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  • *the view/ like ratio doubled halved

  • Wow. I looked at his profile expecting it to be satire because of his username. Nope. Look real.

  • They will block all instances except the ones registered. They just want a point of contact for when there is illegal activity. Yes it becomes a problem if they make criticizing the government legal but it is a democracy for now.

  • Telegram allowed. It does not e2e encrypt by default. How will they make sure that option isn't chosen by Nepalese?

    All Nepal is asking for is registration so that there is a point of contact if there are any complaints. Telegram contacted Nepal after being banned.

    Others didn't respond and deliberately have no contact details online.

    I tried to contact Reddit in Sydney about my ban but could only make them down to a multi-client large office building in Barangaroo.

    This isn't necessarily a bad move on Nepal's part.

  • Thanks. It is there in the first line. D'oh! My distaste for Microsoft clouds my thinking.

  • All of us Geeks were evangelical about the Internet in the 90's. It is very humbling.

  • Why is it referring to GenAI? It doesn't exist.

  • That's the Peter Principle.

  • Historically, NSO has avoided selling to US-based clients and was banned by the US Commerce Department under President Joe Biden's administration for allegedly supplying spyware to authoritarian governments. However, shifting political dynamics under the Trump administration raised the possibility that spyware could become more prevalent in the United States, exacerbating mobile exploitation

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/rebooting-your-phone-daily-is-your-best-defense-against-zero-click-attacks-heres-why/

  • That's in the USAmerican experience. I recall in Yugoslavia that the Left pulled the same hypocritical stunt and the conservatives in USA felt like it was already happening to them (since it was exaggerated into panic by social media's polarizing algorithms).

  • Ha, what a coincidence. Kudos to you and "thank you for your service". I am backseat driving here from Australia.

    That example shows four spaces above the blue. Enough room for red, orange, yellow, green. Perfect. But most times I see only three spaces above it so which colour did you drop on those ones?

    Then two after for indigo and violet. Unfortunately the thin blue line is more indigo than blue though. How did you handle the lines below the thin blue line? The meme messes it up with pink and white.

  • No, no, no.

    Don't be destructive, be creative.

  • Conversely, if you introduce political censorship, you might get support by the copyright industry, including the news media, for helping their economic interests.

    Never occurred to me. Interesting point to ponder.

    "sweep out with the iron broom"

    The would-be fascists don't want democracy. Note how Trump is softening up the public by using the term fascism lately.

    Good essay:

    The goal is to shift the Overton window: dictatorship is not a threat, but a regrettable necessity... dictatorship as safety, democracy as danger.

    https://michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-says-americans-would-rather

  • The ideal of free speech is a naive fantasy especially with social media which can amplify the craziest of ideas which can go viral.

    Yes the Left has gone overboard with their thought policing however the right wing in want their personal bigotry to be allowed and nobody else (no mention of DEI in USA government institutions allowed). The Left want free speech for everyone except the bigots but then their definition of bigots becomes a slippery slope.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

  • Damn. I haven't caught one of those new Intercity trains yet. These trains were the cause of many strikes before they even started operating. They should have been striking about the flip flop!

    And why is there trackwork one or two weekends per month? Are the contractors maybe corruptly milking the government? And yet breakdowns seem to be more frequent than ever.

  • "All highways are called autobahns"

    Does Germany not distinguish between highway and freeway?

    In Australia a highway has traffic lights while a freeway does not.

  • Do rich people in Greece import sandstone?

  • If you are talking of NL then we are also fascinated with how large the ships are in such a narrow canal.