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Re:Blockchains: How They Work and Why They’ll Change the World on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:42PM (#15413119)
Hi. I'm the author of the article. Thanks for your interest. I'm glad the piece is sparking a deeper discussion of the technical trade offs of the technology.

I just want to clarify that this article is one of many included in a full Spectrum issue dedicated to blockchain technology, which I had a hand in organizing. From the outset I was adamant that we acknowledge the costs and limitations of blockchains. Part of that treatment can be found in the last half of the overview.

But we also try to hit those notes in a separate piece, which you can find here.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/do-you-need-a-b...

Re:ZCash Will Be a Truly Anonymous Blockchain-Based Currency on Thursday October 27, 2016 @10:54PM (#12812662)
Hi. I'm the author. Thanks for pointing this out. You were not the only one. We've reworked the attributions paragraph to include all of the institutions that had a hand in this particular work. And we also tried to make it clear that the snarks they worked on were specific to the zcash project.
Re:Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or on prepaid... on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @02:10PM (#11864255)
If you have not been charged with a crime, can you just refuse to hand over your cards?

France Rejects Google’s Efforts to Limit Application of Privacy Ruling

Posted by sangfroid on Monday September 21, 2015 @08:28AM
from the bits.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/france-rejects-googles-efforts-to-limit-application-of-privacy-ruling/?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=5&version=internal&contentCollection=bits.blogs.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fbits.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F09%2F21%2Ffrance-rejects-googles-efforts-to-limit-application-of-privacy-ruling%2F&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0

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Re:Dispositional mindfulness is associated with reduced implicit learning on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @08:59AM (#8172636)
I just got a copy of the paper from the researcher. They used 16 study participants. Still not a huge sample size, but big enough for consideration.

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