IslandRebel

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by IslandRebel 5d ago
They largely can't do anything against consumers in the UK. One of the largest ISPs gave up sending the threatening letters because everyone just ignored them. Occassionally one of the tabloid hacks will write a piece about how naughty
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by IslandRebel 8d ago
They tired this in the UK. I can get to a mirror of any pirate site without issue without a VPN. It ends up being a game of whackamole.
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by IslandRebel 8d ago
The Suicide stuff is about protecting them from people who were promoting self harm. The unalive stuff is because of threats of violence. You can reference murder if it is say part of a news story or referencing something historical. https
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by IslandRebel 9d ago
No it isn't mass hysteria. YouTube has a set advertiser friendly guideline. It will scan uploads and streams automatically. YouTube used to demonetise profanity unless it was mild. YouTube would demonetise profanity in the first X numb
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by IslandRebel 9d ago
> They should, but it’s up to the experts to make the decision. You need an informed group to make decisions. I've seen experts in my own field completely misunderstand what customers have wanted and/or completely missed the po
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
Sure, but that wasn't what I was getting at. The guy is complaining about the exploit being disclosed to Sony, but anyone who used the same tools could have found it. It's kind of like complaining that someone has spoilt the endin
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
The article is about the schism between the experts and what people generally prefer and recommends that said experts should try to take that into account. People almost always prefer traditional architecture. Is it really subjective when a
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
> “Slop kiddies found the only hypervisor bug left, which I had also found a while ago, and decided to report to Sony,” the modder said on social media. “I asked them to at least wait for GTA 6 to come out so that people would have the o
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
I was forced to watch their atrocious sketch show while waiting in someone's house before we departed for the local pub.
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
I don't care for this argument at all. There are functional buildings where I live from the Industrial Revolution that look quite nice. I want things to look nice where I live. I don't want them to be ugly and demoralising. As for
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by IslandRebel 10d ago
> The lack of respect software developers have for their craft confounds me every day, to the point that I wonder if anyone in software actually writes code because they enjoy it, instead of making money. I used to enjoy it, and after ma
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
What I find strange is that you said specifically that he couldn't have been deceived and then described Tommy Robinson as a crook. Your internal logic isn't consistent. What I am trying to explain to you is that this may not be b
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
All you are telling me is that you are going to be wilfully ignorant. That is intellectually dishonest. Constantly reiterating that he can't have been deceived when I've told you how it happens to people and there are similar exam
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
> There are things in that article that are really a long way beyond having been deceived I don't believe so. Can you explain exactly how it is impossible he is deceived? > They cannot and must not be minimised in that way. Wh
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
It was a turn of phrase. I am just pointing out that it is extremely unlikely. I don't think any of this is politically motivated (the Linux stuff). I don't see anything on the site that even mentions anything remotely political.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
Pretending that support for a Linux distro is going to translate directly (or at all) into political lobbying that is going to eclipse large donor groups that will sink hundreds of millions behind a candidate is delusional.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
I did it in a VM took me 20 hours. Most of that time was waiting for things to compile and fixing mistakes I made because I didn't read the instructions properly.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
I am quite aware how it works. What you are describing is nationalism which isn't what is happening online these days. Nationalism is an older form of propaganda / State control. I am not a Libertarian/Ancap but this is a con
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
I find these sorts of conversations tiresome. Almost nobody who isn't interested in particular parts of the tech remotely knows who DHH is. He managed to secure some funding for his Linux distro. None of this directly translates to the
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
I am sorry but you severely misunderstand how politics work if you believe the amount of money and some notoriety online will translate into votes / enacting legislation.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
> Let's call it what it is, someone crying because their project isn't getting the love it wants while someone new did. Welcome to life. This happens all the time in business. CSS-Tricks is old, it had it's time and now it
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
Existing regulations should cover software in their respective industries. Outside of that what you are asking for is simply onerous and isn't something that can be regulated in a meaningful manner. We've already had opensource pr
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
I've seen plenty of examples of Brutalism in architecture (in the UK) first hand and to most people it looks like ugly concrete blocks with hole in it.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
LFS is worth doing if you are interested in learning how Linux distro is put together. There is a fair bit of reading involved. I did the entire thing in a Debian VM.
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by IslandRebel 11d ago
You need to actually read the book and not just copy and paste commands. Many of the questions you have are answered in the book.
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by IslandRebel 12d ago
> Talking as an eastern european: unless you live in a sunshine place (~Mediterranean) most of the 90s car already eaten by the rust + the salt used for defrosting on roads in the winter. You can still find good examples in the UK where
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by IslandRebel 12d ago
I am driving a vehicle from the 90s. Works very well. Old British Vehicle so it leaks out oil everywhere but any vehicle that is more the 20 years old will be leaking oil. Have significantly less problems than the car I sold (which was 20 y
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by IslandRebel 14d ago
> Idk folks, maybe it's because I actually don't like writing software as much as I thought I did. I'm realizing I actually like making products and creatively solving problems, and software is a mildly enjoyable means to
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by IslandRebel 15d ago
This sort of argument was addressed long ago in economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
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by IslandRebel 15d ago
I've had it work well on both (iOS and Graphene OS) using Brave browser on both. It is simply much better when you are on a unstable connection than any of the other sites.

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