Considering that wouldn't even cover half a day's payroll for the Internet Research Agency, if that really is the full extent of their ad spend then I'd assume it's because ads are just a very small part of their efforts.
More interesting would be a comparison of how many people Clinton had working on social media. Less than 1000?
Yeah. Seems like a difficult problem to solve. I wonder if submerging it might be a good idea. That's one common way of dealing with spent lithium cells, but 100kWh is a lot of energy...
The fact that a purely factual post (check wiki and the numerous references, read the Intel reports yourself) got modded "troll" makes me think this isn't nothing, it's something Trump supporters are desperate to minimize.
The FBI/CIA are the man, but I don't see things in black and white terms like that.
It doesn't matter if the Russian contribution was only 5%. It's still interference, and in the case of brexit a few percent would have swung it.
Having said that, we know that some of the most followed and shared Leave accounts during the brexit campaign were Russian, so the extent of their influence was likely quite significant.
The Russians outsource their trolling to the infamous Internet Research Agency, a private company. They use a mixture of ads and fake accounts. The fake accounts pump the ads, making them look more legitimate because "westerners" are engaging with them.
The ads are also an appeal to authority. They make it look like real candidates, institutions and news outlets are pushing the Russian message. They also link people back to sources like RT and Brietbart, giving them added legitimacy too.
The fake accounts pump a lot of memes too. Their viral nature and unconstrained content makes them powerful tools.
And say you have a no AIs policy, what about people with disabilities that will rely on them to make phone calls on their behalf? Should they disclose their disability to you to get an exception to the rule, or just be forced to use inferior technologies?
Considering how forced disclosure of things like political affiliations, biology, religion, sexual orientation and the like has been abused in the past, I'm nervous about this.
AIs will get closer to sentience too, and sooner than you think. Some people are already looking forward to robot companions. How will they feel when their girlfriend is treated that way? And before someone says they won't call a toaster "miss", the same argument has been used about transgender folk and people of colour.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's not simple and I'm sure figuring it out will be difficult.
I just find it hard to see things like spam filters as censorship. Maybe the difference is deciding what you want to see or publish, and forcing your preferences on others.
I agree RMS could have had better management technique here.
The tragic thing is that around 2007 they released a good version. Installed quietly, didn't nag, protected you from genuine threats.
It must not have made them much money because within a couple of years it was back to being bloated, whiney crap that nagged you to give it more money constantly.
The problem is that "overly sensitive" is subjective. For the sake of freedom of speech it's better to make it other people's responsibility to just ignore stuff they find over sensitive.
I'm not saying it should be removed, just pointing out that not everything is censorship. If it had just been a big ASCII penis or something would keeping it be fighting censorship? If it had doxed someone?
It's just a judgement about suitability. I support RMS's decision.
Conservatives who don't like their position on abortion being mocked. I guess for them it's live and death.
People who have had abortions and don't like to be reminded of a painful experience. I can understand that they would be annoyed that it's in some technical documentation, although the word "abort" is pretty common in computing.
I see that the professionally offended YouTubers are ready posting hot take reactions to this. Most, as usual, incorrectly identified it as a free speech issue and got very angry.
Trump's election has bolstered Abe's position that Japan should militarize and get rid of the self defense clause from its constitution. Like Merkel, he and many others consider Trump and the US in general to be unreliable.
The Iran sanctions are screwing a lot of companies. Boeing just lost billions due to sales to Iranian companies being cancelled. Thousands of jobs on the line.
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Considering that wouldn't even cover half a day's payroll for the Internet Research Agency, if that really is the full extent of their ad spend then I'd assume it's because ads are just a very small part of their efforts.
More interesting would be a comparison of how many people Clinton had working on social media. Less than 1000?
Yeah. Seems like a difficult problem to solve. I wonder if submerging it might be a good idea. That's one common way of dealing with spent lithium cells, but 100kWh is a lot of energy...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
The fact that a purely factual post (check wiki and the numerous references, read the Intel reports yourself) got modded "troll" makes me think this isn't nothing, it's something Trump supporters are desperate to minimize.
The FBI/CIA are the man, but I don't see things in black and white terms like that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
According to Wikipedia they had over 1000 employees in 2015. It doesn't mention the budget.
The demo does say "I'm calling on behalf of a client."
They usually drain the liquid fuel after a serious accident. Seems like discharging the battery in similar circumstances might be a good idea.
We should ignore it because it's hard to prove?
Seems like the safest thing to do is make sure it doesn't happen again. For that we have to understand the problem first.
It doesn't matter if the Russian contribution was only 5%. It's still interference, and in the case of brexit a few percent would have swung it.
Having said that, we know that some of the most followed and shared Leave accounts during the brexit campaign were Russian, so the extent of their influence was likely quite significant.
The Russians outsource their trolling to the infamous Internet Research Agency, a private company. They use a mixture of ads and fake accounts. The fake accounts pump the ads, making them look more legitimate because "westerners" are engaging with them.
The ads are also an appeal to authority. They make it look like real candidates, institutions and news outlets are pushing the Russian message. They also link people back to sources like RT and Brietbart, giving them added legitimacy too.
The fake accounts pump a lot of memes too. Their viral nature and unconstrained content makes them powerful tools.
Shhh! This is your excuse to require a nice new spectrum analyser with LAN port!
Who gets to decide what needs disclosing though?
And say you have a no AIs policy, what about people with disabilities that will rely on them to make phone calls on their behalf? Should they disclose their disability to you to get an exception to the rule, or just be forced to use inferior technologies?
Considering how forced disclosure of things like political affiliations, biology, religion, sexual orientation and the like has been abused in the past, I'm nervous about this.
AIs will get closer to sentience too, and sooner than you think. Some people are already looking forward to robot companions. How will they feel when their girlfriend is treated that way? And before someone says they won't call a toaster "miss", the same argument has been used about transgender folk and people of colour.
I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's not simple and I'm sure figuring it out will be difficult.
I just find it hard to see things like spam filters as censorship. Maybe the difference is deciding what you want to see or publish, and forcing your preferences on others.
I agree RMS could have had better management technique here.
"American style socialism"
Lol now there's an oxymoron for you.
The tragic thing is that around 2007 they released a good version. Installed quietly, didn't nag, protected you from genuine threats.
It must not have made them much money because within a couple of years it was back to being bloated, whiney crap that nagged you to give it more money constantly.
Good AV software is apparently unprofitable.
Might have lost something in translation.
Chinese people often put family first. Younger people are becoming more independent, thinking more about their own needs and wants.
Or maybe he is just a capitalist pig-dog who expects people to kill themselves for his bonus. Hard to say...
They don't need maximum output. Standing around waiting for customers, performing simple tasks on an assembly line... They just need a warm body.
The problem is that "overly sensitive" is subjective. For the sake of freedom of speech it's better to make it other people's responsibility to just ignore stuff they find over sensitive.
Is it really censorship though?
I'm not saying it should be removed, just pointing out that not everything is censorship. If it had just been a big ASCII penis or something would keeping it be fighting censorship? If it had doxed someone?
It's just a judgement about suitability. I support RMS's decision.
Who would be offended out upset by this joke?
Conservatives who don't like their position on abortion being mocked. I guess for them it's live and death.
People who have had abortions and don't like to be reminded of a painful experience. I can understand that they would be annoyed that it's in some technical documentation, although the word "abort" is pretty common in computing.
I see that the professionally offended YouTubers are ready posting hot take reactions to this. Most, as usual, incorrectly identified it as a free speech issue and got very angry.
I would like to know why too. But a quick Google didn't turn up the reason given in the objection.
Trump's election has bolstered Abe's position that Japan should militarize and get rid of the self defense clause from its constitution. Like Merkel, he and many others consider Trump and the US in general to be unreliable.
By "abuse" you mean "exercising their legal rights as designed", yeah?
The Iran sanctions are screwing a lot of companies. Boeing just lost billions due to sales to Iranian companies being cancelled. Thousands of jobs on the line.
And now your warranty is worthless. Sucks for the 60k employees who are mostly innocent in all this too.
A tax credit is the government not taking money away from you, it's not you taking other people's money.