boatswain

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[–] boatswain 11 points 1 month ago

I get it, but if bigger projects don't move to alternatives, those alternatives have a lot less pressure to evolve. If a big project bites the bullet and moves, then there are more technically minded folks with a vested interest in making the platform better.

[–] boatswain 5 points 2 months ago

The IT guy wasn't a trainee; the trainee is the one who noticed him.

[–] boatswain 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's a typo in your headline; you probably mean "a world when... were still valid" rather than "before".

[–] boatswain 3 points 2 months ago

The interesting thing here is that to maintain a trademark, you have to defend it, or you lose it. I'd think that would mean he's going to have to get litigious and start suing anything that looks like it violates his trademarks.

[–] boatswain 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While Snowflake is a pretty cool and worthwhile extension to run, I don't think having a proxied connection to Tor will help Iranians if they just don't have an Internet connection at all.

[–] boatswain 4 points 2 months ago

Gotcha, that makes sense to me; cheers.

[–] boatswain 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I am, yeah. Like I say, I'm just not understanding what they're suggesting Cloudflare should be doing differently in this case, other than not invoking Vance and Musk (which granted is pretty gross to do).

[–] boatswain 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

So your argument is that one of the biggest DNS resolvers should just bow to censorship imposed by a single nation? I'm not really getting what you think they should be doing about Italy's demand. Are you saying they should just pay the fines and keep doing business there?

[–] boatswain 21 points 2 months ago (9 children)

It reads to me like they're being responsible and not bowing to censorship; seems very similar to PornHub's approach to age verification laws. What would be a better course of action here, in your view?

[–] boatswain 35 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It seems like open and shut false advertising. Why is it ok? Retailers should face the consequences of their actions.

[–] boatswain 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who wants a stadium, though? Those things are a blight.

[–] boatswain 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds very Zen; thanks for sharing

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