yakireev

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by yakireev 7y ago
First, since when collective responsibility became a good thing? Being responsible for things you never did is not something you want for yourself, so why want it for others? Second, it's not only that guy who's at loss, it's
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by yakireev 7y ago
> They only thing anyone has lost here is momentary convenience. No, what we all lost here all the other meta-information which is not code, but is still part of the project.
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by yakireev 7y ago
Microsoft could have handled the situation much better. Silently 404ing all repos while providing no communication and explanations is not a legal requirement.
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by yakireev 7y ago
This actually happened when these sanctions were first implemented. US registrars notified their customers from Crimea that they wouldn't be providing them any services from now on, and the customers all just quietly migrated to Europe
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by yakireev 7y ago
> I also feel that it's poor taste for a Russian living in an authoritarian state to liken github to the gulag. If Microsoft is no better than Roskomnadzor (and in this case it isn't), than he's rightfully doing so. Russia
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by yakireev 7y ago
You make it sound as if it is the guy's fault. Being a software developer is a well-paid job indeed, but that guy was offering (some of) his work for free, and apparently other developers made some use of it. And now you are blaming hi
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by yakireev 7y ago
Let's assume he did. Now what? Does it make the situation better for Microsoft? User is banned, repos are lost, comments and issues are lost, with no explanation whatsoever. Microsoft is covering its ass, while we all are at loss. Ther
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by yakireev 7y ago
It probably means you're using your real name and/or your real phone number. Or have an established account with photos of you. I did not check if images from thispersondoesnotexist.com would work to pass the selfie check, but my
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by yakireev 7y ago
Nope, that won't work. Facebook will ask you for a phone number and for a selfie. It will then match both against their databases, and ask you for an ID if there is none. You can get a "burner" phone number and even a physi
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by yakireev 7y ago
I was considering moving to ProtonMail (honestly, not being able to send mail to Russian addresses is now a blocker), but if I ever do, I won't give you a @protonmail address either, because I won't have one. If you want to actual
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by yakireev 7y ago
Many commenters seem to miss the most important point here. If users from Russia can't access ProtonMail - that's not that much of a deal. But if mail from ProtonMail stops reaching Russian email addresses - @mail.ru, @yandex.ru a