shallot_router

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by shallot_router 9y ago
Oh come on. They're going to tie him up and torture him before he gets a chance to press "Send" on his report email, then?
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by shallot_router 9y ago
No, he's just saying they probably announced this at a point where their network is (presently) too weak to achieve what they want, so they may be shooting themselves in the foot a little bit. They're still doing the right thing,
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by shallot_router 9y ago
How do you suggest we eliminate ISP monopolies?
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by shallot_router 9y ago
ISPs and utility companies are natural monopolies. When you move to a new location, you're stuck with the ISPs that service that location; often just 1 ISP. By giving them the power to selectively control what they're sending down
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by shallot_router 9y ago
Very true.
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by shallot_router 9y ago
Yeah, these "don't do [hip thing], do [contrarian but normal/common sense] thing" articles (or the reverse of them) are becoming a bit tired. You should have good team-building and organizational skills and good techni
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by shallot_router 9y ago
Obviously it'll depend. But if a founder/CEO turns a 3-person startup into a 500-person multimillion dollar company within a year or 2, and is responsible for a lot of that effort, then they arguably deserve the bulk of the credit
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by shallot_router 9y ago
HN probably doesn't need more culture war-baiting.
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by shallot_router 9y ago
The question is if this guy is merely monitoring police, or also actively trying to harass them or interfere with what they're doing.
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by shallot_router 9y ago
Especially when that company controls not only the ads that make news websites sustainable, but also what headlines people see, and where, when they search news-related topics. My 2 cents: drop the term "fake news" entirely and sw
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by shallot_router 9y ago
Note this is in the UK, where there are fewer legal protections for free speech. But, yes, I think it's a huge political mistake to tie these concepts in this way (or even to use the term "fake news" at all, at this point). R