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Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by [deleted] »

reitanqild wrote: post #236
stickfigure wrote: post #197

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Reminder to people who didn't grow up in the US: Americans are by and large a bloodthirsty, vindictive lot and pay an astounding amount of attention to who their friends are. This is sometimes a force for evil, sometimes a force for good, but it is what it is. Sure, don't take legal advice from me. Use a VPN.

> Reminder to people who didn't grow up in the US: Americans are by and large a bloodthirsty, vindictive lot I'd take away "by and large" here. Many of them are also exceedingly generous, open and friendly and cares deeply. This holds true for both sides of the political spectrum. They've also suffered a lot to end two world wars that they didn't start.

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Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by financetechbro »

XaYSKkN7EVlx5tv wrote: post #390
neonsunset wrote: post #367

1: Small website with simple JS to ddos a list of russian gov and propaganda websites. Works anywhere where those are not blocked (e.g. Ukraine). Link - https://stop-russian-desinformation.near.page/ 2. Console tool for unplanned load testing Link - https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier/releases/tag/v1.2.... Example usage - ./bombardier-linux-amd64 --duration=240h --connections=1000 --latencies https://lenta.ru U…

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Right. Easier to just surrender to our Russian overlords

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Chris2048 wrote: post #397
belter wrote: post #346

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I am surprised this is the top comment. Not that it's not well argued but what seems to imply of the reading by most of the current situation. The joke of sanctions implemented by the EU and the US, and they are a joke, since EU continues to import gas from Russia, and SWIFT use continues by the Russian Federation, is a symptom of the same attitude seen on many Ukraine residents just 48 hours ago. A kind of cognitive…

> sanctions implemented by the EU and the US, and they are a joke, since EU continues to import gas from Russia Arguably, gas is of military value, so maybe it's more advantageous to allow Russia to have the money and have the gas than the other way around. Depends on if the money goes towards other armaments - but I'm sure Russia has plenty of those in any case. That said, why wouldn't Russia stop selling? Hmmm. > e…

I mean the Russian agents of disinformation and Russian money, as always, is at work behind enemy lines, in this case in the US.

You had US military and ex-military, doing work for Russian's since the 2014 Obama administration. That explains a lot of what has emboldened Russia.

"Trump being advised by ex-U.S. Lieutenant General who favors closer Russia ties" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-adviso...

"Michael Flynn—Once Indicted Over Russia Communication—Voices Support For Russia Ahead Of Potential Ukraine Invasion" https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/01/24/michael-fl...

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Post by tjpnz »

XaYSKkN7EVlx5tv wrote: post #390
neonsunset wrote: post #367

1: Small website with simple JS to ddos a list of russian gov and propaganda websites. Works anywhere where those are not blocked (e.g. Ukraine). Link - https://stop-russian-desinformation.near.page/ 2. Console tool for unplanned load testing Link - https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier/releases/tag/v1.2.... Example usage - ./bombardier-linux-amd64 --duration=240h --connections=1000 --latencies https://lenta.ru U…

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Frankly they deserve a taste of their own medicine.

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Post by csee »

sofixa wrote: post #322
bink wrote: post #265

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Does he even have a valid passport? Doesn't seem like he even has the option.

He could get a Nansen passport. But i don't see which country would take him, so it's torture/jail in the US or silence.

Sure I get the silence but there was no need to blame the US media in the first place. Silence in the first place would have been fine for the Kremlin.

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Post by vidarh »

reitanqild wrote: post #335
vidarh wrote: post #292

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Ironically given the comment you replied to, Norway is one of them. I had military police trying to reach me the last few weeks before I moved to the UK to try to hand deliver a conscription notice as a necessary step before charging me if I again failed to show up (I'd ignored several prior notices). I didn't leave because of that, but I did delight I telling them I was beyond their reach. Finally picked up the phon…

My grandfather on my dads side refused military and got away with prison. My grandfather on ny mothers side served and helped hold the nazis back for a few days in his home country and maybe helped some people get away. He later had to surrender and spent a short time in a POW camp before being released. I respect both very much but I decided to do as my dad and serve. It absolutely felt like the right thing to do fo…

I absolutely think there are situations where the right choice is to serve and I don't have an issue with people choosing to do so.

My main objection was not with the service in itself, but with it being compulsory under threat of prison. Of course today the "compulsory" nature of it is mostly a charade - if you want out it's trivial.

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Post by james-redwood »

raspberry1337 wrote: post #329
moron4hire wrote: post #105

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That's all it ever was

4chan is so big these days, a mere board like /pol/ will have 30 million unique IP visits per month, that is (perhaps unfortunately) more than just kids these days. It's the main free speech board of the internet, it draws people from all over the world.

It’s nowhere near that big.

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Post by james-redwood »

awb wrote: post #4

Anonymous is supposedly joining the cyber war: https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1496954233492541444 https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039 They are claiming responsibility for taking down RT.com and some other Russian sites.

How has no one on HN called out the Anonymous drivel yet. Even bringing 4chan supposedly into it. No one has any idea what they’re talking about.

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Post by oblio »

jacquesm wrote: post #393
beebeepka wrote: post #288

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I agree. Bulgaria was on the right track until 2009. It's almost as if different countries face different realities. Corruption does not happen in a vacuum. Ultimately, the responsibility lies to those with power. What I am saying is geopolitics are not decided by the common person. You seem to disagree and that's fine

It is a real pity because the same amount of money applied effectively instead of looted would have made Bulgaria the Switzerland of the East by now. I've visited your country and love it there - and love the people - but the road to go is a long one.

The thing is, it would actually save them from their population problems.

For example in Poland they managed to raise their economy enough that people just stopped leaving.

So even the demographic part is self inflicted. Corruption -> poverty -> people leaving the country.

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Post by Chris2048 »

belter wrote: post #403
Chris2048 wrote: post #397

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> sanctions implemented by the EU and the US, and they are a joke, since EU continues to import gas from Russia Arguably, gas is of military value, so maybe it's more advantageous to allow Russia to have the money and have the gas than the other way around. Depends on if the money goes towards other armaments - but I'm sure Russia has plenty of those in any case. That said, why wouldn't Russia stop selling? Hmmm. > e…

I mean the Russian agents of disinformation and Russian money, as always, is at work behind enemy lines, in this case in the US. You had US military and ex-military, doing work for Russian's since the 2014 Obama administration. That explains a lot of what has emboldened Russia. "Trump being advised by ex-U.S. Lieutenant General who favors closer Russia ties" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-advis…

That Op-ed is shocking TBH, is discredits Flynn as an advisor. However I think you still need more to back up the accusation of Flynn, let alone Trump, being a (compromised) Russian asset. There seemed to be a lot of politicking around his prosecution, for example (complicated by the fact that these kind of coercive plea-deal threats are actually common in the US). Also, The headline is partially (but not entirely) manipulative in describing the op-ed as "Support For Russia" - it sound like a whole lot of shilling, esp the stuff justifying Russian opposition to NATO and border fortification, but it's not wholly supporting it either; the fact they cram the incitement into the headline shows what message they are trying to convey.

But I think the other stuff (Flynn in Trump admin) is old-news; Biden administration had also talked of better diplomatic ties with Russia recently, before the invasion started. Dems have been somewhat more pro-China than Trump also, and I'm somewhat hesitant to distinguish being "pro-China" vs "pro-Russia"; both are strong mutual allies, at least in backing each other up both in terms of resources and PR.

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