mirimir

19 ms·

121.
by mirimir 6y ago
Those are good arguments. I'm very curious what the data will show over the next couple years. However, I'm concerned that data for incidence and mortality will be too incomparable to draw reliable conclusions.
122.
by mirimir 6y ago
> Hang on, this is an article showing that a looser lockdown still ends up with your economy hammered anyway. Well, there is effectively no "looser lockdown" when you're part of the EU, and even more economically tied to t
123.
by mirimir 6y ago
Right. From what I've read, it seems like the most effective strategy would be locking down elder care homes tightly. And also tightly locking down staff at elder care homes. Because once one resident gets infected, there's no way
124.
by mirimir 6y ago
This is from a Show HN that didn't take off. Maybe the code is still valid. https://podaero.com/info/show-hn
125.
by mirimir 6y ago
I suppose, but when discussing technology for online privacy and anonymity, it's prudent to make worse case assumptions. We can't assume that people won't be arrested, prosecuted, tortured and killed based on opinions, base
126.
by mirimir 6y ago
I had a similar experience as a beginning grad student. A postdoc in the lab had developed a radioligand binding assay, which we were using to purify a small protein. And I could just not get it to work, no matter how careful I was. TL;DR -
127.
by mirimir 6y ago
Hey, I'm pretty sure that Steve Newman would create a group for us on Podaero :) The Internet is way large enough for all the spaces that we want. It just happens that I primarily focus on anonymity, privacy, and resistance to censorsh
128.
by mirimir 6y ago
I advocate free speech idealistically. In case it wasn't obvious. I don't want filtering that's imposed by sites or their users. I want filtering that's implemented locally. I'm OK with opt-in filter lists, such as
129.
by mirimir 6y ago
True enough. However, I don't believe that anyone has taken down a Tor onion service, except by first identifying the server in meatspace. And that's typically depended on OPSEC failures. It's true that CMU researchers deanon
130.
by mirimir 6y ago
> Real name requirements deter dissidents and vulnerable people, not populist bullies. That's where I'm coming from, for sure.
131.
by mirimir 6y ago
How can filtering infringe free speech? People can say whatever they want, but why should I have to hear them? Also, any software tool that can be removed by someone else is broken by design. But yeah, maybe that's why there aren'
132.
by mirimir 6y ago
You and like-minded peers could have that, for sure. I can see the value for professional networks. Otherwise it'd arguably be far too dangerous.
133.
by mirimir 6y ago
> I know of no social space on the internet that has light moderation, no moderation, or primarily user-driven moderation that isn't also a dumpster fire. The cypherpunks list comes pretty close. I don't believe that anyone has
134.
by mirimir 6y ago
Those are all excellent questions, and I've very tempted to discuss them. But on the other hand, I didn't get much sleep last night, and I'm tired. Also, in any case, I doubt seriously that any of that discussion will have an
135.
by mirimir 6y ago
Exactly. Because once everything isn't protected, someone gets to choose. So what we need are systems where content can't be removed, and users can't be banned, by design. And yeah, we also need usable and effective filteri
136.
by mirimir 6y ago
Fair enough. So now it's just an insult. But that doesn't mean that it's lost its actual meaning, when used professionally.
137.
by mirimir 6y ago
Hey, it's just an opinion. And it's arguably not clear-cut. Or at least, the Wikipedia article doesn't think so.
138.
by mirimir 6y ago
I agree with most of your comment. So I guess that I wasn't very clear in mine, if it elicited yours :( > If USSR was arguably fascist, so are the USA then. I wouldn't argue too hard against that. It's just that the US hid
139.
by mirimir 6y ago
> You appear to be starting from an assumption that everything USSR did, politically, was left-wing; and thus concluding that fascism can be left wing. No, I did not. Basically I'm arguing that the USSR pretended to be "left-wi
140.
by mirimir 6y ago
Just how did they "prove" that? And just who is doing the "imposing" here?
141.
by mirimir 6y ago
Actually the full quote is: > fascists on both the far-left and far-right of the political debate According to Merriam-Webster, fascism is:[0] > a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts na
142.
by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, that logo puzzles me. I mean, how is tinc like an Apache attack helicopter? Or more generally, how does it relate to warfare?
143.
by mirimir 6y ago
As others note, it's trivial with tinc to setup mesh networks, with both direct and indirect routing among peers. It's the basis of CCC's ChaosVPN.[0] Also, it works well as a Tor v3 onion service, and so provides an alternat
144.
by mirimir 6y ago
> ... have been led to believe that mask mandates seriously impinge upon their rights. This is vastly amusing. Before late 2019, folks like me complained about laws against wearing masks in public. At protests, for example. While mailing
145.
by mirimir 6y ago
Also only ~4% in the US, and virtually absent in Africa.
146.
by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, friends have occasionally encouraged me to use Twitter, over the years since the mid 00s. But it's never appealed to me, and so I have ~no experience with it, except from following posted links. But anyway, you say: > Anonymit
147.
by mirimir 6y ago
OK, so TFA is about racism, or rather about what's currently considered racism (which will undoubtedly keep changing). But more generally, these are just object lessons in poor OPSEC. In particular, the failure to adequately compartmen
148.
by mirimir 6y ago
Huh. So you can't drive a four wheeler on your farm while drunk? That seems pretty harsh :(
149.
by mirimir 6y ago
From what I see, there's no IP anonymization. But maybe one can use it via VPNs, Tor, etc.
150.
by mirimir 6y ago
That's a good way to put it :) Unfortunately, I didn't think of that :(

More ›