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New comment by capitalhilbilly in "Three men are facing charges in Toronto SMS Blaster arrests"

capitalhilbilly — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:04:42 +0000

The original standards weren't expecting anyone but carriers to send messages and ramping up security has been a slow process, so downgrade attacks probably work nicely.

New comment by capitalhilbilly in "China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus"

capitalhilbilly — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:36:50 +0000

Being stopped that late is a bit different than the US AFAIK, but there is certainly the possibility of being stopped from work and (depending how you react) prevented from leaving the US for purely economic inventions:

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

I find it notable that the US' actual checks on government have worked against expanding the secrecy act further into economic protectionism for favored industries, etc.

New comment by capitalhilbilly in "“Why not just use Lean?”"

capitalhilbilly — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:09:25 +0000

I think its pretty clear that being too early has been as bad as being too late for most technologies. There are a few that have gradually gained community after decades but it is easier to make a poor copy of one of them and have better momentum and less skepticism.