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I do believe that should've also been in their threat model - these guys should've acted like they were hosting The Pirate Bay 2 given the state of American politics. For instance, they could've had a low-traffic backup in read-only mode, or prevent new sign-ups. Or have an application layer switch to reduce outgoing bandwidth (HTML only) to squeeze into a coloc facility on short notice.

As much as I don't like Parler's digital death sentence from Silicon Valley, they should've known this was coming and prepared. It doesn't take a genius to know that such a controversial website is going to get dropped, even if it's just because it makes the webhost look bad.

Yes it's unfair that Twitter gets away with hosting way worse content, but life is unfair, that doesn't mean you stick your head in the sand and pretend the risk of de-platforming never existed.

They probably said the same things about cargo planes once.

Yeah, Steam's DRM implementation is ancient and well known to be compromised. They never really push it, but publishers demand it to "feel" safe. The biggest hook is that many people prefer games on Steam due to the added benefits.

Stubby still uses HTTP as the transport layer. You're probably thinking of REST.

C++ still dominates in most of Google's 'big' systems, most of which are implemented as HTTP servers.

No, the Steam for Linux + Hardware effort definitely got Microsoft moving:

https://www.onmsft.com/news/the-story-of-how-valves-move-to-...

In totalitarian states, everyone is equally poor.

I think the poster means that Hillary Clinton has a habit of glorifying violence, as do most US politicians.

I did not create a throwaway to troll, but for safety. People have tried to harass me out of my job for being a conservative (not Trumper) before.

> I find it mind numbing that the same people that want to live on Parler because "freedom" simultaneously think a private company shouldn't have the freedom to choose who they do or don't want as a customer. Meanwhile gay people can't buy a wedding cake and that's A-OK because freedom.

There's plenty of hypocrisy here, I agree -- but the real issue is scale. Just a handful of companies in SV control the free flow of information, globally, and they're using that to suppress a group of people.

I'm not saying we should overturn their property rights, but that I disagree with them from a moral standpoint.

Yup that's pretty much it. To Monzo's credit they seem to make a point to work without Google Play Services, but iOS users would be screwed in the event the App Store was blocked.

Why is a moderation strategy required at all? If I wanted to create a platform which followed US law and nothing else, I would be instantly deplatformed. Really, all I need is a legal department.

Many banks don't provide HTTP endpoints (except for business versions). My bank, Monzo, does not. My other bank TSB does provide a website, but it's awful.

From the perspective of an "irrational actor": Brexit was much more about not liking the political policies of the EU than about cutting the UK off from the rest of the world.

Eh, investing in something like a Mars mission could return on investment many times here on Earth, that might solve those problems quicker. E.g. vertical farming tech.

Banking, for one.

Sure, but there are only two choices.

If we condemn it for one, we must condemn it for all. Or is egalitarianism (even for the worst people) no longer a principle most people uphold?

You know, if these people weren't pushed off the mainstream platforms they may have been de-radicalized by regular people before things got worse. Just look at how QAnon festered underground until it was too late to get rid of.

Creating a cancel culture is exactly what the Nazis did to push their agenda.

I can be anti-Nazi and pro-free speech.

There is not enough people in the world to moderate social media.

Well, I'm European and also believe in absolute free speech. Doesn't seem that ridiculous to me.

Why don't you post your LinkedIn if you feel so strongly that we shouldn't be anonymous for our own protection?

I hate both extremes and I don't want to risk the thugs from either side (nazis or communists) bashing my skull in or trying to get me fired.

You're joking, right? I for one am proud of Cloudflare for taking a stand against cancel culture, because one of these days it could hit you or me and I want to support people who will stand in behind me in the name of free speech.

You can't prove a negative, either.

They can't be that all-encompassing as to not be able to say if you were happy...?

What's wrong with going to restaurants and public events? If people don't want to be locked down, there's not much you can do about that.

> Increase taxes on the wealthy, etc.

Anyone working for a Silicon Valley company as an engineer is almost certainly considered "the wealthy" by most of America.

I recently ordered a Valve Index + gaming PC. How's the VR support on Linux looking like? I'd rather not install Windows if I have to.

No, The Donald moved off of reddit and there were 0 posts for months. Reddit banned them anyway, clearly politically motivated.