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by doktrin 10y ago
> My problem is that US, Chinese, Russian and Macedonian sponsorships by state actors are equally unproved Disagree. There's no such thing as perfect certainty, but the only real question about Russian troll sponsorship is one of sc
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by doktrin 10y ago
HN is by now a well known forum, and exerting influence over its participants would be valuable for many parties; including but not necessarily limited to state actors. Hence, it's fair to assume that there are comments made in bad fai
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by doktrin 10y ago
I try to remain optimistic, because allows me to continue being largely complacent with and complicit in the slow decline of free and civil society. Slightly tongue in cheek, but only slightly.
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by doktrin 10y ago
> things like "caucus" and "SCOTUS" are really unlikely to be written by a Russian, on any English knowledge level What a weird thing to say. Even the most native of idioms can be learned, and there are plenty of full
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by doktrin 10y ago
> if that's what you really think, then you don't get to assume that the DNC was hacked "by the Russians". Agreed? Are you saying there's some letter written in broken english that's being used as proof of R
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by doktrin 10y ago
I honestly don't know why you guys are trying to divine identity based on textual clues like this. It's safe to assume every stylistic and linguistic choice is deliberate.
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by doktrin 10y ago
> claims along the lines like "Russia uses online trolling" seem exaggerated. What? gamergate, /pol, /b, alt-right, the_donald, antifa use online trolling. In context, saying a state actor uses online trolling is an e
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by doktrin 10y ago
> poorly documented Uh huh https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolls_from_Olgino https://themoscowtimes.com&#x2F
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by doktrin 10y ago
The US does legitimately have an imperfect human rights track record, and most Americans who follow the news would agree (while at the same time being aware of China's own hypocrisy in this matter) Likewise, Russia has a well documente
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by doktrin 10y ago
I know it's not the HN norm, but I believe the parent was making a joke
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by doktrin 10y ago
That 13-point tweet series paints a surprisingly plausible picture. I'm looking forward to getting the full story in about 20 years time.
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by doktrin 10y ago
> surely surely his supporters don't subscribe to at least the latter view there? You must not have very many conservative friends on Facebook. "Russia didn't write the emails" has to be one of the most popular memes
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by doktrin 10y ago
Just seems like general obfuscation to me. It would be very weird for anyone to make assumptions about their identity based on broken english.
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by doktrin 10y ago
> impersonating a federal agent > (possibly foreign actors) posing as federal employees > impersonate a federal employee Just one look at the twitter account in question makes it clear this entire line of reasoning is absurd. Can&#
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by doktrin 10y ago
I rarely drive, but a lot of my colleagues did exactly what you describe. It's most definitely unsettling, and thankfully that's one particular behavior I've barely seen since the ride sharing services came on the scene.
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by doktrin 10y ago
Without federal funding & stakeholders, what really distinguishes CPB / PBS from any other non-profit? > conservatives benefit more from having PBS around as an issue than they would by slashing its funding There's an impli
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by doktrin 10y ago
This honestly feels like unnecessary pedantry
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by doktrin 10y ago
> That's a straw man of a budget hawk. Real budget hawks are more reasonable. Is this an ironic no-true-scotsman?
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by doktrin 10y ago
Agreed. I signed up for recurring membership (in the past, I only donated intermittently or during drives). This is something worth keeping.
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by doktrin 10y ago
The idea that hackathons can favor style over substance rings true with me. Sometimes people get unfairly screwed by a bad judging panel. This is particularly true when evaluating technical merit : I've literally seen judges swoon over
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by doktrin 10y ago
Being located in the US but staffed 100% from overseas sounds strange. Did you guys make a conscious decision to exclude US born workers? Moreover, please walk me through your "I'll take my ball and go to Canada" ultimatum :
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by doktrin 10y ago
> So was Erlang. The language, the runtime, and the standard library were all purpose-built together to solve a real world problem... to build fault-tolerant, distributed network applications. I'm probably outing myself as the lord
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by doktrin 10y ago
I'm a little embarrassed to say that I lived in Japan for several years (in high school) and never really noticed this or thought of it as being out of the ordinary.
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by doktrin 10y ago
I know I should be cynical, but as a Comcast customer I appreciate the gesture. These days I'll take what I can get, and if private companies are the only ones to even half heartedly act in the benefit of ordinary people so be it.
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by doktrin 10y ago
related : http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/how-internet-trolls-won-t... http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/memes-4chan-t...
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by doktrin 10y ago
I'm surprised this was written back in 1992, at a time when I personally hadn't noticed the rising tide of military adoration that the country experienced post 9/11.
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by doktrin 10y ago
I'm very early in the process of looking for a job in Europe, and lots of things do indeed seem to be different. Here are some things I've been asked to provide prior to an interview (that none of my US-based employers have reques
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by doktrin 10y ago
TIL "red team" means "bias confirmation"
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by doktrin 10y ago
Last I checked, I pay my ISP over $50 a month for their services - services they happen to have a monopoly on in my area. Comparing them to a free website is absurd.
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by doktrin 10y ago
> I don't want to compete with AI. I want AI to create efficiency and wealth so I can relax and have a leisure lifestyle. This shows that work-a-holic CEO culture is only about margins and gains and not improving lifestyle and quali

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