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Some common sense is greatly appreciated. Good job Microsoft.
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Yet Another Reason to Hate NY: Crippling Crypto
Link to DFS Framework posted for commentary here.
Let’s go on with some of the basic things:
Section 200.3 License, section (a):
License required. No person shall, without a license obtained from the superintendent as provided in this Part, engage in any Virtual Currency Business Activity.
Orrrrr basically taking a form of currency which is free and open to all, and thereby locking it behind closed, controlled doors. You’re clearly missing the point here NY. Part of the reason we like Crypto Currency is that we DON’T need to ask your permission to have it or use it. Crypto Currency is OURS, not YOURS.
Section 200.8 Capital Requirements, section (a):
Each Licensee shall maintain at all times such capital as the superintendent determines is sufficient to ensure the financial integrity of the Licensee and its ongoing operations. In determining the minimum amount of capital that must be maintained by a Licensee, the superintendent will consider a variety of factors
So now if I have $1000USD in Dogecoin, I need to have some percentage of that set aside in real USD before I can use it? YOU’RE MISSING THE POINT.
There is so much more in this document which is just damningly ignorant about technology as a whole and Crypto Currency specifically.
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that government entities are afraid of crypto. They should be. It removes them from the process.
And if government doesn’t have a hand in our money, then what real power do they have anymore?
None that matters, anyway.
Hopefully this will get struck down as over-reaching. Otherwise crypto development will leave NY (and the USA eventually) and go to more forward-thinking countries. Stop trying to hold us back. THIS IS THE FUTURE!
Google’s Chrome Web Browser Is Killing Your Laptop Battery
Been a while since posting (CRAZY summer work time), but this is interesting news.
Google’s Chrome Web Browser Is Killing Your Laptop Battery.
I can’t confirm the diagnosis, but it’s something I’d definitely like to check out.
Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere! by LeVar Burton & Reading Rainbow — Kickstarter
We did it. 🙂 Reading Rainbow broke 5.4m USD.
1m USD? Hah, we can go twice (or more) high!
Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere. by LeVar Burton & Reading Rainbow — Kickstarter
Support and awesome project.
I did, for $140.
Reading is one of the (if not the) most important aspect of humanity, and we must foster it in as many people as we can.
Help them.
Comcast is turning your Xfinity router into a public Wi-Fi hotspot [Updated] – Dwight Silverman’s TechBlog
I’m not saying this is illegal, but what I am saying is how the hell can they justify it being opt-out instead of opt-in?
You’re charging me a metric buttload of money for your service (which is, with all regards, pretty craptacular) and then using my electricity to provide free, public access wireless networks without my permission?
Using potentially my bandwidth (the copper can only provide so much, with TV and my internet access and now someone else’s internet access) and not giving us anything in return?
Pretty ballsy Comcast. Pretty ballsy.
A New OpenSSL Vulnerability
A new month, a new OpenSSL Vulnerability. I miss the days of just using the internet, not hosting things on the internet.
Ugh.
You can test your websites here: Dashlane OpenSSL CCS Injection test.
You can read about the vulnerability a lot of places:
For those on older versions of Ubuntu Server, like I was, you can follow this guide to get yourself to a version of Ubuntu that can install the latest OpenSSL Libraries: here.
What a morning.
Users slam ‘creepy’ new feature that allows Facebook to listen in | News.com.au
Normally I’m pretty open to cool features, and I grant that it’s an opt-in kind of thing, but nevertheless.
If a feature is in the application, then it can and will be abused. This kind of stuff should not a part of any app. As much as I enjoy having Facebook on my phone, I will gladly get rid of it if for nothing else to keep them from inadvertently recording what I’m saying.
Users slam ‘creepy’ new feature that allows Facebook to listen in | News.com.au.
If You Haven’t Written to the FCC Yet…
Please take the time to write to the FCC (and call, if you are so inclined!) to tell them what you think of their views on Net Neutrality – Save the internet as we know it.
Video: Time to Lock Caps and Save the Internet | Free Press.
Click here for an easy to use form which will be filed in FCC Docket 14-28.
Click here to go directly to the FCC and file an entry manually.
Either way, it’s once again time to stand and be counted.
Defend the internet as we know it, before they destroy even more of it.