sugersvoltet

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by sugersvoltet 4y ago
Yeah, I wrote "inverse" but I meant "converse". It's definitely one of those situations, here. >Also, "conservatism" meaning "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is NOT equivalent to po
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by sugersvoltet 4y ago
I think that's part of it, but I think they primarily mean politically reactionary. I wrote more about this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34543573
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by sugersvoltet 4y ago
>These people once mentioned, on twitter, that people who hate systemd are like reactionaries (as in, politically far right), as if a choice of init is a correlative of political ideology. When you view others' preferences for fucki
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by sugersvoltet 4y ago
>Also how do they make money? Do they all just sell NFTs ? Correct, they sell NFTs of mass-generated cartoon art.
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by sugersvoltet 4y ago
>While CharlotteFang may be termed something close to reactionary (if your IQ is low and you can only think of 3 or 4 political archetypes) I would put them more in the neo-Nazi / pseudo-Esoteric Hitlerist archetype ( https:/&#
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
Some kinds of organizations require some level of distrust in their culture. And the issue seems to really lie with how the employer handles past drug use. My understanding is many organizations, including some government agencies, tend to
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
>We can't say, as a society, that something is ok in one scenario, but say it's bullshit when it matters. Sure we can. Sometimes carefully crafted bullshit can be ok. For example, when countries conduct diplomacy, or when poker
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
Not him. I made a throwaway because of the nature of the discussion and to eliminate the very small chance he or someone else could infer who I might be. No point giving them my main account's history to help them guess. I'm not a
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
Google "Julius Kivimaki" / zeekill. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33442419 Member/associate of HTP and Lizard Squad, hacked Linode (at least once), Lenovo, the Python wiki, some game companies;
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
I don't really understand why people have an issue with polygraphs. They're pretty effective for the sole task they're designed for. As long as people don't try to involve them in legal cases (or otherwise use them as a
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
That just looks like standard IRC bantz though. Do you know if he was actually trying to sell/weaponize the malware he was developing? (I assume he was, given the indictment, but can't hurt to ask.)
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by sugersvoltet 9y ago
Weren't you detained in a similar way when you traveled to the US to attend Defcon (without the arrest part)? Are you able to discuss how that all went down?