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| Topic | Has there been any news on that anti-encryption legislation in Australia? |
| darkmaian23 11/12/18 12:34:26 AM #1 | I haven't seen any news about where it's at online, and the topic about it vanished. |
| Topic | At what age do most people truly stop being ''kids''? |
| darkmaian23 11/10/18 3:29:45 PM #14 | SubtletyRefuge posted... Looking at trump and the majority of the political state, never. I think real, complete maturity is kind of a lie. No one is ever as stable, intelligent, or as in control of their lives as they like to pretend they are. I think it's part of human nature to want to believe there is some kind of stable "adult" state that can either be attained or that we already have. Obviously, small children, inexperienced teenagers, and adults with stable careers are all at different places in life and your brain does change as you get older. But even the most seemly mature people have huge flaws and the age of social media really exposes that. Drugs, mental illness, depression, dysfunctional relationships---everybody has cracks if you dig deep enough. But even beyond that, most people aren't well-educated or in control of their emotions. Functioning adults don't be behave like children in public, but online where their is perceived anonymity or in the company of like-minded people, it's a different story. And sometimes even in public---angry mobs are a thing. |
| Topic | Kinda STUPID how you can't divide by zero! |
| darkmaian23 11/10/18 4:28:54 AM #29 | Why did you make this topic again? |
| Topic | Square Enix is too ambitious and needs to start making solid games again |
| darkmaian23 11/08/18 5:54:37 AM #35 | Zack_Attackv1 posted... Just show me HD Aeris already, goddamnit. Fixed. |
| Topic | What do you remember about using the internet in the 90s? |
| darkmaian23 11/07/18 6:51:43 PM #60 | Geocities Porn that was still images because dial-up Having to beg for a block of several hours to download a few megabytes worth of software. Internet plans that were sold in blocks of hours (we started with 15 hours per month). The rise of hideous adware. Every indie game you'd find on somebody's site being cool because internet. |
| Topic | Scott Walker lost, and can't ask for a recount because of a law he put in place |
| darkmaian23 11/07/18 1:28:55 PM #10 | frozenshock posted... I don't understand why making sure the votes have been tallied properly is a political issue. Because he wants to "find" enough votes so that he can get a recount. I don't think he ever intended to see the law he passed apply to him. |
| Topic | New AVGN episode: Super And Virtual Hydlide |
| darkmaian23 11/06/18 2:01:31 PM #2 | Are you aware you can watch new episodes much earlier on Amazon Prime? |
| Topic | so what's the catch with those 'win $5,000 a week for life' contests? |
| darkmaian23 11/06/18 5:10:14 AM #8 | Irony posted... The catch is no one really wins This in general is my fear. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/05/18 7:13:35 PM #119 | Dash_Harber posted... Your argument is a logical fallacy, specifically circular reasoning; the Bible predicted future events and this is proven because the Bible says so, is not a valid argument. I'd also like to add that some things in the Bible that claim to be historical--like the Book of Exodus--appear to be complete fantasy and are not in any way supported by actual history. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/04/18 1:02:20 PM #86 | TheOrgyPorgy posted... God makes the ice cream sundae. We are just the cherry on top. But if we do not put the cherry on top, we deserve eternal damnation. What does that even mean? |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/04/18 12:25:05 PM #83 | TheOrgyPorgy posted... Sure there is. The Lord is omniscient and all-benevolent. All of his actions are righteous. Then why does hell exist at all? Or if it must exist for some reason, why can't any but the special few chosen before birth avoid going there? In fact, if God is kind and he needs hell to exist, why does he allow souls to be born that need to go there? The system of punishment and salvation you adhere to is at odds with the very concept of benevolence. I'm an ordinary mortal with plenty of flaws. There are people I hate and people who I think commit unimaginable evil, and I wouldn't send any of them to hell if I had the power to. Why isn't God kinder than me? |
| Topic | Australia confirms that Huawei conducted espionage for China, bans HW 5G phones |
| darkmaian23 11/04/18 11:33:29 AM #17 | DarkRoast posted... What does this have to do with foreign espionage conducted through consumer products? Because the legislation currently under consideration in Australia would allow police and intelligence services to compel any company to gather data for them and allow remote access secretly with a special warrant. In other words, they will be able to do things exactly like this with any hardware or software if it passes. |
| Topic | I've got 2 semesters of basically nothing, what should I double major in? |
| darkmaian23 11/04/18 11:23:14 AM #30 | TiamatLover posted... Maybe learn some programming-related shit. I don't know what the education term for it is. I think you mean computer science. |
| Topic | Australia confirms that Huawei conducted espionage for China, bans HW 5G phones |
| darkmaian23 11/04/18 11:21:58 AM #11 | But don't worry, the Australian government's push to give the same powers to their security services and law enforcement will be lawful and good. |
| Topic | new Mac Mini lol |
| darkmaian23 11/03/18 7:06:37 PM #6 | What's wrong with an updated Mac Mini? If you already have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, you can save quite a bit of money and still get a Mac to use. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/03/18 6:58:55 PM #68 | Given that most denominations of Christianity don't subscribe to the notion of predestined elect, it's a stretch to the say "The Bible makes it clear". In fact, it would seem to be at odds with the mission of Jesus and his disciples. If predestination is true, why spread the Word of God at all? Those whom God has chosen will be saved whether they hear it or not, and those who aren't going to be saved will still be damned even if they hear it, repent, and do good. Jesus himself never says there is anything like a predestined elect. The closest you can come to finding Biblical evidence for the concept is in the Book of Revelations, and honestly, nobody can really decide what it means. It's fine if you choose to base your faith around the concept, but frankly, the way you are doing it is obnoxious to believers and non-believers alike. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/03/18 6:28:29 PM #66 | TheOrgyPorgy posted... There's no need to take any of that personally. It is simply a matter of accepting the determinations of a perfectly good Lord. Assuming you aren't trolling, you haven't given us any reason to believe in God if we don't already, and certainly most of the posters here who do believe in God probably don't believe in your specific version. You encourage people to be good and believe, but you've also said that you believe God has a set of elect people who will be saved. You didn't respond saying you believe people can change their fate, so I assume you don't believe that. What, then, is the point of anything you are doing? Do you just want to show off how good you are? How do you even know you are one of the elect? Maybe I'm elect and you're not. God might have seen fit to make me an atheist for some unknown purpose. |
| Topic | Why the FUCK do I still need the disc if I installed the fucking game?? |
| darkmaian23 11/03/18 2:59:02 PM #4 | To keep you from renting or borrowing a game and keeping it forever, obviously. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/03/18 12:54:00 PM #52 | TheOrgyPorgy posted... The Creator reveals himself as he wills, to whom he wills, to save his elect, who he predestined before we were even knitted together in our mothers' wombs. If God has ordained in advance who will be saved and who won't, why are there so many extra people on earth? What is the point of creating billions of sentient beings who are preordained to suffer for an eternity in hell? Why have a religion or a church at all? The outcome is already known by God in advance, and no matter what good happens to those who haven't been chosen, an eternity of suffering awaits. No matter what evil or apathy takes hold of the elect, they will still be saved regardless because they have been chosen. Utter nonsense. |
| Topic | Man it's crazy kids born in 2006 are old enough to vote in this election |
| darkmaian23 11/02/18 11:56:35 PM #4 | But they aren't? I'm not aware of any kind of election that accepts 12 year old voters. |
| Topic | I've got 2 semesters of basically nothing, what should I double major in? |
| darkmaian23 11/02/18 9:55:21 PM #17 | Math as a second major isn't a bad choice. Unless you're going to a scrubby university, physics will eat up most of your time, so I'd think getting a completely separate major would be difficult, and you'll have most of a math degree done just through physics. |
| Topic | Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? |
| darkmaian23 11/02/18 6:41:48 PM #33 | Pascal's wager is garbage. He dismisses all the other religions of the world as obviously untrue simply because that's how people thought in his day. It was Christianity or nothing in Pascal's mind, and on that basis alone the wager is invalid. |
| Topic | Alarms have sounded, you go to your Fallout Vault, are you okay with your games? |
| darkmaian23 10/29/18 7:50:42 PM #4 | No, I'm not OK. I'd need a lot more preparation to feel good about staying in my Vault. |
| Topic | Why is dividing by zero not just zero |
| darkmaian23 10/28/18 2:56:16 PM #57 | Relient_K posted... I've always felt it should be infinite. I can continue making groups of 0 because you never use up the numerator sum. If division by zero were legal, you would get a number that is infinite large. But infinity isn't a number so division by zero is said to be impossible. See the explanation above. |
| Topic | Why is dividing by zero not just zero |
| darkmaian23 10/28/18 2:08:41 PM #54 | TheMarthKoopa posted... darkmaian23 posted...To see why division by zero is impossible, take a division problem and investigate what happens as the divisor is made smaller and smaller. Zero is the smallest non-negative number. If we allow for negatives, we just see the negative version of what I've already presented so that isn't interesting. The pattern that you see is something you can verify for yourself with numbers as small as you please. If you keep making the divisor smaller and smaller, what is the end result except zero? If you think that what you get and zero are somehow distinct, in what way are they distinct? The fact that division by zero would lead to an infinitely large number isn't intuitive, and many people struggle with it when they learn about limits in calculus. But this is the first time I've heard someone claim that zero somehow isn't a number and is instead "nothing". |
| Topic | Why is dividing by zero not just zero |
| darkmaian23 10/28/18 1:46:02 PM #49 | To see why division by zero is impossible, take a division problem and investigate what happens as the divisor is made smaller and smaller. 10/10 = 1 10/5 = 2 10/1 = 10 10/0.2 = 50 10/0.04 = 250 10/0.008 = 1250 As you can see, the smaller the divisor the larger the quotient. If you take it to the extreme and divide by the smallest possible number you will get an infinitely large number. Thus division by zero is impossible. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/28/18 10:10:27 AM #47 | Tyranthraxus posted... I don't really understand what the fuck Australia is asking for by "a backdoor through encryption." @Tyranthraxus The bill doesn't--strictly speaking--require creating back doors or breaking encryption. Instead, it asks for something far worse: the creation of new kinds of warrants that give the government and police the power to compel tech companies to develop software that allows them to gather any data they want. These capabilities can remain in place as long as the government wants and must be kept secret. So the government can compel Microsoft to create an update that will allow the police to remotely access a target's computer, and this will be pushed out quietly through Windows update. Or they can make Amazon turn Echo speakers into always-on listening devices. Is your suspect using encrypted messaging? No problem! Just serve a warrant to the company that makes the software or device and require that they capture the data before it is encrypted. There are other ridiculous provisions too, like having staff to train police in the use of software the company will be forced to make, and trying to make this apply to foreign companies who make software and hardware products used by Australians. What is the justification for all of this? Law enforcement claims that criminals are increasingly using encryption to cover up their misdeeds, and that tech companies aren't providing enough assistance. When confronted about the obvious negative implications this bill has, the response has been lies about what it does, and claims that they will only be interested in a a small percentage of people's communications. Several countries--including the US--have signaled that they intend to fight tech companies unless they voluntarily provide what law enforcement thinks they need. So don't think this is a problem just for Australia. There is no limit to the kinds of tech law enforcement might want access to build a case: routers, phones, web browsers, operating systems, maybe even things like office software. You can be sure there will be judges who just rubber stamp this shit just like they do over here for "security" reasons. But don't worry, they won't be capturing the data of any innocent people, right? Right? |
| Topic | Have you ever met someone who said dino bones were put in the ground |
| darkmaian23 10/22/18 7:52:08 PM #9 | Tupacrulez posted... I'm related to people who believe Kent Hovind. |
| Topic | N64/PS1/Dreamcast owners, what were your traditions with your friends? |
| darkmaian23 10/22/18 7:51:15 PM #18 | Kerred posted... Old NoiseTank posted...no oddjob. I felt Timesplitters was inferior to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark in every way possible. |
| Topic | N64/PS1/Dreamcast owners, what were your traditions with your friends? |
| darkmaian23 10/22/18 7:07:08 PM #12 | For one player games, we'd always swap after 3 turns. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/22/18 5:24:45 PM #38 | @Kombucha Thanks for the update. I read the article, and frankly what he is saying is at odds with the legislation says and what the technical experts seem to think it says. I would hope that officials and Australians in general know he's full of shit. Do you happen to know the time table on the legislation? I thought it was getting voted on last Friday, but that was just a meeting. |
| Topic | Disenchantment any good |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 7:31:51 PM #11 | creativerealms posted... It gets better. It's not as good as the Simpsons or Futurama at their peak but it's much better then current Simpsons and Comedy Central era Futurama. This. |
| Topic | GameFAQs is actually not a dying websight. |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 2:47:24 PM #9 | UnfairRepresent posted... We've been outdated by Youtube and social media. People who want to talk about issues or look things up don't join message boards anymore Where do they go that isn't a message board? I mean, Reddit is probably one of the internet's most popular websites, and it's a message board. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 2:38:36 PM #35 | CreekCo posted... ^So what are you trying to say? You're logically all over the place. You aren't even really disagreeing with what Tree said... he's just sarcastically pointing out the same thing. Also, that you mentioned the Saudi guy and I didn't means you full well understood what I meant. I apologize for being unclear. I thought treewojima might be dismissing the danger of the new legislation by thinking that the US government already has the powers this legislation seeks to grant, and that it's no big deal. That happens a lot in these kinds of discussions, so I wanted to encourage him to actually read more about the issue to be informed. I honestly didn't understand for sure what you meant. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 1:23:35 PM #33 | CreekCo posted... Uh, have you been watching international news lately? It's NOT a good time to be an investigative reporter :( The death of the Saudi reporter and this don't seem connected in the slightest. treewojima posted... implying that Cisco doesn't already kowtow to backdoor requirements in the US You should really read more about what the legislation requires, and about the current political climate surrounding "security". This is something new, sweeping, and dangerous. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 6:51:13 AM #29 | CreekCo posted... Thanks for the thread. It sounds like the reporter is getting out of dodge while he can. Good for him and glad he bravely reported all he safely could. Moving on to a different job, especially if there are family considerations, is hardly unusual. I don't think we are at the point where you need to start suspecting that reporters are getting threatened over reporting news like this (and his was a fairly neutral perspective based on the quoted portions of the article). If tech writers on other sites all start quitting, or if pieces on legislation like this start getting taken down, then worry. I'm not very optimistic about the bill dying, and it's much worse than any I've ever heard of, but we've been down to the wire on bad legislation many times here in the US and opposition in Australia and outside of it is growing. If it passes, I would imagine a real fight between the government and tech companies would begin, and there would still be the matter of trying to get similar legislation passed in other Western countries, where the fight would begin anew. As an outsider, it's hard for me to gauge whether this can pass or is even expected to, or if it is just hardcore political posturing from Australian officials who want to seem like leaders to other major Western powers. |
| Topic | Are Canadian divorce laws really this ass backwards? |
| darkmaian23 10/21/18 5:29:27 AM #28 | That's pretty ridiculous. |
| Topic | My professor wrote that I used "sexist language" for using mankind |
| darkmaian23 10/20/18 11:44:04 PM #37 | _REDDIT_ posted... Most people nowadays use peoplekind That's a joke, right? I've never read or heard a usage of this word except when people are advocating using it. Same with "humankind". |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/20/18 10:39:01 AM #25 | @Kombucha Thanks for the update. I wish we could be certain it wouldn't pass. Each time a Western government has tried this sort of thing, it has faced incredible push back. The Australian bill is particularly odious, and if lobbying dollars and corporations have any say, I don't think it'll pass. The amount of labor tech companies of every size would be compelled to offer the government--simply to make their own products less secure--is too high. I hate it when articles talk about the issue of encryption in terms of "assisting" and "cooperating" because such phrasing makes the position of law enforcement sound reasonable. To officials--whose only training and experience are with soft skills--it probably seems unreasonable that tech companies don't want to help them, and that they could if they wanted to. But about their own experts? Do they think they are lying? Do the experts simply lie and tell the bosses what they want to hear? It's astonishing that the heads of law enforcement from so many Western nations remain so ignorant. You'd think the heads of security agencies would explain to them how bad of an idea it is to keep pushing for the logically impossible. Or the heads of security agencies non-technical people too? You'd think that if a technical solution exists government agencies would have developed it themselves and pushed for its adoption. Lost in all of this too is the voice of big business. The weakening of encryption and the expansion of law enforcement powers to grab data could endanger sensitive business details and wealthy white collar criminals. Then there is the cost factor that I mentioned earlier which is bound to hit companies at all levels. |
| Topic | Congressman Steve King is a white nationalist |
| darkmaian23 10/20/18 10:03:37 AM #27 | I wish we could replace Steve King with Stephen King. |
| Topic | It was all Sekai's fault. *School Days spoilers* |
| darkmaian23 10/19/18 7:19:48 AM #4 | The only character who did nothing wrong in School Days was Setsuna. Sekai might have been manipulative, but Makoto is human garbage. |
| Topic | Most forgettable Goldeneye level? |
| darkmaian23 10/19/18 12:47:56 AM #77 | Statue is tied with Jungle |
| Topic | Texas HS students must watch video on interacting with police to graduate |
| darkmaian23 10/18/18 11:35:43 PM #122 | Why are they calling police officers "peace officers"? A program educating students about how to interact with law enforcement is a good idea---so long as there is no bias surrounding the issue. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/18/18 1:36:18 PM #21 | Kombucha posted... Looks like this thing is slowly moving forward without a hiccup Isn't this vote scheduled for Friday, which is already today in Australia? Or has it been delayed? Do you still think it might not pass? |
| Topic | That Saudi journalist was vivisected |
| darkmaian23 10/17/18 10:35:24 AM #43 | Should this turn out to be true, it should not go unanswered. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/17/18 10:26:22 AM #20 | Well, that's unbelievably depressing. |
| Topic | Moral Dilema: Who do you rescue? Batman or your sister? |
| darkmaian23 10/17/18 5:52:00 AM #25 | I don't have a sister, but I'll try to save her anyway. |
| Topic | Australian encryption-busting Bill would create backdoors: Cisco |
| darkmaian23 10/17/18 3:32:14 AM #17 | I've seen the idea advanced that Australia is being pressured to come out with this legislation by other major powers like the US. Are tech companies throwing lobbying money behind killing it? Is there any realistic chance of it disappearing? With stuff like the EU copyright reform getting rammed through and with the speed at which Australia is trying to pass this, I feel very pessimistic. I do wish someone could present some well-informed good news. I'd always hoped those on top would actually know stuff like this was evil and would just continue to make noise to get more from tech companies in the long term. Is there any good news? Any at all? ;.; |
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