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torbid

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    Comment #44495778

    Right and this is what I am saying is backwards with the protocol. It is not in anyone's best interest that some random 3rd party takes responsibility to preserve data for CAs inde…

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    Comment #44495110

    If CAs have to share CTs and have to save everything the CT would save to their last submission then no CA can destroy the log without colluding with other CAs. (I.e. your log ends…

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    Comment #44495066

    I understand that. But.. If 12 CAs send to the same log and all have to save up to their latest entry not to be declared incompetent to be CAs, how would all 12 possibly do a worse…

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    Comment #44494933

    These sound like good improvements but I still don't really get why the ct log server is responsible for storage at all (as a 3rd party entity).. Couldn't it just be responsible fo…

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    Comment #44494582

    Huh? I don't think the SEC would (just) apologize for letting you get away with manipulation of a significant portion of the US index funds just because they should have noticed yo…

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    Comment #44480080

    They tried this before with fruit. The US companies just sold their interest in production and have plenty of other options for acquisition if they try to tax beyond the relative e…

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    Comment #44479448

    Sure, but have you ever seen a pet parrot with the person it bonded to? I've had cats that were affectionate and cats that came to the house only for food. The overall problem with…

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    Comment #44475262

    I don't see why bird ownership wasn't similar to cat.. Would mammal be important or would there be a hidden variable in being able to house a dog or cat as one sometimes needs less…

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    Comment #44474497

    I guess that's a question of whether you like the musician or the music. In the arc of the song, the boyfriend clearly developed good taste.

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    Comment #44474219

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    Comment #44473151

    Yes, though 70% is a normal cut-off, I think most versions more heavily bias the placement towards 1/2 in the past square instead of the 1/9th of real chance. Without the bias it i…

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    Comment #44472095

    It seems to me like the goal is to work around the user having to type that to use Bcachefs while implying that they will have with the standard gatekeepers to avoid any limits on …

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    Comment #44471772

    It doesn't work at all, Potter Stewart wasn't stupid or uninformed about what a secular republic is, so he was acting in bad faith to push for personal discretion definitions that …

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    Comment #44471392

    If the goal is to hoard a currency itself instead of use it as the exchange between real investments then this makes perfect sense, but those people shouldn't be upset when we tell…