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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> The sentiment in Romania is that we do not want a Russian puppet as president, this seems to differ in USA. The “constitutional court” is a joke. They made a decision under pressure form the EU. They made a completely unprincipled deci
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I am very informed. It’s clear that the Romanian courts succumbed to pressure from the EU, as confirmed by an EU commissioner. The courts fabricated a justification that is weak in order to get the result they wanted. It’s why they slowly s
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
These tactics are often criticized selectively. Why is it a problem when Turkey manipulates elections by banning certain candidates or parties, but not a problem when Romania or Germany or the EU does it? When any country resorts to such au
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
The article frames this as an “outreach” thing but it looks to me like a way to avoid transparency and use private unofficial channels
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I like the idea of a decentralized Google free YouTube. But I find these posts about PeerTube, Frama, Mastodon, protocols, etc just very confusing. And it’s hard to understand how everyday people can use this platform or it is even meant fo
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
The details in the article are horrifying and amount to state censorship in the same style of countries like Russia and China. There’s no reason for democratic countries to have these kinds of authoritarian controls. The labeling of content
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
There are many anti competitive practices that Apple and Microsoft engage in. And a lot of it is not even “preventing” something but just bogging it down so it takes a lot of time and money and starves out anyone who could challenge them. B
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> And those people do not care much about lock-in and walled gardens. They are not interested in jailbreaking and sideloading apps. They've never heard of Pebble or have any interest in it. Customers are interested in new products
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> One reason iMessage is less of a total cesspit than SMS is that the ecosystem is closed, and makes automation difficult. Is this really true? I receive a lot of iMessage (not SMS) spam on iOS devices too. In fact for me I see more spam
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I understand your point around precedent. My point is that Trump is not going to do something that removes the power of pardon from himself. I think the way they’re going to approach this is to frame it as a Biden specific problem with the
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Closed ecosystems and other anticompetitive tactics are how all these big tech companies continue to survive and make so much money. Without that they would be facing a race to the bottom. New regulations are needed to encourage competition
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Why would Europe focus on that? In terms of global competition and critical technologies, it would make sense to focus just on advancing their capabilities rather than these secondary activist things.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Scandalous. But I wonder how this can be proven. It’s hard to accept such stories without evidence since there are many possible incentives to attack these people.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I’m not sure it neutralizes it for everyone. Dem staffers have mentioned how Biden was mentally declining for the last few years and that it was denied and covered up by the party leaders. There have been allegations that a few people close
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
That’s not really the main technology, just the actual manufacturing. The valuable IP is EUV which came out of a US research project.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> they don't see that at least 50% of this IP is generated by students from China Source? I noticed your post leaves out various other countries that have high representation in US universities.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
There isn’t a “disturbing level of censorship” in either OpenAI or Anthropic. This false equivalency is a propaganda claim. DeepSeek has obvious extreme censorship aligned to the CCP agenda and it is well documented. There’s nothing like it
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Could you clarify what the “oh boy” is for? Is it something to do with the minority run aspect, like they were doing something illegal with other minority run firms?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I don’t own a Tesla, but the harassment, vandalism, and terrorism against Tesla owners and stores is unacceptable. It just shows the extremism of one side. It doesn’t look good to anyone who isn’t an extremist.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
How does knocking down walled gardens work when different countries have different regulations / censorship? Wouldn’t those countries ban anything decentralized that doesn’t uphold their requirements?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I think I am. But maybe I’m wrong. What I remember is these pharmacies could basically make prescription drugs locally and do custom drugs and things like that because they worked differently from big pharmacies. That was what kept them sur
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Aren’t compounding pharmacies meant to solve this? I’m not familiar with how they work but I remember small family compounding pharmacies used to be everywhere. Now you never see them and I’ve heard some states like California are trying to
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
This is a beautiful article with great visuals, like many other comments have said. But the actual point being made is worth paying attention to: > Computers used to be physical beasts. > We programmed them by punching cards, plugging
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Teslas are the most made in America cars, so even without recent politics, there are some reasons for moderates or right wing people to support their EVs specifically. But away from blue cities, you won’t find Tesla stores or even chargers
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
No citizen nor law abiding non citizen is affected. When you commit crimes, you “give up” your own liberty for the security of the public. That’s how all law works - when it is enforced properly, anyways.
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
So your argument is a slippery slope argument. The government can do a lot of things. But it doesn’t. This action against violent criminals seems like an obviously good use of the law. I’ll worry about your theoretical slippery slope if and
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
That sounds unreasonable, because it is such a rare possibility. If they hold that fear they shouldn’t fly either. After all, there is a chance they could die in a plane crash. They’re probably also a lot more likely to get killed by danger
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
It’s literally due to violent cartel gangs invading the country, committing crimes, and threatening everyday citizens. We’re talking about terrorists on interpol lists not a visiting student on a visa. The use of this legal approach seems a
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
The advice when such questions are asked is almost always to get a lawyer. But maybe if you think it is a frivolous lawsuit you can reach out to the EFF for help?
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by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Is that a photo of the actual tallest tree or just the tallest photographed tree?

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