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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by throwaway742 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:35PM (#34902253)
I don't know it seems plausible to me that it was just an accident. There is plenty of legitimate Russian activity in that area. I'm no fisherman so someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it is that unusual for them to go back and forth. It's not surprising that it happened to a vulnerable spot, because if it wasn't vulnerable the cable wouldn't have broke and no one would be looking into it. Finally the Russians have submarines they could use to cut the cable without being detected. Who runs a covert op with AIS on?
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by bjelkeman-again on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:48PM (#34902474)
Why do you need a throwaway account to post that?
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by throwaway742 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:22PM (#34902980)
I make these accounts every so often, use them for a while, and then make a new one. It is just for general privacy reasons.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by oldgradstudent on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:14PM (#34902853)
Just ask plainly:

Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?

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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by throwaway742 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:22PM (#34902987)
No but I did go to a meeting once. They had doughnuts.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by akiselev on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:09PM (#34903650)
That was clearly an FBI honeypot. Real communist meetings only serve Engels Food Cake.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by doublepg23 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:00PM (#34917996)
Depending who you ask Engels was the first Revisionist!
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by oldgradstudent on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:14PM (#34903710)
I once went to a talk at Berkeley's Revolution Cafe.

Fortunately, I doubt if they could topple a suburban HOA.

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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by throwanem on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:03PM (#34904309)
Are you kidding? American communists are more fractious than Quakers - they couldn't topple a game of Jenga if you pulled half the blocks out first.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by oldgradstudent on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:07PM (#34904357)
True. That was a bad example. Some HOAs are tough.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by throwanem on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:18PM (#34904488)
So's Bob Avakian, I hear. But he's only got three fans.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by lostlogin on Thursday February 23, 2023 @01:16AM (#34907388)
You have hit a tough crowd.
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Re:Last undersea Internet cable connecting Vietnam with the ... by oh_sigh on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @09:33PM (#34905982)
The account name would be green if they made the account recently just to post this.
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