If there's one thing China got right it's the non-interference policy in internal affairs of other countries. Others should learn by example.
Huh? What would you call them trying to place a Fudan University in Hungary then?
Afghans are racing to erase their online lives
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#13Friendly reminder that when you delete your discord account, they don't delete your statements, just strip the account name from them, similar to how Github is doing it with their ghost account. For Github, I sort of understand it. For discord, it feels very dangerous to me.
You can write/use script that deletes all your messages
I haven't used this myself, but maybe this?
https://gist.github.com/victornpb/135f5b346dea4decfc8f63ad7d...
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
No IM platform I am aware of does this. SMS doesn't do it, telegram doesn't do it, email doesn't do it. Most platforms do not even let you edit or delete messages at all.
In Telegram you absolutely can delete messages from the UI at least and I've seen nothing to suggest anyone knows a way to get them back as if it was known someone surely had posted it here ;-) Just log press, delete and select "Delete for me and ". In Telegram, as an admin you can also select auto delete for a group.
You can also delete messages in Discord and much more.
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#15Friendly reminder that when you delete your discord account, they don't delete your statements, just strip the account name from them, similar to how Github is doing it with their ghost account. For Github, I sort of understand it. For discord, it feels very dangerous to me.
I like that. If someone's sent me a message in the past, they shouldnt be able to retroactively reach into my computer and remove it.
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#16Friendly reminder that when you delete your discord account, they don't delete your statements, just strip the account name from them, similar to how Github is doing it with their ghost account. For Github, I sort of understand it. For discord, it feels very dangerous to me.
Isn’t this also how Reddit does it? Seems to be a popular strategy for social media services.
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#17Since the Taliban are now the government they probably have access to the previous military employment databases so even if they erase their online lives, clean up their phone... They might find who they are and punish them (torture, death) for working with the "enemy".
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Huh? What would you call them trying to place a Fudan University in Hungary then?
Did China drone strike civilians and hospitals in Hungary? Did the USA build any Universities in Afghanistan or Iraq?
China is threatening to attack Taiwan. https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/06/the-signal-and-the-noise-u...
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#1999% of afghanis believe Sharia law should be the law of the land. [0]
Finally they are free from their foreign oppressor, and they can go back to having their country ruled as they please. Anyone who believes in democracy will agree to this
[0] https://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-relig...
Edit: the Taliban also outlaws the Afghani and Pakistani tradition of Bacha Bazi - the widespread custom of raping young boys, and with this in mind I am not surprised they are overjoyed to yet again be free to punish those who partake in it [1]. Truly a win for democracy and for protecting children from predators.
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#20If there's one thing China got right it's the non-interference policy in internal affairs of other countries. Others should learn by example.
Yeah, China just defines a country as "not another country" when they want to interfere. See Hong Kong, Taiwan, or pretty much every other neighboring country and their territorial waters or exclusive economic zone.
It is important to keep in mind that China is a startup empire. They are still trying to dominate their immediate neighborhood, whereas the US is an established empire, mostly concerned with global matters. Interestingly, Russia is a declined empire and had to turn back to affairs closer to its borders again.