Zak

u/Zak@lemmy.world
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In the original sense, trolling is a forum post that attracts predictable responses from ignorant participants while being obvious to those who are more knowledgeable. In moderation, it's a harmless practical joke.

It has come to mean internet harassment meant to make someone miserable, which is never harmless. Some might argue it's justified if the target is harming others.

I watched the three video clips and would not have initially guessed the leotard gymnast and the mechanic are generated. The sad gymnast looks a little plastic.

What actually looks fake in the mechanic video after a couple loops is the valve notches on the pistons, which are rotated from the correct orientation, and overlapping in a way that the laws of physics would not support.

The statute is constructed in an unusual way because it doesn't require that the threat is transmitted to someone who believes it. It says:

(a) A person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly:

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(3.5) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner a threat of destruction of a school building or school property, or a threat of violence, death, or bodily harm directed against persons at a school, school function, or school event, whether or not school is in session;

Laws against transmitting threats are usually written in a manner that excludes jokes sent to friends who understand that they are jokes.

Also, use Signal. Signal will not call the cops when you send dumb jokes to your friends. There are no good reasons for most people to not use Signal.

Blocking all traffic from regions of the world that you have no intention of servicing is a very valid cybersecurity layer.

I pretty regularly run into things that block access or make me complete captchas while I'm traveling. I may not be in a region you intend to service, but I'm (possibly) from a region you intend to service. Airplanes are a thing.

Buying access to a residential proxy to deal with that situation would be an extreme step for most people, but as a cybersecurity practice, it's problematic.

  1. Stale index: the link and summary DDG has stored no longer matches the site's content because the site changed it. The index will get updated eventually. This is the most likely explanation.
  2. Selective content: the site dynamically chose to serve you different content than it serves to DDG's crawler or other visitors. It might, for example think that you're a bot and want you to go away.