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This is an absurd fantasy. If you take psychedelics and go outside, no one is going to arrest you. Consumption of drugs, in most western nations, isn't a crime. Stop spreading this…

With all the great encryption utilities like age[0], Signal, or Veracrypt, can anyone please tell me what the point is in using pgp anymore? It's old, it's clunky, it requires care…

This article has absolutely no substance in it. Nor is "cryptocurrency traded at $60k" - that's literally only Bitcoin, and today that is roughly cut in half!

> Besides, an open patent scheme means that any pharma company can sell the vaccine. And I guarantee that the vast majority of companies that will start doing so will be fly by mig…

It references TikTok as problematic, but TikTok actually tells you to take a break after you've been swiping for a bit.

Yeah, so?

Are you really coming on HN to try and blame immigrants for this? Do you know the kind of contributions immigrants have had in this industry? Do you know how important open immigra…

NuCypher (YC S16) | Rust Software Engineer | Remote | Full time NuCypher is building a distributed threshold cryptography network based on the Ethereum blockchain. ( https://nucyph…

It will get reported and deleted _very_ quickly.

TikTok's moderation team is pretty on point. Far better than any social network I've ever used before. I don't think the commenters who say they only get weird or bad content actua…

Lots of comments here hating on TikTok, so I'll offer another perspective: TikTok is instrumental for offering children and teens an "in-group" and finding their interests. If you'…

> How many bites of the pie did you lose during those 4 transactions? Probably between ~1-2%, if that.

Wow, that's truly awful.

This looks really neat. I noticed a typo on https://tuition.treena.org/ "Enrol Now" should be "Enroll Now" :)

Cops are in less danger than sanitation workers. Get this state-violence apologia out of here.

Why is academia (at least in the physical sciences) so competitive? My partner is a molecular biologist and she can't collaborate with anyone outside of her lab because of the fear…

Additionally, we can also detect deep double-spends very easily! When a double-spend occurs, usually it's from a deep chain reorg. This is what people usually refer to as a double-…

> about a coordinated effort to mint & publish some blocks without front-runners stealing all the work & claiming a big contract for themselves. Wow, I have no idea how you read th…

Isn't the open internet great? I can register a domain to use for my own purposes so I can also have a voice.

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it …

The SKS rifle chambers 7.62x39mm and can be used effectively at a distance.