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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by thunderbong on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:36PM (#21625248)
More enlightened conversation seems to be happening on this thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21624316#21625154
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by davidjnelson on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:12PM (#21624923)
> In my view, governments should impose an immediate ban on targeted political advertising to restore trust in our public discourse.

I hope this happens really quickly. It’s truly critically important.

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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by sytelus on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:51PM (#21625320)
When you read "government should" that means it's fairly unlikely to happen let alone quick. When you read "government_s_ should" it's next to impossible. Not going to happen. Lee should know better than this. Technological solutions are far more agile and robust then relying on governments all over the world to have a consenses in doing something.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by Thorentis on Sunday November 24, 2019 @08:33PM (#21624788)
> Here's how we can fix it

> Immediately hit by paywall

The irony is astounding.

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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by smileysteve on Sunday November 24, 2019 @08:49PM (#21624849)
Nowhere in his list of complaints is it that companies charge for content that they produce or publish.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by vzttzv2 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:28PM (#21624973)
I don't think making everything free would make the www better. In fact it had been proven wrong at this point
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by mirimir on Sunday November 24, 2019 @08:40PM (#21624813)
In Firefox, you can read NY Times if you hit reader view as soon as the icon appears.

That works for many paywalled sites.

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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by SimeVidas on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:27PM (#21624969)
can confirm.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by sytelus on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:46PM (#21625297)
Not sure why you get downvoted so much but I do agree with you on many points. I have never understood the title of "Sir". The random lucky people born to other random lucky people in the little country of UK with literally no other qualification bar or their own achievements decide to call someone "Sir" and then the whole world is supposed to do the same. I'm also taken a back by Lee's rather arrogant and bold claim of "I invented World Wide Web". At best it should be "We". This is complete disregard to all other people who worked on this project and contributed far more than him. His "Contract" theory is unenforceable, impracticle and weak to implement. So this whole thing looks more like self-ego stroking.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by chrisseaton on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:11PM (#21625130)
> Knights don't exist any more.

There is a system of knights in the UK. There’s military and civilian divisions. Sir Tim was knighted as a civilian in the UK.

> Second, he didn't invent the internet.

He didn’t say he did! Where did you see that? You’ve imagined this out of thin air.

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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by rgovostes on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:56PM (#21625075)
The article doesn't use the word "Internet" once...
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by diminoten on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:44PM (#21625029)
What do you mean knights don't exist anymore? The UK definitely still has a knighthood...
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by droithomme on Sunday November 24, 2019 @09:45PM (#21625032)
They are as legitimate as saying that furries are real animals. It's play time for people suffering from delusions. I have no problem at all with them exercising their delusions in private but such persons have no authority to be dictating to the world under what form of their fascist vision others must be living, because they are intrinsically delusional and hence unsuited to be determining public policy.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by diminoten on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:06PM (#21625112)
Yeah that's not really up to you, whether or not knights exist. If a government has something called a "knighthood", then they exist, full stop.
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Re:I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It by droithomme on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:26PM (#21625201)
How many muslims and jews has he brutally murdered based only on their beliefs? If it's none he's not a very good Knight, is he?

He's not a real Knight because he's not a cruel and depraved psychopath working for the Royal Government to exterminate hated minorities in the pursuit of white supremacy.

That he feels hey OK associating himself and claiming as his own identity the historical racist abomination of knighthood though is exceptionally problematic. Something not right in the head.

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