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by gwright 6y ago
I agree with all that and I also don't want to let the perpetrator off the hook. In your example, doesn't matter if the crime happens in a place where it is uncommon or not, it is still a crime and we shouldn't excuse the per
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by gwright 6y ago
You don't know who was the storage vendor and who's data was being deleted and you have no idea what that data represents or what the consequences are of having to restore it. You are making several unfounded assumptions.
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by gwright 6y ago
They aren't victims? If you forget to lock your car door and it is stolen or something inside it is stolen are you also not a victim by your logic?
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by gwright 6y ago
I'm not trying to disregard the negligence concern but I am trying to ensure that the perpetrator is also called out. Several of the top rated comments on this article are praising the perpetrator.
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by gwright 6y ago
So you are rationalizing a crime because it teaches companies a lesson? That is a crazy rejection of the rule of law. Would you be comfortable in applying that logic to all crimes?
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by gwright 6y ago
I agree but I don't think that changes my point that the person who destroys the data has more culpability than the storage service in the destruction of the data. There tends to be a pass given to people destroying data and I don&#x27
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by gwright 6y ago
You are suggesting that it was just "keys" but that isn't the case here. You don't know what type of data is being destroyed. A better example might be a storage unit service that left the front gate unlocked. If someo
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by gwright 6y ago
Better off? The idea that victims deserve to be victimized because they didn't take enough care is trotted out every time a security issue comes up on HN.
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by gwright 6y ago
And what about the responsibility to not destroy someone's property? Do you have the same opinion about shoplifters walking away with merchandise? Would your argument be that there should be armed guards and searches in every retail s
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by gwright 6y ago
Would you feel the same way if someone burned your house down if you left the door unlocked? Would you support the idea of people walking through a neighborhood and checking every door in a similar way? Does your opinion change if it happe
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by gwright 6y ago
Hard to sort out what you are saying. I was pointing out that "democracy" doesn't mean that "protest" is automatically lawful, which was the confused assertion of the comment I was responding to. I'm not sure w
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by gwright 6y ago
This is a confused argument to me and I think many other comments in this thread are similarly confused. By confused I don't necessarily mean "wrong" but more like "muddled" or hard to understand. I'm coming a
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by gwright 6y ago
I don't know. It was common knowledge for me in college (as in it was taught as part of the curriculum) but as far as I can tell in the intervening 30+ years that knowledge seems to have been lost and relearned many times over.
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by gwright 6y ago
While I agree with you, the term "computer science" has not had a consistent definition over the years. I have a degree in "Computer Science" (1987) but it was not a math program. It would not surprise me to learn today
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by gwright 6y ago
Certainly extreme in magnitude but I don't think anomalous in nature. There is considerable evidence that the non-STEM departments in US higher education are intellectually leftist monocultures.
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by gwright 6y ago
I tend to agree with you but I don't think your argument contradicts my statement. You are basically arguing that the health emergency still exists and the exemption should remain. I think that is a defensible argument, but that doesn
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by gwright 6y ago
I don't think most of it is "overreach" as more often than not Congress is explicitly ceding authority to the executive branch. That isn't to say there isn't "overreach".
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by gwright 6y ago
In the absence of the disruption to existing educational plans caused by the COVID-19 health emergency, why would foreign students (or any students) want to pay the regular tuition for 100% online instruction, and why would that require the
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by gwright 6y ago
FWIW, it is helpful to understand that this isn't ICE making policy randomly but in fact just enforcing the regulations surrounding student visas. The existing regulations were relaxed in March but the underlying regulatory idea is tha
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by gwright 6y ago
> Even if I concede that there are some on the left who fit your description, the whole point is that left/progressive political philosophy is fundamentally aspirational towards tolerance and inclusivity. Right/conservative pol
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by gwright 6y ago
> Is it really the case? Pretty hard to answer that question in HN with anything other than another anecdote, but I would personally answer that question with "yes". I have seen this behavior on several online forums I am in (
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by gwright 6y ago
Might be a bad analogy, doesn't mean the situation/environment isn't problematic, though.
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by gwright 6y ago
Why are you using quotes in that statement?
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by gwright 6y ago
The effort to assign a total ordering to various "privileges" seems like a fools errand to me. Wouldn't these characteristics differ in magnitude from one individual to the next also? It is almost as if everyone is a unique
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by gwright 6y ago
But presumably the reparations have to be paid from one group to another group. And perhaps there is a third group that pays nothing and gets nothing (recent immigrants?). So if you are in the group that has to pay out the reparations aren&
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by gwright 6y ago
> Of course they are responsible, who else should be if not the one who are getting the historical benefits? This idea of generational responsibility, taken to its full extent, might have some unintended consequences. For example, aren&#
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by gwright 6y ago
Analogies are dangerous, but I'll give it a shot. In your 2003 scenario, an analogous concern would be if someone pointed out that Saddam Hussein was indeed violating some UN provisions and the response was for that person to be fired
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by gwright 6y ago
> Firing people for expressing "distasteful" views publicly is nothing new. I don't think that is a correct synopsis of the concern. The concern is that there is no space to discuss the definition of "distasteful&quo
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by gwright 6y ago
Google guessing seems like a terrible idea. That will just confuse the consumer when they go to purchase and find a different value, possibly creating a customer service problem for the vendor through no fault of their own.
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by gwright 6y ago
Your comment reads as if regulations are some binary thing, the nature of regulation is critical to any meaningful discussion. Regulations can be reasonable guards against harm (fraud, pollution, safety, etc.) and they can also be part of

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