Non-IT News Thread
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German news being a bit hopeful and accidentally reported that Pence was now president.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
German news being a bit hopeful and accidentally reported that Pence was now president.
Freudian slip???
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
German news being a bit hopeful and accidentally reported that Pence was now president.
Freudian slip???
Not quite.
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@minion-queen said in Non-IT News Thread:
TX. https://nypost.com/2018/01/26/escaped-inmate-caught-sneaking-back-with-booze-food/.
Well the county lockup isn't known for having a good selection in house.
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"Casa Grande, drinks and snacks!"
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Recently read about a company (ESL) that hosts DOTA2 tournaments issuing DMCA takedown requests for content they don't own (DOTA TV which they use to broadcast their matches is owned by Valve and the content shown is technically Valve's content.) ESL has also threatened lawsuits against anyone who would stream their tournament matches (again even though they don't own the content) as they have an "exclusive" deal with Facebook to stream the matches there.
Valve came in and said, "Hey this is our content and our game you have no legal authority to issue DMCA takedown requests in our name." Apparently Valve is also considering suing ESL (I doubt they will) for defamation.
The copyright of live streaming content is interesting. I don't find watching DOTA enjoyable but reading this whole thing was fascinating. It's on reddit in the DOTA2 subreddit on a number of posts.
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@coliver Apparently is an uproar within the community. I've played Dota since wc3. It's crazy what happens
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Recently read about a company (ESL) that hosts DOTA2 tournaments issuing DMCA takedown requests for content they don't own (DOTA TV which they use to broadcast their matches is owned by Valve and the content shown is technically Valve's content.) ESL has also threatened lawsuits against anyone who would stream their tournament matches (again even though they don't own the content) as they have an "exclusive" deal with Facebook to stream the matches there.
Valve came in and said, "Hey this is our content and our game you have no legal authority to issue DMCA takedown requests in our name." Apparently Valve is also considering suing ESL (I doubt they will) for defamation.
The copyright of live streaming content is interesting. I don't find watching DOTA enjoyable but reading this whole thing was fascinating. It's on reddit in the DOTA2 subreddit on a number of posts.
That's what DMCA exists for, for stealing from people who actually own content.
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Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi... really helped them out.
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@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi... really helped them out.
He was a fascist as a kid, but I'm not sure he "helped them out". The war was over by the time that he was 19, he and his Jewish business partner who was in Sweden with him as a refugee who has escaped the Nazis in Germany, were pretty busy building Ikea. That he was a member of a political party that was very popular all across Europe (and the US, Henry Ford was a member too) is cause for investigation, but I'm not aware that he in any way helped the German Nazis. Of course he might have, but if there was reason to believe that I think it would be more public. It's simply that he was a fascist sympathizer in an era when fascism was the flavour of the day, while being a teenage. He was also Swedish, a country that refused to stand up to the Nazis, but were willing to help save the Jews whenever possible. Fascist and National Socialists parties outside of Germany may have political ties to the Nazis, but the holocaust was unique to Germany (and German conquered territories, of course) and not something that spread abroad (there were other holocausts but they were not driven by Nazism). So even the concept of being a fascist or a national socialist in non-German Europe is a very different thing from being one in Germany. And even being one in Germany prior to rounding up the Jews was a very different thing than after.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi... really helped them out.
He was a fascist as a kid, but I'm not sure he "helped them out". The war was over by the time that he was 19, he and his Jewish business partner who was in Sweden with him as a refugee who has escaped the Nazis in Germany, were pretty busy building Ikea. That he was a member of a political party that was very popular all across Europe (and the US, Henry Ford was a member too) is cause for investigation, but I'm not aware that he in any way helped the German Nazis. Of course he might have, but if there was reason to believe that I think it would be more public. It's simply that he was a fascist sympathizer in an era when fascism was the flavour of the day, while being a teenage. He was also Swedish, a country that refused to stand up to the Nazis, but were willing to help save the Jews whenever possible. Fascist and National Socialists parties outside of Germany may have political ties to the Nazis, but the holocaust was unique to Germany (and German conquered territories, of course) and not something that spread abroad (there were other holocausts but they were not driven by Nazism). So even the concept of being a fascist or a national socialist in non-German Europe is a very different thing from being one in Germany. And even being one in Germany prior to rounding up the Jews was a very different thing than after.
My wife sent me this article, which explains some things.
So, active Nazi.
You'll need to translate it: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article13515359.ab
Opening it in Chrome helps with that.
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@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi... really helped them out.
He was a fascist as a kid, but I'm not sure he "helped them out". The war was over by the time that he was 19, he and his Jewish business partner who was in Sweden with him as a refugee who has escaped the Nazis in Germany, were pretty busy building Ikea. That he was a member of a political party that was very popular all across Europe (and the US, Henry Ford was a member too) is cause for investigation, but I'm not aware that he in any way helped the German Nazis. Of course he might have, but if there was reason to believe that I think it would be more public. It's simply that he was a fascist sympathizer in an era when fascism was the flavour of the day, while being a teenage. He was also Swedish, a country that refused to stand up to the Nazis, but were willing to help save the Jews whenever possible. Fascist and National Socialists parties outside of Germany may have political ties to the Nazis, but the holocaust was unique to Germany (and German conquered territories, of course) and not something that spread abroad (there were other holocausts but they were not driven by Nazism). So even the concept of being a fascist or a national socialist in non-German Europe is a very different thing from being one in Germany. And even being one in Germany prior to rounding up the Jews was a very different thing than after.
My wife sent me this article, which explains some things.
So, active Nazi.
You'll need to translate it: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article13515359.ab
Opening it in Chrome helps with that.
Yes, but not the German Nazi party, the Swedish one. It's a political party, one that was very popular.
Compare is like this. Imagine if the Republicans, a party in Spain, suddenly went nuts and did something horrible like starting a global war and slaughtering some race of people. Would you then blame all members of the Republican party in the US for those actions?
Of course not. Because while the two may or may not share ideologies, they aren't the same party and they don't take the same actions.
Is it good that he was a Swedish Nazi? No, absolutely not. Fascism wasn't a good thing. But, you have to keep it in context, being part of a Swedish political party that shared a name and high level political leanings with a German one doesn't make the two actually connected.
And remember, there ARE fascist and national political parties still today. Only today they are afraid of putting "nationalist" in their names because people are aware of what Nazi was short for. But any politician pushing for "nationalism" or any party supporting him, has that tie to the Nazis in that they are both "nationalists". So have you heard anyone say "America first" or something like that? If so, that's the same type of connection to the German Nazis as the Swedish Nazis had - similar in that they all promote nationalism in a scary authoritative way, but also each very independent and unique.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Founder of IKEA has passed away at 91.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi... really helped them out.
He was a fascist as a kid, but I'm not sure he "helped them out". The war was over by the time that he was 19, he and his Jewish business partner who was in Sweden with him as a refugee who has escaped the Nazis in Germany, were pretty busy building Ikea. That he was a member of a political party that was very popular all across Europe (and the US, Henry Ford was a member too) is cause for investigation, but I'm not aware that he in any way helped the German Nazis. Of course he might have, but if there was reason to believe that I think it would be more public. It's simply that he was a fascist sympathizer in an era when fascism was the flavour of the day, while being a teenage. He was also Swedish, a country that refused to stand up to the Nazis, but were willing to help save the Jews whenever possible. Fascist and National Socialists parties outside of Germany may have political ties to the Nazis, but the holocaust was unique to Germany (and German conquered territories, of course) and not something that spread abroad (there were other holocausts but they were not driven by Nazism). So even the concept of being a fascist or a national socialist in non-German Europe is a very different thing from being one in Germany. And even being one in Germany prior to rounding up the Jews was a very different thing than after.
My wife sent me this article, which explains some things.
So, active Nazi.
You'll need to translate it: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article13515359.ab
Opening it in Chrome helps with that.
Yes, but not the German Nazi party, the Swedish one. It's a political party, one that was very popular.
Compare is like this. Imagine if the Republicans, a party in Spain, suddenly went nuts and did something horrible like starting a global war and slaughtering some race of people. Would you then blame all members of the Republican party in the US for those actions?
Of course not. Because while the two may or may not share ideologies, they aren't the same party and they don't take the same actions.
Is it good that he was a Swedish Nazi? No, absolutely not. Fascism wasn't a good thing. But, you have to keep it in context, being part of a Swedish political party that shared a name and high level political leanings with a German one doesn't make the two actually connected.
And remember, there ARE fascist and national political parties still today. Only today they are afraid of putting "nationalist" in their names because people are aware of what Nazi was short for. But any politician pushing for "nationalism" or any party supporting him, has that tie to the Nazis in that they are both "nationalists". So have you heard anyone say "America first" or something like that? If so, that's the same type of connection to the German Nazis as the Swedish Nazis had - similar in that they all promote nationalism in a scary authoritative way, but also each very independent and unique.
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Maybe his views changed later in life (so he said), but that's besides the point.
