public_defender

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by public_defender 3y ago
> This can and will be used by criminals to target communities that have less tech or tech that is exploitable/circumventable. No it won't!
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by public_defender 3y ago
I don't believe you, but I also can't unsee it. We will soon BREACH the ability of users to use certain KEYs to activate windows. Use of these KEYs is a BREACH of our terms of service which we consider KEY to user SECURITY.
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by public_defender 3y ago
Yes, correct. If you can deal with almost any operating system that runs on general purpose hardware, and if you can stomach having the choice of which one to run.
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by public_defender 3y ago
This whole analysis reads like the economic version of flat earth theory to me, but I thank you both in advance because I am about to go down a research rabbit hole on "corporate communism."
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by public_defender 3y ago
Maybe I'm an optimist, but I'd like to think the downvotes are because the user showed in the space of a haiku that they understand neither capitalism nor communism.
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by public_defender 3y ago
This is based on the false assumption that if someone finds a "perfect match" they will stop using tinder. What if finding the perfect match made you _more addicted_ to the app?
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by public_defender 3y ago
I had to walk back pretty quickly and save the credibility I had. So I pivoted to something like "There is no 'or else,' you'd just better not--as in it would really be better if you did not. I think you'll be prett
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by public_defender 3y ago
I'm not an academic, but I don't really think there is a correct choice. I think there are strategies that work in the moment to de-escalate. From among those, we often have a choice of damnations regarding long-term goals (e.g. &
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by public_defender 3y ago
> fewer than 30 kids. I agree. And I'll go you one further. I have kids. I also used to work in a psychiatric hospital for kids, so I frequently had 30 and most of them were in the bottom quartile on common "easy to parent&quot
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by public_defender 3y ago
Probably because it's not a very useful exit. The most successful law school applicants have degrees like history, classics, or math. A degree in legal studies (1) doesn't rank for getting into law school (or if it does, it's
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by public_defender 3y ago
At least five years ago, it was possible to just apt install firefox on arm. It was a little iffy to get any version other than LTS, though.
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by public_defender 3y ago
I love this comment because it exposes several cultural assumptions in the parent which were not obvious to me on first reading.
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by public_defender 3y ago
Hey, this is great advice. Maybe it is as simple as "just lie about your destination and don't give up any additional information." I don't think that's as easy as you make it sound, but at least it's a clear s
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by public_defender 3y ago
https://xkcd.com/538/ Ha. Ha. Suddenly everyone's an expert in what constitutes detention. There's actually a big difference between "literally not detaining" someone and not detaining someone. I th
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by public_defender 3y ago
This seems correct regarding this person and this conduct, but I disagree that this type of penalty is "the standard for most first time, non-violent offenses." Federal cases are a small percentage of total criminal prosecutions,
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by public_defender 3y ago
> That's the standard for most first time, non-violent offenses In what country?
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by public_defender 3y ago
So you understand the difference between the two definitions and you are falsely equating them in your first comment on purpose? In order to derail the conversation? That's disappointing.
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by public_defender 3y ago
It would. Imagine being pecked to death by a bird, all the while yelling, "Help! Egg attack!"
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by public_defender 3y ago
I can't tell if you understand or not, but your "first definition" is a grammatically correct pejorative. The second is a reference to a political philosophy. What's happening in this comment thread is that people are &q
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by public_defender 3y ago
I think you're confusing anarchy with disorder.
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by public_defender 3y ago
Not only did it completely ruin my SMS experience when this happened, it cratered my signal use as well. From my perspective, it was a really misguided choice.
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by public_defender 3y ago
It sure looks unmaintained! Here are my problems with Simple SMS that are fixed in QKSMS: 1) Long delay updating conversation after receiving a message (>5s). 2) Date sorting broken (old messages appearing at top of queue for no reason).
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by public_defender 3y ago
Wow, thanks a million for that link. My banking app was not working but I found "Exploit protection compatibility mode" in the relevant thread, and now it works again.
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by public_defender 3y ago
I admit I passed over trying this for whatever reason. I'll try it now and report back.
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by public_defender 3y ago
I think there are enough American SMS users that the issue is worth discussing. We can also have a thread about how there is no FOSS Whatsapp client. I'd enjoy that discussion as well.
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by public_defender 3y ago
I agree with the many siblings that say this news is pretty irrelevant to people who use custom ROMs, but I don't think it's realistic to say that FOSS alternatives exist, at least for SMS. There are multiple references in this th
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by public_defender 3y ago
I agree with this, and I think it's analogous to the 2021 Catholic Grindr tracking saga [0]. It would be difficult to keep this type of data safe (in the sense of not allowing someone to use it to exploit a private person) without all
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by public_defender 3y ago
This is a false choice. There is no reason that safety would require commercial surveillance. Also, why did you put the word tracking in quotation marks?
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by public_defender 3y ago
My take on this is that nobody sees themself as being responsible for developing or cultivating a "manager" as such. Company culture is usually something like "we build widgets, not managers. Let's focus on making everyo
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by public_defender 3y ago
Forgive me if this is addressed later in the article, but I stopped at the paywall. There is a problem here with perverse incentives. I don't know about this specific project's funding trajectory, but it could arise from (1) The c

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