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Is it bad enough to ensure all encryption has a backdoor so that government can combat it?

I say yes and that it isn't even an opinion. If you disagree with me, you are helping defend such abhorrent behavior. You wouldn't do that, would you?
You seem to have a deep seated issue with both parties choosing independently to do whatever housework they want to do. You're making a lot of assumptions, like assuming I tell anyone what housework to do or thinking that I have never approached any of my partners and discussed what they want to do.

I recommend you figure out those issues on your own instead of projecting your views of the world on other's relationships
No, I'm not missing anything. I agree with the point that you just made, but that wasn't the point that I was replying to.
This is a topic very close to me because I live and work on the Crossrail route. I've seen how this has affected house prices and, frankly, I can't wait some of the burden is taken off the Central Line.

You're absolutely right about how significant a change a project like this is in terms of towns, communities and lives.
Has that been seasonally-adjusted?
It is completely stupid standard to only support people that think exactly like you. That's not how communities are run, that's how communities are ruined. So sad that young people completely ignorant about society and social interaction became so unreasonable that they want to punish every single living person.
If you're in the position to be buying a house, voting is basically free. Ignoring a credit score when applying for a mortgage can be considerably more expensive.
Perhaps you jest but clearly we can’t launch anything from the moon until we bring it there, from Earth.
https://nightfall.glitch.me/ :)

It was inspired by Archillect and A Softer World [1].

[1] - http://www.asofterworld.com/
Since the tether will be moving a lot slower than sattelites in geostationary orbit, and the risk of collision, I assume stopping just short of geostationary is the closest that will be deemed reasonably safe.
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There are a few other strict liability crimes (crimes where intent to commit the crime is not part of the burden of proof) in the US.

They are, for the most part, very minor crimes — things like parking violations.
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Agreed. What would be good as well would be to see Bill and whoever runs MS come clean about all the shit they pulled and to try to make right what they actively destroyed.
VICE is literally a vice, it's a bad company giving moral drugs to self entitled people that see themselves as superior to anyone that thinks differently.
"What I did not know when I wrote this post (again, being a software-ignorant mechanical engineer) was how it would touch a nerve with women in the free software community and computer science in general."

so if it had not affected women this author wouldn't have given a shit? typical. Everything in this article is just a hatred for not only a great software protagonist but probably a hatred for men everywhere that voice their views out loud.

"In this section, I acknowledge that I do not have as many photos, emails, or written records as evidence. I do, however, have witnesses."

Then the author proceeds to spew out so-called quotes with nobody being held responsible for any of the quotes. And a further bit down, she quotes someones "female" opinion about sexism (with obviously no male voice in it).

"3. Going Forward, be proactive instead of reactive.", seems she didn't think of any of this until she wrote the sexist hate-filled article about Richard Stallman.

referencing the pound-me-too movement shows just how anti-male this woman is. god help whatever man she gets into her trap of faux love.

or perhaps she just hates how "white" Stallman is?
If I have learned anything from sci fi that turned out to be true its that we shouldn't touch the moon at all.
I think the poster you are replying to is saying that rape is rape not because of laws, but because of the nature of the act. A 17 year old who has sex with their 18 year old partner, willingly, will most likely not refer to that act as "rape", even though by law the 18 year old has committed that crime. Had they waited a month, it wouldn't be a crime, even though it is doubtful how much more "able to consent" the 17 year old would have been in that scenario.
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Why post marketing BS like this on HN, it's too smart a crowd to fall for that?
I'm not sure if the cable can take it: 1 g yields pretty large speeds quickly. Somebody already made the math at [1]

[1] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/840/how-fast-will-...
Same lady for 10+ years. I wouldn’t use a service that sends a different person every week. She’s basically family. There is some small effort to keep jewels locked up, my paper work is in safety deposit box. But she does see what’s in our nightstand and our dirty undies. It’s not a big deal, she’s a professional and has discretion. Sounds elitist af but she doesn’t exactly run in the same social circles as her clients so it’s not like she’s out there gossiping about our home life details.

Edit; word of mouth is key. While we have a long term person now, we’ve had some ups and downs in the past. Get people’s recommendations before you hire someone. Two reasons; you’ll know they’re good maids (a lot are not good), also most of their clients have come from word of mouth so if they really screw up/steal their business basically evaporates as word spreads. Likewise if you help them with referrals, they will treat you very well (eg our lady will come over after a dinner party, gathering, etc). You also have to “train” them. Even if they’re good, you have some quirks and preferences they would never guess
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It seems like he refused because of her association to Epstein (or perhaps just not being interested), and knew she was probably underaged and coerced despite her own coerced statements.

People are giving Mr. Minsky flak for not refusing the donation, but refusing before the wide publicity of the Epstein scandal probably would have landed him in hot water for some variation of "why did you not take the free money?" or "why are you accusing this upstanding donor of human trafficking and statutory rape?"
That's a "I'm sorry you were offended" apology. Which is not an apology at all.

Stallman decided it was a great idea to, in the wrong place at the wrong time and in response to a protest regarding someone he knew (Minsky, not Epstein), construct a hypothetical that exonerated Minsky and then judge that protest, again publicly, through that hypothetical. That's not a "believe he said" thing. That's what he did. He got tossed out on his ear for that and that's a thing he did.
Thus "morally". He's not really commenting on the legality of it?
> And, remarkably, it also went on to fly into space more than a dozen times.

Only twice, according to the standard everyone else uses. Saying the X-15 has been to space a dozen times is like weighing yourself in kilograms to make the number smaller. Certainly helps the ego of those Air Force pilots, and Blue Origin, though!
>Speculation, which would not be allowed in a court of law, is unfortunately a perfectly acceptable character assassination methodology.

Why are so many people obsessed with applying the same standards used in a court to real life?

If someone is a jerk, I don't have to maintain a chain-of-custody for the evidence I use to determine that person is a jerk, and I don't have to have sworn testimony from reliable witnesses to apply the jerk label, and I certainly don't need the opinions of a jury of said jerk's peers.

Here's a job-keeping pro-tip, free of charge, for everyone: Especially if you are a public figure, don't talk about child sex trafficking unless it is to criticize it or else you may be fired.
The people who "select the best product" basically only have visuals to go on, therefore they actually select for the prettiest product, not the best tasting product.
I'm curious about this point. If I don't do business with some company, am I silencing someone? Or only when I don't do business with a company for some specific reason?

Now, say I tweet about my boycott of this company. Am I now silencing someone?

Since we're discussing the fine details here, can you tell me exactly when my freedom of speech becomes a tool to coerce and silence others in this scenario?
Launching from the moon would be easier and cheaper than launching from the Earth, unless you include the cost of reaching the moon. But according to the table in [1], going from the Earth's surface to geostationary orbit (to rendezvous with a lunar elevator) requires about 14km/s delta-v, and from there to the moon's surface only about 4km/s delta-v. Of the 18km/s total delta-v required, a lunar space elevator only eliminates the last 4km/s.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v_budget#Earth%E2%80%93M...
Yeah, I want to live in a world where people are afraid to speak what they truly believe even if it's controversial. They should be so afraid of losing everything they just keep their heads down and their mouths shut. Nothing bad ever happens in societies that operate like that.
If your argument is that the method names in DOM should be shorter, then sure, I agree. It seemed to me you were arguing for something else.

jQuery selectors are quite a bit different from querySelectorAll, among other things, they don't return native DOM objects, but rather jQuery objects, which have bizarre and unnecessary re-implementations of things (like .each) that have not been necessary in modern JS/DOM for about ten years now, so it's not so easy as "just use jQuery, but standardize it".

If your argument was that the standardization process should have considered jQuery and other prior art, and taken good ideas from it, then of course that's exactly what happened.
If sex without consent is rape, and minors can't meaningfully consent to having sex with an adult, then having sex with a minor is kinda rape.

His comment about 17 vs. 18 years old shows that he's detached from reality. The law has to draw the line somewhere, it's necessarily arbitrary to some extent. It's still okay to discuss such nuances, but then don't be snarky. Context matters too. What point was he trying to make here and why?
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The situation might not be so much better on other services of that scale (Youtube, image hosters,...) but what really makes the difference with FB for me is that it reminded me of a tweet from a FB employee who claimed that the amount of good that Facebbok does (might have been 'can do'?) is unlimited. Unlimited, ffs? I can only wonder how it comes that self-perception and reality can diverge so enormously.

(My eternal gratitude to the one who can dig up the tweet. All my efforts were futile so far.)
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If you asked "Can I learn english within 4 months?", I'd have very different answers for you if you meant "can I learn to read articles on simple.wikipedia.org?" or "can I learn to write to Shakespearean standards?"

Programming is much the same. Yes, you absolutely can learn programming in 4 months, but you'll still be learning 20 years from now (25 years and counting for me). An important distinction is that, with a few months of practice, you'll probably know how the major constructs work as well as I (or anyone else here) do, but you probably won't have the particular sort of mental agility that lets you piece those constructs together fluently — that takes longer. Being able to map from problem to solution will take longer still.

Also, going back to the "learning english" metaphor, knowing english doesn't mean you know the technical vocabulary around sailing, or around mountaineering. Each of those is a separate sub-skill that needs its own practice. Likewise, knowing elementary programming doesn't mean you have the domain knowledge you need for graphics programming, or web dev, or whatever else.
Or better, liquidate Equifax entirely to demonstrate that there are consequences that a fancy law firm can't mitigate.

I realize that's wishful thinking. Of course they're going to get away with paying what is effectively a parking ticket. Nor will any of their executives face any meaningful repercussions.
The problem to solve in both is the same: rebuilding families and cultivating a culture that values long term growth.
>He has a long history of using forums meant for technology discussion to promote borderline (and that's generous) social opinions,

How often does he bring it up and how often is it in response to someone else saying something that is technically wrong?
Sorry, my comment was tongue-in-cheek. If revenue is defined as income from operations, having to pay people to use your product could be considered negative income, aka negative revenue (even if that's not how that actually works). I guess it was a bad joke if I have to explain it.
> As I understand it, an adult (18 and above in the US) cannot legally have sex with someone under the age of consent. So if the age of consent is 18, and an 18 year old has sex with a 16 year old, that is considered statutory rape or child sexual abuse.

That's a pretty common mistake to make. There's two different sets of rules that kinda blend together when you try to reduce age of consent to a single digit. Wikipedia indeed agrees with me:

> In most states there is not a single age in which a person may consent, but rather consent varies depending upon the minimum age of the younger party, the minimum age of the older party, or the differences in age. Some states have a single age of consent. Thirty U.S. states have age gap laws which make sexual activity legal if the ages of both participants are close to one another, and these laws are often referred to as "Romeo and Juliet laws". Other states have measures which reduce penalties if the two parties are close in age, and others provide an affirmative defense if the two parties are close in age. Even though state laws regarding the general age of consent and age gap laws differ, it is common for people in the United States to assume that sexual activity with someone under 18 is statutory rape.

Paragraph taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_...

In any case, we've deviated from the topic far enough. I'd argue that it's a weird thing to advocate for lowering of the age of consent. At best, I'm willing to agree that RMS uses terms like an edgy teen. Minors sext each other, therefore, we should make child pornography legal (seriously, I'm not making this up: https://stallman.org/archives/2012-jul-oct.html#15_September...). Age of consent needs to be lowered, therefore paedophilia should become legal. He talks about the edge cases to argue for the whole thing, completely ignoring that those edge cases are not what most people think about when using those terms.
This is the September thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20867123

See "Can I post a job ad?" on https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
Yup. There are many things I disagree with Stallman on, but I still can’t get behind mob mentality accusations and indictments. But in this day and age people want instant retribution for wrongs as well as perceived wrongs and are perfectly willing to bypass due process. Just fire them! Now! Someone said they said something bad!
These stories are so opposite of horrifying that I have to honestly question the authors cognition and intent.

> Alumni from as far back as the 1980’s reached out to me and told horrifying stories, such as:

1) An emacs joke.

2) RMS had a mattress and grody friends in his office.

3) RMS is awful at asking women out.
how to get to moon without a rocket:
1. go to moon and install thin wire on moon and dangle it toward earth
2. use a rocket to reach wire
Crossing orbits full of satellites is going to be an even bigger problem with an Earth-based elevator. LEO is much more crowded than Geo.

But it would get really interesting if we were to first build this moon-based elevator, and later once the tech is good enough, also an Earth-based one. Because that one is not going to extend merely to geostationary orbit, but well past it; the center of gravity is going to be in geostationary orbit. So over a distance of 36,000 km, there will be two space elevators zipping past each other once per day.
> The kids you grew up with or were friends in school with highly impact this as well.

Unlike your claim, Gates’abot where you are born (on the broad scale he refers to) is supported by data.

> Friends with the weird kid that just ate his boogers all day? You guys are probably working at McDonalds together.

Sure, who you are friends with is correlated with the same socioeconomic background factors that are known to be tied to economic outcomes.

OTOH, the claim that it is an additional influence that works in a predominantly attractive way such that friend-groups will usually vary from the average based on other predictors in the same direction is...well, a common speculation, but where's the data?
As a neuro-typical, it is an insult on me. Being autistic doesn't mean you are allowed to be an asshole.
It's not inherently negative, it's an opportunity cost. Unpaid housework preempts income-earning work.
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Let's not call a 200,000 mile, multi billion dollar cable "easy", but let's say it's doable, important, and absolutely necessary!
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> Speculation, which would not be allowed in a court of law,

Prosecution: "We think he knew this person was subject to coercion and we say this because X, Y, Z".

Defence: "We think he did not know this person was subject to coercion and we say this because we interpret X, Y, and Z differently."

These involve speculation about the mental state of the accused.
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People seem to be saying a variety of things about RMS: He's a genius, so let him be. He doesn't understand interpersonal communication. He didn't say the things people thought he said. People are too quick to judge. And so forth.

I was there, about 20 years ago, when he sent e-mail urging all free-software advocates to protest a bill under consideration in the US Congress. I asked him if he had read the bill. "No," he said, "I don't surf the Web." I saw that as a huge cop-out; how could someone claim any moral or leadership authority when he called for protests and a letter-writing campaign on a subject he didn't know about first hand?

It's certainly true that RMS has been remarkably consistent over the 30 years or so in which I've interacted with him -- starting when I was a reporter for the MIT student newspaper, and then maintained the Emacs FAQ, and then wrote for Linux Journal. (No, not GNU/Linux Journal. Sheesh.) He's an extremist. He's a purist. He indeed doesn't get the nuances of interpersonal communication.

But you know what? You can't both lead an organization and be tone deaf to people. You can't be a public figure, demanding respect, and then show such disrespect to others. You can't expect that people will pay attention to what you say when you have so little respect for what they say.

Stallman has long been difficult, obstinate, and rude to people in general -- and a general drag on the cause of open-source (or "free") software. But I had no idea that he was known to be so terrible to women.

But even if he had treated women well -- which doesn't seem to be the case -- it's pretty hard to imagine anyone, anywhere defending Jeffrey Epstein in any way, shape, or form. The guy was terrible, did horrible things, abused a huge number of women, and amassed wealth and power in the most disgusting ways possible. To defend Epstein, or the people who were associated with him, is unacceptable.

Again: You want to defend Epstein in your own personal life? Go for it; you won't have many friends or colleagues afterwards, but that's up to you. But if you do it as the public face of a well-known activist organization? You can't possibly stick around there.

Good riddance.
He was defending his friend who, at the age of 74, is accused of having sex with a 17 year old girl on a billionaire's private island.

That is what he was defending. The intellectual quibbles about this and that he was bringing up are irrelevant when faced with the above fact.

That isn't about political correctness, it isn't a "witch hunt". RMS did something incredibly inappropriate in an incredibly inappropriate place and was fired. He deserved it.
>Even if you think MIT told him to, that would ultimately be MIT's decision, not the work of some "mob".

The mob pressured MIT and the FSF to remove him from his positions. It's ultimately their decision, sure, in the same way that it's ultimately up to a local business owner whether they purchase a "protection plan" from the nice salesmen with the baseball bats.

>RMS doesn't need us to feel bad for him. He's still free & healthy. If you're worried about kangaroo courts and injustice, there's plenty to focus on somewhere where people's lives and livelihoods are actually at stake...

You could just easily say "Hong Kong doesn't have it that bad, they have food and shelter. Focus on conditions that are actually bad, like starving child soldiers in Africa."

This just seems like deflection. Conditions being worse elsewhere doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss the issues that are more local to us.
Unless it's something that was mined there, like Helium-3 or some other mineral resource that we may find it's cheaper to extract from the moon.
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> This is the way the corporate world has always worked.

To an extent, yes, but much more so now than in the past few decades. In the past, those who were senior exectives responsible for technical aspects of the company would usually be very strong technically, having worked their way up from more junior positions and gaining management training along the way.
"Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it.

Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why."

- Richard M. Stallman, 14 September 2019

https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September...
Unfortunately I don't have anything close to a source handy, but from what I recall, it turns out many of the successful immigrant businessmen just happened to be businessmen back in their home country. Or bankers, or doctors, or lawyers. So while it's true many of these success stories immigrated to the US with no money and no English, they did have professional experience & skills.
I remember some US politician making a similar point about "legitimate rape"
There's so much truth here. There are soldiers and marines fighting land wars in Asia that have to go on life risking missions to retrieve lost tech that's ITAR or worth more than some monetary amount I think $15 or $20K or spend months filling out paperwork explaining the loss. But CRAs get a free ride.
But once we have this space elevator it's much more feasible to manufacture on the moon.
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