Comments by "clray123" (@clray123) on "Mental Outlaw" channel.

  1. The requirement to verify a phone number was why I've never created a Telegram account in the first place. Why would a service which claims to protect privacy ask for a phone number?
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  2. If you use Monero, the risk is it will be banned outright and you won't be able to exchange it for any other asset legally.
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  3.  @hamzazaman18  Imagine some random low-paid creep sifting through your family photos to train some AI - that is the "automated moderator" they talk about...
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  4. "Punish one, teach a hundred" - Chinese "wisdom"
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  5. The real risk is that one day you might have to explain to your government where you got all those anonymous bitcoins from (e.g. when accused of tax evasion), or as soon as you catch attention because of trying to spend them. And most likely you will be judged guilty by default - because innocent people don't go to such lengths to hide their sources of income. And as for cash, the amount of cash that can be used in any transaction will be limited or cash will be outlawed entirely. Which will shrink your shopping options to the black market where the other "anonymous" side of the transaction might just as well be an FBI honeytrap. Have fun!
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  6. AI doesn't want anything, it's just big company CEOs and colluding politicians who know best what you desire.
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  7. Sounds bs, only Microsoft does that. BTW, you are not supposed to store important unencrypted files on someone else's disk. And by encrypted, I mean only you know the encryption key, not them.
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  8.  @msromike123  Ah yes, the same "security" which sends 100K's of young men into war, forbids them from leaving their country, and the same security which required us to wear napkins on our faces for three years or so and prohibited certain people from entering a public bus. Yes, we could have much less of that sort of security, if you ask me.
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  9. Well, the law is what throws you into prison, generally, so their concern may be serious. You shouldn't necessarily blame the victims of such laws, but people who make them (in both countries). However, what Torvalds wrote in his email is scared asshat level sort of drivel.
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  10. It is not a monopoly, you can run your own mail server. However, be prepared for a world of pain because the big providers make it rather difficult to get email from your own server accepted (they will label it as spam or reject delivery outright). P.S. Google is not the worst, the biggest monopoly and suppression of freedoms will come to you, as ever before, from Microsoft.
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  11. How long until they introduce new taxes/fees for operators of "insecure" websites and force you to install some government-approved "safety guards" (i.e. spy/malware) on your servers?
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  12. Self-perpetuating vendor lock-in. Aka the great success story of Microsoft.
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  13. If the alternative is to use US Linux, or worse yet, Microsoft's friendly software, do you really blame them?
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  14. The way I see it, Microsoft is currently able to remotely literally turn off lights in most Western countries if the US gives an appropriate order. I work for a company hosting critical infastructure. They outsourced their own user management to Microsoft.
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  15. Correction: the majority of Russian masochists know it.
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  16. What is Russian government acting like? The ex who comes back to beat up his wife because she flirted with a new guy?
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  17. Out of the two evils, the choice would be rather easy to make.
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  18. I think his response was on the same intellectual level as Putin's speeches.
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  19.  @SafetyLucas  And the "deepweb exchange" will get its bank accounts where?
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  20. Well, if you are so sure about non-secret US backdoors in Linux, you are very welcome to report them to the maintainers, to have them removed - this being open source and all.
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  21. Really? I don't.
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  22. The short version is "Should you use C(++), you create a huge vulnerability."
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  23.  @PT-rg2vo  If your neighbor decides to maliciously shit on your doormat today, it may be sensible to not invite his kids to your son's birthday party next week.
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  24.  @msromike123  Indeed you can and should let people use whatever teh fuck they like. If you deem yourself more worthy of making this choice, this alone is enough reason to be removed from any responsibility for decision making by the people.
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  25.  @MnemonicCarrier  Well, ask yourself how many people from the outside would like to emmigrate into your great country, versus how many people from the inside would (and do) emmigrate to other countries. And that is the only necessary measure for the "greatness" of any country out there.
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  26.  @robertlackey7212  Can you be a good person if you support or tolerate an evil person doing evil things to other good people?
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  27.  @robertlackey7212  I see, so all the Germans who did not bat an eye when Hitler did his thing to Jews were all good people according to your moral standards. I think we don't need to discuss it any further.
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  28.  @user-qp5yu1zq1m  Correct, not every Russian is evil, just 80% who support the top thug.
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  29. Yeah, technically it is not a problem, but long-term it means limiting your access to talent pool and capital (which works both ways, to be sure, but you have to take into consideration the asymmetry of where it is located currently).
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  30. Anyone who believes in the AI hype bs should remember that in financial markets a lot of money can be "made" (by the right insider people) when the stock prices fall, too.
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  31. Oh no, as a Google stockholder I am really worried about what a Russian court ordered! I guess if they don't pay up Putin will send drones to Google headquarters!
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  32. Concerning boomers, agreeing to install Windows 11 is a bit like agreeing to be moved to old people's home, where friendly nurses "take care of you" (of course only if you behave as you're supposed to, else you get affixed to bed). Maybe you should explain this analogy to your elderly parents/relatives.
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  33. In what way?
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  34. Jaaa in .cn oder .ru wäre es so NIE passiert!
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  35. Well, maybe ask your president or the Chinese uberthug why they did not sanction US after invasion of Iraq? Possibly because they and their families are themselves doing great business with "the enemy"?
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  36. Actually it would be a sign of wisdom if he banned all Ukrainians next.
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  37. Unfortunately not that simple as they would probably not get a visa and be treated as evil Russian agents anywhere else. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy initiated by papa Putin for his people, who in their majority do not seem to notice the ploy.
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  38. Yes, it sounds like he borrowed his lines from Putin.
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  39.  @KotleKettle  And yet none of that gives validation for sending 100 thousand of young people into maiming and death. So maybe check your head (and your beloved president's while you're at it). P.S. Don't forget how kindly your Russian government treats certain groups of people and what kind of "shouting" is going on from certain public figures. Maybe a reason to invade in their defense?
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  40. I pity John Carmack, a brilliant and likable guy, for getting in bed with the likes of Mark Z.
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  41.  @user-rz1hv  it happens more often than you realize
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  42.  @daciandraco6462  Could it be because Russia is invading a neighboring country with the majority of Russians allegedly supporting this invasion?
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  43.  @ШадиАбдельсалам  Ask Poles how they enjoyed their "liberation".
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  44.  @ШадиАбдельсалам  Lol you can't? There's plenty of 70 year old people in Poland who remember the post-war "friendship" with Russia. P.S. You can absolutely compare what would happen if Russian "liberation" did not happen. The comparison is West vs. East Germany.
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  45.  @ШадиАбдельсалам  It's as easy to find 70 year olds on the Internet as elsewhere. If Germany was invading a neighboring country today trying to topple its government while spreading nationalist progaganda like Russia is, THEN we could call it fascist, yes. The comparison of West vs. East was to illustrate what happens in countries that are granted "freedom" by Russia to countries that have actual freedom (i.e. not controlled by Russian gangsters). That is also the main reason why virtually nobody who used to live in these Eastern European countries under Russian yoke is accepting toward Russia today.
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  46. Well, in WW2 Germany the majority of the population who did not have anything with the war (but passively tolerated or did not mind it) were also treated as nazis. Today 80% of Russians supposedly support their crazy president, despite multiple years of aggressive war, so how do you want to treat them?
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  47.  @glimoreganajai2206  Well, if the Russian population at large was up in arms against their criminal government, this argument would hold much water, but unfortunately that is not what is happening. That's kind of the whole issue, you can be a crime enabler by doing nothing except your "duties" (dictated to you by a bandit).
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  48. How much time have I saved by using the same window manager (WindowMaker) and not having to deal with ever-changing UI crap for 20+ years?
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  49. He may have been blackmailed more recently. Certain agencies in the US deem it illegal to even disclose the fact that they have you by the balls. That's why some companies have the "canary" policy where certain public information is no longer updated to signal that they have been conquered without saying it out loud.
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  50.  @SerdceDanko  Your "reasoning" here is precisely why everyone hates Russian asshats like yourself today.
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