lblissett

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   by lblissett 2mo ago

   The domains of software and bread are different enough that I'm not really sure the analogy holds. Software quality has far more extrinsic reasons for mattering than bread does. Bread is not my only interface for interacting with many
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   by lblissett 8mo ago

   I'd read that as "some centralised systems", not "all centralised systems"
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   by lblissett 8mo ago

   also, people always immediately think of terrorism, but TIL that life insurance policies are responsible for way more plane bombings than I thought
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   by lblissett 10mo ago

   People use opiates as a replacement for mental health providers for similar reasons. While I’m all for harm reduction, it doesn’t mean we should view it as inevitable.
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   by lblissett 1y ago

   Yes. The Online Safety Law (and similar ones in other countries) is stupid and should be repealed. However, this is a list of "blocked sites" composed mostly of sites that are not blocked.
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   by lblissett 1y ago

   I’m in the uk. No vpn. I tried several of these links and they all worked for me… Is there any verification on submissions to this?
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   by lblissett 1y ago

   Worth noting that this bill was introduced in 2021 and passed in 2023 under the previous Conservative governments, all of which were fairly libertarian/anti-state at least in their rhetorical positioning. I mean arguably, Labour could