I do see your point and your explanation does add some nuance to my thinking on this topic. That being said, I still think it was a poor choice of words as evidenced by the fact that the majority of the replies are…
I was not familiar with the term "euphemism treadmill." Thanks for the info, that phrase does help bring some clarity and specificity to the discussion.
These are all hypotheticals. Is there any serious, non-academic question about whether the word we're actually discussing is harmful? Even if there is, we all have a choice about what language we use and whether to…
"The origins of the latest epithet in vogue are harmless." The origin of the word is irrelevant. Words mean things and can be harmful, regardless of the origin of the word. The meaning and context of words can change…
The thread started with "real name." The only way to verify that is government identity. If you want to verify some other, "online" identity, that's fine, but I don't see how that would meaningfully affect anyones…
How do you verify someone's IRL identity without a government issued ID card in a scalable way? I don't mean some idea that could work at some arbitrary point in the future (decentralized whatever...). If a social media…
Sorry if this is off-topic but does anyone know if "tineye" is a reference to Brandon Sanderson novels? Specifically the Mistborn series? I couldn't find any reference on tineye.com but it seems like it has to be.
Perhaps, but it IS a good example of a system that protects the end user from monetary loss in the event of fraud due to leaked credentials (in this case the card number + CVV + exp date). In my opinion, any system that…
Asking the author to provide more context on what domain(s) their blog post is meant to apply to is a reasonable critique. However, consider whether your original post made that critique clear, or if it got lost amidst…
The tone of your post is unnecessary and not helpful to your point. I don't agree with the authors point but I can say that without being insulting or snarky. In spite of that, when did "making a database product" count…
It's a bit ... presumptuous ... to assume that scientists that have been studying climate change for 4 decades never considered these possibilities. In fact, a quick google search: ``` While sulfur dioxide released in…
If I reword my reply to: "There has never been a reasonable expectation that private businesses are or should be required to allow all speech. Doing so prevents the business from exercising their own freedom of speech…
"Protect your right to say it..." from _the government_. There has never been a reasonable expectation that private businesses are or should be required to allow all speech. Doing so prevents the business from…
"Corporate censorship" is "fine" because preventing corporations from moderating content is inconsistent with the 1st amendment. I do not agree that those 2 articles support your point. "“We’re flagging problematic…
At the end of the article the author provides 3 high level areas to focus on improving. (1) and (3) clearly have nothing to do with censorship. It's also not fair, in my opinion, to assume that (2) implies censorship…
I have been paying attention :). For what it's worth, a handful of recent state laws restricting speech have been struck down by the courts (Florida social media bill) or are blocked from being enforced (Texas social…
Agreed. The future path for this law (if it gets passed) is obvious: the South Carolina agency charged with enforcing the law gets sued in federal court, the law is likely put on hold and eventually struck down as…
Not a lawyer but doesn't this have serious 1st amendment problems? Article gets into this a bit: "Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, said the First Amendment and Section 230, a bill that…
The discussion was about abortion in the context of digital privacy. You are the one who brought up all of these other things, which have nothing to do with the topic at hand. It's whataboutism and not worth engaging…
No idea what you're even trying to reference in your second sentence, but the first sentence "community law enforcement" is a red flag in my book. The law creates a fiscal incentive for people to report their neighbors…
The purpose of the private right to action was to get around Roe/Casey prior to the Supreme Court overruling both cases. The law was specifically designed to evade judicial review. As a private plaintiff, you can…
(Not the OP) Re: Skiff, it looks like a very cool product but I'm skeptical they can make enough money. The primary path to monetization for a product like this would be enterprise SaaS licensing but I simply don't see…
You can't just transfer a process/technology that works in Estonia to a country like the U.S. which has 300x the population and decades of processes that are dependent on SSNs, many of which aren't controlled by the…
Something else to consider: what % of server workloads actually run on kubernetes? I have no data to back this up, but my hypothesis is that if you zoom out, and look across the entire industry, the % is vanishingly…
I do see your point and your explanation does add some nuance to my thinking on this topic. That being said, I still think it was a poor choice of words as evidenced by the fact that the majority of the replies are…
I was not familiar with the term "euphemism treadmill." Thanks for the info, that phrase does help bring some clarity and specificity to the discussion.
These are all hypotheticals. Is there any serious, non-academic question about whether the word we're actually discussing is harmful? Even if there is, we all have a choice about what language we use and whether to…
"The origins of the latest epithet in vogue are harmless." The origin of the word is irrelevant. Words mean things and can be harmful, regardless of the origin of the word. The meaning and context of words can change…
"The origins of the latest epithet in vogue are harmless." The origin of the word is irrelevant. Words mean things and can be harmful, regardless of the origin of the word. The meaning and context of words can change…
The thread started with "real name." The only way to verify that is government identity. If you want to verify some other, "online" identity, that's fine, but I don't see how that would meaningfully affect anyones…
How do you verify someone's IRL identity without a government issued ID card in a scalable way? I don't mean some idea that could work at some arbitrary point in the future (decentralized whatever...). If a social media…
Sorry if this is off-topic but does anyone know if "tineye" is a reference to Brandon Sanderson novels? Specifically the Mistborn series? I couldn't find any reference on tineye.com but it seems like it has to be.
Perhaps, but it IS a good example of a system that protects the end user from monetary loss in the event of fraud due to leaked credentials (in this case the card number + CVV + exp date). In my opinion, any system that…
Asking the author to provide more context on what domain(s) their blog post is meant to apply to is a reasonable critique. However, consider whether your original post made that critique clear, or if it got lost amidst…
The tone of your post is unnecessary and not helpful to your point. I don't agree with the authors point but I can say that without being insulting or snarky. In spite of that, when did "making a database product" count…
It's a bit ... presumptuous ... to assume that scientists that have been studying climate change for 4 decades never considered these possibilities. In fact, a quick google search: ``` While sulfur dioxide released in…
If I reword my reply to: "There has never been a reasonable expectation that private businesses are or should be required to allow all speech. Doing so prevents the business from exercising their own freedom of speech…
"Protect your right to say it..." from _the government_. There has never been a reasonable expectation that private businesses are or should be required to allow all speech. Doing so prevents the business from…
"Corporate censorship" is "fine" because preventing corporations from moderating content is inconsistent with the 1st amendment. I do not agree that those 2 articles support your point. "“We’re flagging problematic…
At the end of the article the author provides 3 high level areas to focus on improving. (1) and (3) clearly have nothing to do with censorship. It's also not fair, in my opinion, to assume that (2) implies censorship…
I have been paying attention :). For what it's worth, a handful of recent state laws restricting speech have been struck down by the courts (Florida social media bill) or are blocked from being enforced (Texas social…
Agreed. The future path for this law (if it gets passed) is obvious: the South Carolina agency charged with enforcing the law gets sued in federal court, the law is likely put on hold and eventually struck down as…
Not a lawyer but doesn't this have serious 1st amendment problems? Article gets into this a bit: "Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, said the First Amendment and Section 230, a bill that…
The discussion was about abortion in the context of digital privacy. You are the one who brought up all of these other things, which have nothing to do with the topic at hand. It's whataboutism and not worth engaging…
No idea what you're even trying to reference in your second sentence, but the first sentence "community law enforcement" is a red flag in my book. The law creates a fiscal incentive for people to report their neighbors…
The purpose of the private right to action was to get around Roe/Casey prior to the Supreme Court overruling both cases. The law was specifically designed to evade judicial review. As a private plaintiff, you can…
(Not the OP) Re: Skiff, it looks like a very cool product but I'm skeptical they can make enough money. The primary path to monetization for a product like this would be enterprise SaaS licensing but I simply don't see…
You can't just transfer a process/technology that works in Estonia to a country like the U.S. which has 300x the population and decades of processes that are dependent on SSNs, many of which aren't controlled by the…
Something else to consider: what % of server workloads actually run on kubernetes? I have no data to back this up, but my hypothesis is that if you zoom out, and look across the entire industry, the % is vanishingly…