skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There are several major issues with NFTs but I don't think this article identifies any of them:

- NFTs are not durable. All of the implementations I've seen are trading "ownership" of URLs that rely on DNS and WHOIS. URL is nice for convenience feature, but they should at least include file hashes, ideally multiple perceptual hashes as well. If there is a central point of failure in a web service, the benefits of decentralization are null. If OpenSea goes down, your NFT is effectively gone: so what is the effective distinction from OpenSea hosting a centralized database?

- Scarcity is entirely illusory across ecosystems. A given NFT within one ecosystem may be scarce, but there is nothing preventing duplicate NFTs of the exact same content (or minor pixel changes). That's why perceptual and file hashes would be useful: currently there is little to stop someone from taking popular NFTs on one ecosystem and selling the same images on another ecosystem. Ecosystems have a financial incentive to ignore enforcing duplicated content from other ecosystems: it makes them more money and hurts their competitors at the cost of possible minor reputation risk. Each NFT ecosystem is effectively a separate competing namespace system. Imagine if opensea://google.com and rarible://google.com were entirely independent and routed to servers controlled by competing organizations: chaos.

- There is no validation of copyright upon NFT creation. I can find someone else's art, make an NFT and sell it. NFT ecosystems need to evolve into becoming more like auction houses: their brand's value should be based on the trust that the art sold is not counterfeit, and are being sold by the true owner.

- NFTs have not succeeded in a test within the courts (afaik, lmk if you have an example of this). NFTs grant no legal rights to the holder. If NFTs granted the exclusive right to license that content AND courts enforced that right, they could be immensely valuable. There is no unified "IP Registry" that I can find a picture/audio/video on the internet and look up who the current owner is to contact for licensing. This is the killer app for NFTs IMO, but whether courts will play along with code-as-law has not been legally validated yet.

Fortunately for NFTs, non of these are technically insurmountable. Maybe there are some smaller ecosystems that have better designs, but it seems the big players are all taking the easy path and building a fragile foundation for ownership.
Does anyone have evidence for nfts-as-money-laundering? I keep seeing this thrown around without any actual reasoning...
the entire existence of the .io registry and the people running it, presently making money from it are highly suspicious, it's supposed to be for the benefit and use of the people who lived in what's now called the "british indian ocean territory" in the general area of diego garcia.

this is a place from which the natives were evicted by force.

I somehow doubt they're getting any financial benefit from it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia

as a reminder, ethos capital are the amazing people who tried to "buy" .org a while back

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos_Capital

If this doesn't fit the economics textbook definition of Rent Seeking, I don't know what does.
My question remains, how do you ensure the physical item ownership is kept up to date with ownership of the NFT? Even if that is in the terms of service, someone could still steal an item, making the NFT ownership and physical item ownership out of sync.
I very very rarely watch TV, but when I do it's usually on my phone. I don't have a television, so when my wife and I watch a movie together it's on our laptop, but when I'm by myself I prefer my phone.
> What’s stopping any of these companies from simply buying 51% of the tokens to a decentralized DAO, for example?

Smaller coins, sure. Its a legitimate concern.

But it becomes far harder as coins get bigger. Up to a local maxima of general global use and investment. Even harder as companies compete against one-another to do the same thing. What's stopping Chase Bank from buying up tons of coins and mining power to control Bitcoin? Well, every other human who owns Bitcoin, not to mention Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

Company interest in doing this will naturally correlate with usage. Which means, companies & governments simply wont do it until its too late and they can't. And if they did; if they jumped the shark; the coin's value would drop as users recognize this, and their investment would be ruined. Suicide-bombing is not in the self-interest of most corporations. The GDP of the US, the single richest cohesive entity on the planet, is still only ~25% the GDP of Planet Earth.

This sort of co-option of a currency won't happen, because a currency would either be so big that no entity could afford to do it, or a currency is so small that taking control would destroy its market and their investment.
The Critereon Collection might be able to handle a lot of classics. I’ve never checked it out personally. Only heard about it.
Sounds like a fun conspiracy. Aliens using space lasers to hide, what, 25% of the matter in the universe from us?
Windows 11 and WSL2 will finally deliver the year of Linux on the desktop.
Agreed. I always find this argument from people really odd.

"They don't sell what I want in the form that I want therefore it's OK for me to steal what I want in the form I want"

Would they apply to same logic to Costco for instance? "Costco only sells the widget I want in 10 packs so that gives me the (moral) license to steal one widget from the producer"
Because NATO and the EU.

Well if the US hadn’t have got involved at all. There probably wouldn’t be a communist China, and Taiwan would be threatening to invade mainland Japan.

But everything you say is just massive speculation…
Skype co-founder’s VC firm is close to securing over $1b for a new startup fund
Buy any sort of car built before 1996 (the year OBDII became required) that you like, and spend some money fixing it up. You'll spend way less than on a new or recently made used car, and it will have virtually no electronics in it. At best, it will have a controller for fuel injectors.

Between 1996 and ~mid 00s, you had some of that stuff but really not that much. If you're willing to tolerate an ECM and some jankiness with factory radios controlling the security alarm and nonsense like that then you can avoid all the modern garbage.

Unfortunately governments are beginning to mandate some of those gimmicks. Even if a car company wanted to make a car that is just a car, without a rear camera or stop assist it likely wouldn't be able to be imported to anywhere in Europe or anglophone north america.
FWIW this is old data (and very old news) in crypto terms and there have been positive audits of the big players since.
Occasionally do this because I don't want to give Disney and Amazon another cent. Sometimes you can pay content creators directly, but not always.
Greatly respect Chomsky, Mass Popular Action could definitely end climate change it's just not likely to happen. Govt's on the other hand have a much bigger chance of success should they require commerce to adapt.

In Utah for example consumer water use is <2% of all water use in the state. There's plenty of ads to cut your water use, or water after 7pm, etc... but wouldn't it be nice if maybe we outlawed alfalfa farming that uses 80% of the water (in a desert)? Of course the governor is an Alfalfa farmer, so good luck passing that.

I've been thinking a lot about humanity needing to maybe form small communal living spaces where power tools, cars, toys, etc are maybe shared and stored in a common warehouse. Things that maybe we like to have around, but don't necessarily use everyday. This gives more room in our homes for the things that are necessary in our homes, so we can build smaller homes, or even just build an earthbag studio for every member in the family... or something that leaves a low footprint.

TLDR; less consumerism would be huge, and we should strive for that, but it won't happen organically because people are people. Not unless it becomes a 'fad', then maybe... but a combination of 'some people' trying eco-villages, and the govt enforcing stricter rules and rolling out carbon-taxes, would maybe be the better option.

Hopefully thinking mankind will just organize and fix what the politicians can't... is too optimistic for my blood.
reverse camera is mandatory by law in the US
Totally agree with this.

A guy from a band I'm into (The Disco Biscuits) just started making band-themed NFTs and he's doing private events and stuff for the owners. The band also released a free limited one (I think 420 units, because jam band) that gives the bearer access to a concert video that they're not releasing elsewhere.

It definitely seems like the community aspects to NFTs is something that can be leveraged to do cool and interesting stuff. I'm not rushing to buy one but I'm pretty curious to see what else they do.

And of course this isn't unique to NFTs, if you buy a Porsche there's plenty of Porsche clubs you can join.
New features always show up in higher end cars first. Economies of scale eventually work out and it trickles down to even the lowest trim. I don't have the numbers but it seems like more cars than not nowadays have things like backup cameras, blind spot indicators, etc - and those basically didn't exist from the factory 15 years ago.

edit: talking about non-highline models. hondas, fords, hyundais, dodge, etc.
Volkswagen e-UP/Skoda Citigo

Basically the same cars, analog dashboard with knobs, just simple radio w/bluetooth and optional phone connection

https://www.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/8-vw-e-u...

https://villanyautosok.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019-11...
Brotli has some pretty wild optimizations for web content, including a gigantic (~120 KB) predefined dictionary packed full of sequences commonly used in HTML/JS/CSS content. This gives it a huge advantage on small text files.
Elon is hyper focused on one task. Go to mars. Everything he is doing is that. Orbital network so you can talk to each other. Boring company to dig places to live as the surface is probably too harsh. Electric vehicles and solar to move around the surface. Reusable rockets to dramatically lower the costs going there and back. To move the amount of material to build a city there is going to be daunting the rocket cost was one of the large outliers. Think he said that cost had to come down 10-20x for him to make this happen. SpaceX is doing research and they are willing to blow up rockets to do that. NASA seems to have lost the taste for that years ago.
China will invade Taiwain.
Vortex86 is just as interesting as the WeeCee. Surely they must have an x86 licens, where did they get that? They don’t appear to have a license for AMD64, but could they get one?
> Given a set of occupations with different sex ratios, to change the ratio of any specific occupation the ratios of other occupations must also change.

Logically there is an alternative: one sex can withdraw from the labor market.

Male labor force participation is declining.[1] Female labor force participation is declining at a slightly lower rate.[2]

1. 80% -> 74.5%, 1990-2019. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS

2. 51% -> 47%, 1990 - 2019. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
Let me know when mpv can run on a smart TV. Most people watch via smart tv/streaming box (roku, google tv, etc), so the players work for them there.

The real competition is Plex/Emby/Jellyfin allowing access to people's media libraries in a way that's mostly on-par with existing services, and the added benefit of having all content truly in one place. The issue is that there isn't a completely legal way to get media content as unencrypted files (since ripping blu-rays is legal, but breaking the software protections to do it isn't).
2022 starts the Roaring 20s. Covid takes a backseat as new therapeutics become available. Remote work trend allows mass migration out of the Western states and into more rural areas.

Prices and employment stabilize as the Fed tapers QE.

TikTok launches new Metaverse product.

Biden steps down to allow for Kamala to take over.

Lebron James wins one final NBA championship and retires. Patriots return to win the Super Bowl and Alabama wins another College football championship.
They can tell you have money by your activity. If they grab your devices, they know you have the apps. If you do anything on a public blockchain like win a bid for an NFT, that’s also a clue.

Sure, if you live like a monk and never talk about it, you can probably avoid attention but there are plenty of people who thought they could do that successfully up until they didn’t. Again, it’s not a problem with a technical fix.
> Crypto will undergo a major crash in 2022. It follows predictable, cyclical patterns, and we are nearing the end of the classic boom/bust cycle. It is unclear whether this will cause the Tether situation to blow up.

Crypto and stocks seem to be correlated at this point. Both are considered risk on assets by institutional buyers. I don't anticipate crypto to crash unless stocks start to crash. If the Fed keeps interest rates low and assets continue to rise, I think it's likely that crypto continues to rise as well. From what I've heard, there is likely to be heavy institutional buying in Q1 2022 as hedge funds and others who like to take risk will add risky assets at the start of the year.
The more attention the BAYC receives, the more it increases its value. Having people so desperate to own one that they would counterfeit it, that's enormous social proof. Will your personal version ever have monetary value? The blockchain ensures that it won't, as detecting a counterfeit is simple.
What you're suggesting basically comes down to mitigation, which we've been having a lot of issues with.

I think what we actually need is a solution, so there's nothing left to mitigate. Imo mandatory vaccinations might be just that.
I’d agree with that to a point. It breaks down when the difference in time is greater than an hour. I’m not leaving Boston on a train to Las Vegas or a boat to Aruba.

It also breaks down when the alternative transportation (typically an alternative to a car in the US) doesn’t provide a key function that the car provides.

If I’m going to play a round of golf or softball game after work, my car doubles as a secure (enough) locker for that equipment and transportation directly to the sports location. If I’m going to a town 30 miles away, my car serves as a conveyance not only for that 30 miles but also for local transit while I’m there. My car is likewise ready for me in 5 minutes of walking to, unlocking, and starting it. I never “miss” my car by it leaving without me and once I’m there, I never have to wait for my next car to depart.

If it was easy to displace cars, more progress would already have been made, because they’re expensive already in terms of fixed costs. Once the fixed costs are covered, the apparent cost per incremental trip seems very modest.
I'm sure she is "safely" in tiny pieces somewhere.
What if you position the counterweight of the space elevator at the L1 lagrange point of Earth/Moon? Since the moon is tidally locked, it should always stay about the same spot relative to the lunar surface.
A sizeable minority of Gen-Z adults to not even own or use a TV. Streaming on phones/tablets/laptops is “good enough”, so why shell out the money for a TV?

Heck, even when my Gen Z friends do have a TV right in front of them, they’ll often end up watching TV on their laptops or phones anyways. I suppose it’s easier than fiddling with a Chromecast.
On the one hand, we got what we asked for: _a la carte_.

I think what makes people frustrated is that cable channels were _themed_. I was frustrated that I was paying for TLC and Bravo because I didn't watch reality tv. I was paying for Discovery even though I didn't watch nature shows. I was paying for Lifetime even though I didn't watch cheap shows for women. I was paying for ESPN even though I didn't watch sports.

I wanted to pay for the comedy, the scifi/syfy, the cartoons, and the kids programming. That was, like, five or six channels.

Which streaming service do I go to now for the science fiction? Which streaming service do I go to now for the horror or the feel-good sitcoms?

Streaming arose during the collapse of genre channels. There are now three genres of programming: prestige, drek, and children's.
Automotive EE here:

Personally I’d recommend 2014 mid tier vehicles. Jeep, RAM, and GM trucks.

2014 is a good start for many body styles. 2018 saw regulatory changes and a lot of new body styles. A 2000-2010 is 11-21 years old now and they just don’t last that long.

I can tell you there was a massive change in quality right around the time 4G/LTE/WIFI access points were added. It meant we could finish software after shipping in many cases. I’m not sure anything but high-end had OTA in 2014-2016.

You aren’t going to get away from CAN busses unless you go back to 2005 or earlier. So get the ones that actually worked pretty well. There was a bell curve of shitty to good to overloaded and shitty again.

I’m provided vehicles by my work. But man, if I had to buy one… I’d be in the same boat man.

EDIT: Another poster had a good point. The commercial vans are really decontented. I only know Promasters and Sprinters, but yes, those actually do have less electronics. Iirc a recent Promaster city only has one or two data busses, instead of the typical 7-9.
Is this a threat (or boon) to SpaceX?
Is that true?

I remember most people, including myself, would get the full DirectTV/Cable subscription, hook up TiVo, and just record/watch on demand whatever you want. Those days seem impossible now. It certainly feels like things have regressed.
'Opt Out' Policies Increase Organ Donation
Freedom to intimidate jurors is not a right
There are some college sports that are maddening. Need cable type subscription to get the Big Ten Network, but some of the games appear on the subscription service B1G. Their presence on one or the other is mutually exclusive. Then some matches will appear on ESPN, or if somehow popular enough on an actual network. And that's just to follow a single team.

The thing is that everything is sliced up and packaged not to present a single package of what the customer wants. Rather, it is packaged so that what the customer wants is distributed across multiple packages which must all be purchased separately. Look at the NFL - Monday night football ESPN, Thursday Amazon Prime, Sunday Night - NBC, Sunday Day - various.

I'm just done chasing. Bring me my entire team's season or get no money from me at all. I can understand the odd game out, but this has been deliberate.
Licensing, copyright takedowns, and partnership agreements make things that appear seemingly simple in fact quite complicated. That, and supporting a myriad of devices (plus different versions of those devices with different capabilities, plus all the different store integrations and their quirks) make for a very complicated set of organizational requirements.

There's no good answer here in markets this complicated
> 90% of lobbying is not only benign, it's necessary to the functioning of a republic.

This message was brought to you by the Organization For the Promotion of Ethical Lobbying.
Just like any service provider, there are crowdsourced ratings like Yelp.
Not sure about morality but yes it’s unethical and borderline illegal. If an elected body is planning legislations, actively blocking it means you’re suppressing the voice of the public and the voters.
I'm inclined to say that the Fed keeps interest rates low _and_ crypto undergoes a major correction, but I feel like these are almost mutually exclusive scenarios. This isn't to say that crypto is inherently a good inflation hedge, but it definitely seems like the recent crypto bull run is a direct result of asset price inflation.
Interesting. I haven’t had a reason to open Disney+ up after the first day. Is Disney+ relevant if you don’t enjoy Marvel or Star Wars, nor children’s shows? I know it has Simpsons, Pixar, and more. That’s pretty slim pickings compared to any other service though if you care for the three major categories above.

I did watch some of the Marvel tv content as it got a lot of hype. I don’t get it. The production quality is insanely high, but the shows and pacing seemed pretty tame. If that sort of action isn’t your thing, Netflix stuff blows it out of the water in my opinion.
this is part and parcel of having the ICANN model with competition between for-profit registries. Jon Postel wouldn't have been so mean.
The government was completely overthrown three times in the 20th century, and the prior centuries saw immense turmoil as well.

Do Italians have inherently good government skills due to Ancient Rome?

Edit: oops overthrown two or three times depending on whether the Japanese take over of major cities counts. But anyway what I really mean is it had three distinct and extremely different governments. Transfer of skills seems questionable, to understate it.
Can you shed some light on why this might be something of concern?
Not to mention 4K HDR, spatial audio, etc. How quickly we take things for granted.
Do you really think C-level people at amazon care at all about acting morally or ethically? They have lots of money, and US politicians accept bribes to make things go a certain way. This is just business as usual for everyone involved.
Do you mean "you can physically destroy the radios if that bothers you"? Because it's not a toggle in a UI.
They stopped making the Giulietta last December. It's being replaced by a small SUV.
Didn't know that! The cars I've owned with frameless windows, the glass tucks under piece of trim. Makes sense that the miata design is a little noisy!
But you still want to consume the media that Disney and Amazon makes (and at the end of the day, is hiring artists, writers, and animators), so you see some value in it.

Kind of muddies this righteous stance you're pretending to take.
Base to mid model Subarus from the 2010s would seem to fit. They don’t have many gadgets and have great safety ratings.
Why should we expect Amazon (or anyone for that matter) to engage in behaviour that favors you at their own expense? That makes no sense to me. Of course they should act in their own rational self interest, just like you and I do.
Do not register domains on some banana islands (IO is for Indian Ocean). With ".com" or national domain you would have a chance at court.
The ability to dispute a charge has value, and the cost will be borne by someone. Removing Visa just means replacing it with some other entity that fills this need.

Truly peer-to-peer cash transactions without recourse is a bad idea that I think will actually increase friction in the market, since people will take longer to make purchasing decisions.
Here is a report on the ruling:

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/jun/25/supreme-court-vo...
First U.S. T-30 Drone [sprayer] Approval Granted to Iowa-Based Rantizo
This is simply not true. There are a highly paid professions in US that are dominated by women, like that of veterinarians (as I wrote on another comment it pays better in US than programming) or some fields in medicine or law.
She is probably in custody. I am very anti-CCP, but I don’t believe they are that plain evil (or stupid) to simply kill someone - mafia style. Especially someone with such high profile.

Look at what happened to Jack Ma - he was also “disappeared”, but he showed couple of times since. Such a flamboyant persona like him to turn into a “monk” in just couple of months shows that CCP knows how to shut people up without harming them.

When they release her she will also be put on a short leash and try staying lower than grass.