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The fact that tor was developed by feds (CIA agents actually use it in the field, too, IIRC) does not mean it's compromised. Its source code might be among the most audited ones around, including by well-known cryptographers. When the NSA put a backdoor in Dual_EC_DRBG, it was identified quickly and outside of shitty security appliances from RSA in corporate environments, very few projects actually ended up using it. I suspect such a thing would happen with tor.

SELinux is similar: developed by the NSA, but also audited to shit by countless security researcher eager to put their names on the map.

Also, the fact that all tor services that were taken down by LE thus far we know of were taken down through human error on the operator's side or active exploitation of software flaws in the service itself, combined with the Snowden leaks describing tor as a constant pain in their backside, also point towards the same conclusion.

protect the planet from climate change

overthrow the whole capitalist system

I can't afford fancy vacations overseas so I'm not missing out on that

I can, and don't. Morally speaking taking planes isn't justifiable in the context of climate change - in fact outside of government service (so basically military, diplomats, and the like) the whole air travel industry should've been dismantled at least a decade ago. With that being said, I'm lucky enough to be in a country where high speed rail (backed by nuclear at least inside the borders) can take me to so many vacations places you'd never run out in a lifetime, so in theory that helps - I say in theory because at this point my ideal holiday is maximizing free time with my partner anyway, regardless of the location.

Assuming you mean the Myrotvorets website, that appears to be a fake that made the rounds a few hours ago (apparently already occurred several months ago, too).

I've never been convinced of the usefulness of that tungsten rod idea; between the cost of putting them into orbit in the first place, the limited yield, and the accuracy difficulty (this is an inert payload, that you're dropping at an initial speed of ~28000km/hr / 17000 mph, with no control surface), I suspect it's a bad idea all around.

Much more likely it's what abcnews suggested a few weeks back: nukes in orbit for high-altitude nuclear detonation in order to produce very very large EMPs by exploiting the high-atmosphere ionization effect (basically an EMP multiplier). This is an idea that goes back to Starfish Prime and has always been in the background - to the point, in fact, where IIRC each and every nuclear power (including China and the US) puts into their initial assumptions in case of large scale war that the enemy is likely to start hostilities by doing just that.

Yeah, it's probably stupid to try and rank suffering like that, my bad. Both are atrocious, let's leave it at that.

Indeed. Though IMO eating an Ortolan is still slightly less morally bankrupt that eating a steak - the former was caught in the wild, the latter is the product of systematic large-scale exploitation, torture and slaughter.

The main difference beyond that is the aesthetic and how normalized the latter is.

For fellow non-US readers, that's an initial temp of -20C lowering to -32C in non-stupid units. Jesus.

can't bear to eat anything that doesn't come from a dead animal

Hear hear. Reason #4587 I hate this fucking country. When it doesn't come from a dead creature it comes from a live one that is being actively tortured.

Their "cuisine" they're so proud of is built on mass slaughter and abuse, it's disgusting

Thank you !

other disgusting french users

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