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by kmlx 3y ago
agree, but the internet is a different kind of monster.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> What content children get exposed to has always been the responsibility of parents. Assuming this bill has honest intentions (I don't believe it does) the issue here is more that parents are giving their children unrestricted acce
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by kmlx 3y ago
by the opposition none the less.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> I would also welcome you to Australia https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/12/04/why-aus... as i've written in other threads, the direction of travel re. internet policy is pret
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by kmlx 3y ago
i have a much simpler theory: we kind of forgot how to manage both sides of an argument. we take sides because it's much easier than deeply understanding the issue and fixing it at it's core.
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by kmlx 3y ago
NGO’s are also very much in favor. and so is much of the population. like in continental Europe, they don’t see the internet as we do on HN.
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by kmlx 3y ago
i guess this thread is a great example of how different the HN crowd is to the rest of the population. i keep seeing the same type of comments for every article where encryption is threatened. to me it looks like the direction of policy in
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by kmlx 3y ago
that actually worked.
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by kmlx 3y ago
zero chance. did anything happen in australia after they passed a very similar law? nope. https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio...
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by kmlx 3y ago
> against the will of the people it is not against the will of the people. the opposition, NGO’s and the general public are accusing the government of moving too slowly and watering down the law. they want the law strengthened and adopte
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by kmlx 3y ago
https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio... > The Australian government has passed a new piece of legislation that, at its core, permits government enforcement agencies to force businesses to han
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by kmlx 3y ago
the opposition not only wants this to become law, they are accusing the government of watering it down and not moving fast enough. same for NGOs. they want the government to go even further. various members of the public have come forward a
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by kmlx 3y ago
> They just want to do it anyway. some background here. the opposition in the UK is accusing the government of dragging their feet over this law, and are pushing them to adopt it sooner. they are also criticising the government for water
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Ironically that last part was probably the most frustrating. and the most disappointing.
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by kmlx 3y ago
i’ll chip in for London. while the thames can be swam upriver of Putney Bridge, there are conditions as the Thames is a busy river. but there are other spots in London where one can do wild swimming. for example: london royal docks https:&
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by kmlx 3y ago
avis in las vegas wanted the tesla back with 70% but gave it to me at 12%. great job all around.
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by kmlx 3y ago
yup, agree. and the stats are still poor. i don’t see any solution to this problem, and it doesn’t seem like the politicians and/or the public care.
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by kmlx 3y ago
yes, it was a big amount, and it affected all the stats.
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by kmlx 3y ago
i remember someone from the EU saying something like: they did not do anything to campaign for the continuation of membership.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> -Economy become stagnant (EU economy was 10% larger than the US economy in 2005; in 2022, US economy was 40% larger than the EU's) confirmed by this world bank chart: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GD
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by kmlx 3y ago
some of the mining giants usually offer great dividends and pretty stable stock. check: rio tinto, bhp, anglo american, glencore.
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by kmlx 3y ago
rio tinto is missing, and they’re at ~9%
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by kmlx 3y ago
> No, the website specifically refuses to provide the content to a range of IP addresses yes, just like any other website that blocks certain regions and countries.
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by kmlx 3y ago
this to me is nonsense. the article is available on the internet. you can freely access it from almost anywhere. the problem is that the politicians of the day of some regions (china, australia, european union etc) decided that the freely a
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by kmlx 3y ago
so it’s illegal to film someone on a street in switzerland and post it online?
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by kmlx 3y ago
not entirely relevant, but i remembered this quote from “zero to one” by thiel: > Consider a statement from Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s testimony at a 2011 congressional hearing: > We face an extremely competitive landscape in whic
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Vacancy rates for commercial real estate are what 20-30%? US doesn't look great: Office Vacancy Rates by City: 1. San Francisco: 31% 2. Los Angeles: 26% 3. Chicago: 24% 4. Phoenix: 24% 5. Cleveland: 23% 6. Denver: 22% 7. Philadelp
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by kmlx 3y ago
the regulation is a joke anyway, so why pretend? same with gdpr and the so called online privacy. it’s all smoke and mirrors with an added serving of mixed anti-americanism and european protectionism. they should remove everything from the
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by kmlx 3y ago
i find that video to be pretty well made. what exactly is the problem here?
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by kmlx 3y ago
is it that easy? in which case what’s all the hubbub about?

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