Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@NunyaBidness The very fact that there even can be an "angry mob" worth mentioning sounds like someone screwed up badly.

Of course, the market is efficient, so after round one is over and these shorters get screwed, round two will probably result in WSB getting suckered into something...

Lol, looks like the GameStop hype is overloading retail investing: I went to buy a token amount in my RRSP account because lulz, and my bank accepted my order and then crashed claiming tech problems.

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/meet-the-censored-status-coup

Great read on how big tech is censoring legit journalists.

@orionwl @kekcoin @emil@x0f.org On Qubes, sudo doesn't require a password at all. Good document describing why: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vm-sudo/

Kinda a meta version of your "don't need a 'run as root'" argument!

@jon @orionwl @max_1337 We really need people to be facing criminal fraud charges for this nonsense. The difference between 99% survival and 99.9% is very significant for society. Lying about things like that to pad your own pockets is evil.

If we don't, it will happen again. And it has happened before: H1N1 turned out to be overhyped.

@jon @orionwl @max_1337 The fact is even in the at risk crowd covid infections just aren't a life sentence. Likely 95% survival for >70 year olds. Likely better as audits of death certificates have repeatedly found evidence that significant %'s of people are being reported as covid deaths when covid just wasn't the main cause of their deaths. It's just a fact that hospitals in many places have financial incentives to overstate.

@orionwl @max_1337 Having curfews apply to homeless people, forcing them into overcrowded shelters that we *know* are hotbeds of disease rather than being safely isolated outdoors, is another great example of "WTF were you actually trying to accomplish here?"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-court-ruling-homeless-curfew-1.5889075

@orionwl @drgo @max_1337 It's so telling how many of the "anti-maskers" don't give a damn if you choose to wear a mask...

@orionwl @drgo @max_1337 There are a _lot_ of authoritarians out there just waiting for their chance at power.

Frankly that and simple publicity seeking probably explains the phenomenon of previously unknown public health officials suddenly spouting off extremist nonsense. With a plentiful supply of experts, the extremism both helps you stand out in the media landscape, and satisfies the need to control others.

@orionwl @max_1337 I mean, lots of people tried to tell us sunlight doesn't work... even after telling us for literally decades that almost everyone is Vitamin D deficient.

@drgo I've never met anyone who successfully levitated who still had cancer.

@drgo Holding your breath for long enough even cures cancer! Some side effects though...

@orionwl @max_1337 You'd think they've have found a better cover story than some stupid virus for the emergence of vampires.

@max_1337 @orionwl It's a scientific miracle. Smartest virus ever.

God help us though if it turns against us...

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/01/26/boston-reopening-plan-coronavirus-covid-19-phase-3-step-1-boston-mayor-marty-walsh/

"Boston Allowing Gyms, Movie Theaters, Museums, Other Businesses To Reopen February 1"

Announced less than a week after inauguration. Biden's executive order telling COVID to stop worked!

@orionwl What breaks if you chmod -x /bin/su?

@orionwl You don't wear the plastic bag to protect yourself. You wear the plastic bag to protect others.