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by skynet-9000 6y ago
> Of course, some people believe that the losers in any particular forum should be silenced, because the majority view must be correct. .. that is, consensus, at least in that particular forum. But losers still shouldn't be silenc
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
I missed out on that deal too. Guess things get hit quickly when put on HN!
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
You might want to re-consider returning to Opera, as it is not the same Opera of olde (unless you are comfortable with a browser that is now at least partly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.)
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
It's great that we have all these choices for privacy-focused browsers. How does https://iridiumbrowser.de/ compare to https://brave.com and https://vivaldi.com ? It seems like Iridium can insta
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Very nice, and great site design too. (BTW, the baggage of supporting old versions of IE was removed when jQuery 2 was launched in 2013. There's now also a "slim" jQuery that removes a few features for a smaller file size.)
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
With RPKI, what happens if the RIR (i.e., ARIN, RIPE, etc)'s Certificate Authority decides to revoke the certificate for the netblock? Does the netblock "owner" suddenly see all of its traffic dropped? If so, this is a far mo
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
In this case, certificate revocation being so broken probably saved Parler from having it being done to them.
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Point taken. I've seen them do that for Youtube as well -- basically, they don't include Youtube vids in your data plan if you are ok with them degrading the video experience (and you can disable that sort of "feature").
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
This proves the point. It is legal, but no one even offered such a package.
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
If they wanted, they could have done so.
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
> some ISPs also wanted to sell "internet lite" packages that are cheaper and only allow you to connect to a fixed set of websites. presumably they would also take money off the back end from those websites that want to be in t
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
"Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie. "This isn’t cancel culture... Nor is this politically motivated&
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Nor were they destroying livelihoods and entire businesses across a broad swath of supposedly competing companies. The actions of today seem to have more in common with the union-busting blacklists across large companies of previous centuri
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
I don't think it's reversible. I think we are where we are, for better or for worse. The web will never be the same, and the world is worse for it.
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Ask HN: Is de-platforming reversible?
4 points by skynet-9000 6y ago|5 comments
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
> I read the blog post as claiming that deplatforming / silencing isn't the answer. A lot more (outlined above) is required. Those other things are also called for in the post, but the actual post title was "We need more
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Ok, so it looks like the two tweets were: "The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unf
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
That seems reasonable. Of course, it wouldn't be useful as a defense in a civil case. (And, indictments for what? Section 230 protects Parler anyway.)
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Appreciate that response. I was referring to conspiracy to commit tortious interference civilly. And you're right, RICO or similar in a criminal case would require a much higher standard of proof.
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Understood completely, and appreciate the feedback. This is definitely a fraught topic. Thanks @dredmorbius, really appreciate the follow up.
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Thanks @tzs, I'll remember this!
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
@grzm, sorry can't reply to you. I agree, there can be a strong case to be made that it's just a coincidence and they all moved on the same external event just because they were all meaning to anyway. It also seems like a case cou
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Conspiracy is a legal term and used here in a context unrelated to conspiracy theories, but to your point: what if all of the hills start on fire at the same time?
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
When several vendors drop the same customer at the same time, and there are no state attorneys general bringing legal actions (and thus no grounds to assert illegal activity), then it seems like conspiracy to destroy a business, and a likel
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
How about when you try to save a file, so you choose File Save As, change the directory, and then try to start typing the filename and it starts searching (recursively!) instead of letting you type your new filename? Even better (not), th
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
This sounds pretty awesome. I think that some of the office politics creep in not because of the projects that people are working on, but just because people actually interact on non-work things. This can be a really good thing in many case
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
That's a good point and might eventually lead to inefficiency or looser team cohesion. Management reaction to strong growth probably feels more like Apple than Microsoft, but maybe with less angst ;)
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by skynet-9000 6y ago
Userify ( https://userify.com ) is similar; meetings are rare (except probably with customers). Most communication occurs in one-on-ones, with a strong bias toward the minimum number of team members for any project. Most team memb