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Climate%20change%20%u2018is%20the%20most%20important%20problem%2C%u2019%20former%20Reddit%20CEO%20says : YISHAN WONG: Well, trees are simple, reliable, cheap, and well understood. And so if there's one thing I learned in Silicon Valley when you want to solve very, very large problems, most of the complexity is actually in the scaling. And so in order to accomplish that, you want your unit solution to be as simple as possible. Every solution that's been proposed for climate change has to be done at enormous planetary scale.
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cdixon | home Selected writing: Collected web3 twitter threads  (2021-2) Why web3 matters  (2021) NFTs and a Thousand True Fans  (2021) Why decentralization matters  (2018) How Aristotle created the computer  (2017) What's next in computing?  (2016) Come for the tool, stay for the network  (2015) Full stack startups  (2014) The idea maze  (2013) What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years  (2013) The next big thing will start out looking like a toy  (2010) If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough  (2010) Climbing the wrong hill  (2009)
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Russians who fled at outbreak of Ukraine war reluctantly go home | Russia | The Guardian

Russians who fled at outbreak of Ukraine war reluctantly go home | Russia | The Guardian : %u201CThe%20main%20impression%20for%20me%20is%20that%20people%20are%20kind%20of%20accepting%20it%2C%u201D%20said%20the%20tech%20executive.%20%u201CThe%20war%20is%20bad%20and%20Putin%20is%20evil%20but%20life%20continues.%20It%u2019s%20more%20or%20less%20alright%20here%2C%20the%20exchange%20rate%20is%20alright%20even%20if%20it%20is%20imaginary%2C%20some%20stuff%20disappeared%20from%20shops%20but%20it%u2019s%20not%20as%20bad%20as%20we%20thought%2C%20the%20prices%20grew%20but%20it%u2019s%20not%20that%20bad.%20It%20has%20really%20depressed%20me%20seriously%20to%20the%20bottom%20of%20my%20heart.%u201D%0A%0AIn%20a%20recent%20poll%2C%20over%20half%20of%20Russians%20said%20they%20were%20not%20closely%20following%20the%20war.%0A%0A%u201CI%20thought%20I%20would%20witness%20horrible%20scenes%20on%20the%20streets%2C%20that%20people%20would%20be%20filled%20with%20pro-war%20anger%2C%20but%20life%20actually%20ju...
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%u2018The%20lunacy%20is%20getting%20more%20intense%u2019%3A%20how%20Birds%20Aren%u2019t%20Real%20took%20on%20the%20conspiracy%20theorists%20%7C%20QAnon%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CIt%20was%20a%20character%20based%20on%20the%20people%20I%20grew%20up%20around%2C%u201D%20he%20says.%20%u201CI%20grew%20up%20in%20rural%2C%20deeply%20conservative%20Arkansas%2C%20in%20a%20home-school%20environment.%20I%20had%20these%20intensely%20negative%20experiences%20of%20it.%20I%u2019m%20not%20a%20conservative%20person.%20At%20a%20very%20young%20age%2C%20I%20became%20more%20of%20an%20observer%20than%20a%20participant%2C%20which%20created%20a%20real%20loneliness%2C%20from%20an%20ideological%20standpoint.%u201D%0A%0A
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Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend Susan Berman | Robert Durst | The Guardian

Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend Susan Berman | Robert Durst | The Guardian : The%20sentencing%20came%20six%20years%20after%20the%20documentary%20series%20The%20Jinx%3A%20The%20Life%20and%20Deaths%20of%20Robert%20Durst%20thrust%20the%20multimillionaire%20into%20the%20spotlight.%20The%20series%20chronicled%20Berman%u2019s%20murder%2C%20as%20well%20as%20the%20disappearance%20of%20Durst%u2019s%20wife%20and%20the%202001%20death%20of%20a%20neighbor%20in%20Galveston%2C%20Texas%2C%20where%20Durst%20was%20hiding%20out%20while%20disguised%20as%20a%20deaf-mute%20woman.%20He%20was%20arrested%20on%20the%20eve%20of%20the%20airing%20of%20the%20last%20episode%20of%20the%20series%2C%20in%20which%20Durst%20appeared%20to%20confess%20to%20the%20killings%2C%20saying%20to%20himself%2C%20%u201CWhat%20the%20hell%20did%20I%20do%3F%20%u2026%20Killed%20them%20all%2C%20of%20course.%u201D
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Wealthy donor Ed Buck gets 30 years in prison for drugging gay men, two fatally | US crime | The Guardian

Wealthy donor Ed Buck gets 30 years in prison for drugging gay men, two fatally | US crime | The Guardian : The%20wealthy%20political%20activist%20and%20Democratic%20donor%20Ed%20Buck%20was%20sentenced%20to%2030%20years%20in%20prison%20on%20charges%20that%20he%20supplied%20and%20personally%20injected%20gay%20men%20with%20methamphetamine%20in%20exchange%20for%20sex%2C%20leading%20to%20two%20deaths%20and%20multiple%20other%20overdoses.%0A%0ABuck%2C%2067%2C%20was%20found%20guilty%20in%20July%20by%20a%20federal%20jury%20on%20all%20nine%20counts%2C%20including%20having%20a%20drug%20house%2C%20distributing%20methamphetamine%20and%20enticing%20men%20to%20travel%20for%20prostitution.%0A%0AThursday%u2019s%20sentencing%20closes%20a%20long%20saga%2C%20involving%20Buck%2C%20who%20prosecutors%20say%20used%20his%20wealth%20and%20influence%20to%20prey%20on%20and%20exploit%20mostly%20vulnerable%20Black%20men%20for%20%u201Cparty%20and%20play%u201D%20encounters%20at%20his%20West%20Hollywood%20apartment....
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Schrems II a summary - all you need to know - GDPR Summary

Schrems II a summary - all you need to know - GDPR Summary : Analysis%20of%20the%20current%20situation%20using%20US%20service%20providers%A0%0A%0AOrganizations%20should%20without%20delay%20confirm%20that%20cross-border%20data%20transfers%20it%20is%20responsible%20for%20comply%20with%20the%20GDPR%20and%20this%20recent%20CJEU%u2019s%20judgement.%A0%0A%0AActing%20on%20the%20invalidation%20of%20EU-US%20Privacy%20Shield%A0%0A%0AThere%20will%20likely%20not%20be%20any%20broad%20enforcement%20of%20the%20case%20in%20the%20coming%20months%2C%20just%20like%20the%20last%20time%20when%20the%20prequel%20to%20Privacy%20Shield%2C%20the%20EU-US%20Safe%20Harbour%20mechanism%2C%20was%20invalidated.%A0%0AIf%20your%20company%20has%20business%20interests%20in%20the%20markets%20with%20more%20immediate%20strict%20enforcement%2C%20e.g.%20Netherlands%20and%20Germany.%A0%0ADo%20not%20start%20using%20the%20EU%u2013US%20Privacy%20Shield%20during%20this%20period.%0AConsider%20switching%20to%20an%20alternative%20saf...
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Schrems II a summary - all you need to know - GDPR Summary

Schrems II a summary - all you need to know - GDPR Summary : Analysis%20of%20the%20current%20situation%20using%20US%20service%20providers%A0%0A%0AOrganizations%20should%20without%20delay%20confirm%20that%20cross-border%20data%20transfers%20it%20is%20responsible%20for%20comply%20with%20the%20GDPR%20and%20this%20recent%20CJEU%u2019s%20judgement.%A0%0A%0AActing%20on%20the%20invalidation%20of%20EU-US%20Privacy%20Shield%A0%0A%0AThere%20will%20likely%20not%20be%20any%20broad%20enforcement%20of%20the%20case%20in%20the%20coming%20months%2C%20just%20like%20the%20last%20time%20when%20the%20prequel%20to%20Privacy%20Shield%2C%20the%20EU-US%20Safe%20Harbour%20mechanism%2C%20was%20invalidated.%A0%0AIf%20your%20company%20has%20business%20interests%20in%20the%20markets%20with%20more%20immediate%20strict%20enforcement%2C%20e.g.%20Netherlands%20and%20Germany.%A0%0ADo%20not%20start%20using%20the%20EU%u2013US%20Privacy%20Shield%20during%20this%20period.%0AConsider%20switching%20to%20an%20alternative%20saf...
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The CJEU judgment in the Schrems II case

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/652073/EPRS_ATA(2020)652073_EN.pdf The CJEU judgment in the  Schrems II  case In its July 2020  Schrems II  judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the European Commission’s Privacy Shield Decision invalid on account of invasive US surveillance programmes, thereby making transfers of personal data on the basis of the Privacy Shield Decision illegal. Furthermore, the Court stipulated stricter requirements for the transfer of personal data based on standard contract clauses (SCCs). Data controllers or processors that intend to transfer data based on SCCs must ensure that the data subject is granted a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) – if necessary with additional measures to compensate for lacunae in protection of third- country legal systems. Failing that, opera...
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Russia-Ukraine%20war%20latest%3A%20Zelenskiy%20pleads%20for%20weapons%20to%20avoid%20%u2018bloodbath%u2019%3B%20Ukraine%20says%20east%20of%20country%20braced%20for%20attack%20%u2013%20live : Saint%20Petersburg%u2019s%20Vasileostrovsky%20district%20court%20ruled%20that%20Skochilenko%20must%20remain%20in%20pre-trial%20detention%20in%20prison%20until%2031%20May%2C%20the%20court%u2019s%20press%20service%20said%20on%20Telegram.%0A%0A%0AInvestigators%20accused%20her%20of%20%u201Cputting%20fragments%20of%20paper%20in%20place%20of%20price%20tags%2C%20containing%20knowingly%20false%20information%20about%20the%20use%20of%20the%20Russian%20armed%20forces%u201D%20in%20a%20Perekryostok%20supermarket%20on%2031%20March.%0A%0AThey%20described%20her%20motive%20as%20%u201Cpolitical%20hatred%20for%20Russia%u201D%2C%20which%20means%20she%20faces%20a%20harsh%20sentence%20if%20found%20guilty%2C%20ranging%20from%20a%20fine%20of%203m%20roubles%20%28%A327%2C000%29%20to%20between%20five%20and%2010%20years%20in%...
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Elon%20Musk%u2019s%20vision%20for%20the%20internet%20is%20dangerous%20nonsense%20%7C%20Robert%20Reich%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : In%20March%202020%20he%20tweeted%20that%20children%20were%20%u201Cessentially%20immune%u201D%20to%20Covid.%20He%20has%20pushed%20cryptocurrencies%20that%20he%u2019s%20invested%20in.%20When%20a%20college%20student%20started%20a%20Twitter%20account%20to%20track%20Musk%u2019s%20private%20plane%2C%20Musk%20tried%20and%20failed%20to%20buy%20him%20off%2C%20before%20blocking%20him.%0A%0AThe%20Securities%20and%20Exchange%20Commission%20went%20after%20Musk%20after%20he%20tweeted%20that%20he%20had%20funding%20to%20take%20Tesla%20private%2C%20a%20clear%20violation%20of%20the%20law.%20Musk%20paid%20a%20fine%20and%20agreed%20to%20let%20lawyers%20vet%20future%20sensitive%20tweets%2C%20but%20he%20has%20tried%20to%20reverse%20this%20requirement.%0A%0AHe%20has%20also%20been%20openly%20contemptuous%20of%20the%20SEC%2C%20tweeting%20at%20one%20point%20that%20the%20%u201CE%u201D%20...
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%u2018I%20suffered%20for%20my%20rage%u2019%3A%20Sofia%20Helin%20on%20Lust%2C%20The%20Bridge%20and%20the%20collapse%20of%20Sweden%u2019s%20%23MeToo%20movement%20%7C%20The%20Bridge%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : When%20the%20movement%20started%20in%202017%2C%20Helin%20had%20trusted%20in%20the%20Swedish%20system.%20Surely%20Sweden%20%u2013%20a%20bulwark%20of%20liberal%20feminism%2C%20ranked%20fifth%20in%20the%20world%20by%20the%20World%20Economic%20Forum%20for%20gender%20equality%20%u2013%20would%20deliver%20the%20justice%20women%20so%20desperately%20craved.%20Instead%20of%20demanding%20heads%20on%20a%20pike%2C%20Helin%20and%20her%20fellow%20organisers%20backed%20an%20open%20letter%20and%20campaign%20calling%20for%20reform%2C%20staging%20a%20public%20reading%20of%20anonymous%20testimonies%20from%20abused%20and%20harassed%20women.%20%u201CIn%20theory%2C%u201D%20says%20Helin%2C%20%u201Cit%u2019s%20very%20sympathetic%20not%20to%20mention%20people%20and%20bring%20them%20out%2C%20like%20we%20did%20i...
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British man fighting in Ukraine forced to surrender to Russians | Ukraine | The Guardian

British man fighting in Ukraine forced to surrender to Russians | Ukraine | The Guardian : Aslin%u2019s%20mother%2C%20Ang%20Wood%2C%20told%20the%20BBC%20that%20her%20son%u2019s%20unit%20had%20%u201Cput%20up%20one%20hell%20of%20a%20fight%u201D%20but%20had%20to%20call%20it%20a%20day%20because%20they%20had%20%u201Cno%20weapons%20left%u201D.%20In%20an%20interview%2C%20she%20called%20on%20UK%20prime%20minister%2C%20Boris%20Johnson%2C%20to%20find%20a%20way%20to%20%u201Ctake%20Putin%20down%u201D.%0A%0A
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Aleksandr Dvornikov: Russian general who helped turn tide of Syrian war | Russia | The Guardian

Aleksandr Dvornikov: Russian general who helped turn tide of Syrian war | Russia | The Guardian : Just%20as%20formidable%20will%20be%20countering%20the%20enormous%20amount%20of%20data%20coming%20out%20of%20the%20war%20zone%20that%20disproves%20Russia%u2019s%20claims%20of%20battlefield%20success.%20While%20Syria%20was%20regarded%20as%20the%20best-chronicled%20conflict%20of%20modern%20times%2C%20that%20effort%20is%20dwarfed%20by%20the%20way%20smartphones%20and%20digital%20technology%20have%20brought%20the%20Ukraine%20conflict%20to%20the%20world.%0A%0A
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%u2018I%20didn%u2019t%20win%20the%20election%u2019%3A%20Trump%20admits%20defeat%20in%20session%20with%20historians%20%7C%20Books%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201C%5BMoon%5D%20was%20going%20to%20pay%20%245bn%2C%20%245bn%20a%20year.%20But%20when%20I%20didn%u2019t%20win%20the%20election%2C%20he%20had%20to%20be%20the%20happiest%20%u2013%20I%20would%20rate%2C%20probably%2C%20South%20Korea%20third-%20or%20fourth-happiest.%u201D%0A%0A
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Bonhoeffer on Stupidity (entire quote) | Southside Messenger

Bonhoeffer on Stupidity (entire quote) | Southside Messenger : Bonhoeffer%20on%20Stupidity%20%28entire%20quote%29%0A%0A%A0%A0%A0Written%20by%20Averett%20Jones%20on%20December%2031%2C%202019%20at%2011%3A04%20am%0A%28This%20week%u2019s%20editorial%20is%20from%20Dietrich%20Bonhoeffer%2C%20one%20of%20my%20personal%20heroes.%A0%20Bonhoeffer%20was%20hanged%20by%20Adolf%20Hitler%20in%201945.%29%0A%0ATaken%20from%20a%20circular%20letter%2C%20addressing%20many%20topics%2C%20written%20to%20three%20friends%20and%20co-workers%20in%20the%20conspiracy%20against%20Hitler%2C%20on%20the%20tenth%20anniversary%20of%20Hitler%u2019s%20accession%20to%20the%20chancellorship%20of%20Germany%u2026%0A%0A%u2018Stupidity%20is%20a%20more%20dangerous%20enemy%20of%20the%20good%20than%20malice.%20One%20may%20protest%20against%20evil%3B%20it%20can%20be%20exposed%20and%2C%20if%20need%20be%2C%20prevented%20by%20use%20of%20force.%20Evil%20always%20carries%20within%20itself%20the%20germ%20of%20its%20own%20subversion%20in%2...
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Russia's Ukraine war shifts to the east - The Washington Post

Russia's Ukraine war shifts to the east - The Washington Post
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