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dwardu··on BBC licence fee to be extended with 'YouTube tax' to force more to pay
The only way bbc can go off it should become a subscription service. Just like Netflix.

The government is stealing money from people to support a failing business

dwardu··on I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer
Companies in Malta have to report these things to the police. Some university of malta student found a vulnerability in some software and they got instantly referred to the police rather than being tracked when they reported the issue.

Companies are doing their best to not reward people who diligently inform them about vulnerabilities.

dwardu··on Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out
Worst thing is when you’re in a an office and your pc along with other pcs pulls from git unauthenticated, then you get hit with api limits
dwardu··on Unifi Travel Router
Is there a 5g dongle I can connect to it? I’ve been searching to no avail
dwardu··on Roc Camera
So once the company shuts down its servers we've got a lemon?
dwardu··on UK Greenlights Amazon Kuiper, Starlink Faces New Rival
Starlink requires we pay a one time congestion charge in the UK to use it. Will this be the same?
dwardu··on .io considered harmful
The article is clearly a virtue signal. If the person developing the solution doesnt want to pay for the .io domain, then so be it. They don't have to get the morality into it.
dwardu··on Raspberry Pi 5
times are tough, right?
dwardu··on Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies
isnt that the back to the future set?
dwardu··on macOS Cursors
Ive got to say, i do miss those wacky times when you can customise your cursors in windows.
dwardu··on Identity thieves bypassed Experian security to view credit reports
It would be a bullet dodged if so
dwardu··on Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
any noise cancelling makes the london underground noises bearable to travel.
dwardu··on Act: Run your GitHub Actions locally
How does it work with OIDC and AWS? Do I just authenticate my dev account locally?
dwardu··on Volkswagen enters battery business with $20B investment
So when will we be invading Afghanistan because they have large deposits of lithium
dwardu··on Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out over Joe Rogan
Well, aren't we all pawns of some narrative, it's something we all cannot deny. Neil believed in mainstream media so he made his move to "defend" the narrative as a tribal instinct. I think Neil should have invited Joe to a podcast to discuss his grievances, rather than just raise an ultimatum.

Showing an openness to discussion would have been so much better for his case.

dwardu··on Women are more likely to die or be injured in car crashes – test dummies are why
These adjustable shoulder belts still exist and are being manufactured today
dwardu··on Huawei replaces Android with HarmonyOS, which is also Android
Looks like iPadOS to me.
dwardu··on Why we’re removing comments on most of Inquirer.com
This just makes it a good case for platforms like dissenter to continue the conversation.
dwardu··on Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as mental illness
You probably read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
dwardu··on Show HN: Managing AWS Parameter Store Secrets Using a GitHub Action
This GitHub Action allows you to inject parameters into AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. It was created to solve the problem of secret management when using infrastructure as code.
dwardu··on Pesticide believed to kill bees is authorised for use in England
Yes, for America there's the patriot act which removed your freedoms for safety. Even right now with corona, as controversial as it sounds, it is the question of freedom vs security.

Europe's sentiment is they want more security and are happy to give away their freedoms without a thought. Then you realise how important your freedom was to you when it's gone.

dwardu··on YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel
230 is getting no scoped, meaning no one will care about reforming it or even repealing it.

Section 230 is an internet legislation that gives social media companies a pass on their users actions. E.g. if CNN/Fox/BBC publishes something fake on their website, as a publisher they will be legally liable to what they publish. If a user on facebook posts something similar then facebook wont get in trouble because they are not regarded as the publishers. It was created to help boost social media site momentum during the Obama administration.

Now recently since facebook/twitter have been moving into becoming the arbiters of what is true and not which makes them publishers.

From a fairness point of view, why should these social media sites benefit from section 230 while traditional media doesn't?

EDIT: Added legality

dwardu··on Pesticide believed to kill bees is authorised for use in England
Was there ever a government that was really that trustworthy? We’ve been losing our freedoms for a while now.
dwardu··on Ask HN: How would you convince your friends and family to switch from WhatsApp?
Simple: You wont get computer help from me anymore if you try message me on WhatsApp. Install the messenger i tell you to install.
dwardu··on My Experience at Apple
If this is true, it’s really sad, I’ve read the whole thing. I had an experience, not as bad as yours but I know the feeling.

I really hope you will go public about this experience and share it, Apple aren’t the “virtuous” company as they pretend to be.

dwardu··on Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine
Probably GDPR concerns will be raised since they'll effectively be storing PII.
dwardu··on Voat Is Shutting Down
nothing bad about that. are you just annoyed jesus was mentioned?
dwardu··on AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT Review
I was going to wait for an AMD card for that, however im feeling somewhat happier that i ended up getting the 3080 rtx
dwardu··on BBC Online Moves to AWS, Serverless
Good, they need it especially with #DefundTheBBC going on
dwardu··on Coal baron Robert Murray has died
cheering for the death of others. very stunning and brave.
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