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New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:21:01 +0000

I'd put money on that. Your wager is "by September 2027, Cloudflare will remove sites critical of the imperial powers using hate speech as a cover for removing said critical content"?

I'd take that bet on a heartbeat. Cloudflare will absolutely remove others from their service in the next 5 years, but they will be kin to 8chan, the daily Stormer, and kiwi farms. As long as we can agree that none of them would satisfy the conditions of your bet.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:11:08 +0000

This is nonsense. No man is an island. You are effectively saying that fame and peer pressure don't exist.

There's obvious motivations to take things "just one step further" with a community that eggs such behaviors on.

And that's true from a legal perspective as well. Tons of law deals with people who were not the individual to did the criminal deed, but instead offered the opportunity to do it or encouraged it.

We don't live in some libertarian fantasy where every individual operates wholly separate from one another. It's just not how we as a species are wired.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:03:33 +0000

I've never understood the attitude that there should be zero nuance to free speech. That somehow we can't collectively look at the Christchurch manifesto and say, "that's over the line".

Yes, I believe there are laws that are unjustly applied, but this is a) not a law and b) so obviously different from any sort of edge case. The only people who think kiwifarms should exist are sociopaths.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:51:46 +0000

London Ontario police department said that Keffals was the target of swatting. Keffals was doxxed by KF, and the site has a whole long thread on her. I doubt anyone was stupid enough to type out, "let's harass her!" But if you can't connect the dots here you've got your head in the sand.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:47:24 +0000

Why doxx someone unless you are implying a threat of harassment against them?

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:38:05 +0000

There can be limits on speech and free speech. There are many places where we've agreed there should be limits on speech, for instance it's illegal to lie under oath, or to threaten someone with physical harm, or to falsely advertise.

It's not black and white.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:31:55 +0000

Drone strikes and domestic spying have always had huge literal and figurative blast radiuses. Ask someone who is on the no fly list because they have the exceedingly common name of Mohammad.

Comparing the removal of 3 sites, all associated with terrorism and lone wolves, from one commercial provider to the atrocity that is imperial US might is an absurd juxtaposition.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Blocking Kiwifarms"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:26:26 +0000

Kiwifarms is a site that is implicated in several deaths, several swattings, and had knowingly hosted videos of, for example, the Christchurch shooting.

It is a hotbed for stochastic terrorism. It should be welcome to exist online, but Cloudflare providing it protection undermines Cloudflare's own reputation.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:20:02 +0000

The IRS does not, in fact, accept donations.

But the point is that I believe we should all chip in more to help each other out. If you make, eg, $750k a year like I do an increase in taxes isn't really going to hurt your ability to live comfortably. I'm confident I could travel anywhere in the world, buy a second home, etc. I could still do those things if I payed more in taxes. Just... Not as often.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:14:33 +0000

No, I don't think you understand. I'm not charging below market rate, I'm charging at cost. Whatever it takes to maintain the building and provide utilities, etc. The space is worth, perhaps, $2400 a month. My last tenant paid $600 a month. She needed a place to stay for a year while she built up a down payment. Being able to stay with us meant she could save tens of thousands and she was able to embark on her own.

Could I have charged $1000 and pocketed a little profit? Of course. But it would have come directly at her ability to succeed. I think that's deeply unethical. I think it's morally repugnant to profit from housing.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Amazon's Global Quest to Crush Unions"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:36:11 +0000

I'd take Democratic but imperfect over authoritarian any day. The company can also tell you how to "cut your grass", only you have no say at all in their leadership.

My union is fighting to raise my stake in the business I work for. Even if that means there are a couple new rules from the union it's still a hugely net positive.

New comment by subsuboptimal in "Why people make dumb financial decisions on purpose"

subsuboptimal — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:31:23 +0000

I constantly run into situations where I spend money in ways that are financially non optimal, but socially good (in my mind).

An easy to understand example is, I believe I should pay more in taxes and everyone as wealthy as I am should too.

I rent an apartment, but I rent it out at the cost it takes to maintain it in good condition, because I think profiting off rent is unethical. This means I'm generally renting much much cheaper than local rents, and my tenants can therefore build savings.