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maskil··on Your compliance obligations under the UK’s Online Safety Bill
Sometimes technology is the way out. Sometimes the only way to fix the system is to create an alternative that circumvents it. Tools matter.
maskil··on Google cancelled a talk on caste bias
Just want to point out that Purim celebrates the rescue of the Jewish people from mass extermination, not the extermination of others.

In fact in Jewish tradition Amalek remains a force to this day.

maskil··on Russia Sanctions Add Shock Internet Censorship Twist for UK ISPs
Your language "playing the freedom of speech card" indicates hostility to general freedom of speech arguments, and I would venture that your defense of this is motivated by a desire to suppress the speech of these unwanted persons.
maskil··on I'm Too Risk-Averse for Index Investing
His point is that value stocks are less affected by those systematic risks
maskil··on Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
The "largest trial to date" does not mean that it's case closed.

While the case for Ivermectin has been weakened recently, there still seems a significant body of evidence to suggest that it does work.

Many (not discredited) trials show efficacy and there is a significant observational correlation between population mass consumption of Ivermectin and better results with Covid. There are also many doctors that swear by it's efficacy from their experience.

Trials aren't perfect. The drug companies have been manipulating trial data for decades to prove efficacy when there wasn't, it probably can be done the other way as well. And the incentive is there with such a politicized drug.

maskil··on Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
Ivermectin isn't popular because of Joe Rogan and he hasn't especially promoted it.

At the time that Rogan did have the episode with Dr Kory and Bret Weinstein, Ivermectin was already very popular and he hasn't been promoting it since (yes, he may have had a guest or two that brought it up during the conversation, but it was peripheral).

The media had a collective freakout because when he got Covid he mentioned on Instagram a laundry list of medicines he's taking and Ivermectin (the human form) was among them.

Blaming him or Spotify for all of society's ills is just an attempt to prevent dissent on mainstream discourse.

maskil··on Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than older people
What's your sound theory (that it's the result of Covid and not a vaccine with documented side effects that he happened to take the morning of)?
maskil··on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online
There are far more MRNA vaccine skeptics than moon landing deniers.
maskil··on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online
"excuse to argue against it" is a very slippery slope.

There should be no excuses required to exercise free speech and free inquiry.

All you've attempted to do here is impugn the motives of those holding a position contrary to your own without addressing their arguments.

maskil··on Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out over Joe Rogan
Your first and third paragraph contradict each other
maskil··on Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates
Data from Australia, Israel, Denmark, all highly vaccinated countries, show a very different picture, and yes, even on a per Capita basis
maskil··on Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates
Done with Covid?

Are you aware that vaccines are failing spectacularly with regards to Omicron infection?

Hospitalizations are another story, but this notion of the vaccines ending Covid is just not holding up with new variants.

maskil··on No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation
He was known to have said that it's the 4 percent water that's going to kill him.
maskil··on No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation
I know of a man who had a shot of 96 percent alcohol (192 proof) every single day and died at the age of 96.
maskil··on Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
The Jews freed from Hitler's concentration camp would beg to differ.
maskil··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2022)
SEEKING WORK

Remote or New York

Senior Salesforce Developer. Very knowledgeable in all areas of the platform and in software development best practices. Available for part time work.

maskil··on Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
As a religious Jew, I (am obligated by my religion to) pray three times a day, morning, noon and evening. The longest is the morning prayer, 45 minutes approximately.

The prayers are a mix of gratitude, humility and supplication.

maskil··on Ask HN: How do you get a job as a software engineer if you've been cancelled?
You can self employ as a contractor. Not the easiest thing, but clients may have less of a problem with reputational issues than employers.
maskil··on How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler
Your equivalency is false. Parler did not make any change of behavior. Amazon knew very well who they were and what they did when they were making 100s of k a month hosting them.

Furthermore it is simply not true that Parler refused to work with Amazon. Parler's policy forbids hate speech and incitement.

What actually happened was, when the mob decided that Parler must go, Amazon gave them little no notice or recourse before shutting them down.

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