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I don't think it is wise because whoever is in power will change fringe groups who need to be censored. Today it's the far right, during wwii it was anyone from Japan tomorrow it could be blm or women with tails. The one thing we know is it will change.

What's important is to being as open as possible and having open structures.

All of these are education problems not free speech problems. Speech is a signal not something to be repressed

Fastmail was down 6 years ago

not if you buy the right name.

pasc@notpretenious.com

or

pasc@ihelpoldpeoplecrossthestreet.com

Fastmail was down 6 years ago

Australia is part of the 5 eyes alliance which automatically shares data between the US/Canada/UK/New Zealand which means it is a safe bet that the US can get this data as easily as it would be on it's own soil.

As an American storing data in Australia creates another problem. The US can't spy in the US on it's own citizens but another country can at the request of the US government and will report everything back to the US.

I would pick Russia or China first...

Or just use protonmail which is designed to offer some protection.

Your sister grew up with you and went through the same schooling as you.

Doesn't she deserve to be heard? By labeling her a antivaxer and ignoring her based on that label you effectively are closing your mind to her.

That would cover users who are poor at managing software. Being able to turn them off would require someone to be good at managing software. Why remove control from those users?

Most people who are idiots are not terrorists either.

On average a terrorist would be smarter than the average person. Terrorists are highly motiviated individuals, they can deeply understand an ideology and they activity learn/train in specialized skills. Compared to the average person their IQ would be 20 points higher.

Being a terrorist isn't easy. It's not a job for everyone.

And you back it up with proof but you hear I don't care about better treatment I care about prescribing what I feel works best and what pays best. Science be damned.

There in a nutshell is the problem with healthcare. Doctors care about different outcomes. Doctors have this image that they care about your best health outcome but they would always trade an extra dollar over any patient outcome as long as they are legally within guidelines.

As a developer. I went to school for a period of time. I have had a 20 year career of sucessful development jobs/projects.

If someone walked in without any experience but showed me a better way to develop a project through understandable datapoints I would listen and not ignore them because I was somehow all knowing. I may even buy. Why are Doctors different?

This makes total sense. 10% of your users are superfans they read / understand everything you publish. They are so into it they give support (word of mouth, helping onboard others, bug patches, they will test alpha builds and give money/time where possible).

90% of users don't understand your product as well. They haven't totally bought in. They will need more support/handholding in order to convert. People are trying to get your product to work for their situation and if they can't 90% will go away and 10% will ask (usually dumb questions).

Your unhappy with the 10% who can't get it working but want your product to work enough to bother to ask?

I guess you can feel that way. Those 10% do represent an opportunity to get a group of people who want to use your product to onboard. The ones who tried and failed and never asked a question will probably never come back. If you ultimately want more support you are going to need to convert this group (or invest more time in advertising hoping to get more superusers/fanboys)

If you find a job you will be unhappy until you restart a business.

If you take a loan and push on in a field where you go head to head with too many whales and you will lose everything and maybe never recover.

You could pivot.

You could go from startup to lifestyle business.

Otherwise it sounds like you need a new/different business strategy. Is the opportunity really there with a walkable path?