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xioren00··on Google Left in 'Terrible Bind' by Pulling AI Feature After Right-Wing Backlash
Re-read everything you just said.
xioren00··on Senators want to mandate anti-piracy technology across the web
Yeah it's a depressing reality that a lot of government is uninformed people making uninformed decisions that affect the entire country.
xioren00··on Debian and firmware
The non-free version is not official. The last time I used it, it came pre-installed with a bunch of Indonesian language bloat software that it not part of the official Debian install. This is not an acceptable middle ground.
xioren00··on Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speedtest?
This is real. I have had it confirmed to me by a Comcast employee. And really, this shouldn't surprise anyone.
xioren00··on Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify
Yes let them exercise their free speech so they can collectively silence others; You're on to something.

And speaking of parroting, I'll agree that much of what joe and by proxy his guests say is dangerous. Where we disagree is whether or not these things are "untrue" and to whom they are dangerous towards.

xioren00··on Deldo is a sex toy control and teledildonics mode for Emacs
Teledildonics is now part of my vocabulary, and I intend to use it whenever possible.
xioren00··on Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
Correct, they both work as protease inhibitors.
xioren00··on Firefox Suggest (address bar based ads, currently limited to US)
I'm largely indifferent as I don't use Firefox but find it irksome that they are routinely touted as the torchbearers of privacy in the browser world.
xioren00··on After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullying, Google promoted him
@munchler

I did read what you wrote, I meant to reply to the commenter below. As for your point, clearly the higher ups at Google disagree.

xioren00··on After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullying, Google promoted him
We don't live in a utopia. There are going to be people that say and do things that you dislike; That's reality. Instead of running to an authority figure to complain every time you encounter adversity, like a child, people need to learn to handle those situations...like adults. Someone acting mean or making an off color comment like this are a fact of life. No amount of safe spaces and down voting inconvenient truths is going to change that.
xioren00··on After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullying, Google promoted him
Are you saying you would be afraid of this person for that comment? Part of being an adult is learning to deal with adversity.
xioren00··on After DeepMind’s cofounder was placed on leave for bullying, Google promoted him
> “He used to say, ‘I crush people,”’ one former DeepMind employee told Insider

The horror...

xioren00··on The Problem with Perceptual Hashes
https://pypi.org/project/ImageHash/
xioren00··on One-Thousand Year-Old Plants
Doesn't seem to be a point in linking to articles that require an account to read.
xioren00··on Nim 2.0 thoughts
Static typing aside, I don't find it any more verbose (noisy) than Python. In fact I find it strikes a perfect balance.
xioren00··on The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity
More complex =/= more secure. Tor, Whonix, Tails, et all have sections in their wikis covering potential tunneling setups and their thoughts on efficacy and rationale behind them.

From the Tor wiki:

> You -> X --> Tor --> X

> No research whether this is technically possible. Remember that this is likely a very poor plan because [#You-Tor-X you -> Tor -> X] is already a really poor plan.

xioren00··on The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity
"User > VPN > Tor > VPN"

This suggests to me the author is giving advice based on paranoia rather than technical knowledge.