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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by internet_points »

flumpcakes wrote: post #239
internet_points wrote: post #233

well, it's not a high bar – these days anyone who says "I support Palestine Action" or "she was murdered by ICE" is called a terrorist sympathizer

> these days anyone who says "I support Palestine Action" They have a video of people from this group attacking police with sledgehammers. It is strange how much of this 'direction action' is harming Ukraine support and not Israel. If people wanted to support Palestine they can do it without attacking their own countries' military - which is not operating in Israel at all. > "she was murdered by ICE" They have a vide…

I find it horrifying (though not surprising) how many people can assume that just because you express some level of support for a group, you are complicit in all actions taken by that group.

In the extreme, that sort of view makes it impossible to have criminal lawyers. (And not far below that extreme, we have people using all their power to go after independent judges and lawyers with every extrajudicial tool at their disposal, legal system be damned.)

The nuance between speech and action was one of the many casualties of social media. I wonder if, back in the 90's, people would get arrested for holding "FREE KEVIN MITNICK" posters, if we'd had two decades of social media before it.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by throwaway290 »

jjsullivan5196 wrote: post #151

This guy isn't a mold-breaking radical, he's just a garden variety sociopath https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/

This was making rounds on hn but I think no one bothered to connect the dots. most people cheering for that guy probably outraged over the same guy that time.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cbeach »

oa335 wrote: post #516
cbeach wrote: post #417

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a territorial/sovereignty claim (i.e., rejecting Palestinian sovereignty/statehood in that space). It is not an explicit call to kill, expel, or physically destroy Palestinians, nor does it literally say “for Jews only.” Under the Genocide Convention, genocide requires specific intent (“intent to destroy, in whole or in part”) a protected group, plus one of the listed genocidal acts (killing; causing serious…

> nor does it literally say “for Jews only.” You are incorrect. The official policy of the current government of Israel is ”the Jewish people have an exclusive right on all the land” between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.” per the coalition agreement the Likud-led government made in 2022: https://archive.is/EYGLU

What’s the source for that quote? The article you posted is from a news source I’ve never heard of and doesn’t cite its sources

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cbeach »

cess11 wrote: post #501
cbeach wrote: post #425

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In the 2017 Charter, Hamas states its claims, such as making Jerusalem its capital. However, nowhere in the charter does Hamas state that it will recognise Israel. In fact the document explicitly rejects recognition of Israel and aims for “liberation of all of Palestine” Note also that Hamas never repealed their 1988 charter that called for the annihilation of Israel and contains openly antisemitic language. For a tw…

No, they reject zionism: "20. Hamas believes that no part of the land of Palestine shall be compromised or conceded, irrespective of the causes, the circumstances and the pressures and no matter how long the occupation lasts. Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. However, without compromising its rejection of the Zionist entity and without relinquis…

You claim Israel needs to “become democratic” and is an “apartheid” state despite the fact Israel is a functioning pluralist democracy that comprises both Jews and Arabs (unlike Gaza, which expelled Jews and is led by terrorists).

By the “Zionist entity,” Hamas are describing Israel.

I don’t think you’re ignorant. I think you’re wilfully turning a blind eye to just how hypocritical Hamas are in their criticism of Israel.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cess11 »

cbeach wrote: post #544
cess11 wrote: post #501

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No, they reject zionism: "20. Hamas believes that no part of the land of Palestine shall be compromised or conceded, irrespective of the causes, the circumstances and the pressures and no matter how long the occupation lasts. Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. However, without compromising its rejection of the Zionist entity and without relinquis…

You claim Israel needs to “become democratic” and is an “apartheid” state despite the fact Israel is a functioning pluralist democracy that comprises both Jews and Arabs (unlike Gaza, which expelled Jews and is led by terrorists). By the “Zionist entity,” Hamas are describing Israel. I don’t think you’re ignorant. I think you’re wilfully turning a blind eye to just how hypocritical Hamas are in their criticism of Isr…

No, it is not a democracy. Apartheid states are not democracies, and Israel is not pluralistic, it is fiercely supremacist. And, as it happens, led by at least one convicted terrorist.

It wasn't Hamas that "expelled the Jews" in 2005, it was Israel that dismantled its illegal settlements.

Right, by the zionist entity Hamas is describing Israel today, but leaves it open whether it might still be a genocidal settler state in the future.

I'm not so sure Hamas criticises Israel. Do you have something in particular in mind? From my perspective they try to resist the occupation and genocidal policies. To the extent that they publish criticism it is usually aimed at international institutions and countries enabling Israel that claim to value international law and human rights but clearly do so in a severely racist and bigoted way.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cess11 »

FunnyUsername wrote: post #513
cess11 wrote: post #502

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How so? Which part do you disagree with, the violent crimes or that most participants in the movement are christians?

It's like defining Germany as "a state that genocided various groups", or defining Irish nationalism as "a movement characterized by terrorist attacks against British civilians". Whether or not those claims are accurate, they're not defining features of the things we're trying to define. And sure, most Zionists are not Jews because the Jewish population is too tiny to be a majority in almost any political category. S…

The zionist movement has never been peaceful, it has always aimed for violent expulsion of native populations from Palestine. One might argue that socialist or liberal zionism is not overtly jewish supremacist, but in practice they always were so I'd contest that. Unlike the irish they also did not have a reason to exterminate the palestinians specifically, whereas the irish have good reason to resist british influence.

So you agree that zionism is a movement mainly consisting of christians, you're just not aware that both christian and jewish zionists prefer to paint the movement as a jewish underdog and distract from things like the nukes and nuke carrying backers and the genocide and so on.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by lostlogin »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #441
lostlogin wrote: post #180

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Do you believe the violence would have happened without the US invasion?

Probably not the same violence. But Saddam would have kept genociding the Kurds if he stayed in power. And maybe launched another war against Iran.

So local carnage (which the US happily watched prior, and supports Turkey perpetuating) versus carnage spanning the whole region.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by jokethrowaway »

davedx wrote: post #413
tim333 wrote: post #327

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I think experienced programmers underestimate how tricky it is to sort the deploying to cloud platforms bit for beginners.

I'm an experienced programmer and deploying is a clusterfuck these days. It's by far the worst part of making software

I invested a couple of days to setup a K3S cluster a few years ago and I still use that for any deployment (and I deployed a few more).

I don't have to worry about cloud providers ruining my life with updates, free cloudflare in front so I get caching.

It's not too bad but there is an initial investment

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cbeach »

cess11 wrote: post #545
cbeach wrote: post #544

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You claim Israel needs to “become democratic” and is an “apartheid” state despite the fact Israel is a functioning pluralist democracy that comprises both Jews and Arabs (unlike Gaza, which expelled Jews and is led by terrorists). By the “Zionist entity,” Hamas are describing Israel. I don’t think you’re ignorant. I think you’re wilfully turning a blind eye to just how hypocritical Hamas are in their criticism of Isr…

No, it is not a democracy. Apartheid states are not democracies, and Israel is not pluralistic, it is fiercely supremacist. And, as it happens, led by at least one convicted terrorist. It wasn't Hamas that "expelled the Jews" in 2005, it was Israel that dismantled its illegal settlements. Right, by the zionist entity Hamas is describing Israel today, but leaves it open whether it might still be a genocidal settler st…

> No, it is not a democracy.

Israel is a parliamentary democracy with a multi-party system, independent judiciary, elections and civil liberty.

If you believe otherwise, you must be knee-deep in Hamas propaganda, as many Western leftists seem to be.

> It wasn't Hamas that "expelled the Jews" in 2005, it was Israel that dismantled its illegal settlements.

So Hamas made it illegal for Jews to live in Gaza? Sounds like an apartheid state to me...

Meanwhile 21% of Israeli citizens are Arab.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by labcomputer »

simonw wrote: post #483
ramon156 wrote: post #454

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This is similar to a political campaign not telling you to vote on X, but still talking greatly about X. It's completely legal

Here's the ethics policy for the SF Standard: https://sfstandard.com/ethics-standards/

OK, and? It doesn’t say anything about paid (or otherwise) promotions.
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