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Trust online will go to zero. What happens then?

An interesting article from ex-government employees discussing how they handled counter-disinfo work.

We're not talking about the midterms.

Congress just closed shop until after the midterms. This is an initiative to placate Trump. There is a 0% chance it happens after Democrats take control of one or both houses of Congress.

> "The Department of War (as it became known as)"

It would take an act of congress to change the name, which won't happen. This should read: "The Department of War (as it was temporarily, illegally referred to)"

I get that the trend is being accelerated with Donald Trump being an aggressive asshole for no reason, but Canadians pretending like they're anything but American is very weird.

What is novel physics?

The Cruelty Is the Point.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelt...

There's absolutely something to this. Writing something down on your phone or computer does not commit it to memory at all.

I jumped to Bitwarden because of 1P's new pricing doing exactly that.

Circle of live, I guess.

I was unaware of that, disappointing.

It's always funny to see a statement that is clearly meant to convince the author, not any external party.

Birds aren't real 2.0

I love it.

Look, make a decision and stand by it. The constant back and forth just exposes you as not having any principles at all.

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Thank you for what you do.

> I can’t be the only person who’s getting tired of hearing about how every new iteration is going to spell doom/be a paradigm shift/change the entire tech industry etc.

There's a little bit of a grading your own homework aspect to companies being able to declare their new models revolutionary.

It doesn't mean they're wrong, but there is a clear conflict of interest.

I have a feeling he might be angling for a pardon if he ends up bringing the whole global economy down.

> I get it —

well done

I'm curious what protection by the state do you think Americans receive?

You make the argument from the consumer side, it's hard to argue, but digital systems are far more profitable. So that's how we got the world we got.

Technologists make the same mistake over and over in thinking the better technology will win. vhs vs betamax, etc.

Actual consumers not only don't care, they will not even be aware of the difference.

Honest question, why would they care?

There has to be a marketplace for domains or other goods that require escrow or a trusted third party.

> I wish Elon would give me a way to sell it before they steal it.

Just put it online. Maybe use an escrow service. What's stopping you?

PC laptops have been dead outside of jobs that give them to you for years.

> I don't want to beat the dead horse too much, but have you ever turned that inspection mechanism upon yourself? What did it see?

Desperately trying to change the subject is not an argumentation tactic. It's at best, stalling. At worst, trolling.

> Snowden sacrificed a comfortable life

Yes and all he had to gain was international celebrity.

Please understand the role that ego plays in actions such as this.

> In a sense, I am worse. I a guy in the middle

> And here we are. The siren song of the left.

There's something particular sad about people that won't even admit to what they are in public. You know your right wing brand is toxic but you don't want to just be another cult member, so you pretend to be something else so your words will have more (or some) weight.

It's not working.

Have fun being the reason why the rest of your family hates Thanksgiving for the 10th year in a row.

A failed and poorly executed insurrection attempt is still an insurrection attempt.

People go to prison for attempted murder every day.