. Slightly tangent, check on Trofim Lysenko's anti-genetics antics. USSR style socialism explicitly declared ideology over science, engineering and what not. And by ideology they meant whatever The Great Leader says.

kadavero commented on Paul Allen's new rocket-launching plane arstechnica.com/science/2... · Posted by u/MBCook

kadavero · 9 years ago

I wonder if they considered a half-loop launch, toss bombing style. That way they could dump the wing, perhaps at a price of higher strength requirements.