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What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
So I wouldn't gloss over the specific law(s) he broke, so much as I would outright celebrate that he did so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerilla_Open_Access_Manifesto
What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
I consider it to be part of the hacker's spirit to bend or break unjust laws when the situation calls for it. So I wouldn't gloss over the specific law(s) he broke, so much as I would outright celebrate that he did so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerilla_Open_Access_Manifesto
What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I consider it to be part of the hacker's spirit to bend or break unjust laws when the situation calls for it. So I wouldn't gloss over the specific law(s) he broke, so much as I would outright celebrate that he did so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerilla_Open_Access_Manifesto
I think anyone can be a hacker. Anyone can break any laws. But to kill yourself over it? It's in the extreme. I don't believe law enforcement has to take the blame for that.
Unrelated question, but I thought cattiness meant to be rude? Or maybe I misunderstand what you mean with how you use the word?
What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
Aaron Swartz deserved, at worst, a slap on the wrist, not the kind of severe harassment in the name of the law which he got.
Thanks HN! I regularly open HN during lectures. There is no better way to show my students what software engineering entails and why I focus on certain topics. Is SCRUM really as great as its evangelists claim? Let's read HN comments. What are good use cases for UML? Let's check out HN. Does anyone actually care about CoCoMo or CMMI? Let's read ... oh - nearly nobody's talking about it there. Maybe it won't be that r…
Are there good cases for UML outside the raison d'être of middle managers circa 2007?
Couldn't get green beans, so had to pivot and made Green Pea Casserole.