petervuto

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   by petervuto 13d ago

   Switzerland has a very direct form of democracy thanks to its constitutional referendums. If Swiss representatives pass unpopular bullshit like the EU bottle cap rule, their work can be permanently undone by a citizen initiative writing a c
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   by petervuto 1mo ago

   There is a tradeoff to be considered between the utility gained from using the stuff, minus the risk severity/likelihood, plus available mitigations. As someone else posted, none of us are in a position to make that balanced post becau
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   by petervuto 1mo ago

   When you do things in life, sometimes things go wrong. Oh no! This is such a ridiculous objection for how beloved it is. Wide swathes of the public can't cope with any adversity or risk.
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   by petervuto 4mo ago

   Some of the exploits are suspected to be intentional govt backdoors. It is easy to see why Gitlab would ban the user, given that they can be secretly subpoenad as any other US or allied entity.
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   by petervuto 4mo ago

   Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT anyone's obligation to do free work for megacorps. If anyone is testing MS products for free, or reporting bugs for free, that's a gracious favor, nothing more.