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dreta··on Remote code execution vulnerability in apt/apt-get
No. That would mean less then a day heads-up from the researcher.
dreta··on Poland in the 80's Through the Lens of French/Swiss Photographer Bruno Barbey
you grew up in the country's capital, and had family in the north-west, no wonder you have no idea how life really was
dreta··on Poland in the 80's Through the Lens of French/Swiss Photographer Bruno Barbey
i grew up in Poland too, east, and south-east looked like like this, or worse. where did you grow up? not everybody had a tractor, still had plenty of horses around, doesn't mean everybody used them, that'd be ridiculous
dreta··on Poland in the 80's Through the Lens of French/Swiss Photographer Bruno Barbey
are you being serious? you see pictures of a country that's been under communist rule since the 40s and you see no connection? it's just an underdeveloped country to you?
dreta··on Poland in the 80's Through the Lens of French/Swiss Photographer Bruno Barbey
there's no bias, the photos represent the general state of the whole country
dreta··on They Rejected Us
It does look like Twitter is for rejects if you only read the top entries.
dreta··on BitChute Suspended By Patreon
it has everything to do with the current political climate, and the fact that extremist views on one side are tolerated, while ones on the other are actively being fought against

if you don't want to listen to "nut jobs", you don't have to, nobody's shoving Alex Jones in your face, but banning people you find objectionable sets up a dangerous precedent

dreta··on Building an Alexa-Powered Electric Blanket
i don't understand why anybody, especially a person with technical knowledge, would purchase and install a device that constantly listens to its surroundings and uploads conversations to the internet

it's scary what a third party can do through your smartphone, let alone all the IoT garbage connected to an Echo

dreta··on More Information About Last Week’s Takedowns
So, a government organisation is openly telling Facebook how to moderate speech now, and they're complying? I know Facebook's a private company, so they don't have to uphold the 1st amendment, I'm just wondering how far do we have to go down this rabbit hole before people wake up.
dreta··on The BBC is wrong: university censorship is definitely not a myth
the way you said it, it looks like we can just model the system based on your understanding of what's right or wrong, or maybe you have some other infallible person in mind?
dreta··on Why Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive? Hint: It Had Something to Do with Trump
In a clearly biased environment like Facebook everything is "Fake News".
dreta··on Why Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive? Hint: It Had Something to Do with Trump
Nice to have this on paper, but I'm fairly sure everybody knew this already.

It's scary that people like Luckey or Thiel aren't immune to political persecution in Silicon Valley. Can't imagine how oppressive the environment has to be for the regular folk.

dreta··on The BBC is wrong: university censorship is definitely not a myth
"Move along, there's nothing to see here" mentality. Just because the sky's not falling, doesn't mean there's no problem.

Freedom of speech is a right that's frightingly easy for people to give up, and articles like these do nothing but hurt the situation.

dreta··on The BBC is wrong: university censorship is definitely not a myth
so, in your opinion, it's alright to ban people from speaking because it gets tiring when they're obviously wrong, and still they refuse to stop talking
dreta··on Richard Stallman Has Announced the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines
The article as a whole is well-worded, and surprisingly neutral given what's been going on in the community lately, that's why it boggles mind why you'd write something like "This discouragement particularly affects members of disprivileged demographics (...)". All this is going to do is upset people.
dreta··on Intel: We 'Forgot' to Mention 28-Core, 5-GHz CPU Demo Was Overclocked
The CPU requiring a massive cooling system to run at the advertised frequency is an important information to share with the consumer.
dreta··on Valve’s move to censor visual novels undoes its Steam Direct promises
So, given that Mass Effect, and The Witcher are not being pulled, anything goes, unless your game has naked anime boobs in it.
dreta··on Ask HN: What has been your most rewarding job or project and why?
How is any of this relevant to the question?
dreta··on Heterosexual College Students Who Hookup with Same-Sex Partners
I think the idea is that they identify as heterosexual, not that they are; that's what makes it interesting to researchers.
dreta··on Our Dental Insurance Sent Us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes
The burger is not just beef. Everythig in there is processed, artificially sweetened, and rich in preservatives. McDonald's is not healthy, don't be ridiculous.
dreta··on Our Dental Insurance Sent Us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes
This is completely off-topic, but McDonald's is mostly processed foods high in trans fats, all kinds of chemistry, and filled with sugar. There's indeed "some" meat, however it's everything but healthy.
dreta··on Our Dental Insurance Sent Us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes
I don't think you have to be very cynical to assume that's what's going on. It might not be happening now, but once the adoption rate is sufficient there's going to be a small update to the license, and the insurer will know enough to set your rates exactly right.
dreta··on Fuchsia is not Linux
Personally, i'll be happy if we can move past read/write constructs designed for tape drives.
dreta··on Deprecating Raw Pointers in C++20
If i didn't read this comment section, i would've been convinced it's real.
dreta··on 100 days with Rust: a series of brick walls
Writing Rust code isn’t that hard, sure. The annoyences start when you try modifying code or moving things around.

Prototyping and editing code makes for most of my work, and Rust makes that a chore. That’s my main gripe with the language. It’s more like moving through molasses than encountering a brick wall.

dreta··on Police chief said Uber victim “came from the shadows” – don’t believe it
If the car is at fault here, then Uber should bare the full consequences.

At the same time though, the person with the bike had no reflective markings, wasn’t blind or anything, and was crossing the road without any respect for the incoming traffic at an unmarked spot. They didn’t even flinch when the car was about to hit them. The guy in the car looked away for like 5 seconds. He clearly wasn’t absent-minded. If the visibility wasn’t that bad, any suspicious activity on the left would have grabbed his attention.

dreta··on Police chief said Uber victim “came from the shadows” – don’t believe it
The discussion on lights and cameras in this case is a part of determining who is responsible for the accident.
dreta··on Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub
I'd say PornHub, and porn in general, is more liberal than left-wing, so i doubt they'll have anything against guns. Still, they could deem the content inapropriate for the site. Though, given the kind of seemingly random videos people upload there, and get aroused by, it's not at all definite.
dreta··on Building a fast Electron app with Rust
You can't seriously justify introducing massive library into your code just to display some text, and use a few native calls. If it works for you, that's great, but if anybody needs an example of why the software you use is so terrible these days, even though we had huge leaps in technology, look no further.
dreta··on Building a fast Electron app with Rust
Experience? I would much rather have the freedom, and reliability of a native platform than to deal with HTML’s limitations, poor performance, and having to worry about the „optimal rendering path” that’s basically black magick you have little control over.

HTML breaks in ways you won’t predict. Some things you’ll have to hack together so hard you’ll want to take a shower afterward. And it’s only a matter of time untill that piles up enough to justify using native UI from the start.

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