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Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by goatlover »

al_borland wrote: post #234
vkou wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're asking for a monkey's paw. The current ruling party in the US has given its voters exactly what they think they wanted, and it's a fucking disaster.

My day-to-day life has never been impacted by who is in the White House. Where is the disaster?

What a completely selfish and myopic view of politics. Do you not watch the news? Also a very bad reading of history, thinking all those bad things like 1930s Germany can't happen here when enough people let it happen.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by goatlover »

978689757846 wrote: post #259
vkou wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're asking for a monkey's paw. The current ruling party in the US has given its voters exactly what they think they wanted, and it's a fucking disaster.

I take it you consume BBC "content"?

Is the BBC the only news media organization reporting negatively on the current US administration?

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Post by NooneAtAll3 »

sargun wrote: post #193
ebbi wrote: post #157

Taking inspiration from the East India Company, Apple should colonize the UK and take over the government - the iGovernment, if you will. Citizens will regain their right to e2ee privacy, they will not have to deal with voting for mediocre politicians to lead them. Instead, Tim Cook will be their new leader, and every morning over the mandatory installation of HomePods in each home, citizens will be greeted with an e…

I have wondered why the likes of McKinsey, KPMG, and PWC do not put up candidates (don't even sponsor them, just say you're electing _well known consultancy_).

maybe they do?

you just don't hear about which candidates are theirs

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by goatlover »

webdevver wrote: post #171
DeathArrow wrote: post #89

Maybe people in UK should de-stupidify their politicians.

the people are a lot stupider than the politicians. sorry but it needs to be said. as for the MPs, theyre ok. not as stupid as most think. they are very self-interested and not in the business of 'rocking the boat'. strongly prefer managed decline than any risk taking that could result in things going sideways. its easy to critique but truthfully the UK is structurally in a dead end (well ok, maybe not... but it does…

> truthfully, nobody does politics better than the Brits. but then again, they invented this game to begin with!

I'm sure the Romans would have had something to say about that.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by chongli »

zmmmmm wrote: post #227

I know this is a tangent but honestly, this is why the Google decision to de-openify Android is insane even from Google's point of view. Who would want to be an iron clad gate keeper when the world is descending into authoritarianism? You just paint a giant target on your back for the authoritarians to come after. If Apple had supported open iCloud alternatives for backup and other services from day one, it woudn't e…

Who would want to be an iron clad gate keeper when the world is descending into authoritarianism?

Powerful people don't think this way. They think they can leverage the authoritarian regime to their own advantage. They're biased to ignore risks and seek out opportunities. That's what got them to their position of success!

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by AlexCoventry »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #199
nickcw wrote: post #87

Very clever image and caption (right at the bottom of the page) > Header image by me: Alan Turing memorial, Manchester, where he reminds you why keeping data private can be a matter of life and death. The image shows a close up of a statue of Alan Turing, his hand holding an apple. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Death

The very Wikipedia page you link explains in great detail why, although we can never know for sure, it's actually unlikely that he committed suicide, and more likely that his death was an accident. The suicide story will probably never go away, because it's too good a story. It fits so neatly into popular culture.

I recommend reading his nephew's biography, Prof. He makes a strong case for why it was probably suicide.

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Post by op00to »

amelius wrote: post #198
bnastic wrote: post #172

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You can run your own software, but if asked by UK authorities to provide the keys/password and you don't comply you face prison time.

You can safely leave it to FOSS to implement ways around that.

How does FOSS prevent someone from pulling your teeth out with a wrench to get your passphrase?

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by op00to »

al_borland wrote: post #234
vkou wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're asking for a monkey's paw. The current ruling party in the US has given its voters exactly what they think they wanted, and it's a fucking disaster.

My day-to-day life has never been impacted by who is in the White House. Where is the disaster?

My peaceful, law abiding neighbors were taken away by ICE thugs in a totally unnecessary military style raid in my upper-middle-class suburb. Absolutely no due process. Their autistic, profoundly disabled child was left alone, scared and unable to understand what was happening. After over a month of detention, the neighbors were released. Turns out they weren’t so dangerous after all.

This, to me, is a fucking disaster.

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