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4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches

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Post by solid_fuel »

k33n wrote: post #909
solid_fuel wrote: post #632

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> It’s pretty damned hard to completely secure any area from a potential attack when all one side needs is a drone. Man, maybe the US should have had a contingency plan to address the drone issue before launching an unprovoked attack. > That’s a pretty specific high bar It's the bar that matters.

The US has layered contingency plans for every conceivable mission against every conceivable foe. It's been like that since WWII. Iran hasn't made any meaningful impact on US forces, but Iran is essentially crippled. Of course they were going to launch some drones. Of course that was expected.

> The US has layered contingency plans for every conceivable mission against every conceivable foe.

Sure man, you can believe whatever you want to believe if it makes you feel good. I will trust what I see, which is that Iran is continuing to threaten shipping through the straight exactly as predicted by every expert who ever studied the topic. That will have and continue to have large impacts on US and global economy. It’s basic economics.

Re: 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches

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Post by john_strinlai »

SkyeCA wrote: post #907
john_strinlai wrote: post #837

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yes, you are repeating the "what about" part. my comment has literally nothing to do with other social networks. if it helps, feel free to apply the original quote to facebook or whatever when they do something good. but this article and comment chain is about 4chan. so i am talking about 4chan.

"Whataboutism" is just the cry of people upset others disagreed with their stance in a way they disliked.

lol, what are you talking about? i said i was reminded of a quote, that is it. no one disagreed, they just said “other people do it too” and put words in my mouth so they could argue about something.

like, what “stance” do you think i am even trying to take?

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Post by nephihaha »

graemep wrote: post #753
zelos wrote: post #674

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Not to open a can of worms, but there are probably people who still consider Northern Ireland a colony.

They can consider what they like, but it is factually wrong. People in NI get to vote in UK elections. A reasonable case can be made that it should be Irish territory, not British, but that is a territorial dispute.

The people in Tahiti get to vote for representatives in Paris. But French Polynesia is still a colony.

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Post by nephihaha »

williamdclt wrote: post #777
nephihaha wrote: post #656

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"You might be thinking of the British overseas territory" Not just them, but I'll leave it at that. Some years ago when the United Nations started critiquing colonies, the British overseas ones were rebranded as "territories" and "dependencies." (The French still have overseas colonies, the so called DOM-TOMs, and also some nearer to home.) Some of these overseas ones like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands have over…

> the so called DOM-TOMs Fun fact: they've not been called that in 23y, they're DROM-COM

Rebranding doesn't change what they are. Tahiti, New Caledonia and maybe even Corsica (depending on who you speak to) are all treated like colonies.

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Post by nephihaha »

stackghost wrote: post #868
nephihaha wrote: post #656

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"You might be thinking of the British overseas territory" Not just them, but I'll leave it at that. Some years ago when the United Nations started critiquing colonies, the British overseas ones were rebranded as "territories" and "dependencies." (The French still have overseas colonies, the so called DOM-TOMs, and also some nearer to home.) Some of these overseas ones like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands have over…

>Not just them, but I'll leave it at that. Okay then if you're just going to be cute and nonspecific there's no point in continuing this discussion. I'm not interested in trying to decipher vague insinuations.

I don't think you'd like the answer. Not all of its colonies were vast distances away.

"Crown dependencies" are one phrase used to rebrand British colonies but there are other ones.

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Post by kulahan »

gilrain wrote: post #816
kulahan wrote: post #583

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Ofcom could do it too if they had like 25 aircraft carriers and 2 of the 3 largest air forces on the planet, the best intel network, the most advanced tools, the backing of a $25T economy, the…

The cooperation of allies is more powerful than all of that, and the US is woodchipping their allies as fast as possible. Their power will disappear astonishingly quickly.

Maybe, but being close to the US is very valuable. Can't imagine every leader out there is going to hamstring their own economy to poopoo on whoever becomes president after Trump.

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Post by itake »

ipaddr wrote: post #776
itake wrote: post #528

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Not saying this is the same, but there are depression forums where the admin / mods promotes and sells “permanent solution” kits. People really should turn to medical professionals and not internet strangers for help. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c... https://youtu.be/lUsO8ny_Dhg?si=FOPqCS2NKOZBQKg8

If everyone turned to medical professionals the system would fall apart. Many try but fail to find a space in the current system. Internet forums / llms offer another path that many have used to move forward. Its like telling people don't talk to friends and family only go to a professional. This is how we end up in a worse mental crisis.

There is a huge difference between friends and family, whom you have known for a long time and hopefully have a vested interest in your success than an anonymous internet stranger.

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Post by k33n »

solid_fuel wrote: post #911
k33n wrote: post #909

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US has layered contingency plans for every conceivable mission against every conceivable foe. It's been like that since WWII. Iran hasn't made any meaningful impact on US forces, but Iran is essentially crippled. Of course they were going to launch some drones. Of course that was expected.

> The US has layered contingency plans for every conceivable mission against every conceivable foe. Sure man, you can believe whatever you want to believe if it makes you feel good. I will trust what I see, which is that Iran is continuing to threaten shipping through the straight exactly as predicted by every expert who ever studied the topic. That will have and continue to have large impacts on US and global econom…

It’s amazing how the economically and geopolitically illiterate have spent the last 10 years hanging their hats on 30 day or less scandals.

It’s the result of poor education and chronic myopia. Supremely unimpressive, but at least it’s entertaining to read.

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Post by rocqua »

FridayoLeary wrote: post #825
rocqua wrote: post #160

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So the solution is effective parental controls. Government mandated age verification isn't parental control, and is unlikely to be very effective. That means making it possible for parents to actively block bad websites, and making that hard to circumvent.

Internet filters exist. I think we should legislate them, making it mandatory for children, or a similar solution.

Nonono. Nothing mandatory. It's a parents choice. The thing to do is help parents enforce their choices. Not forcing choices onto parents.

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Post by marcus_holmes »

throwawaytea wrote: post #910
marcus_holmes wrote: post #501

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You are the victim of misinformation and need to check your sources.

So are you. Wow we really learned a lot didn't we.

I am not making blatantly false statements about someone else's country that are obviously repeating political talking points.

Again, please check your sources before posting obvious disinformation.

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