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Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#11

Post by nickpp »

jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

No one wants any harm to the Russian people, but they too must do something to stop their madman. I know it is much more dangerous for them than for us keyboard pundits, but it is their responsibility. Think how much more dangerous it is for Ukrainians.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#12

Post by mywacaday »

neverminder wrote: post #3

Why not cut off Russia from the internet and any form of tech really? That would send them into a free fall, wouldn't it? Some people immediately bring up China, but those who know history, know very well that China is Russia's frenemy at best. I'm just speculating here, but what if say Microsoft sent a Russia-wide update that wipes all data and kills Windows?

Further isolation, physical or technological is not the way forward. If the west wants to lead we have to bring countries like Russian and China with us and show their people there is a better way(If indeed it is better).

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

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Post by richardfey »

This would be very similar to limiting email to and from Russia. A bad idea. Put a permanent Ukrainian colour theme on GitHub and a page explaining that GitHub condemns the act instead.

They might block it anyways because it can be used to share information, so that is not a concern.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#16

Post by wetpaws »

nickpp wrote: post #11
jdthedisciple wrote: post #9

Interesting how fast people lose all compassion and sympathy, and really humanity, towards a whole population which itself might be against what it's leaders are doing ... Also: I have yet to see such suggestions directed at the US or Israeli population for the many, well-known war crimes their leaders have committed and still are.

No one wants any harm to the Russian people, but they too must do something to stop their madman. I know it is much more dangerous for them than for us keyboard pundits, but it is their responsibility. Think how much more dangerous it is for Ukrainians.

Russia is a huge totalitarian prison and nobody can do much without being arrested or murdered.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#17

Post by asats »

Most young educated russians (the ones that use github) are against this war already, the problem is that no one can really do anything as literally holding a blank piece of paper in front of any government building will get you arrested.

Those are not the people you want to target, target the elites close to Putin, those are the ones that could probably force some change.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#18

Post by astonex »

wetpaws wrote: post #16
nickpp wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one wants any harm to the Russian people, but they too must do something to stop their madman. I know it is much more dangerous for them than for us keyboard pundits, but it is their responsibility. Think how much more dangerous it is for Ukrainians.

Russia is a huge totalitarian prison and nobody can do much without being arrested or murdered.

Just like Ukranians are being murdered.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#19

Post by chinathrow »

mywacaday wrote: post #12
neverminder wrote: post #3

Why not cut off Russia from the internet and any form of tech really? That would send them into a free fall, wouldn't it? Some people immediately bring up China, but those who know history, know very well that China is Russia's frenemy at best. I'm just speculating here, but what if say Microsoft sent a Russia-wide update that wipes all data and kills Windows?

Further isolation, physical or technological is not the way forward. If the west wants to lead we have to bring countries like Russian and China with us and show their people there is a better way(If indeed it is better).

Well history has not been able to show that your strategy works either - or simply said: We have a very grave situation in Europe _right now_ so we need immediate action _right now_ as well.

Re: Cut Russia from GitHub due to invasion of Ukraine

#20

Post by thekid314 »

fendy3002 wrote: post #2

My 2 cents, if somehow github can, throttling the Russian ip may be good. 1. It still provide access to citizens 2. Those with vpn can still access it unthrottled 3. It makes the news and set precedent 4. Nobody should underestimate how angry a programmer with a slow connection will be EDIT: with recent censorship from Russia, it's a tricky situation if github show some "invasion" notice there. Either Russia block gi…

Ha, this is true, a slow connection is more of a hassle than no connection.
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