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Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by deetdat »

tomohawk wrote: post #56
tehjoker wrote: post #46

While the Iranian regime is somewhat less than perfect, the US has no business interfering in that region. The establishment reason for tensions is to protect (nuclear armed) Israel and oil (with some other knock on oil based relationships like SA). Guess what though, Israel has nukes and we desperately need to stop using oil as soon as possible. Why not just drop sanctions and stop tearing up perfectly good nuclear…

A deal with no adequate verification regime is not a good deal. A deal that gives billions of dollars to the worlds largest supporter of terrorism is not a good deal. It is appeasement. When fascist regimes like what run Iran say things like how they're going to nuke Israel and the US, that this is a goal they are pursuing, I believe them. It's sad that the Iranian people have to put up with the fascists who control…

Your first two points are not really supported by facts. The nuclear deal had a relatively invasive verification regime. I also don't understand why people refer to Iran as the world's largest supporter of terror--what specific terror acts are we speaking of?

Any negotiated deal will have tradeoffs. The US's latest policy of total humiliation as articulated by Pompeo seems destined to fail. The regime is not going to sign for that and it will grow increasingly confrontational without options.

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by mars4rp »

ilaksh wrote: post #59
emilsedgh wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iranian living in the U.S. here. During Obama it was: We will choke you to death unless you give up your nuclear ambitions. Now it is: We will choke you to death unless you shoot yourself in the head. U.S. is bullying Iran right now and people are starving to death. All because of a partisan issue. Unbelievable.

Do you think it is a partisan issue or do you think it has to do with long term military strategy such as the Strait and fossil fuels? My guess would be they essentially want total military submission, something like a base inside the country.

AIPAC has a great influence in both parties.

And don't forget the military industrial complex and its influence to break the peace and sell more weapons.

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by solveit »

Consultant32452 wrote: post #68
RidingPegasus wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where do people get these talking points from? Intelligence chiefs have testified in front of congress that Iran was following through with it's end of the deal. The US then unilaterally decided to tear up the treaty and put in economic sanctions based on nothing. It's almost as if they want Iran to build nuclear weapons. It's also putting pressure on Europe to pull out of banking and business ties that were built af…

Iranian media announced and then the IAEA confirmed Iran had breached the limit on uranium they were allowed to store. >The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which monitors Iran’s nuclear program under the deal, confirmed in Vienna that Tehran had breached the limit. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa/iran-rej...

Yeah, after the US unilaterally pulled out of the deal.

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by throwaway-ba9 »

Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

I'm one of those operations people who have been required by a legal department to block access from sanctioned countries - I've literally written the HTTP rules to deny access to folks like the original author.

I think about how the infrastructure I write and operate creates situations like these, and while I know I'm partly to blame, it's worth highlighting that this is a by-product of United Stats policies that create pressure on US companies. I'm most certainly _not_ a lawyer, but if this sort of thing bothers you, be cognizant of candidate policies about technology if you want to help enact change - because I doubt most companies will provide services to these and other regions if it'll break export law.

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by wp381640 »

jasonhansel wrote: post #23

> not all servers like to get traffik from TOR. For instance, CloudFlare annoys when you are accessing its servers through TOR. This is why you shouldn't ban Tor. In some places, it is absolutely necessary.

it's also why you shouldn't abuse Tor with web scraping or other actions that lead to sites blocking it

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by dictum »

ehsankia wrote: post #64
azimuth11 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is sad the sanctions have that side effect. Hopefully it’s enough to affect some change in a hostile country led by an oppressive elite.

As the comment above you alluded to, and as it's been evidenced many times, it is not enough to affect change. These aren't "side effects", the poorest feel the main effect of the sanctions.

They're side effects, but not entirely unintended.

If the head of that state (and party elites etc) don't meet the requests of the sanctioning states, the ensuing poverty can mobilize the impoverished masses. This can backfire and drive them to further nationalism/jingoism, but it opens a window of opportunity for the opposition (and, more cynically, covert agents and external forces).

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by juskrey »

wp381640 wrote: post #75
jasonhansel wrote: post #23

> not all servers like to get traffik from TOR. For instance, CloudFlare annoys when you are accessing its servers through TOR. This is why you shouldn't ban Tor. In some places, it is absolutely necessary.

it's also why you shouldn't abuse Tor with web scraping or other actions that lead to sites blocking it

This is why you shouldn't use CloudFlare, whose good intentions lead to not so good places

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by yyyk »

deetdat wrote: post #71
tomohawk wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A deal with no adequate verification regime is not a good deal. A deal that gives billions of dollars to the worlds largest supporter of terrorism is not a good deal. It is appeasement. When fascist regimes like what run Iran say things like how they're going to nuke Israel and the US, that this is a goal they are pursuing, I believe them. It's sad that the Iranian people have to put up with the fascists who control…

Your first two points are not really supported by facts. The nuclear deal had a relatively invasive verification regime. I also don't understand why people refer to Iran as the world's largest supporter of terror--what specific terror acts are we speaking of? Any negotiated deal will have tradeoffs. The US's latest policy of total humiliation as articulated by Pompeo seems destined to fail. The regime is not going to…

"The nuclear deal had a relatively invasive verification regime"

A 'relatively invasive' inspection regime where you had to get permission in advance from Iran to visit 'military sites', and nearly all of the restrictions were temporary.

"what specific terror acts are we speaking of?"

There's a pretty massive civil war you may have heard of, where Iran is on the side which uses chemical weapons. Or maybe we could mention sending lots of IEDs to Iraq to kill Americans. Or bombing the AMIA center to kill Jews. And we can't forget the Rushdie affair. Really, the list is endless.

"The US's latest policy of total humiliation"

Got it. Demanding the regime to halt interference in foreign lands == "total humiliation" Holding hostages like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe != "humiliation".

Re: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

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Post by sytelus »

Few things I learned recently: Iran is cut off from all international banking, wire transfer, SWIFT etc. This means Iran must pay by hard cold cash for everything. Sometime cash is sent in shipping container! Iran had few countries helping for export import like Russia, North Korea and few 3rd world countries. Recently Trump administrators have tighten up screw so much on this that any company found to be doing transactions is also then cut off from International banking system. US now tracks all ships going around Iran, runs audits on them and enforces sanctions. Countries like Saudi Arabia is also top enemy of Iran which puts additional pressure on other countries for sanctions. I can’t imagine how average tech savvy person would be able to survive in Iran.
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