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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by kpU8efre7r on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:09PM (#20350912)
He is technically correct, idealistic, and uncompromising. Unfortunately that doesn't really work in the real world unless your name is Richard Stallman. It's not pragmatic.

I ignore him.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by rahuldottech on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:15PM (#20350938)
I don't ignore him. There's a lot to be learnt from what he says.

You may think it's too idealistic or uncompromising, but his predictions have been proven repeatedly.

You should learn from him, not outright ignore him.

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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by omeid2 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:28PM (#20351001)
You can ignore him but the reality that he has been impressively predicting won't ignore you. It will come for you, just a matter of time, if you keep ignoring it.
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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by eric_h on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:54AM (#20352830)
He has shifted the Overton window in the direction of software freedom for a long time. That has made a huge difference in how all software developers work today. He's worth listening to as long as you don't treat him as an idol.
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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by rhizome on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:37PM (#20351292)
What ever happened to "the best kind of correct?"
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Re:YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut d... by narrator on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:36PM (#20351036)
You know what else is technically correct, idealistic and uncompromising and works in the real world: Bitcoin.

That system requires the power of a small European country to do 7 transactions a second generating a max of 1 mb of data volume every 10 minutes. That's like 1970s transaction speeds. Who the heck is ever going to use that?

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