Parienve @Parienve@qoto.org

@Mehrad
I've wondered where Lua got the `--` comment thing from - maybe Ada or SQL?
@urusan

@urusan
The "other four" are:

1. "Never" + "No higher standard" -> "Humans are never ethical."
Bleak, indeed. You'd probably have to either reject the entire concept of ethics as ill-formed, or accept a standard for ethical behavior so high that, in practice, no human ever reaches it at any time.

2. "Specific internal rules" + "No higher standard" -> "Humans are ethical only when they follow specific internal rules."
Some people would agree with this.

3. "Non-profit" + "No higher standards" -> "Humans are only ethical when they pursue non-profit purposes."
Some people would agree with this.

4. "Specific internal rules" + "Non-profit" + "No higher standards" -> "Humans are only ethical when following specific internal rules for non-profit purposes."
The more ethically-demanding union of the previous two.

@Linux_in_a_Bit
In #Fedilab at least, you can go to their profile, long press the "Messages" tab (the lower one), and uncheck "Show boosts" and "Show replies".

@urusan
I think this poll would be better if it allowed multiple choices. Out of the 16 combinations, I count 9 logically consistent positions.

@kabo
I'm not Tutanota, but I'll try answering anyway. The right to privacy implies the right to use strong encryption. If you shout on the street, you probably did so voluntarily with the intent to be heard by those nearby, but that doesn't mean they should have free reign to secretly record you and share it with others. Privacy and free speech are alike in that they are safeguards against tyranny and coercion.

To the extent that the distinction between "positive" and "negative" rights is meaningful here, I would say that privacy is perhaps more often a negative right than a positive right.

It's possible that our apparent disagreement comes from us using the words "privacy" and/or "rights" differently from each other. I agree that tools like encryption are important. I also agree that there is some measure of personal responsibility in safeguarding privacy, but it's important to remember that failing to take the absolute most extreme measures ought not to be a blank check for abuse.

@Tutanota

@jonny
*xkcd 927 intensifies*

@dangrsmind
Oops, the bottom part of the alt text got truncated:
"Notwithstanding the above, Zoom will not use audio, video or chat Customer Content to train our artificial intelligence models without your consent."
@danhon

@dangrsmind
Read section 10.4 carefully - it allows Zoom to "share" Customer Content, and those with whom it is shared can use it for "machine learning" and "artificial intelligence". Zoom's carefully-worded promise at the bottom is moot if the training can be done with third parties' AI models instead.

@danhon

@qurlyjoe
It depends very much on what they mean by "libertarian".

"Socially-progressive unregulated capitalism" is indeed an oxymoron, but using "libertarianism" to mean "unregulated capitalism" is a U.S. thing, where the right co-opted the term from the left in the 1950s.

In most of the world, "libertarian" is a left-wing term meaning "anti-authoritarian". For example, libertarian socialists are anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist, which isn't an oxymoron at all.

Some people in the U.S. who self-identify as "socially progressive libertarians" might be working to reclaim the term for the left. To tell the difference, check whether they oppose or support corporate capitalism.

@SrRochardBunson @BigMcLargeHuge@mstdn.social

@taylorlorenz Try putting your videos on a Peertube instance such as http://peertube.tv - I'd follow.