iamnothere

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by iamnothere 10y ago
"No privacy" has certainly NOT been the standard. Before the information age, people were more likely to communicate extremely private information in person. Until the invention of microphones, this communication was most certainl
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by iamnothere 10y ago
Many journalists, lawyers, political activists, and civil rights advocates would disagree with your characterization. Just because you personally aren't aware of abuses doesn't mean that they don't occur. Bush-era antiwar gro
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Tested from US university IP, I also get the 1K4t wallet address. Maybe a caching issue with the CDN (assuming they use one)?
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by iamnothere 11y ago
I pretty much just use it as an RSS reader, but that's how I used Reader back in the day. Sometimes I do read the comments left by users though. I've experimented with using the "Blurblog" for sharing, but I generally pr
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by iamnothere 11y ago
NewsBlur doesn't have as large of a community as Reader did, but it has similar social features and I find that comments are generally high-quality. I recommend checking it out if you haven't found a good replacement for Reader ye
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by iamnothere 11y ago
It wouldn't stop activists from filming "restricted" areas, no, but it could give authorities a way to tack on additional charges ("terroristic disabling of an aviation safety device" or the like) when they inevitab
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Thanks, that makes a lot more sense then. Culture informs economy and vice versa, and it makes sense to study that. It just worries me when it looks like someone is advocating the elevation of economy over culture, especially when potential
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by iamnothere 11y ago
> Things like mental and physical health, addictions and substance use, thought manipulation and mind control, the fears and desires, sexual fantasies, even popular movies and music affect the economy greatly. > To conclude, I think r
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Thanks, glad to hear that you're thinking about it. Hopefully you won't encounter that sort of manipulation.
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Based on the article on Medium, it appears that often-refunded articles disappear from the site. Isn't this a potential vector for censorship? Well-funded adversaries (or well-coordinated activist groups) could use multiple accounts to
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by iamnothere 11y ago
They usually call college "the best time of your life," not dorm living. Most college kids don't stay in dorms past their freshman year, and the ones that do don't have nearly as much fun as the ones who find off-campu
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by iamnothere 11y ago
People need a home before any kind of treatment would be effective. Unfortunately, treatments for both mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse require a long time to work, and relapses are extremely common. Further, these treatments are
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Yes, but treatment should be sought voluntarily, not imposed as a condition of housing. *edit: Treatment should be readily available and highly encouraged, obviously.
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by iamnothere 11y ago
This is directly contrary to what has been found to work in practice. Mental illness and drug addiction can take years to treat successfully, and it's impossible to treat people who don't live in a fixed location. "Housing fi
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Not if the government takes the perspective that housing is a human right, regardless of an individual's mental health or substance abuse problems, willingness or capacity to work, or even criminal history. Some would argue that a coun
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by iamnothere 11y ago
I have thought before about the need for a "reputation" driven system, where the user can indicate who he or she "trusts" (and how much) based on their contributions. The system would then highlight information from trus
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by iamnothere 11y ago
I have seen more claims of this lately, and I myself have experienced it several times this year, but always on Facebook. I no longer use any apps by Facebook (FB/Instagram/Messenger) due to the insane number of permissions they r
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Solar panels still work in cloudy weather, though the efficiency is reduced. Transmission losses are huge over long distances, plus you would have the added problem of securing the panels and transmission lines against sabotage -- and the S
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by iamnothere 11y ago
Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday. It's Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" for the social media age.
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by iamnothere 11y ago
SpiderOak's experimental Kloak provides such a system. Encrypted pub/sub social will be the only way to ensure privacy, long-term. (Other than purely anonymous networks, which have other use cases.)
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by iamnothere 11y ago
> I don't think a messaging app should stop illegal usage at all. Similar to ISPs. I agree, just saying that the article seems to suggest this. Like I said, there's been a lot of attempts to scare people about Telegram lately.
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by iamnothere 11y ago
I've seen a lot of FUD about Telegram recently, and plenty of shady stuff that reeks of government pressure, including Facebook banning Telegram links from Whatsapp and banning its "official" FB page. This article rings a cou