Xelbair

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by Xelbair 1y ago
indeed, but the problem isn't from them trying to do so. It's the success rate that matters.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
>(eg can't work based on visa rules, can't access public/health services at all without legal residency) You aren't a citizen in such case - you aren't legally allowed to do so. This is another issue with law be
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Digital ID is fine if it is a choice of citizen if to use it or not, without any consequences - soft or hard. It is convenient to use, and can streamline processes. If physical ID gets heavily discouraged and Digital ID gets mandated for ev
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Quite the opposite: as it designed in a way that it could be patched and extended, while also being performant.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Owned by GoogleFlare with public spec, but most of it would be run as closed source application that uses extended spec akin to EEE - making it impossible to use without relying on GoogleFlare. config defined in YAML.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
DNS still runs strong and it was ~~designed~~ released* in the November 1983. It still holds up basically whole of internet. in most cases SQL is good enough for 90% of workloads.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
it's not about belief. It's about rights - my personal right to privacy trumps any business reason they think they have to track me. but to not be an ass - the issue is in accountability - how much of traffic to website is genuine
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by Xelbair 1y ago
>Probably, but I think you are giving most bad actors too much credence. Tyler Robinson took several precautions to cover his trail in his assassination of Charlie Kirk—but he also told many individuals about his plan on discord, as well
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by Xelbair 1y ago
if they feared the populace, they couldn't push for legislation that entrenches their position without any benefits to citizens.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
this also assumes that criminals or terrorists will just follow the law. you can always establish encrypted channel via DH over stenography in plaintext messaging, and just use any encrypted protocol. if hardware is compromised a black mark
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by Xelbair 1y ago
>European Commission: Commissioners are nominated by elected national governments and must be approved by the directly elected European Parliament. With so many levels of indirection, that citizen votes are irrelevant and they don't
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by Xelbair 1y ago
You might not believe in system and ignore it - your choice. but it exists. You live in it, and it is part of your reality so your only choices are to emigrate somewhere undemocratic, or be part of it. It is pure denial of reality otherwise
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by Xelbair 1y ago
In democratic system(please spare me "we're republic not a democracy" adage that every American spewes) every citizen votes, and shares responsibility in decision making process. You can become politically active and try to c
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Then maybe some forces - economic, or realpolitik ones, or whatever etc - make the current situation a reality, no matter your political allegiance. Maybe it is infact an optimal resource distribution for current situation. Or system is fun
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by Xelbair 1y ago
>So what? Even if 99% of the population agrees with doing something, that has no bearing on whether I agree with it or am responsible for it. You are a cog, participating in system, voting in it and acting in it. You could wash away your
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by Xelbair 1y ago
blame English language on lack of distinction between plural(referring to 'your society' in this case) and singular you. I don't think that's a hard concept to grasp.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
different regions, outside of Moscow. basically a second tier city.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
>Representative democracy doesn't mean that every possible policy could be enacted by some realistic configuration of elected representatives, even if any particular policy is supported by a majority of the electorate. that is only
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Honestly, their effect is diminished. After speaking with Russians living in there, day to day life hasn't been affected that much, after initial shock. Trying to use sanctions against another major power isn't guaranteed to work
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by Xelbair 1y ago
it was voted in by majority, no matter what mental gymnastics you do. People either voted, or decided that their vote was worthless enough.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
'You' elect the government. Even if you didn't vote for ruling parties, majority did. Also it seems to be a common thing in Europe to refer to other's country populace OR government as plural 'You'. From my sm
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by Xelbair 1y ago
but it is nothing that cannot be solved - if it was more profitable we would all be doing it.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Technical reasons are honestly overblown - it all boils down to one, business, reason - control. When you do serverside stuff you control everything. What users can do, and cannot do. This lets you both reduce support costs as it is easier
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by Xelbair 1y ago
i know this is amazing concept but you can just.. not follow the law, and use 'illegal' encrypted communication. Steganography to do key exchange on any compromised channel using DH, and then you just send normal encrypted message
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by Xelbair 1y ago
Depends on the country, over here i can legally share it with friends and family. As in legally create a copy and gift it. I can't mass print/burn/copy copyrighted works, but the key word here is 'mass'.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
It is vastly harder to revert a law that entrenches whoever is in power.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
yeah, for now - it was always close. And they need to succeed only once. the issue is that they try to push it despite citizen protests, and each time they try people just grow more fatigued.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
This is at least 3rd time similar measure has been tried in EU parliament, form my memory.
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by Xelbair 1y ago
How do i vote out representatives not from my country? In this case my country is vehemently opposed to this. How do i vote out representatives if all of them support the measure despite it being unpopular in my country, no matter the facti
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by Xelbair 1y ago
It is, but i would rather take toothless UK's one over EU's Orwellian nightmare. UK's one is easily avoided. But reality is that NONE of those options should be even considered.

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