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That's what contractors are for. Snowden was making something like $150k for a fairly basic sysadmin role, and I'd imagine he was nowhere near the top of the contractor pay scale. That is a whole separate issue though, with contr
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The etymology of the Netherlands is the Dutch "nederland", or "lower lands". I'd consider "the lowlands" to fall into the region category, much in the same way that the Ukraine translates to "the fron
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The article mentions the hole in their argument and then glosses over it: > There are exceptions, but these are the general principles that bind speakers of Russian and English. These exceptions include collections of states (eg. the UAE
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What's more interesting about that article is the threat of social shaming at the end: > Like it or not, and intentionally or not, the language a person uses reflects their political positions, including their position on Ukraine’s
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Usain Bolt, Lance Armstrong and the Duck Test(tomnew.medium.com)
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Usain Bolt is another interesting case. Commentators have made a pretty compelling case based on the circumstantial evidence that he was doping, but due to weaknesses in Jamaica's anti-doping program it's likely impossible to prov
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Curious that it does not count books that librarians or educators choose to restrict as "banned". In my local library system, it's almost impossible to find copies of books with a heterodox perspective on controversial issues
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Well it is a US company... In the US, you are allowed to possess or distribute photos from concentration camps, 9/11 footage, and yes, the Christchurch video. You don't need a special journalism license or a law enforcement badge.
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Isn't their point about the moderation response time when it comes to illegal material? It took Facebook 29 minutes to remove the Christchurch video, while this whole controversy appears to be focused on a post that was up for 14 minut
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Matthew Prince did not provide any information on the nature of the threats he claimed, but the two that were widely discussed on Twitter are addressed in the submitted post. Neither of them involve Cloudflare employees, so I'm not sur
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If this is what Matthew Prince referred to as: > However, the rhetoric on the Kiwifarms site and specific, targeted threats have escalated over the last 48 hours to the point that we believe there is an unprecedented emergency and immedi
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How do you intend to generalize this case to other websites with user-generated content? Because the precedent set today is that a single threatening user-generated comment is enough to pull Cloudflare security services for the entire site,
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It truly is bizarre to watch. It reminds me of the ethically questionable business strategy of buying a premium brand, slashing prediction quality and costs, and then raking in profits before people catch on. That strategy is viable because
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I hate to do the "pull out the dictionary" thing, but those people are precisely the core audience for LoTR media ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/core-... ): > the type of
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It seems kind of weird to characterize Tolkien fans being interested in a new, high-profile Lord of the Rings show as "brigading". Of course the people with the biggest emotional connection and interest in a franchise will be the
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Interesting to contrast the IMDB rating with Rotten Tomatoes, not owned by Amazon, which currently has an audience rating of 38%. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_... In my opinion, Steam doe
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In the US, we had COVID relief checks and student loan debt forgiveness in the last couple years, both of which seemed like pretty blatant vote-buying attempts.
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Per the bracket diagram in the article, out of the four players in the semi-finals, three were Chinese. So there was no way to avoid a match between two Chinese contenders. Unfortunately there isn't much that can be done in terms of to
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I read about the Marjorie Taylor Green incident. The swatter apparently claimed to be a specific moderator from the website (by username, not actual name), while commiting a serious felony against a prominent politician... If anything, it l
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The focus on Twitter seems a bit strange. Per the author's post, the government of Pakistan is arresting journalists and activists, manufacturing a pretext after the fact: > In Pakistan, activists and journalists are routinely picke
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Some people have claimed that their reddit accounts were banned after linking to the site or referencing it directly, hence the use of various nicknames and euphemisms.
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Great link, thanks. Interesting that my intuition was off, although I suppose it makes sense that regulations are loosest in countries with the strongest speech and privacy protections. Although I'm skeptical of how well the rules on p
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Unless things have changed in the last few years, there are apparently countries in Europe that don't require registration: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/9ziqfi/european_cou... And that&#
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> You can not buy a sim without KYC in almost all countries. I'd be curious to see stats on this. At least in the US, it is very easy to buy a SIM and sign up for a pre-paid plan with zero KYC.
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I mostly like ZenBooks, but they really need to spend an extra $5-10 on more durable charging components. Mine had the charging receiver inside the laptop fail from wear, so I had to pop it open, remove the broken one, and solder in a new o
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It was a pretty blatant example of the privileges afforded to important, well-connected individuals. Ask anyone with a clearance what would happen to them if they repeatedly emailed TS information on an unaccredited system, and stored it on
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The opinion piece that you linked spends the first three paragraphs explaining why people should believe that Biden's statement wasn't a gaffe. That opinion piece was published on May 25. The Fox News story describes how Biden wal
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I'm familiar with the Taiwan Relations Act, which means I know that it provides absolutely no guarantee of military intervention. What exactly is the relevance of the Taiwan Relations Act to the question of whether the US has guarantee
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The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty was nullified over 40 years ago. The US policy with respect to Taiwan since then has been strategic ambiguity, and we can see how well that worked out for Ukraine! They were in the same situation as T
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I think China would much rather take Taiwan in 10 or 20 years than today, and it would take some serious goading to spark an actual conflict. Could they pull it off today? I'd give them decent odds, but as you describe, even the best c

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