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Student Surveillance Vendor Proctorio Files SLAPP Lawsuit to Silence a Critic(eff.org)
163 points by glitcher 6y ago|40 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/alkisah_global
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Alkisah is a 44-label release, a decentralized festival, and more(cdm.link)
1 points by glitcher 6y ago|2 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
I think computer science benefits from the relatively low cost and widespread availability of hardware and software tools. You don't necessarily need huge financial backing to explore a new idea in many areas. Of course there are excep
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by glitcher 6y ago
I agree with your nails on a chalkboard sentiment, but for me it comes from the genre of people who do armchair meta-analysis of the entire HN population.
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by glitcher 6y ago
The history of science is full of examples of resistance to changing how we understand the world based upon newly found evidence that goes against established norms. I think the scientific method is sound, and the real problem is human natu
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Press freedom coalition calls on Bidens Justice Dept to drop Assange prosecution(freedom.press)
1 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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Some Answers to Questions About the State of Copyright in 2021(eff.org)
2 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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NJ Appeals Court Allows Defense to Analyze DNA Software Source Code(eff.org)
3 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
> And even when cops do finally cross the line, they just move towns or states and get a new job And even though our collective awareness about this issue is increasing, this just happened yesterday: https://www.npr.org/2
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End Two Federal Programs That Fund Police Surveillance Tech(eff.org)
29 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
This is a completely minor and silly gripe, but one of the things I don't like about the video conferencing experience on computer screens is the lack of direct eye contact. I just can't escape the feeling of everyone looking at e
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by glitcher 6y ago
I agree, the emotion and division around this case seems a little odd. Another commenter states: > She was defying the team of epidemiologists in publishing bad data Whereas your take is: > they pressured her to make the numbers look
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by glitcher 6y ago
> the same standard won't be applied to those on the political left despite hundreds of riots being held across 2020 I beg to differ. Any time protests turn into riots, there are many who will jump at labelling the entire movement a
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by glitcher 6y ago
For those who may strongly disagree with that statement, I would be curious to hear their counter argument to the paradox of tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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Snowden: “We Can Fix a Broken System”(eff.org)
9 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
It is at will research funded by google, the researcher makes it clear what their findings were, they want the original research paper to have its say based on results not spin. If google wants specific outcomes from research, go to the mar
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by glitcher 6y ago
For a layperson like me, can you help me understand how it is that a case can be filed against property with respect to civil forfeiture while ignoring the constitutional violations against the person? I mean, how can anyone with a straight
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Raid on Covid Whistleblower in Florida Shows Need to Reform Computer Crime Laws(eff.org)
4 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
> Usually people point to the judges' casual dismissal, as justification for their own casual dismissal I can't say how usual this is without evidence, but sounds like you might be casually dismissing other peoples' though
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by glitcher 6y ago
> I have done my own research So has every conspiracy theorist on the planet. What's that saying... "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"? I notice you didn't site any of the sources of your personal r
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by glitcher 6y ago
> I don't have to give Logitech my drivers license to plug in a mouse Reminds me of how Nvidia's Geforce Experience application requires you to create an account with them just for the convenience of auto-updating your graphics
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by glitcher 6y ago
This is the context I know twee from - it was kind of the cutesy branch of indie pop around the same time as the shoegaze movement. Bands like Heavenly and The Softies are good examples of the twee pop genre.
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Law Enforcement Buying Commercially-Available Geolocation Data Unconstitutional(eff.org)
2 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
I absolutely agree. I have been tempted to buy the logical fallacies and critical thinking posters from The Thinking Shop[1] as gifts for certain family members, but I know too much of my motivation comes from the self-centered position of
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by glitcher 6y ago
> our opinions should be formed from a careful examination of arguments and evidence on each side of the issue, reading from only one perspective is akin to not reading at all The elephant in the room not addressed in this essay is the w
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US Could Soon Ban the Selling of Carrier-Locked Phones(wired.com)
6 points by glitcher 6y ago|0 comments
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EFF Cover Your Tracks Browser Tester(coveryourtracks.eff.org)
2 points by glitcher 6y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 6y ago
I don't think mainstream media is anywhere near extinct, but instead it's evolving and growing. I would argue that all the people who jumped on the HCQ bandwagon without sufficient evidence were also victims of mainstream media! T
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by glitcher 6y ago
> But their culture is just nothing about that. And then you go on to describe the effects of poverty, not culture. Sounds to me like they need economic opportunity, not further isolation.

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