Under the latest plans, tech companies would need to notify the British government before rolling out a security fix but might be refused permission if it blocks a vulnerability that’s being exploited by security services…
I suppose these days it’s cheaper to find some half baked vulnerability and pray it lasts a while instead of just adding back doors in the devices
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def piss(): pass
substitute accordingly 🤙
Ahh, yes. The golden era of usenet flaming.
Mostly everyone who says taking someone else’s property is okay if you feel they deserve it
I don’t think that’s ok. Humans need their space, man.
If you don’t see a huge commie bent here, then I would assume it’s because you are a commie or are commie-adjacent
I see a moderate and a left bent here. Both of those I vibe with, but the left isn’t synonymous with communism or even marxism.
And there’s also idealism, of course - there’s plenty of that everywhere on the Internet.
My view of the left is that they want an infra that’s more aligned with the EU or Scandanavia.
That’s definitely not communism. NK is communist, and there are very few people who want NK.
Man, they’re attacking telescopes now. What a shitshow
100% agree. It flags infractions, you have people verify what was being flagged, due course follows.
Where is the “commie garbage”?
People here are making valid complaints about the state of society.
Most people know that communism isn’t the answer.
WinRAR was what I used in the 2000s. Around 2011, 7-zip was my goto. I haven’t looked back since.
I wasn’t aware of pea-zip until this thread
Be patient. It takes time to “get going”.
If you know how to program, you’re in a good spot. If you don’t know how to program, start with fundamentals.
SICP is good. It’s Lisp. You’ll probably never write a line of Lisp professionally, but it will help shape how you reason about solving problems.
Develop some solid fundamentals.
No, it isn’t fine.
And no, I don’t think I’m “very smart”.
but if it starts to be used to censor information and rate humans, that’s the line.
That line has already been crossed. Since it’s already been crossed, it’s inevitable that this will be used in that way.
Maybe they’re not as smart as you’d like.
You think I want them to be smart? Lol.
Something controversial happens -> a lot of people get pissed off (understandably so) -> media milks the shit out of the event -> narratives - true, false, embellished, whatever get created -> mischaracterization for anyone who’s approach to handling the situation isn’t in line with majority rule, blah blah blah -> the bad guys (usually) walk away fine.
That’s a very common cycle.
I wasn’t happy with what happened, but it’s been 2 months at this point, and what I’ve gathered is that nothing is going to change.
And yet because I say that these protests are fruitless people get mad and go absolutely nuts on the downvote button.
Sorry, I was under the impression we could have an open discussion without making assumptions in bad faith about people who disagree with the rationale.
My bad 🤚
Its interface is pretty meh I’ll give you that
These people are moderators. They do not “run” the company. They moderate a subreddit.
Yes, they maintain communities that make Reddit actually viable and “worth” something in the first place.
Yes, those people put in a lot of time and effort that, in a just world, they would be compensated for.
No, we do not live in a just world.
No, Reddit is not legally obligated to compensate them.
Put all that together…and, well, given the nature of the initial “we’re going to sell the shit of your data” move they pulled, what makes you think that they would have a change of heart?
They don’t care about any of that though. They knew this was going to happen before they made the announcement.
Do you really think they were that out of touch?
What did they really think was going to happen?
They’re going to kick and ban people who are trying to hijack the company. That should be a given, because it makes sense.
Disagree. But it should remain dead as long as these shenanigans remain
It’s beginning to feel all bad at this point, yeah, I agree.
They’ll save a lot of money, but (a) the cost isn’t worth it and (b) it’s just totally assenine logic that takes a dump on the idea of a government’s existence having any sense of meaning that goes beyond serving the interests of the wealthy.