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New comment by wolco5 in "Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?"

wolco5 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:08:45 +0000

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New comment by wolco5 in "Study Reveals Immune Driver of Brain Aging"

wolco5 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:24:11 +0000

Where does tylenol fit?

New comment by wolco5 in "DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler"

wolco5 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:39:34 +0000

It's kind of like trying to shutdown all muslim media after 911 because some terrorist will be using it to inspire.

New comment by wolco5 in "DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler"

wolco5 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:20:29 +0000

I believe deplatforming of flat earthers is already happening. Anyone who holds that position is not allowed on television and not allowed to run national tv ads and wouldn't be allowed to teach.

New comment by wolco5 in "DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler"

wolco5 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:16:24 +0000

Free speech is a concept that exists outside of the US.

Free speech is about being able to express ideas and these can be supressed by private entities, communities or a number of non-government entities like a church.

New comment by wolco5 in "DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler"

wolco5 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:07:12 +0000

"So then there is nothing at all to fear from Parler and all of the efforts to keep it offline are misguided?"

If you fear Parler being online, you are being tricked by the media.

New comment by wolco5 in "DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler"

wolco5 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:56:49 +0000

I don't think it is wise because whoever is in power will change fringe groups who need to be censored. Today it's the far right, during wwii it was anyone from Japan tomorrow it could be blm or women with tails. The one thing we know is it will change.

What's important is to being as open as possible and having open structures.

All of these are education problems not free speech problems. Speech is a signal not something to be repressed

New comment by wolco5 in "Fastmail was down"

wolco5 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:57:48 +0000

not if you buy the right name.

pasc@notpretenious.com

pasc@ihelpoldpeoplecrossthestreet.com

New comment by wolco5 in "Fastmail was down"

wolco5 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:51:07 +0000

Australia is part of the 5 eyes alliance which automatically shares data between the US/Canada/UK/New Zealand which means it is a safe bet that the US can get this data as easily as it would be on it's own soil.

As an American storing data in Australia creates another problem. The US can't spy in the US on it's own citizens but another country can at the request of the US government and will report everything back to the US.

I would pick Russia or China first...

Or just use protonmail which is designed to offer some protection.

New comment by wolco5 in "Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin"

wolco5 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:18:13 +0000

I had a look at the website. They are looking at a limited number of accounts and trying to go deep connecting real world data for high profile cases.

Scaling that to every taxpayer or even every taxpayer in the largest apartment in Boise would be impossible using the same techniques.

New comment by wolco5 in "Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin"

wolco5 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:08:23 +0000

Confirmations can take a day.. 10 minutes would be like an etransfer.

New comment by wolco5 in "Have we already been visited by aliens?"

wolco5 — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:51:26 +0000

Your sister grew up with you and went through the same schooling as you.

Doesn't she deserve to be heard? By labeling her a antivaxer and ignoring her based on that label you effectively are closing your mind to her.

New comment by wolco5 in "Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin"

wolco5 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:32:37 +0000

You hurt the traders and actually make the network super cheap and fast that it can be used to buy drugs again.

New comment by wolco5 in "Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin"

wolco5 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:30:40 +0000

I'm sure they could watch a few known wallets but how do they watch everyone globally while identifying and connecting Americans? Now throw in different kind of coins and what you are assuming is possible is not possible.

New comment by wolco5 in "I no longer trust The Great Suspender"

wolco5 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:03:03 +0000

That would cover users who are poor at managing software. Being able to turn them off would require someone to be good at managing software. Why remove control from those users?

New comment by wolco5 in "Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook"

wolco5 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:33:56 +0000

Most people who are idiots are not terrorists either.

On average a terrorist would be smarter than the average person. Terrorists are highly motiviated individuals, they can deeply understand an ideology and they activity learn/train in specialized skills. Compared to the average person their IQ would be 20 points higher.

Being a terrorist isn't easy. It's not a job for everyone.

New comment by wolco5 in "China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival GitHub"

wolco5 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:45:32 +0000

It would be a great place for pirate open source.

New comment by wolco5 in "China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival GitHub"

wolco5 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:41:30 +0000

Linux vs FreeBsd?

Open vs Star Office?

kde vs gnome

python 2 vs 3?

New comment by wolco5 in "GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si"

wolco5 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:49:37 +0000

We do. We want to see github or anyone defend any fake lawsuit against them.

New comment by wolco5 in "Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers"

wolco5 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:14:10 +0000

That seems like the wrong type of job to outsource. You outsource for expert help. This can be done in house with more control over when work occurs to sync with low traffic volume times.