@seancribbs @aphyr It seems to me that a speaker like that would be banned because of the threat of violence
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@aphyr It would be completely up to you to not talk to them, or attend their talk, wouldn’t it?
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In the other hand, I completely agree with this, too: nitter.vloup.ch/aphyr/status/712…
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This seems completely reasonable to me, and preferable to the stance StrangeLoop took. degoes.net/articles/lambdaco…
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Google has just informed me I have won 950,000 GPB! Oh lucky day. And my private information will only be used for the award! Awesome.
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Typical berries like bananas, tomatoes, lemons, and oranges … nitter.vloup.ch/mjdominus/status…
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@bitboxer Personally, I was disappointed by the plot when I saw The Matrix for the 1st time, as people had told me it was so “intelligent”
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@bitboxer which, in turn, is based on a novel published in 1964 ;-)
Fascinating; my personal estimate is that 90% of all semi-intelligent scifi movies are based on PKD stories, anyway.
Philip K Dick Theorizes The Matrix in 1977, Says We Live in “A Computer-Programmed Reality” goo.gl/YxttZc
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@bsdphk I know, so we need to fight them, and stop electing the idiots who draft them, instead of giving up and abandoning encryption.
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@bsdphk But your criticism of wide-spread encryption seems to be centered around the fact that this might lead to anti-encryption laws
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@bsdphk I believe your argument, AFAI understand it, is comparable to security by obscurity
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@bsdphk I too see a dramatic lack of people in the know running for office, but I don’t see the solution in trying to not engage with them
@toredk Adding crypto is a necessity given almost everything needs to be protected from criminal intent.
Good followup to criticism about the SO survey result post: medium.com/@jayhanlon/first-…
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I honestly don’t get the point @bsdphk is trying to make here. How is it political engagement OR encryption? queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?ref…
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