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ethanplant

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    Hey! This is a really neat project, especially considering your age. That being said, I’m confused by why what is essentially a beginner learning project is being wrapped in langua…

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    Comment #48838116

    “This article reached a conclusion from the author’s perspective” is not a criticism of writing. It is a description of writing. Good writing is almost never neutral. It can be fai…

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    Comment #48753544

    I think the idea that it’s a trust issue is broadly correct. “Free vibe-coded anonymous Linux server with root access” immediately causes every infrastructure and security neuron i…

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    Comment #48740677

    Broadly I agree that you can’t expect organizations to change their behaviour without changing the incentives. That’s essentially my argument in favour of the platform accountabili…

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    Comment #48479685

    > my philosophy is this: if I'm doing my job properly, the user should never even know I exist. This is my philosophy too working in infrastructure. It’s my job to care way too muc…

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    Comment #48456780

    These days I get most of mine from curated RSS feeds, here, and Kagi Small Web.

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    I’d be cautious about saying OpenBSD itself is directly affected. It really depends on if OpenBSD counts as an “electronic service provider”. You do raise a pretty good point thoug…

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