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601.
by evgen 6y ago
> the network sees censorship as a system failure and it will always attempt to find a route around that No, it really doesn't. John was wrong. What happens is that 'censorship' is applied at a particular level of the st
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by evgen 6y ago
No, you don't get blocked for an unpopular view or for violating some nebulous 'groupthink'. You need to clearly cross the line several times to get blocked.
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by evgen 6y ago
> A saying from a nation with collective psychological trauma of over 100 years. No thanks. Well, they do know what happens when you let Nazis and their apologists/enablers get a toehold in public discourse, so maybe they actually h
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by evgen 6y ago
The problem with this is that in the case of Google/FB/etc the database to be copied is so large as to make this task functionally impossible. Even if you happened to have a half a petabyte of storage available somewhere you woul
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by evgen 6y ago
No one will be judged for having an account, because a lot of people were signed up just to monitor and watch. It is trivial to claim that you only signed up for that reason and to expect the claim to stick. If you happened to be frequent
606.
by evgen 6y ago
There is a German saying that goes something like "if there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you've got a table with 11 Nazis.”
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by evgen 6y ago
Try to run a child pornography site on the internet and let us know how hard it was for you to be moderated out of existence (and into a small box with bars on the doors.)
608.
by evgen 6y ago
Sorry to burst your bubble, but so far it has been rather clearly demonstrated that de-platforming works for diminishing interest and engagement with some of these more dangerous groups. It raises the bar for alternative systems, makes a c
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by evgen 6y ago
Better to be hated by everyone than counted among the nazis. You can moderate speech, but the first step is to stop caring about the opinions of the chattering classes such as is found on HN (or on Twitter for that matter.)
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by evgen 6y ago
It is so you can flash the side of your gun at someone else in a dark/smoky/obscured room and they can see the signal, but you don't need to completely surrender situational initiative. The tape is reflective to help in this
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by evgen 6y ago
The person doing the import is one of the ends in that E2E chain...
612.
by evgen 6y ago
You have repeatedly made this claim and have yet to provide even the thinnest shred of evidence. Please supply some or stop making these unfounded assertions.
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by evgen 6y ago
It is actually too obtuse, to be honest. It would be better to be explicit: if it were not for the Apple 800 lb gorilla holding the Facebook 800 lb gorilla's feet to the fire here due to its self-appointed role as gatekeeper of the iOS
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by evgen 6y ago
Absolutely. The arrest on trespassing and other low-level charges establishes his presence in the building at the time of the event and as an active participant. Next step are sedition charges.
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by evgen 6y ago
Ad hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacies are rather pathetic. Try providing proof that expanded free speech is what led to this drop in war and conflict. I could just as easily claim that the growth of international franchised food and beverage
616.
by evgen 6y ago
Either there are consequences for your lies and misinformation or truth is doomed and freedom will follow soon after. > If the media didn't keep censoring and banning people I doubt the Capitol would have been stormed. When you take
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by evgen 6y ago
Maybe it is because we are literally fucking watching mass misinformation and delusion spread by nefarious actors lead to mobs trying to prevent the legitimate and peaceful transfer of power in a nation armed with nuclear weapons. The nost
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by evgen 6y ago
No, it is not the same. Signal is a registered 501.3(c) non-profit with a public board and cannot just decide to sell themselves and your metadata at some future point. Signal is also making ongoing improvements to protocols and apps to l
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by evgen 6y ago
Signal is not another scheme to collect private data and anyone who makes such a claim has their own agenda to push (as you can see from the other comments in this thread made by this person.) Do a bit more research, get a wide variety of
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by evgen 6y ago
Strange, because I heard from Linus' cousin's neighbor's hairdresser than it was APT23 that wanted backdoor access into Linux, while someone who once shared a cab with Lennart Poettering told me the Freemasons were demanding
621.
by evgen 6y ago
Tails and purism phones are the same 'I run qubes' fantasy that I expressly ignored. No one uses these, and they are not going to ever use those systems. There are fewer 0-days and CVEs in the mobile environment and for at least
622.
by evgen 6y ago
But they don't because modern phones have (semi-)secure enclaves that can hold encryption keys and protect them from most hacking attempts. Desktops and browsers lack this, so any conversation you have via these other platforms in the
623.
by evgen 6y ago
This article is standard punditry of false dichotomies and excluded middles to frame an argument in a manner that assumes the outcome the writer wants to lead you to. I was expecting better to be honest. The problem with 'move fast a
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by evgen 6y ago
Your persistent desire to expose your ignorance and belligerence to us all on this subject is quite fascinating. Spaced repetition as a mnemonic tool and pedagogical technique has decades of scientific research behind it and a simple searc
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by evgen 6y ago
It isn’t cherry-picking, it is a standard that existed long before covid. The Nordic countries have always compared themselves to each other and have been lumped into a group externally. They share many similar characteristics and few dif
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by evgen 6y ago
The taxes on sugar have nothing to do with corn. Corn producers do not need HFCS to stay in business, they have ethanol when they need a subsidy; less than 5% of US production goes to HFCS, but the rest is basically split 50/50 betwee
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by evgen 6y ago
Just dramatically worse than their comparable neighbors who, unlike the rest of Europe, share the same cultural/demographic/socio-economic factors. Nothing screams denialist more than people trying to hand-wave the Swedish failur
628.
by evgen 6y ago
Because it is not necessary. The actual parties involved know what is meant and intended, so adding some ongoing and constant amendment process is counter-productive.
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by evgen 6y ago
Change the two words 'media restrictions' in the first clause to 'privacy protection for patients' and you have a statement that is both more accurate and shows how the second clause is more alarmist bullshit from the in
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by evgen 6y ago
The only dupes at this point are the useful idiots who still support WikiLeaks. It has long since passed from being anything useful into being an cult of personality built around Assange.

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