The European government has spent a few years trying to break encryption. The results have been, at best, mixed. Of course, the EU government claims it’s not actually interested in breaking encryption. Instead, it hides its intentions behind phrases like “client-side scanning” and “chat control.” But it all just means...
incorrectly stated their status as a ban rather than a suspension.
They should clearly know that they’re suspended rather than banned especially since they themselves linked to the GitHub moderation commit which states as such.
<span style="color:#323232;">> I'm not innocent, but it's hard to stay impartial when you're so invested in a project and community.
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What’s the intent of this statement?
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<span style="color:#323232;">> I don't want to play their "victim/oppressor" narrative, so I'm evil incarnate.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">> It's also to "tone police" the rest of the community from speaking against their actions.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">> Any rational person would want to avoid dealing with that hornets nest.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">> Now I'm irrational and banned! :(
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Also I want to say great eye to Lojcs@lemm.ee for spotting that!, as I didn’t notice that critical information the first time I read through the discussions
^this suspension seems to make sense as Jonathan Ringer is:
Clearly in violation of Conflict of Interest due to their involvement with Lack of Disclosure - #1.
Still displaying on Reddit “willfully furthering the division in the community” as mentioned in the moderation commit action
They’ve caused problems in the past and it seems clear they haven’t learned what really caused the suspension in the first place.
Their behavior is unsustainable so I can see the reason for the suspension, although at this point a permaban might be warranted due to the reasons stated above
Edit:
There’s more bewildering comments from Jonathan it seems:
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<span style="color:#323232;">> This seems to be aligned with a similar attempt of mine #114 from 2021.
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">> The goal has been moved from "these are acceptable behaviors in this CoC" (114) to "these are how these behaviors should be enforced fairly". Which sounds good to me.
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">> I'll do a more thorough review, but feel confident that I would like to nominate myself as a shepherd.
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Wow, that’s a great summary, thanks for putting all this effort.
no worries👍
I just happened to see this post and fell down the rabbit hole
Is he having a mental health breakdown? He’s using pretty odd phrasing to basically say he feels unjustly targeted.
I have no idea, can’t really say anything about their mental state as I don’t really know them
What I do know is that I personally wouldn’t want them anywhere near my projects
them being nice and all is nice however they are causing real problems and stirring drama for troubles that they caused
I don’t really understand the reasoning behind vouching for them when they are currently creating problems and haven’t really tried to solve anything besides creating enough drama to (what it seems to me) try and force themselves back into direct repository access
I kinda of see their past and current actions as ways to maintain a position of power which is quite problematic as they still haven’t addressed a key concern being their conflict of interest from working with Anduril
being nice is good for maintaining good social cohesion and whatnot but stirring shit and creating real problems kinda negates it
The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake....
By chance the fediverse might’ve developed a resilient antibody and regeneration system:
due to allowing federated communities with transparent moderation logging it means that users are free to choose from a plethora of instances to set up camp and create
back on reddit it wasn’t possible as there was only one without connections so it acted like a walled garden but now with the spread of Activitypub, it might be difficult for a singular company to have full control unless they’re able to offer better services than what’s currently available
just a guess but I’d reckon that at minimum 51% of users that care about privacy and security would choose a FOSS instance rather than a closed-source proprietary one
and as time passes I’d imagine that capitalistic instances would decay over time due to insufficient funding and/or user retention as their primary goal would be to squeeze their users which isn’t a sustainable model
Extreme drought conditions and the likelihood of another challenging fire season have prompted a community in one of the driest parts of the province to start managing its water supply early — and turning off the taps for people who don’t follow the rules....
the water restrictions makes sense considering the horrifying wildfires that’s occurred in previous years
in combination with droughts due to global warming, the argument for watering lawns makes much less sense as the priority has heavily shifted to needs than wants
“It’s really simple. If you don’t have water, you don’t have a town. It’s that simple. It’s over.”
As Canadians deal with a crushing housing shortage, high rental prices and inflationary price pressures, now Equifax Canada is warning that Canadian consumers are increasingly under stress"from the surging cost of living.
I dunno how many here have given it a try yet, or simply don’t ever intend to but are nevertheless a little curious, so I’m putting down some notes here....
Scotland launches campaign "give cycle space", reminding that those riding bike are real persons (www.youtube.com)
The campaign aims to promote the highway code rule that requires drivers to give at leadt 1.5 m space to cyclists when overtaking....
NixOS Fork Announced by Jake Hamilton (bytes.programming.dev)
I just saw the news of the soft fork announcement over on the IceShrimp instance and thought I should share here...
European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety (www.techdirt.com)
The European government has spent a few years trying to break encryption. The results have been, at best, mixed. Of course, the EU government claims it’s not actually interested in breaking encryption. Instead, it hides its intentions behind phrases like “client-side scanning” and “chat control.” But it all just means...
Found this surveillance system on my afternoon bike ride (lemmy.world)
The cameras wrapped around the tree, some very cool old school cameras too. Really blended in fun art piece, nearly missed it
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[Gamers Nexus] Exposing Corruption: EK's Prison Threats, Lawsuits, Dangerous Workplace, & Leaked Documents (www.youtube.com)
Jon Ringer, a significant contributor to the NixOS project, has been banned (discourse.nixos.org)
[Gamefromscratch] - Godot 4.2 Engine Customization (www.youtube.com)
"This violates so many laws..."
Computer game helps students get better at detecting fake news (phys.org)
Lithuania rejects claim it launched drone attack against Belarus (www.euronews.com)
A Lithuanian military spokesman blasted Minsk’s claims of an attempted aerial strike as “nonsense”....
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face (abcnews.go.com)
As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse (digiday.com)
The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake....
Taps will be turned off if water rules are defied: Merritt mayor (www.cbc.ca)
Extreme drought conditions and the likelihood of another challenging fire season have prompted a community in one of the driest parts of the province to start managing its water supply early — and turning off the taps for people who don’t follow the rules....
Living paycheque-to-paycheque: 'Canadians are under stress,' warns Equifax (www.ctvnews.ca)
As Canadians deal with a crushing housing shortage, high rental prices and inflationary price pressures, now Equifax Canada is warning that Canadian consumers are increasingly under stress"from the surging cost of living.
EK is Imploding: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers | Investigative Report (www.youtube.com)
Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode Combat Demo (www.youtube.com)
Thought I should share this since today marks the Beta release of Dwarf Fortress’s Adventure Mode!
Shouting in the Datacenter (youtu.be)
Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service (arstechnica.com)
Observations from poking Bluesky app
I dunno how many here have given it a try yet, or simply don’t ever intend to but are nevertheless a little curious, so I’m putting down some notes here....