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Can someone ELI5 the difference between Usenet and torrents? From a pirating standpoint anyway.
From a protocol standpoint, my understanding is that downloading from Usenet is no different than downloading from a website, eg you download the file from one server vs the data being sharded across multiple peers.
I was curious about the reasons why people would vote against the measure, so thank you for providing it. I don’t think “being able to provide a source” is a good enough reason not to vote against it since methods to do so are provided, even without the changes that the admins made.
I mean “argument” as in “what is your reasoning”, like in a debate. That’s how we learn and how we grow as a society, by debating weighing the pros and cons of why you have a belief.
Not everything is a disagreement, per se, but healthy debates are necessary to ensure voices are heard and accommodations made.
In the original thread, I offered arguments why screenshots should be okay. Hell in this post, I made a counter argument that in rare instances twitter links should be allowed. But I didn’t only say “twitter links should be allowed”. I provided an argument/reason as to why in certain cases it should be allowed.
Your first two points are allowed though.
Screenshots are permitted as well as one alternative front end.
The rule doesn’t bar you from putting a twitter link in the comments or as part of the post body.
That said what is your argument exactly?
So I’m going to put on my “devil’s advocate” hat on for a sec, because there is a nuance here that’s worth addressing.
I absolutely hate how politicians and governments use a third party, commercial social media platform to discuss and even announce policies. But it’s where we are. So if shit for brains Madam President Trump makes some sort of shitty announcement on Twitter, I would agree a source is needed and, I would go so far as to say an actual twitter URL source, only because a third, third party (even xcancel.com as currently allowed) could manipulate or even change a tweet. I’m not saying they would, but having the direct unimpeachable source would be necessary.
Given the fact that tweets can’t be viewed without an account, xcancel is a good compromise that can then be drilled down to its original source if needed.
Now, putting my devil’s advocate hat off, it’s a silly argument to vote against. I presume that the rules would allow you to post the URL in a comment or a post body, and only prohibits using a twitter URL as the source.
Thanks for the summary. I think the rules you listed above capture all but the first.
I mean, the first is a whataboutism so I wouldn’t even consider it. I would have said, “Fine… we’ll discuss meta next but we’re discussing Twitter NOW. If you are objecting because we aren’t including Meta, then you’re not debating in good faith.”
Out of curiosity, what was the sentiment for those who voted against? Or did they not comment?
Ooh it’s an early termination fee. OP made it sound like there was a fee on top of the subscription cost. Which I guess still fits the definition.
Still scummy.
Only in End Game though. I think in Infinity Wars, he can kind of tilt it, which caught Thor by surprise.
The attack on trans people is an attack on “others”.
You got attacked not for looking trans, but not looking enough like a woman.
That’s the insidious thing about the alt right. It’s about what they believe is “right”.
I remember when unlimited minutes plans for cell phones meant 300 minutes.
Or when Comcast had unlimited downloads which was capped at 2 TB.
These shitty companies know exactly what they are doing.
Reminds me of this image:
This guy ducks.
I have a coworker who clearly doesn’t live with anyone and all she wants to do is chat. I have on many occasions told her I need to focus on that I’m busy and she says, “Oh, sorry. But did I tell you about (some niche issue here)?”
I’ve almost gotten to the point of switching desks.
Also, make sure you have backups. I don’t care how stable NTFS drivers are I don’t fucking trust them for daily use, especially writes.
I recommend copying files off of NTFS and onto ext4 if you’re able. If you can’t, try to keep operations to read only.
I’ve lost too many drives due to stupid issues (sometimes me making an error, sometimes the driver not working properly).
Backup:
We can investigate all we want but Trump isn’t getting punished. Neither is Musk.
We will coronate our first king today.
While yes adding your birth year to your username is common (but terrible OpSec), adding 88 or HH or other Nazi symbolism is also common among their community. Especially in an open setting.
It serves as a shibboleth for the alt-right that you are one of them.
Doing the Lord’s work right here. I absolutely cannot stand screenshots of desktop apps.
Mobile screenshots will be readable on both mobile and desktop.
But desktop screenshots are only readable on desktop.
GM is banned for selling the data.
They are going to give it away for free…with the purchase of this really cool red paperclip.
In a normal government, I’d agree with you.
But this is fascism times. Any en masse resignations would be a boon to Trump, because it would allow him to fill the positions with his sycophants who don’t know what they are doing but think they do.
That’s the sick twisted version of all of this. There are no good options as a federal employee except to resist.