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throwaway829··on YouTube deletes “lawsuit against vaccine passport” press conference video
Perhaps you're just trolling but this is an obvious false equivalency. YouTube prominently displays news from MSM without you asking to see it. Certain controversially search terms can be flagged and then only show MSM videos. Neither of these things are true of pornhub.
throwaway829··on The Limits to Blockchain Scalability
If america has Zimbabwean inflation maybe.
throwaway829··on Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore
You realize elites are already doing this with USD. It's not unique to crypto.
throwaway829··on Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
People who save in FedBucks are no closer to owning a home in California. If you’re saving in FedBucks you’re treading water as the printer goes burrrr. Mostly likely you know saving in FedBucks is a fool’s errand and convert your money to Wall Street assets. Crypto is an alternative store of purchasing power that’s not currently run by New York bankers.
throwaway829··on Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
I’m pro crypto but this statement could of been made during the tulip mania. I think the better argument is being free from central bank devaluation of hard earned savings.
throwaway829··on Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
People buy things for the utility they provide. I could have not bought a PC 20+ years ago and waited for today’s PCs which 100x faster and cheaper but I wouldn’t of had a PC for 20+ years. Deflation in PC did not stop me from purchasing something I needed. Did society stagnate because PCs got cheaper?
throwaway829··on San Francisco school board halts appointment based on race
White person: We need more of my kind on the board. <-- racist

Black person: We need more of my kind on the board. <-- woke

Brown person: We need more of my kind on the board. <-- woke

That view is endorsed at the highest levels of corporate America, politics and MSM. And somehow we're supposed to believe that "white supremacists" control the system. The current state of America is quite laughable.

throwaway829··on Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
As an ex-scientologist, I know how labeling websites "Hate Speech" can be abused. It's only when I ignored their "Hate Speech" warnings that I was able to figure out the fraud that is Scientology.
throwaway829··on How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler
As an ex-Scientologist it saddens me that I have to tell HN readers this, but please read "On liberty" which explains why censorship is a flawed approach.
throwaway829··on Getting Started with Signal
Parler has right wing users. Telegram has not been labeled right wing. That's the difference.
throwaway829··on The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
Police have already killed one of the protestors and liberally sprayed many with pepperspray. What else do you want them to do to the protestors?
throwaway829··on The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
It's obviously not a first amendment is since that restricts what the fed gov can do, but it is a free speech issue which is a philosophy thought to be better than censoring opposing ideas. It's a legal issue in regards to section 230 which only protects open platforms from liability from user content. If Twitter whats to be a publisher with editorial authority then they should be held to the same standard as NYT and CNN.
throwaway829··on In Covid Surge, LA hospitals turn away ambulances and put patients in gift shops
> placing patients in conference rooms and gift shops

If there's any truth to it, I can imagine the hospital's snack/convenience shop is being used. So it's not a neighborhood gift shop but some room in the hospital that sells a branded keychain. Definitely a click-baity title though.

throwaway829··on CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]
Julian Assange's Mandarin, Russian & Persian comprehension skills probably aren't up for the task. And copying and pasting leaks in Google Translate probably wouldn't work either.
throwaway829··on Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
If your underwear is stolen twice by the same guy you may want to improve your security. This story sounds very hollywood to me.
throwaway829··on Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
And then sent to the hospital in Germany to again get his underwear and remove traces of Novichok before it could be independently tested... does that sounds believable to you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny
throwaway829··on Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
Before eating up this MSM narrative you might want to watch "The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes". Having seen that, this just looks like more of the same false narrative.
throwaway829··on Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
So Navalny was poisoned with deadly Novichok and a few months later is producing a polished video with Hollywood detective backdrop where he calls the suspect who conveniently admits to the whole scheme... I'd suggest you watch "The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes" before trusting western/US media regarding Russia.
throwaway829··on Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon from Facebook: recording
Like the "punch a nazi" thing?
throwaway829··on Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon from Facebook: recording
You do know that "heads on a pike" is a figure of speech? Colbert depicts Stephen Miller's head on pike in one of his shows[0]. Are you going to have the speech police cancel him too? I doubt it. You just don't like ideas you disagree with and you're just looking for an excuse to get rid of them.

0: https://youtu.be/IXUMbz3U920?t=70

throwaway829··on Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
Yeah, no new wars in the middle east and troops are coming home. How can a president win reelection with that kind of record? Luckily CNN will save democrazy.
throwaway829··on Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown
I've been following "Q" out of curiosity since when it started posting. Not sure if it's a pied piper op, as Wikileaks said, or something else. However I've not seen any of the things you listed as examples of hateful content. You can search all the posts yourself. "Chrissy Teigen" and "Hanks" show no results. Clinton is mentioned but none of the "cutting off her face" stuff. Where did you get these ideas? https://qposts.online/?q=Teigen&s=keyword
throwaway829··on Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by the FBI
Ghislaine Maxwell's father was almost surely a Mossad spy: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Maxwell-Israels-Superspy-Gordo...
throwaway829··on Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse
Similar to how leftists promoted the "punch a nazi in the face" meme'. They will of course be the ones defining who is a "nazi".
throwaway829··on NASA names headquarters after first Black female engineer Mary W. Jackson
Asians do very well in America and they didn't need buildings named after them. Why do you think black people need buildings renamed before they start learning calculus, physics, etc?
throwaway829··on CNN reporter arrested live on air while covering Minneapolis protests [video]
> doing there job We have zero context for why they were being detained. We can assume they did nothing wrong, but it's just an assumption. It would be great if CNN released the video that preceded the detainment.
throwaway829··on Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Severity of Covid-19
I doubt anyone here thinks it's some kind of magic, but if you've been following the pandemic from the beginning, you've probably seen these two doctors who both recommend vitamin D:

- Dr. Seheult's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2A2xNLWR4&t=821s - Dr John Campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSXNGc7pfs&t=29s

It's cheap and has minimal downside. Pre-covid it was already known to "reduce symptoms of colds or influenza"[0].

[0] Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation - Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons https://www.grc.com/health/pdf/Benefits_of_Vitamin_D_Supplem...

throwaway829··on YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke
The problem is who decides what's a "bad idea"? Every group has its own list, whether it's Scientology, the CCP, NAMBLA, PITA, etc. What group do you trust with defining your list of "bad ideas"? Historically the "bad idea" list has been generated by whoever rules/controls you. Why do you think it's different this time?
throwaway829··on YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
> "There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit. In fact, there's some evidence to suggest the opposite in the misuse of wearing a mask properly or fitting it properly," WHO executive director of health emergencies Mike Ryan said Monday. - https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/...

WHO has been saying "uninfected" people should not wear masks from the beginning. That's bad advice unless you're trying to save masks for medical works which makes it a well-intentioned untruth. Either way I don't like YouTube deleting a video that contradicts this WHO "advice".

throwaway829··on Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Victims' Families
Over a 100+ Israel's were deported after 9/11, including the dancing Israelis. This news report, that came out shortly after 9/11, covered it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWSNI7rKf0 Haven't seen any reporting on it since.
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