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Next thing you know, a new and even more totally total mass surveillance law is passed. (Obviously, attacks will continue to happen from time to time.)
Apparently this method is not working at all.
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How easy the social fabric can be unraveled :(
Destruction and creation are a-symmetrical. I had an interesting exchange with another HN'er not that long ago about that very topic. I ran a community of a million people and it took by my estimates less than 50 dedicated assholes to totally wreck it for everybody else. How they managed that and why I couldn't stop it is very much related to how 'open societies' are impossible to defend against a large enough number…
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How easy the social fabric can be unraveled :(
Destruction and creation are a-symmetrical. I had an interesting exchange with another HN'er not that long ago about that very topic. I ran a community of a million people and it took by my estimates less than 50 dedicated assholes to totally wreck it for everybody else. How they managed that and why I couldn't stop it is very much related to how 'open societies' are impossible to defend against a large enough number…
What can we in tech do to help with this kind of situation?
What can we in tech do to help with this kind of situation?
The tech useful for preventing these situations is exactly the kind that's frowned upon in civil liberties circles.
Reuters just reported: "French President Hollande decides state of emergency for all of France, borders closed." Source: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Paris_attacks_2?utm_source=twi...
How, physically? Do borders really... exist in the Schengen Zone? Like, how do they shut this down? https://www.google.com/maps/place/France/@49.5467828,5.43629...
How this is related to tech.. Is HN best place to talk about it?
A disaster. Obviously don't know yet who is responsible, but I don't understand why France is being targeted in this way. They are hardly terrorist enemy number one.
Softer target. This is my area of study.
Reuters just reported: "French President Hollande decides state of emergency for all of France, borders closed." Source: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Paris_attacks_2?utm_source=twi...
How, physically? Do borders really... exist in the Schengen Zone? Like, how do they shut this down? https://www.google.com/maps/place/France/@49.5467828,5.43629...
How this is related to tech.. Is HN best place to talk about it?
Reddit discussions become overrun with useless comments. Stupid memes, puns, and just other irrelevant drivel.
Many of the mainstream news outlets have lagging facts, horrible commenting (if any) and biased/washed/slanted reporting.
HN thoroughly discourages both worthless commenting and links to worthless news sources.
For me personally, I much prefer following stories like this on HN vs anywhere else.