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blobster — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:20:14 +0000

Article URL: https://theresanaiforthat.com/?ref=search

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959979

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by blobster in "Facebook Announces Meta Verified"

blobster — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:02:06 +0000

This sounds very reasonable. Some of the replies in this thread are misinterpreting what I said. I didn't say the government should run the APIs etc, just that we already have identity in the real world and it generally works, so we can use that (but maybe not necessarily only that, there could be other options too). I should be able to use my Gov ID to get a Layer 0 verification from some provider, which then integrates with higher level providers, etc.

And again, it would be opt in, just like verifying with Facebook / Twitter etc is opt in. And for people who are concerned about government surveillance, they can already do that if you verify your social media account via your credit card, that's kind of the point there, that the credit card ties a social media account to a real world person.

New comment by blobster in "Facebook Announces Meta Verified"

blobster — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 21:35:59 +0000

We already do identity verification in the real world, it's called government issued IDs.

There should be opt-in OS-level identity verification based on zero knowledge proofs and tied to your government-issued digital ID. This also solves issues like preventing minors from accessing adult sites, etc.

I should not have to verify with 1000 third parties and hand over my personal data and then hope it's handled properly and doesn't get leaked. We have zero knowledge proofs and we can get OS makers to make this seamless for us.

New comment by blobster in "The future (and the past) of the web is server side rendering"

blobster — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:54:38 +0000

Yes. There's a separate queue for sites that need js rendering and it eats much more into your crawl budget. Best way to avoid it imo is to use something like Rendertron, which is made and recommended by Google.

New comment by blobster in "How do you know when macOS detects and remediates malware?"

blobster — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:44:32 +0000

Good point. There is a cottage industry of scams running fake Windows virus alerts.

New comment by blobster in "Ok, Cloudflare I am leaving"

blobster — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:35:26 +0000

There are several such cases discussed in the Cloudflare forums. It usually turns out that the webmaster was serving very large amounts of media, which no one should expect to be free.

New comment by blobster in "I Lost All Faith in LastPass"

blobster — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:37:18 +0000

Their "password manager" on Mac is called Keychain Access. The UX is very bad, the interface is old and clunky and it doesn't sync with iOS (if for example you create a secure note there's no way to access it on iOS) - not to mention that most people don't even know it exists, it's kind of a hidden feature. Meanwhile, on iOS the password manager is hidden in the settings and again it has pretty bad UI/UX. I understand that they want to hide the complexity away from the end user and make these kinds of features "just work", but in practice they feel pretty half-baked.

New comment by blobster in "I Lost All Faith in LastPass"

blobster — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:41:36 +0000

This is why we need good OS-level password managers. Phones and now computers have dedicated security chips which are infinitely more secure than any cloud solution. Such an easy market to grab that it boggles me why Apple and Google aren't aggressively going for it.

New comment by blobster in "Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now"

blobster — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:28:47 +0000

Also, people can be both smart and stupid at different times and sometimes even at the same time. It's not a binary thing.

New comment by blobster in "The Merge"

blobster — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:20:08 +0000

There seem to be at least two big issues with the upcoming merge:

1 - Stablecoin issuers like USDC can de facto determine which chain succeeds in case of a fork (PoW vs PoS)

2 - 70% of validators are US-based, and as custodians, they will have to comply with OFAC.

More info in this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/milessuter/status/1560070819518234624

Instagram Is Down Again

blobster — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:11:19 +0000

Article URL: https://downdetector.com/status/instagram/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28802928

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by blobster in "New details on silicon, subatomic particles and possible ‘fifth force’"

blobster — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 01:13:20 +0000

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-m...

New comment by blobster in "The top-ranking HTML editor on Google is an SEO scam"

blobster — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:20:07 +0000

Interesting, but this does not seem to match empirical evidence by the likes of Ahrefs, which suggests that links are by far the most important ranking factor.

New comment by blobster in "Searching the web for under $1000/month"

blobster — Fri, 07 May 2021 13:54:05 +0000

The value for money that Hetzner offer is just mind boggling.

New comment by blobster in "The real reason to end the death penalty"

blobster — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:17:26 +0000

Most of the examples of innocents being convicted are from before the invention of DNA forensics. The problem is the criminal justice system which too easily gives the death penalty. We could easily reduce the probability of conviction innocents from 4% to one in a trillion by enforcing a set of requirements:

- Must have DNA evidence - Must have audio and video evidence - Must have fingerprints - Must have at least 2 witnesses

There are plenty of cases that satisfy these conditions (terrorist attacks being one of them).

New comment by blobster in "Wrecking sandwich traders for fun and profit"

blobster — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:05:48 +0000

Exactly. Wouldn't be surprised if this became a common type of scam on Uniswap.

New comment by blobster in "Bitcoin Is Time"

blobster — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:09:39 +0000

Would you be willing to bet on it? I'd love some easy money.

New comment by blobster in "You don’t need all that complex/expensive/distracting infrastructure (2019)"

blobster — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:52:44 +0000

In the overwhelming majority of cases, you will never pass that point. A well-optimized dedicated server with 90 fast cores, 128GB ram and 4TB SSD goes for $120/mo at Hetzner. That can easily handle 1 billion non-cached monthly page views if you write decent code. More if you cache. How many sites get that much traffic? A few dozen. If you're dedicating this much effort in preparing for 1-in-a-million eventualities, you will never ship anything.

New comment by blobster in "Bitcoin Is Time"

blobster — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:36:07 +0000

You're predicting >12% yearly inflation? That seems like a pretty bold prediction. I'm curious if you have any sources that would back your prediction.

New comment by blobster in "RNA Memory Hypothesis"

blobster — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:55:48 +0000

You might want to look into ethology, which studies innate behavior like the one you referenced.

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