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commenting | 9 years ago | on: Ransomware gives free decryption keys to victims who infect their friends

That was quite a long-winded way of saying that you don't really have any argument against such agencies.

Hiding this behind the 'no politics discussion' experiment was a bit odd though.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Text Emoticon Generator

Nice work, but inaccurate domain name.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

There are plenty of other websites that host neo-Nazi hate speech though, it's not like the "alt-right" have no outlet for their ideas.

Twitter is under no obligation to partake in this too.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

Twitter doesn't have to be a neo-Nazi propaganda platform if it deems that unacceptable. They should (and do) have the freedom and liberty to choose who uses their service.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

We already know the atrocity of a region being ruled by ISIS - imagine a country run by alt-right types. We don't have to look very far back in history to see what that would be like. Twitter is acting appropriately here in not wanting to aid the rise of such a movement.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

Doesn't make it false either. There is significant overlap between established neo-Nazi movements and the "alt-right", both in membership and rhetoric.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

Only if you take the literal interpretation of the words, rather than the connotation and context that I explained in my comment.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

Black Lives Matter means Black Lives Matter as well.

The All Lives Matter movement, as a reaction to BLM, is essentially saying that they don't, and that the racial struggles of American Blacks are irrelevant.

That is the reason why All Lives Matter is considered abusive.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

Good riddance. Twitter shouldn't let itself be a recruiting platform for neo-Nazis and their ilk.

This is consistent with the ban on ISIS propaganda accounts, which was also a positive step towards combatting online extremism.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Why 30 is the decade friends disappear

I know what you mean. Fond memories of days long gone, but only rare contact with old friends. I consume myself with work because I literally have nothing better to do. Both my parents died recently, this year and last. I miss them both immensely. And I've never been close with the rest of my family. Lonely times in these 30s. Lonely times indeed. I'm sorry for your lonely troubles too.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: The status of Linux kernel hardening

Security through obscurity can be very useful. It just shouldn't be the only thing you rely on to secure your systems.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

Well, let's see what happens in the next four years. I hope you're right.

One potential danger is that Trump will now be indirectly in charge of the entire country's mass surveillance apparatus. That's a powerful system that could be potentially be weaponized against sections of the population that Trump deems undesirable.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

Yes, you're a racist because you extrapolated your interpretation of the behaviour of a handful of people (i.e. those who sued Trump and are black) to an entire race.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

The nature of Trump is that he relies almost exclusively on appeal to emotion, rather than the reasonable arguments that you desire.

Tapping into, encouraging and formenting the groundswell of American anger - mostly against demonized minority groups - is, sadly, his modus operandi.

My only hope for America is that his presidency is nothing like his campaign.

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

Indeed, and with regards to the environment, it's particularly worrying that Trump intends to reverse all the progress made so far in the US on addressing climate change.

(Though to be honest, that's one of my lesser worries concerning a Trump presidency. Along with increasing discrimination and divisiveness within the US, it's likely his proposed foreign policy changes will enable Putin to annex further regions of Eastern Europe.)

commenting | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

It's like 1930s Germany all over again, except that Muslims are the new Jews. You'd think we would have learned from last time a racist, populist demagogue gained control of a nation.

(Yes, I'm aware that "Godwin's Law invoked". In this case, it's actually relevant.)