There is no evil like reCAPTCHA (v3)

Drewski · 2019-08-16T03:09:32+00:00

It's a shame, but in this day and age you really have to be careful what you tell your doctor, therapist, and other health providers. Some also ask if you own firearms, and with red flag laws on the table you can't be too cautious.

Drewski · 2019-08-12T17:28:12+00:00

Hope they do a good job with this one. Dune is one of my favorite sci-fi novels.

Drewski · 2019-08-12T17:16:21+00:00

There's PeerTube, a federated protocol based on ActivityPub. BitChute is another popular alternative.

Drewski · 2019-08-12T02:43:59+00:00

They may not have followed procedure but they were following orders.

Drewski · 2019-08-11T07:04:09+00:00

I'd be more inclined to jump on something open source like matrix/riot or mumble, discord's privacy policy scares me.

Drewski · 2019-08-10T17:24:42+00:00

How?

Drewski · 2019-08-09T23:21:20+00:00

I'd prefer to err on the side of not removing here, I've seen many people labeled a troll or a shill in order to disrupt or shut down a conversation.

Drewski · 2019-08-08T19:20:06+00:00

I'd love to go at some point. I've learned a lot from watching videos of the presentations. Maybe next year.

Drewski · 2019-08-08T19:17:37+00:00

Of course he will. And Obama's administration will be the most transparent and whistleblower friendly in history, and Trump will protect our 2nd Amendment rights and get us out of the middle east, and... oh wait.

Drewski · 2019-08-06T04:47:26+00:00

Okay.

Drewski · 2019-08-04T19:11:48+00:00

Of course people are always more vitriolic when they hide behind the curtain of anonymity, you see that on all social media sites.

Another observation that I've made is that the creators of many free speech forums and social media sites tend to have their characters attacked in pretty regular ways (calling them a coward, pedophile, etc). It may just be regular trolling, but it also seems like some of the character assassination / COINTELPRO techniques.

Drewski · 2019-08-04T18:46:03+00:00

Mylife is an aggregated profile made made by pulling data from various sources, and it's frequently incorrect. It's not a personal profile made by the user. Look up your own profile on mylife.com and you'll find that there are probably many discrepancies and errors.

Drewski · 2019-08-02T19:40:21+00:00

Via Wikipedia)

Playpen was the world's most notorious darknet child pornography website after its creation in August 2014.[1][2] When it was shut down in February 2015, the site had over 215,000 users and hosted 23,000 sexually explicit images and videos of children as young as toddlers.

Drewski · 2019-08-02T19:28:21+00:00

Black Mirror is becoming less and less of a fiction, we are moving past 1984 level surveillance here. The reddit comments are actually pretty good this time, here is an archive.today mirror: http://archive.fo/YSf3R

Drewski · 2019-07-25T18:29:03+00:00

Then don't use a phone that does this. I use a custom ROM for Android, and I don't use Amazon either.

Drewski · 2019-07-23T18:41:52+00:00

Yeah, but no one is being forced to use the app. I personally can't stand ads and use an adblocker on all of my devices, but if you want to earn rewards by participating in this program more power to you.

Drewski · 2019-07-20T18:41:54+00:00

Testifying today on behalf of the Pentagon, special guest James Clapper!

Drewski · 2019-07-20T18:38:07+00:00

Let Facebook make their shitcoin. I won't be using it, and I'll be encouraging other people not to either, instead using it as an opportunity to discuss actual cryptocurrencies.

Now, if they start mandating its use then we have a problem. But I think the gov't will create their own crypto before that happens. I agree that there is movement towards a cashless society which is very dystopian, but this rant against Libra specifically seems a bit hyperbolic.

Drewski · 2019-07-20T18:13:04+00:00

Not water damage, but art by Igor Siwanowicz. And yes, they are Psilocybe Cubensis.

Drewski · 2019-07-18T07:54:33+00:00

I don't agree with their decision, but F-Droid is still a valuable resource and doesn't currently have any viable alternatives. I wonder if they're going to continue hosting Fedilab, Librem Social, and other Fediverse clients that don't block Gab at the user level.

What's this about GitLab being CIA though?

Drewski · 2019-07-17T19:10:17+00:00

With the exception of the justice / police system, all those things have to be a commodified if you want an efficient and functional economic system. The human element in a mixed or command economy always results in rampant waste, inefficiency and shortages due to a lack of available inputs, no immediate corrections, and/or corruption.

Drewski · 2019-07-16T17:09:26+00:00

This is why you can't depend on a centralized site forever. Federation and decentralization are needed.

Drewski · 2019-07-14T05:25:50+00:00

Congresspeople who violate their oath to uphold the constitution should be prosecuted.

Drewski · 2019-07-11T03:31:00+00:00

Is there a list somewhere of these "dangerous individuals and organizations"?

Drewski · 2019-07-10T18:31:47+00:00

Disgusting. The residents of Dunedin should be protesting this tyranny in front of the courthouse every day until they change their policies.

Drewski · 2019-07-10T18:07:01+00:00

I agree that there was / is a conspiracy against public transportation, manufactured by lobbyists for big oil, automobile manufacturers, and other related industries. And with the petrodollar being a primary means of financial control, it stands to reason that they'd encourage consumption.

The author criticizes the "sprawling landscape that zoning has created" and the basic need for an automobile living in America. I think he's neglected the basic fact that living in a rural area is going to require transportation, which really can't be provided by public transit.

Another important thing he didn't mention is the freedom and autonomy provided by the personal vehicle. With public transit you are fixed to a set timetable and route, and there may be areas that you can't get to. Having a car lets you go wherever you want whenever you want (well, as long as there's a road), something we often take for granted. I think in the future there will be a big push to move people to self-driving cars, initially through insurance hikes and propaganda ("who would be selfish enough to risk other people's lives with a manually driven car?") which will attempt to take away that autonomy.

Drewski · 2019-07-09T17:47:46+00:00

If they're fanning the flames for war, we should be doing the opposite. Calling them out on their bullshit. Sure you've got these militant extremists on both sides but they are the minority. I'm prepared to defend myself and my family but a civil war is the last thing I want.

Drewski · 2019-07-08T03:07:45+00:00

Check out https://thatoneprivacysite.net he's reviewed and tested a lot of VPN services, and there's a lot of info there.

I've heard good things about mullvad.net, but ultimately with any VPN company you are trusting them not to log and to keep all their other promises.

Drewski · 2019-07-06T19:07:34+00:00

Peertube is a federated streaming video platform that uses the Webtorrent protocol to balance the load on viral videos. There are a number of instances already, but if you want to start your own you could check out the documentation.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T18:50:14+00:00

It was a tongue in cheek response, but since you asked:

It's a personal decision. What are you willing to do to protect human rights and liberties?

Some options include - informing friends and family, calling elected officials, protesting, refusing to pay taxes.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T17:55:23+00:00

As far as digital music services go I've been really happy with Bandcamp. They offer DRM free files in lossless FLAC and mp3, and take a much lower cut from the artist than many other distribution services (only 15%). I don't use their mobile app though, since it's closed source and has a bunch of embedded analytics.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T17:02:59+00:00

The authors cite several earlier local studies that demonstrate the phenomenon. Researchers in Baltimore, Cleveland and Dallas “found that some landlords viewed the additional revenue from late fees, enforced by the threat of an eviction filing, as a supplemental source of funding in addition to the regular rent roll.

I know there are predatory landlords out there, but in my personal experience most are just regular people trying to earn an honest living and support their families. If you're a good tenant, most will work with you if you're late on your rent a couple times. I seriously doubt that many are hoping for their tenants to be late so they can rack up extra late fees or whatever. I really don't understand this trend of demonizing landlords who are providing a vital service and are mostly decent people.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T16:55:20+00:00

They didn't win the right, it was already their right to do what they wished with their own property. Florida was infringing on that right, and they successfully defended against them.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T16:50:18+00:00

Thoughts and prayers are not enough.

Drewski · 2019-07-05T06:35:30+00:00

I'd be ok with some subs implementing this, but I don't think it should be a sitewide requirement.

Drewski · 2019-07-03T02:44:08+00:00

Great quote, and I really recommend reading the whole book. It's long, but absolutely worth it for the knowledge it imparts about evil rulers and those who go along with them.

Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning is another great one for understanding the evil which all men are capable of.

Drewski · 2019-07-02T18:41:58+00:00

I agree that decentralization & federation are the future. Relying on any centralized service is bound to fail at some point in the future.

Heck, reddit started out as a free speech platform and look what it's become today. I also posted on early Voat, which started out great but devolved in a different way (which may have been a planned and organized attack).

As for federated services, have you looked into prismo and lemmy? I'm thinking of starting a lemmy instance once it leaves beta.

Drewski · 2019-06-30T17:41:55+00:00

Would be interesting to see how many ignores & negative responses he got also vs the same pic and a normal profile.

Drewski · 2019-06-27T17:11:34+00:00

Of course human rights cross borders. Rights are not granted by the state. Historically the US has been better about protecting these rights than many other countries, but these rights are being infringed more and more here as referenced by this article and many others.

From the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Drewski · 2019-06-27T16:55:11+00:00

You forgot part of the title: "Illinois House approves fingerprinting gun owners"

Drewski · 2019-06-26T17:53:49+00:00

Drewski · 2019-06-21T18:45:05+00:00

The Red Wedding.

Drewski · 2019-06-20T05:16:58+00:00

Digg before 4.0

Drewski · 2019-06-19T03:33:00+00:00

Yes, I do. I also agree with your other post, that the regulations creating artificial monopolies need to be removed.

Drewski · 2019-06-15T18:42:13+00:00

Hmm I'll just check this out real quick...

= 3 mall videos later =

Drewski · 2019-06-14T17:30:06+00:00

Would you fight a bogus DMCA claim if it was being used as a tool for censorship / silencing speech?

https://blog.jipel.law.nyu.edu/2019/03/copyright-strikes-as-a-tool-for-censorship-bullying-extortion/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190514/15424342212/copyright-as-censorship-american-law-institute-uses-copyright-to-stop-discussion-controversial-publication-prior-to-vote.shtml

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181218/11521641259/game-developer-admits-it-filed-bogus-copyright-claims-says-it-had-no-other-way-to-silence-critic.shtml

https://juliareda.eu/2018/08/censorship-machines-gonna-censor/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/copyright-law-internet-mumsnet

Drewski · 2019-06-12T17:45:12+00:00

Economic collapse porn, my favorite.

Drewski · 2019-06-12T17:12:05+00:00

I do. I agree that the concept sounds good in theory, but giving the FCC the authority to regulate the broadband industry opens the door for future abuse. The internet is and has been neutral since it's inception, net neutrality is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

Drewski · 2019-06-11T19:48:31+00:00

No thanks, I don't want to give a government agency more power to regulate and control the internet. I've always been critical of this "grassroots" movement and group the "Neutrality" newspeak in with other acts such as the Patriot act, National Defense act, etc.

Drewski · 2019-06-10T19:29:12+00:00

This is hyperbole, these tech companies don't control what I say or read. Everyone has a choice whether they use these platforms, and by being on there you are complicit in their censorship.

I do think we're living in a maturing surveillance state, with diminishing rights and privacy, but to say these tech companies are worse than 1984 is laughable at best (have they even read the book?).

Drewski · 2019-06-03T21:45:16+00:00

lemmy is another federated reddit-like that I've got my eye on.

Drewski · 2019-06-03T17:19:02+00:00

I'm all for minimalism and clean design, and I agree that javascript-heavy ram hogging websites and browsers are not ideal. That said, the http protocol offers so much more now, such as SSL (https) which is pretty much mandatory these days.

Using outdated protocols such as gopher seems like little more than a novelty to me. I mean, you can browse http sites as text only using lynx just the same as gopher. BBS's were an integral part of the early net, but they have been eclipsed by modern technology with greater features and security such as forums, federated social media, and chat protocols such as matrix.

Drewski · 2019-06-02T15:58:13+00:00

Cool platform, definitely going to be using this. As for downloading, you can also download from Youtube easily using youtube-dl or youtube-dl gui.

Drewski · 2019-05-24T07:47:11+00:00

Oh yes, sounds like the classic suicide by two shots to the back of the head.

Drewski · 2019-05-23T17:27:14+00:00

I agree that there should be a separate standard for use of force for the police. Officers should be held to a stricter code, and face higher penalties for violating the laws they are entrusted to protect.

Additionally, all dashcam and body cam videos should be accessible to the public.

Drewski · 2019-05-23T17:19:45+00:00

Q is a red herring. None of his predictions have come true, he is just stringing his followers along and convincing them that Trump is not a part of the system.

Look, I'm against the deep state and I know the Clintons are super corrupt, and I'd love to see FISA declassified, but the whole "great awakening" is a fairy tale.

Drewski · 2019-05-17T17:18:13+00:00

This is a good idea.

Drewski · 2019-05-17T17:13:53+00:00

Probably, but a couple of retail stores closing is hardly an economic collapse.

Drewski · 2019-05-17T17:06:31+00:00

No, it's the fact that we're living in a dystopian surveillance state.

Drewski · 2019-05-16T02:02:01+00:00

It's not like his hawkish views were some kind of secret, so why appoint him in the first place if intervention wasn't the intention?

Drewski · 2019-05-15T19:34:02+00:00

I agree with you to a point, many people who would "never give up their guns" would never use them to fight oppression either.

You do have a few examples though such as Waco (which ended poorly) and the Bundy standoff (which ended well).

And, I know this isn't everyone, but many people have a personal red line that cannot be crossed by the government.

Drewski · 2019-05-15T19:23:30+00:00

I'm appalled (and just a little impressed) at how many people pol has fooled into thinking the ok gesture is racist.

Drewski · 2019-05-15T19:19:38+00:00

Come here Tiananmen, here Xiaobo! Good boys.

Drewski · 2019-05-15T04:47:22+00:00

I don't really post on reddit anymore. That said are there any other good subs or discussion platforms for Linux that you'd recommend?

Drewski · 2019-05-14T20:24:39+00:00

Here are a few of mine:

Mesh / Decentralization / Blockchain

https://www.reddit.com/r/altheamesh https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan https://www.reddit.com/r/Rad_Decentralization https://www.reddit.com/r/zeronet https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoTechnology https://www.reddit.com/r/ipfs https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero https://www.reddit.com/r/nanocurrency https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptocurrency

Technology / Software / Homelab

Learning

https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy https://www.reddit.com/r/science https://www.reddit.com/r/Survival https://www.reddit.com/r/history https://www.reddit.com/r/Defense_Distributed

Lifestyle

https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated https://www.reddit.com/r/malelifestyle https://www.reddit.com/r/travel https://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism https://www.reddit.com/r/frugalmalefashion https://www.reddit.com/r/homestead https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking https://www.reddit.com/r/books

Gaming

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArenaFPS https://www.reddit.com/r/localmultiplayergames https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation https://www.reddit.com/r/lanparty https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming https://www.reddit.com/r/ShouldIbuythisgame/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/

News

https://www.reddit.com/r/news https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwar https://www.reddit.com/r/EndlessWar https://www.reddit.com/r/evolutionReddit https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks https://www.reddit.com/r/neutralnews https://www.reddit.com/r/qualitynews https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews

Liberty

https://www.reddit.com/r/LibertarianPartyUSA https://www.reddit.com/r/ThoughtfulLibertarian https://www.reddit.com/r/GoldandBlack https://www.reddit.com/r/Rational_Liberty https://www.reddit.com/r/YourTaxDollarsAtWork

Politics

https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit https://www.reddit.com/r/StopBeingEvil

VR

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamVR

Music

https://www.reddit.com/r/listentothis https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic https://www.reddit.com/r/deephouse/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DnB/

Pictures

Piracy

https://www.reddit.com/r/ttvreborn https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet https://www.reddit.com/r/Addons4Kodi https://www.reddit.com/r/ApksApps

Drewski · 2019-05-13T22:09:10+00:00

I think the fallacy here is that people have (or should have) nothing to hide. We all have things we want to remain private, which is fine; privacy is a basic human right. Another misconception is that governments and corporations are benevolent entities that won't abuse the data they have access to.

Drewski · 2019-05-13T22:02:40+00:00

Lying to your future husband about yourself, what could go wrong?

Drewski · 2019-05-13T21:59:19+00:00

I tried Durian for the first time in Thailand. Definitely a very strong smell but I actually liked it, I recommend giving it a shot if you get the chance.

Drewski · 2019-05-13T18:16:26+00:00

There are two types of citizens here: Comrades, and Czars. The only difference is that czars have been voted on to execute system maintenance, and have higher security level access. It does not mean their opinion or speech is more important than anyone else's.

Bahahahahaha!

Any citizen can cite another citizen for violation of these rules. For a violation to be logged, a vote of no shorter than 4 hours will be called. The maximum duration shall be 24 hours. Voting length is determined by the citer.

To the gulag with you!

Drewski · 2019-05-12T07:52:46+00:00

They're nice but I actually prefer these tits.

Drewski · 2019-05-11T02:18:05+00:00

Trump abused executive authority to infringe on the second amendment. Just goes to show how partisan people's thinking is, if it had been Obama there would have been an outrage.

Drewski · 2019-05-10T17:09:19+00:00

Mad props for her refusing to testify, even after all she's been through.

Drewski · 2019-05-09T18:24:41+00:00

Well, we're all somewhere on the autism scale ;)

Drewski · 2019-05-08T18:21:20+00:00

I'd like to see her on the debate stage, bringing topics like anti-interventionism and protection for whistleblowers like Assange to the public discourse.

Drewski · 2019-05-08T18:19:30+00:00

The transparency around banned subs is a good change.

Drewski · 2019-05-06T07:44:43+00:00

Physical Removal is a concept which was coined by Libertarian / Anarcho-capitalist Hans-Hermann Hoppe in which certain people would need to be expelled to have a Libertarian society. I don't agree with many of Hoppe's claims, but I think do that open discussion should be allowed to root out bad ideas or philosophies.

As for promoting actual violence, AFAIK the helicopter / Pinochet memes are meant as a joke (even if they are in bad taste) and I don't think banning the sub without any warnings or proper explanation sets a good precedent.

Drewski · 2019-05-04T17:15:32+00:00

Yeah... forget the scanner, how do we opt out of this?

Drewski · 2019-05-04T17:13:10+00:00

True, but in the context of American politics they're intentionally misleading and divisive.

Drewski · 2019-05-04T17:08:51+00:00

Yep, it's the ad blocker. Should have thought to try that to begin with. I will try to identify which filter list is causing the issue and see if the maintainer can add a workaround.

Drewski · 2019-05-01T07:45:05+00:00

What would you consider positives of a massive surveillance dragnet?

Drewski · 2018-12-30T19:48:05+00:00

They may delete the photo, but they aren't deleting the unique recognition data they obtain from it. Just the usual deceptive semantics from FB.

Drewski