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The Globalist celebrities can now traffick children and adrenochrome freely on Facebook without being hassled.

The exemptions for rich and powerful people THEY APPROVED. Trump gets canceled.

Not a secret anymore.

But you know what? The public has such a short attention span that it effectively will be secret again in a few weeks.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/facebook-and-instagram-will-allow-calls-for-violence-as-long-as-theyre-against-russians?source=patrick.net

Facebook and Instagram have relaxed their community standards in one very specific arena — in some countries, the platforms will allow posts that call for violence against Russia, Russian soldiers, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters reported Thursday that the Meta platforms would relax their hate speech restrictions in some instances while Russia continued to invade Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE Facebook and Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians https://t.co/dhcObdoDk6?source=patrick.net pic.twitter.com/QVokunNzyx

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2022

See, it's very fair that you don't have to be part of the elite to call for death of Russians now.

What a great company Facebook is. Not.

Sooooooooo...does this mean that Patrick.net can set its own standards of when it is ok to call for violence without some government doofarb shutting it down?

Oh, only the oligarchy can set its own standards..... I got it. ---- Carry on ! ! ! ! !

I think there's a difference between a personal or special interest forum, and a generic, for-profit social media site that encompasses everybody and everything.

This is what "Crotchet Forum" or "Pat.net" or "RetiredPostalWorkers.org" isn't the same as "Twitter" or "Faceborg".

Patrick says

See, it's very fair that you don't have to be part of the elite to call for death of Russians now.

What a great company Facebook is. Not.

It's a propaganda vector. You know it, and I know it.

There are no rules, except to promote the propaganda. They just lie about their terms of service.

I still have faith we'll overcome this. We didn't create this information system just to have the assholes in charge control it. We started this as a rebellion. I think we are making progress. I don't think everybody can be bought off, and I also believe that systems can be created that even the creators can't censor even at the point of a gun and those have been created and more of them will be.

We're going through something similar to the creation of the printing press, but what we built, is far far more dangerous. We just have to make it absolutely impossible to control.

Globalists, aren't really - they are just tyrants. We will create a sort of one world, but have several jurisdictions - we need that for a balance of power. We just need to make information impossible to control for anybody, and uncensorable, and in time, we'll come together, but we must never allow a single government to exist. That will result in a tyranny eventually - one that will be extremely if not impossible to escape.

I still believe we are ultimately making a better world. Hmm. Maybe I'm a fanatic? I hope I'm well enough educated and knowledgeable enough to be making the correct decisions for the next 1000 generations. I feel I am, I hope I'm not misguided. It doesn't matter, I, hardly, am choosing this direction. It's been made by a wave of people. I'm just kind of giving it a slight push.

richwicks says

I don't think everybody can be bought off,

Correct. One just needs to buy of the guy in charge. Doesn't matter how many of the police are honest troopers if you got the Chief on your payroll.

richwicks says

We didn't create this information system just to have the assholes in charge control it.

If you are referring to the Internet, do not all participants need an IP address? What stops a government from blocking all IP addresses not assigned by them? Post any "misinformation" and get banned. Now imagine a future where everything is run through IPv6 or its successor. Your electric car will need connectivity for permission to be run (and tracked and taxed per mile), your mobile phone will be IP based, and even all radio, OTA TV (NTSC 3.0 is IP based), and streaming. Hell, may even get an IP address at birth rather than an SSN.

Here's something that was recently censored from youtube:


original link

Fuck Facebook, it’s a propaganda spreading tool.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

We didn't create this information system just to have the assholes in charge control it.

If you are referring to the Internet, do not all participants need an IP address? What stops a government from blocking all IP addresses not assigned by them? Post any "misinformation" and get banned. Now imagine a future where everything is run through IPv6 or its successor. Your electric car will need connectivity for permission to be run (and tracked and taxed per mile), your mobile phone will be IP based, and even all radio, OTA TV (NTSC 3.0 is IP based), and streaming. Hell, may even get an IP address at birth rather than an SSN.

IP addresses are a convention, a norm - they aren't actually needed for communication.

It's just data. You can connect to the Internet through a HAM radio.

It's a chicken and the egg problem. We already have solutions, but people are like "well, why do I need this? What I have now works FINE". Well, when it no longer works fine, we already have a bunch of solutions.

It's really an amazing world. Let's see, a 256 GB SD card is...

Well fuck! It's only $27

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-256GB-MicroSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B08GY8NHF2/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3VVQEB39A146Z&keywords=256+sd+card&qid=1647125731&sprefix=256+sd+car%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-4&source=patrick.net

You have any idea how much crap you can store on that? That's bigger than the Hard Disk I had on my desktop 20 years ago. It's $27 dollars. I can put 200 feature length 1080p films on that - you could project that in a THEATER.

It's gotten crazy. I'm an engineer in Silicon Valley and it's like "what the fuck??" I didn't think we'd get to this point until after my death. It's fucking nuts. We just get more and more storage, more and more speed, more and more everything - and it's already way too much.

This entire site will TRIVIALLY fit on that card.

richwicks says

IP addresses are a convention, a norm - they aren't actually needed for communication.

We were talking about the Internet, not connection type phone calls.

richwicks says

It's just data. You can connect to the Internet through a HAM radio.

Not without an IP address you ain't.

True. I think that this whole site including the images and video is about 20 GB.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

IP addresses are a convention, a norm - they aren't actually needed for communication.

We were talking about the Internet, not connection type phone calls.

I know.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

It's just data. You can connect to the Internet through a HAM radio.

Not without an IP address you ain't.

Yes you can.

I've been working on this bullshit since before there was standardization. We didn't even end up with the best standard. Compuserve and AOL didn't use IP addresses, at least initially. BBSes didn't either.

Ever heard of ATM? The header is only 5 bytes, and the data payload is 48 (if memory serves) - this was a competitor IPV4 for a bit, it can handle up to 2.5 GB/s I believe. It might still be used in phone networks. You might be wondering "with only 5 bytes to the header, how can you address everybody?" - it's a P2P communication system, and you setup multiple links to make the connection - in other words, 20 people can have the same identifier but they are in a different network, but the network can be setup to connect anybody to anybody else.

There's a lot of weird solutions, and good ideas that have been forgotten. They can be resurrected.

Patrick says

True. I think that this whole site including the images and video is about 20 GB.

True, but how would you make relevant parts of that 20 GB available electronically on demand to a mass audience without TCP/IP?

richwicks says

There's a lot of weird solutions, and good ideas that have been forgotten. They can be resurrected.

That not the point I am making. True there are other protocols than TCP/IP (like IPX, etc), but any connectionless type protocol that must be routed goes through central devices that will be controlled by governments. You must also have some type of directory, which will also be controlled by government.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

There's a lot of weird solutions, and good ideas that have been forgotten. They can be resurrected.

That not the point I am making. True there are other protocols than TCP/IP (like IPX, etc), but any connectionless type protocol that must be routed goes through central devices that will be controlled by governments. You must also have some type of directory, which will also be controlled by government.

There's an ad-hoc network that LOOKS like a phone but is a really just a bunch of repeaters. You address a message to device X and it through the network being repeatedly copied until it reaches device X. I don't think it took off, and it might be gone by now.

Briar does this.

https://briarproject.org/?source=patrick.net

https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/?source=patrick.net

IPV4 can be put over anything. It's just a useful and well known standard everybody uses now. If the government starts to crack down on communication, there will be solutions to it.

We have the technology and ability right now (but not the market desire or need) to setup an entire city with radio packet repeaters, they'd be in the realm of 50 dollars. Ad hoc networks have already been conceived and tested in simulation.

I can modulate a LED light bulb to send digital information over it. It's been suggested that this be done as a spy device, at the frequency it transmits data you can't visually observe it. Technology is so goddamned cheap right now, and it's just going to get cheaper.

Let me give you an example (which I often like to give) - this is my qTox ID:

2779E73EE1BE4E85A52DDA1E0E0DE8006905250171725CD64BE0ED1C29DACC4C03491A64CDA5

What that is, is an ECC key (the public part of it), a 32 bit "no spam" part which can be changed at will, and a checksum at the end. It's tied to an IP address for now, but I can transfer it to my phone, to my raspberry pi, to somebody else's computer. The connection is made through a DHT. In theory (I say theory, because it sucks) it can be used for voice and video calls, can send and receive files, you can place protocols over it (like SSH and email), and it's point to point, end to end encrypted. You can't contact me without knowing my ECC key, and that ECC key can't be (easily) forged.

If two machine have the same ECC key, it's detected, because the DHT sees both, and keeps transferring one then the other as the "active node" - so if you steal my key, and are online at the same time I'm on, I'll see it.

It uses IPV4 and 6, but it could just as well use anything. For it, the TCP/IP layer is just an abstraction.

richwicks says

There's an ad-hoc network

This may interest you, since you are smart on com protocols:
Until about a year ago, I had set up an ad hoc network to transmit to taxis using UHF and VHF freqs. I had to get digital info out to the taxis while getting digital info back. I put up a duplex base station (meaning it transmits on one freq and receives on another). The base station could continuously broadcast to the 200 cabs, and the cabs would read the header (ASCII, don't laugh) to see which message was meant for them. The challenge was getting the message back from 200 cabs when all are on the same radio freq. This was done by each cab sending a burst in the microseconds of silence and repeating if necessary. This limits the number of cabs per channel, which was about that 200. The tower was sending pickup and message info to the cabs, and the cabs were sending acknowledgement and GPS data. The whole system was 8 bit. When we started this over a decade ago, we used Motorola radios in the cabs that were made strictly for voice. I had to cut on the circuit board and solder in a resistor to stop a squelch (on 200 damn radios). Later when we updated the system we got Tait radios that were digital capable and needed no surgery. The radios connected to a display terminal for the driver to read. A couple of Australian guys did most of the brainwork on the design, and I was like an apprentice. Last year we dumped the VHF/UHF and now use Samsung Tablets in the cabs and send the info over the cell phone network. A tablet app is much easier.

https://reclaimthenet.org/uks-pro-censorship-politicians-have-their-own-past-comments-deleted-by-facebook/?source=patrick.net

Experiment shows UK’s pro-censorship politicians have their own past comments deleted by Facebook
The warning comes before the UK enacts one of the biggest attacks on free speech in a liberal democracy with the "Online Safety Bill."

Big Brother Watch is highlighting the problem with censoring controversial but legal speech, by showcasing comments previously made by UK politicians. The civil liberties group warned that the upcoming Online Safety Bill would make the censorship situation worse.

Big Brother Watch conducted an experiment, where it used dummy personal accounts to post quotes previously made by politicians, including PM Boris Johnson and Labour Party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner.

Rayner’s comment that police officers should “shoot terrorists and ask questions second” was blocked for “violence and incitement.” Johnson’s comment that Muslim women in burkas resemble “letterboxes” was removed for “harassment and bullying.”

HeadSet says

A tablet app is much easier.

Yep, a computer in your pocket makes everything easier.

I think in time, a computer will be a phone, and that's it. You might have a monitor and keyboard and so on still, but your computer will just be that phone. It will be your television, your radio, your camera, cd player, DVD player, everything. We're pretty much there now.