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by squigz 11mo ago
You continue to ignore the very glaring issue with trying to address these issues by de-anonymizing speech - that is, any such system will be easily circumvented. Furthermore, the idea that we can't address this in any other way is wro
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm speaking of violence from other people, yes. > but comes with the tradeoff of disinformation and societal manipulation we’re currently dealing with. I'd rather solve those issues in ways that don't eliminate anonymity
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by squigz 11mo ago
> If you’re in that situation then you already don’t have free speech, so honestly that tradeoff seems like it doesn’t matter What? Are you saying that if you face the threat of violence for saying something, you don't actually have
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by squigz 11mo ago
> If you want to say something, then say it with your identity. You don’t get to be anonymous when saying something to my face so why should it be allowed across a screen? My face is not my identity. Do I have to tell you my full name an
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by squigz 11mo ago
Even those people don't deserve to be "dragged from their cabs and beaten by angry mobs"
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by squigz 11mo ago
Yes. What I'm saying is that people can choose to leave online spaces that are abusive, as opposed to abuse at school or home, which are much harder (usually impossible) for children to escape.
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by squigz 11mo ago
> What you are arguing against is the restriction of access to apps like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat —- all of which are filled with predatory algorithms that have shown to have negative affect on the mental health of teens,
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by squigz 11mo ago
My own theory is that kids are rightfully anxious and depressed as they can now easily see the state of the world and the direction it's going. This is the world they have to enter soon, and they can do almost nothing to change it, so
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by squigz 11mo ago
Ah yes brilliant. Let's keep trying to solve these issues that we've been trying to solve for centuries. That's clearly going well. Instead, let's put a bandaid on it so we don't have to look at the issue for a litt
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by squigz 11mo ago
One of the good things about the Internet is that you can leave such sites and find people who don't do that. Most kids don't really have such a choice when it comes to school or their family.
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm fairly confident that's not how it works, but am happy to be proven wrong?
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by squigz 11mo ago
What about the kids who are bullied and isolated at school? What about those who have an abusive family?
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by squigz 11mo ago
This is a totally normal and sane response.
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by squigz 11mo ago
It's good to point this out but I don't think the snarkiness at the beginning is necessary to get your point across.
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by squigz 11mo ago
I used to laugh about the idea of kid's voting rights. As I get older, I'm not so sure it's a bad idea. They're the ones who have to grow up in the world we're shaping. Maybe they should have a voice in how it'
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by squigz 11mo ago
> there's clearly no good done by the existence of social media. I assume you apply this to HN as well? Discord? Forums? All of these can easily be defined as "social media"
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm really sick of this silly comparison. Stores don't require you to present an ID to enter them. They don't record that ID, add it to a pile of other data they've collected about you, and sell that information. In shor
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a Turbo Encabulator moment when this stuff is posted.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Is such a term even enforceable? How would it be? How could Mistral know how much a company makes if that information isn't public?
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by squigz 11mo ago
I'm not sure why someone would browse for torrents on predb, unless I'm missing something. It lists releases, it doesn't provide downloads or magnets or anything. Use literally any torrent indexer (I use 1337x) and you'l
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by squigz 11mo ago
And I'm tired of people acting like companies putting on a show of protecting our privacy is doing anything actually helpful. But you're right. I'm wrong and clearly don't care about privacy. As a completely unrelated as
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by squigz 11mo ago
Given how important these stores are to many communities, any attempts at fixing the situation have to be very carefully considered so as to not negatively impact those communities too much. At least in cities and places with other options,
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by squigz 11mo ago
The claim you made was that people don't care about their behavior being monetized.
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by squigz 11mo ago
If I went up to random people and went like, "Do you approve of companies tracking what you buy, eat, do, where you go, and every other aspect of your life?" I promise you I would get a majority of "No"s
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by squigz 11mo ago
What the heck? Where did I say either of those things? Privacy is very important. That's why I think sharing of customer data - individual or aggregate - is bad.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Why do you think this makes it better?
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by squigz 11mo ago
And what happens when Russia launches nukes in response?
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by squigz 11mo ago
So many comments and sentiments in this thread are really not worthy of HN.
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by squigz 11mo ago
Anyone to whom that information is relevant already knew that this vulnerability has existed for a long time.
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by squigz 11mo ago
"Unpleasant" is a fairly good word for describing Calibre's UI (as much as I love Calibre) It's not terrible, but it's not great. You get used to it very quickly, but it's still clunky. Oh well. I suspect that

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