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Peleus

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    Comment #36253711

    > It doesn't really seem to have made a difference. Twitter is worth around a third of what Elon paid for it. I'm assuming you're happy to just assert that 2/3 of it's lost value i…

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    Comment #36253672

    1) You're correct in saying it clearly doesn't constitute Blackmail. 2) No, the opportunity cost for Reddit is the users using Apollo to browse Reddit as opposed to official channe…

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    Comment #32223528

    > There are payment terminals attached to these kiosks. If someone installs malware on here - just insert a usb stick or use the recovery mode - then tada we have the next generati…

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    Comment #32220279

    Honestly I have to say this is the type of security article that annoys me the most. - Snarky and talks down about people not "in the know" about potential security issues. - Supre…

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    Comment #32115995

    Step 1 is going to be figure out what you are prepared to trust and work upwards from there. There will always be an infinitely recursive list of trust issues or potential attack v…

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    Comment #32104957

    Fucking lol. I can just imagine a company sending a package to the wrong address. The customer rings the company to ask what's going on. "Sorry the blockchain is immutable, we can'…

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    Comment #32103754

    so that all that goes away All WHAT goes away? You're talking about hordes of people answering customer queries. How the hell does blockchain make that go away?

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    Comment #32103478

    Respectfully, I'm not really sure how this is relevant to anything I said?

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    Comment #32103458

    I never said blockchain was a solution. I literally just said there are features of cryptocurrencies that are useful. There are features of cryptocurrencies that would actually be …

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    Comment #32103068

    > I remember vividly opening the door to the pig pen, and it was just a sea of people, 95% just responding to very basic customer queries/doing incredibly basic computation work an…

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    Comment #32103029

    Then look at _why_ you don't have it in today's financial services. Is it because there is some technology lacking that only blockchain and cryptocurrencies can solve? No, it's bec…

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    Comment #31943304

    The bait and switch with this comparison is you're comparing something you have no control over (bread slicer which randomly malfunctions) against something you have full control o…

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    Comment #31271825

    Under NDA but I'll give rough details of what's occurring while also naming my client and disparaging them to the public. Well that's a brave move...