math_and_stuff

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by math_and_stuff 4y ago
The censorship was of the Microsoft and Google portions of the report. Removing 100 pages of a 150 page report for political reasons is for sure still censorship. And if an organization funded a report, it is unethical to hide that informat
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by math_and_stuff 5y ago
I went through every 990 from the Sergey Brin Family Foundation and see no donations to the EFF in any of them (from 2014-2019). Happen to know of a source for Yasha's claim? https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits
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by math_and_stuff 5y ago
All of the figures from said article add up to EFF receiving a total of $478K from Facebook and Google over four calendar years (2015 through 2018). Of course I agree that these orgs shouldn't accept money from tech giants, but any cri
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by math_and_stuff 5y ago
This is an irresponsible claim if not backed up with a citation. Further, I happen to monitor corporate funding to nonprofits (including the EFF) and public reporting suggests EFF only received $7500 from Google in 2018 and $25K from Facebo
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by math_and_stuff 5y ago
The article was published Nov. 4, days before the infrastructure bill passed. Not yesterday. You can easily find this in the header of the article.
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by math_and_stuff 6y ago
Sounds a lot like the Defense Innovation Board and National Security Commission on AI.
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by math_and_stuff 6y ago
Upgrade this from a linear system solve to a (perhaps Mixed Integer) Linear Program solution and then we're talking!
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Is there prior art before alleged sabotage leading to pipeline explosion in 1982? [1] Zetter's Countdown to Zero Day points to that with skepticism and also talks about Kosovo as one of earliest cases, as does Sandworm. Do you think th
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Wikipedia on Shaw's admiration of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin: """ Shaw's admiration for Mussolini and Stalin demonstrated his growing belief that dictatorship was the only viable political arrangement. When the N
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
The entries of a matrix are eigenvalues of 1x1 minors, and clearly eigenvectors are a function of the entries. That the result is a function of (n-1) minors is first-order information and would help clarify the default assumption that the r
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Aggressively normalize US companies conceding to Chinese Communist Party censorship and surveillance demands.
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Turkey's drone program was also led by an MIT graduate. https://theintercept.com/2019/05/14/turkey-second-drone-age/
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Why say 'align with western values' instead of 'respect human rights'? Freedom of speech and assembly are encoded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
The bill explicitly prevents that behavior. "The 'opt-in' nature...would set it apart from other state internet privacy laws... the proposed Maine law also would prohibit any [ISP] from making the sale of custome
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
Both of those are typically referred to as manifolds with boundary. The setting of Stokes Theorem is often manifolds with boundary.
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
I completely agree with the argument that Google is no worse -- and have publicly campaigned to this effect -- but I was responding to the claim that Google should be proud of its history of standing up against authoritarian pressure. It no
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by math_and_stuff 7y ago
That one company has also completely reversed its stance over the last year and now openly defends censoring human rights and complying with the CCP's surveillance demands. Google has no reason to hold its head high.
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
Thank you!
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
I never saw the blacklist for the KSA. If I had seen something like what I saw for China, I'm sure I would have fought that too. I have spent about a month visiting a university in the KSA (once during the public flogging of Raif Badaw
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
There are many different fronts to wage this fight on; changing consumer behavior is only one of them. Getting the project halted is important in its own right for the reason that it helps prevent the normalization of American tech companie
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
As I stated in a comment questioning what possible impact this project could have: "My primary motivation is fighting these types of capitulations becoming precedents. If an American tech company will willfully aid the CCP in preventin
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
My primary motivation is fighting these types of capitulations becoming precedents. If an American tech company will willfully aid the CCP in preventing information on human rights from spreading and build tools for a nationwide dragnet, wh
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
I am not okay with a company headquartered in a democratic country actively building tools to suppress political inquiry and organizing. To be clear, this included Google literally building a blacklist containing the terms 'human right
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
I completely agree that a paradigm shift is required. Thankfully, it seems we are in the middle of one. There is sustained momentum, from tech workers, the press, congress, human rights orgs, etc. to work together to hold them accountable.
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
Pushback from employees, human rights groups, and congress has already significantly set back the project. The fight has to continue, but I don't understand your defeatism. Source: I publicly resigned from Google over dragonfly and ded
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
It's even worse than that. He's implemented Cramer's rule.
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
What do you recommend instead?
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
I am upset about Apple's appstore actions. I was responding to a claim about Google.
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
> Google isn't trying to control or limit what people think. I think proactive censorship for authoritarian governments (e.g., China) falls into this category.
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by math_and_stuff 8y ago
I fully support the US government regulating every US company that is willfully aiding in the violation of human rights for profit.

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