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mo3gut··on Stamos says the US must ‘come together to protect’ democracy from misinformation
Sounds like a "Yes". Thanks for the reply, dahdum.
mo3gut··on Stamos says the US must ‘come together to protect’ democracy from misinformation
Mr Stamos is unhappy with Russia, mentioned repeatedly. Their "activity" needs to be "dealt with".

AIPAC, "America's Pro-Israel Lobby", isn't worth a mention. Israel apparently does nothing that needs to be dealt with.

Are you Americans on this forum grateful that people like Mr Stamos decide for you which countries should have influence?

mo3gut··on 1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scientific Fraud
Quite right. In fact, those statisticians in the posted article are surely mistaken. We know that using tricks to hide things is sound science.

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cr... http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cr...

Since it was sound science in 2009, why would it not be now?

mo3gut··on Feds: Chinese spies orchestrated hack that stole aviation secrets
If the "spies" really did "steal" (i.e. copy) an engine design then it seems like a good thing for the world in general. They have helped spread useful knowledge.

Sure, it's bad for the would-be rent-seekers whose plans have been threatened. Why should anyone else care about them?

Thanks China, and keep up the good work!

mo3gut··on Messenger systems compared by security, privacy, compatibility, and features
It's amusing that this is hosted by a spyware vendor.
mo3gut··on Top Open-Source Static Site Generators
One not on the list is Template::Toolkit. Perhaps it's considered too old-school.

TT is stable, available virtually everywhere and (like perl itself) is well documented and works without fuss.

mo3gut··on Why Static Websites Need HTTPS
> assumptions about who is responsible for data security.

The chief assumption appears to be "anyone but the browser vendors". Let us consult the article:

  BeEF
  This, to me, was the most impactful demo
Quite the endorsement. So what's BeEF's angle?

"...examines exploitability within the context of the one open door: the web browser."

There could hardly be a clearer expression of contempt for the browser vendors' offerings. But remember, the "open door" is nothing to do with them, it's all your fault for not serving via HTTPS.

Welcome to Clown World.

mo3gut··on Show HN: How privacy-friendly is your site?
> Your browser then sends Referer: ...

While I don't doubt dataskydd's good intentions, their advice about referrers is a sign that we live in Clown World.

Yes, your browser's tendency to provide a referrer might well give away information you would prefer it didn't. Unfortunately for you, the browser vendors have chosen to provide browsers that do that.

In a parallel universe it would be obvious that this is a problem (among many) for the browser vendors to address. In Clown World, you are supposed to rely on each and every site providing a special response header.

mo3gut··on Microsoft acquires Github
Yet they have numerous defenders on this site, all the more peculiar considering those companies' collusion to avoid paying market rates to developers. The preference to be a sharecropper on their plantations is evidently strong, for no very clear reason.

And let us not forget the EU's efforts to support incumbents and deter new entrants, with their complex, vague and punitive regulations. These also receive much approval here; perhaps a fruitful field for study by some enterprising psychologists!

mo3gut··on I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore
Try https://wiby.me/
mo3gut··on GitHub Pages generated a TLS cert for my own domain
> To me it felt rogue since it had been generated without me knowing nor expecting it

That's understandable. Fastmail do the same, i.e. acquiring certs for their customers' domains without asking or informing, with a view to moving them to HTTPS.

The general opinion here seems to be in favour of this practice. So we can look forward to a future where your domain may publish on the web only with the permission of a CA.

mo3gut··on Email doesn’t disappear
"your data belongs to you"

Not the SSL certificate for your domain, which Fastmail will acquire with or without your prior knowledge or consent, and to which you have no access or control.

https://www.fastmail.com/help/files/secure-website.html

mo3gut··on Email is your electronic memory
> brilliant, ethical, and pragmatic

In case it's news to others, as it was to me, Fastmail routinely acquires SSL certificates for its customers' domains without their knowledge or consent.

https://www.fastmail.com/help/files/secure-website.html