shukantpal

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by shukantpal 5y ago
Good thing it’s not up to you solely
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Yeah like when you use a browser no where did you literally cause & consent to loading and running stuff. False analogy. Ironic that people use this line of reasoning to defend ad blockers (I'm responsible for whatever software I r
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by shukantpal 5y ago
I don't think so. Based on this article, Netflix is also forcing pixels on their screen to be color black -- and I want them to be green.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> Again, you're talking about an opt-out. GPDR (the law) requires an opt-in. It is opt-in. You decided to use a browser that implements the full HTML spec. Just use a basic browser.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Semaphores are important when adding support for SMT in an OS kernel.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Yeah the bugs will be squashed when all the valuable btc is no longer in your wallet
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by shukantpal 5y ago
This seems like a bug that happens only on Linux + Chromium?
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> Legal? Yes. Parasitic behavior? Also yes. You failed to make a meaningful counterpoint; the legal/ethical distinction was made clear in the parent post.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
That's a foolish hypothetical to construct; however, I don't have to refute it. That's because the author themselves said in this case, that the reason to submit the malware was to give a "fuck you" to the big corps
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Yeah, but they don't get to raise their prices as fast.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Hmm, you're right; I was thinking of the SSPL not AGPL when I wrote that comment. Thanks for the correction.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
AGPL is not considered a free software license.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Thanks for stating the obvious. It isn't silly at all to publish malware and vaporize your reputation, right?; maybe it was good after all, people will become careful.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> hardly anyone else will That's a democracy. Not a problem.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
In an infinite loop, yes.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
It isn't necessary the package was used in CI jobs only and not production servers.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> keeping software up while adding more features is costly The software maintenance is also given out as a gift. That's a choice.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> Free as in freedom is not the same as free as in beer. It's a choice to distribute software for "free" as in "free beer".
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> That's fine, but then the downstream shouldn't complain either when the code breaks, whether intentionally or unintentionally. There's no contract that says complaining is banned.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> Who are you to decide what is useful/legitimate or not? Common sense.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
No it’s more like “why complain about a method that isn’t being used to lock down devices instead ones that are actually being used for that purpose”
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> Tell that to the numerous people who see an ad for something actually relevant to them instead of something only vaguely relevant to the site's primary audience. You're not being subjected to some kind of torture; in fact, yo
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> There is a clear intention by these companies to bore or confuse people into signing their rights away These aren’t “rights”. There’s no confusion either. And people aren’t entitled to getting a service for free so they lost nothing. &
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by shukantpal 5y ago
You really aren’t entitled to stackOverflow so you were never “forced”
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Changing the response of your HTTP server does not warrant jail time
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Nope, you can compile code back to whatever ECMAScript version you like with tools like Babel or TypeScript. So the devs don’t even notice that they’re compiling to 4-5 year old ES.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Regardless of that statement's truthiness, that's very much irrelevant for the OP. Nowhere did they say they were broke.
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> When a true heroin addict shoots up, is that completely voluntary or completely involuntary? Probably neither. The heroin addict doesn't get to blame someone else for their choices; it's a bit like jumping from a building -
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by shukantpal 5y ago
> “Stolen" in the title of the OP is not really an exaggeration. Theft can happen only when it’s involuntary. > the problem is systemic, essentially baked into the business model of advertising/marketing, and it should be ad
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by shukantpal 5y ago
Ironic

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