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buboard on Sept 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Solid – Reshape the web as we know it

Why would people be punished for things they say (people can't do things online, unless you re talking about remotely controlling a robotic arm).

sethherr on Sept 30, 2018 [–]

Har har har har, right?

Voting machines and nuclear reactors get hacked with code - which is just something people say on computers.

buboard on Sept 30, 2018 | [–]

neither of these are people "saying" stuff.

sethherr on Oct 1, 2018 | | [–]

Seems like language to me

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