That was an interesting read, thank you.

That’s Microsoft in a nutshell for ya.

He’s not a giant asshole, he just doesn’t sugar-coat everything he says.

It’s sort of a defining trait in people where he is from. If we say something we tend to say it straight. He might be a more extreme example than most, but I had a good friend from the same neighborhood and he was the same.

We grew up a few years later when he had already moved to the US, but we used to sneak smokes in the park right outside where he first made Linux. My friend lived in the same building as he had done, but he was so computer illiterate that he had no idea who Linus was. I did, though, because Linus described that place pretty well in what I believe was his first book.

Fuck, didn’t know Mitnick died. Just married and with a child on the way, too.

He was arguably at his best at social engineering, too. Don’t know if it’s a real quote, but I remember reading about him saying it can bypass all your electronics, firewalls included.

That typo made me chuckle way harder than it should’ve, too.

Have fun with all that anger, it’ll really serve you to get absolutely nowhere when you’re older. See how long you can keep it up.

Try reading some of the other stuff Faye wrote, you two would probably even agree on some things. Try that Google thing you seem to like so much.

As for the rest, if you haven’t figured out you’re spouting basics but nobody is listening anymore I can’t really help you. You’re 30 years too late in my case, anyway. Now please stop.

My arguments were not about the politics per se, but rather the behaviour of human beings following said politics. If there were any chance for a leftish utopia as you describe it I’d be all for that. In my youth that was something I even dared to hope for.

Alas, we haven’t seen anything but people taking the worst aspects of either side and using demagoguery and violence to prop themselves up so far, have we? It’s not a horseshoe, it’s a full circle, and in any case I’ve personally never heard anyone critique Faye’s writings. In fact, they seem to enjoy a pretty good reputation amongst the left in general.

The problem is the same as it has always been; some people just want more, and they’re willing to walk over their fellow man to get it. Until that changes, nothing else will, either.

You seem eager to lecture others, but let me ask you this: do you really think politics matter in a trench when you’re getting shot at, or when your children are starving to death? When there’s no clean water or electricity? Seems somewhat naive to me, those ideals of yours. The world isn’t that black or white.

You’re absolutely correct. My statement concerned only the wannabe keyboard warriors, not the dumb fucks murdering innocent people or all the horrors that happen in Russia/China/NK/etc, nor the influence they seem wield with impunity in large parts of the world.

Those people exists, sure, but if someone has gone that far left there’s really no practical differences between them and the far right anymore.

Assholes will be assholes - left or right hardly even factors into it at that point. They’re all just spiteful haters playing tough on the internet either way.