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If this stands as-is, it could set a precedent enabling registrars to hijack domains, which is frightening.

Netsol absolutely has the right to no longer provide them DNS and/or registration, but they cannot simply place the domain on hold indefinitely due to their own capriciousness.

How is it acceptable to let a corporation arbitrarily decide, after taking your money, that they no longer wish to provide you with that service AND block your ability to use what you paid for?

For as little as clearing your browsing history[0].

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150606/16191831259/accor...

The "Internet" would've happened regardless, Xerox's Parc Project and their "Parc Universal Packet" is one example.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_Universal_Packet

How do you know they're not doing it because they're not ready to retire? Why does everyone instantly believe someone working a remedial job in their 70s hates it? I strongly suspect by 70 I won't want to do what I'm doing now, too much stress, and if I'm not ready to retire it'd likely be low-key, undemanding work.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have."

For all the talk of "negative externalities" I see on HN and the valley in general, I never see people discussing the rampant "negative externalities" of the laws and regulations we pass. It's unfortunate there's so little introspection going on, and so much reliance on the monopoly of the Government to further what Group A or Group B wants. (But it's OK, because I agree with Group A!)

How much value does the collecting of shopping carts gain a corporation, versus some employee in their mid-20s working on a core component of their company's machine learning offering? Depends on a number of factors, but generally speaking it's safe to say the latter provides substantially more value to the bottom line.

Saying there's no correlation to the value you provide your employer, and your pay is patently absurd, and simply pointing to some outliers (like CEOs) doesn't make this a binary function. If you provide great value, you will make a lot more than someone who fulfills functions a 15 year old can be trained to do in 30 minutes, and likewise, you'll be that much more difficult to replace.

We throw people in jail far too often as it is, and you want to add to the prison population for something that didn't harm anyone? I honestly don't follow. If this were executives covering up the harmful effects of their product on humans, I'd agree.

The Government makes the vast majority of their money off corporate profits, so they have a vested interest in seeing them succeed.

> If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content

Unfortunately it's not confined to simply "harassment" but anything "offensive, inappropriate or objectionable" by their own wording, which is highly subjective. If there's a legal issue, BBC should contact law enforcement, but beyond that informing others feels entirely punitive.

"Free" meaning coercion via the state to fund other people's pursuits. Perhaps we should look at why costs are rising? People need to seriously evaluate if it's really needed for them. I reject your notion that everyone, or even most people need a college degree. (I didn't, and I live quite comfortably thanks to tech with a 6 figure salary)

Part of the problem is exactly that we're subsidizing many people, forcing more scarcity and leading to higher prices. Using force to make someone else pay for my stuff isn't something I want to condone.

The state did a better job because when you have a monopoly on the use of force, the ability to pass and expand imminent domain laws, and an insane amount of funding via coercion, it's amazing what you can get "accomplished".

That's true whether it's for ill or for good. Last time I checked Google isn't bombing kids in other countries, our government is.

I will expound, these types of measures to "protect the people" are absurd, farcical, and generally do way more harm than good, causing ridiculous friction in the market that helps no one. This tariff only helps the inefficient.

I don't reddit, but I was giving my opinion as everyone does here. If you disagree with it fine, but I disagree it adds "nothing". It's pointing out the absurdity (with sarcasm) of these types of measures, touted as "protecting the people", if you disagree please cite why.

Google's customer support for Project Fi has been absolutely fantastic from my perspective, and is very flexible.

Came here to say the same thing, it's absolutely INSANE how much we subsidize, for example, corn. So it's no wonder there's plentiful cheap corn being stuffed into processed foods (incidentally also increasing the amount of processed food) and overwhelmingly what our cattle are fed with.

Not that I agree, but Canada has been doing it for years: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/public-safety-and-l...

I don't, you're certainly right and I even questioned myself as I wrote it.

> saying such legislation would be “better from a public safety perspective”

According to whom, we the people or a bunch of authoritarians who'd like to be able to access every nook and cranny of our personal lives?

Probably the same as many other professions, why would working for Uber make you more likely to become a criminal over any other lower-end paying job? "What percentage of grocery checkers pursue crime as a means of extra income?" I fail to see how it's even a useful question, and implies there's a criminal element there.

Across pay levels and careers that information might be interesting, but specific to one position at a single company seems entirely too specific.

As a customer, I can tell you we're very, very happy (Singapore SoftLayer, our Asian DC). No upfront capex, I can add or subtract hardware as necessary (I can say the same, they usually take about 2 hours to have it up and configured as requested), and my favorite benefit is when new hardware is available, we just spin up new servers and retire the old ones; bill ends up being the ~same.

It runs substantially cheaper than our colo here in Irvine, but that's also not apples-to-apples. That said, I don't plan on continuing with colos unless there's a pressing reason, after almost 15 years of them being my default. Bare Metal is the sweet spot in my eyes, the benefits of cloud without the downside of shared/inconsistent resources.

So you're saying I'm indentured to my society? This is sounding increasingly similar to slavery. Using force against someone else to get what you want isn't morally acceptable, and it certainly isn't altruistic; if you disagree with me on that, that's fine.

Slavery, Prohibition, Women being unable to vote, Gays being unable to marry; the list of inequities imposed on others due to democracy, and faith in the State to "do the right thing" is long. The aforementioned aren't small data sets, nor are they outliers. That's not even mentioning how many murders the State has contributed to (see: Germany and Russia for significant contributions, in the millions of murders) under the guise of "protecting it's people". (see: USA's actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, etc.)

It's a belief based on historical data and personal experience. The "state" and it's blind followers have one of the highest death tolls attributable to it, that's an objective truth. It's fascinating that so many people are fine having their lives decided by others, under the illusion of "authority".

Let's bomb some more kids in the middle east for no reason, shall we?

The point of that example was showing there is no moral force behind something simply because the vast majority of people agree with it.

However, with your argument what choice do I have when it comes to paying Federal or State (where applicable) Income Tax? None. I pay it, or else get thrown in a cage/have my property stolen.

Using the force of the state to further other's goals is something I am entirely against because historically we can see how much damage it's done, calling that stupid isn't constructive.

I can't agree with this, for example just because we "democratically" decide slavery is OK doesn't make it moral, or even acceptable. Yet people seem to act as if something democratically agreed-upon has moral force behind it. And to say we have to leave a country because we disagree with policy is ludicrous. It's identical to the right's call, "If you don't like it, you can get out!" which is utterly absurd.

"Competent bureaucracy" is essentially an oxymoron. "Things" necessary for economic growth are infinitely more efficient when directed by the market, not by forceful removal of my property for "them" to decide how best it can be utilized. Why is my body (which extends to my means of production) not my own?

If you prefer more extortion, that's fine; stop pushing it on others. No one is stopping others from voluntarily paying more in taxes if that's your belief, but personally I'm tired of paying for wars, the slaughter of innocence, police brutality, and a long list of items I'm told are all part and parcel of living in a "civilized" society.

Interestingly the coordinates I get in the footer are 33.6751, -117.7339 which is some undeveloped land inside the Orange County Great Park - perhaps what it gives back is based on GeoIP?

Bit flips when your storage is on the line is a Very Bad Thing(TM).

Agreed. I went with a 1700, and clocked it the same as an 1800X, saved $170 for effectively the same performance. The thing is a beast, for really cheap.