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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks(wired.co.uk)
1 points by middleclick 5y ago|0 comments
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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks(wired.co.uk)
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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks(wired.co.uk)
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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks(wired.co.uk)
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How the internet censorship world turned on NetBlocks(wired.co.uk)
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by middleclick 5y ago
> Code quality was atrocious. We had one enormous Java method (>1000 lines) which would take care of nearly every single request coming into our service... With only about 7-8 unit tests AWS is pretty reliable for the most part so I a
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by middleclick 5y ago
This is a peak HN comment (the one you are replying to)! The other day on the Wikipedia thread, there was a data scientist who said he could run a website like Wikipedia all by himself. "How hard it is?". And here we have the same
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by middleclick 5y ago
The George Floyd thing is not mentioned because it's not true: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/15/fac...
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by middleclick 5y ago
This assumes that traffic has not changed since "1% of its coffers". Traffic has grown and the site has become faster.
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by middleclick 5y ago
Fauci has categorically denied on record that they don't fund gain of function research. I am not qualified enough to comment if the re-engineering mentioned here is the same. I trust Fauci to not lie in a public hearing and to know wh
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by middleclick 5y ago
> Fauci runs funding for gain of function research Fauci has denied multiple times that they funded gain of function research. Please cite your sources.
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by middleclick 5y ago
Wait, does this mean that I am not allowed to criticize someone just because I ... don't have their skills? That doesn't make any sense. This paper is not peer-reviewed. It should end there.
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by middleclick 5y ago
Have you encountered the CAPTCHA from this monstrosity of a company called Arkose Labs? I don't get angry but I was trying to redeem gift cards for an elderly relative and I was shouting and gave up. Not sure if I am allowed to paste l
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Facebook temporarily blocks posts with hashtag ResignModi(thehindu.com)
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by middleclick 6y ago
Has the case for Switzerland's strong privacy laws been established and more importantly, has it been tested?
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by middleclick 6y ago
I could have done better at the personal attacks but it's hard to tow the line when genuine grievances of peacefully protesting farmers are ignored for months and one negative attack is suddenly all that is talked about. That to me ind
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by middleclick 6y ago
The Supreme Court of India is going to listen to the farmers? The same Supreme Court that asked why and I quote, "why old people and women are kept in the protests" as if thousands of old farmers were paid money and brought in to
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by middleclick 6y ago
Such things are typically reported by the media. One of the problems in India though is that the media is completely biased towards the government. The prime minister of the world's largest democracy has held exactly zero press confere
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by middleclick 6y ago
Did you read your own links? > Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation representing more than 40 farmers’ unions, condemned those who had taken part in the clashes and said that “anti-social elements had infiltrated the otherwise
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by middleclick 6y ago
> I am all for peaceful protests, the constitution has given every citizen the right to protest They have been peaceful protesting for literally months now. One bad incident does not mean anything and there is a lot of information about
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by middleclick 6y ago
Pasting a Republic link is incredibly disingenuous because they frequently peddle fake news, not to mention, are extremely biased towards the current government, so much that their main person had access to sensitive intelligence informatio
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by middleclick 6y ago
This question can go both ways. Why does this person feel the need to use a throwaway account if their opinion is backed by proper citations?
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by middleclick 6y ago
Just one account, for Donald Trump. That's it. That too because of the hateful content that was being posted. Have they called out for censorship of things that were critical of them? No? Did they have a committee to investigate that?
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by middleclick 6y ago
Please point out which websites have been blocked in browsers.
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by middleclick 6y ago
Not having an app does not mean that the mobile interface doesn't work.
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by middleclick 6y ago
> The Democrats have the power now and they will use it to suppress any opinion they disagree with. Quite the hyperbole without any evidence. Where is the evidence that they have demanded for censorship? Or have done so in the past where
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International statement: End-to-end encryption and public safety(gov.uk)
6 points by middleclick 6y ago|1 comments
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by middleclick 6y ago
So that makes it anecdotal. I thought that's something others do as well. I personally don't even know where else to look for articles. I also don't trust other sources or possibly outdated mirrors.
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by middleclick 6y ago
How many people read Wikipedia other than from the main website? What's the source on that?
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by middleclick 6y ago
I can't imagine doing email without mutt, without all the keyboard shortcuts I have, and without vim as the editor. Thank you mutt. Just what an email client should be. I wish there was better search support but that's about it.

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