And so the blame game has begun. And just like in 2016, Dems will point at everything except themselves. But that’s not how democracy works.

Even if you computer is not exposed to the internet: are you certain that every other device on the network is safe (even on public wifi)? Would you immediately raise the alarm if you saw a second printer in the list with the same name, or something like “Print to file”? I think I personally could fall for that under the right circumstances.

Ignoring all the assassinations and strikes by Israel, including the unprovoked bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus?

So you’re saying that the GDPR makes it illegal for individuals to use surveillance for self defense. That’s not true. Recital 50 specifically allows people to share data with law enforcement. And if you’re referring to putting up cameras, that’s actually very ineffective at reducing crime while it does expand mass surveillance.

A state-department funded propaganda outlet with a “controversies” Wikipedia section longer than any I’ve seen. Yet MBFC gives it the highest possible rating?

That’s an obvious lie. If you bothered to actually read the report, you can see on page 2 that the vast majority of shots are coming from Israel.

These scams are convincing enough that countless people fall for them. Blaming them individually is not going to bring us any closer to a solution. Better fraud detection and mitigation will.

The 2 percent of GDP target is imaginary. They made it up, in no small part because of lobbying from the defense industry. There is no reason for NATO to spend so much more than all other countries combined.

Stopping Russia should have been done through economic and diplomatic means. No amount of NATO bombs or tanks would have stopped the invasion. It only would have fueled the flames and given legitimacy to Russia’s claimed insecurity. Economic power is much stronger than military sabre rattling. The EU is founded on that exact principle and it’s the reason why it’s still together.

Just because the US government likes to funnel trillions to their military industrial complex instead of healthcare, doesn’t mean the rest of NATO has to do the same. Even without the US, NATO already spends more on defense than Russia and China combined, even before the invasion of Ukraine.

You know very well that’s not what I said. But please educate me why nuclear armageddon is good, actually.

Is this a threat?

It scares me that anyone could come to this conclusion. Are you so clueless about the unimaginable, unprecedented suffering and death that such a conflict would bring, or does your emotional attachment prevent any rational assessment? There is no reality where WW3 and “not necessarily a bad thing” belong in the same sentence.

It’s a good thing to punish territorial aggression, but there can be no doubt that WW3 is the worst outcome for everyone.

🤔🤔🤔 https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

Why do you keep posting articles from CIA-funded outlets?

Would there be any evidence that could satisfy you, or are you just looking for a reason to dismiss this?

They are not above the law, because these is no law in the US that regulates how social media platforms should be moderated. This is new territory. The EU only recently passed the Digital Services Act that broadly deals with this topic.

I don’t have an opinion on the matter being discussed

You know it’s an option to just… keep scrolling right? This isn’t high school, you aren’t obliged to leave a comment.

With this approach you would lose the subvolume structure and deduplication if I’m not mistaken.

If you genuinely don’t see that as a problem, I’m concerned for the safety of women around you.

Deliberately taking the most negative misinterpretation of what was said. It almost feels like Reddit again.