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Re:pnpm: Fast, disk space efficient package manager for Java... by triyambakam on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:00PM (#30921585)
And then they suggest that Russian users use a VPN to get through. I don't understand this line of thinking at all.
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Re:pnpm: Fast, disk space efficient package manager for Java... by dane-pgp on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @04:48PM (#30924817)
If Russians get used to using VPNs, they might have more opportunity to check independent news sources and see how the war is going, and what people in other countries think.

Ironically, blocking Russian IP addresses could be seen as a form of non-violent protest against Russian web censorship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_Ru...

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Re:pnpm: Fast, disk space efficient package manager for Java... by hirako2000 on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @07:02PM (#30926251)
People in Russia have access to millions of independent sources.
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