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[-] Rin@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

Finally, I'll have decent teammates in Countrstrike 2.

[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 129 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Russia tests cutting ~~itself~~ their citizens off from the rest of the internet

The state would certainly continue to interfere with the rest.

[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In the long term is will fuck over their ability to hack stuff. You're essentially ruining people's ability to develop talent at tech. Even if u want to train them in it as military, it would be new to them.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago

Nah, they'd just do what NK does and pull out the "brightest" and train them in cyber

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

If everybody but the state is blocked, then any connections from Russia would be pretty fucking obviously the state. Honestly, that's the best thing that could happen, since it would make figuring out what they are doing easy as fuck. But I have no doubt they are smart enough to just send their teams to China or something like North Korea does.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Belarus is a puppet state of Russia. Route outbound traffic through there to fuck with Western elections, or run a VPN.

[-] AuroraB 71 points 4 days ago

As a queer person in a place currently under russian control, I find a lot of the comments in favour of the censorship problematic. Being gay in public is illegal here, so a lot of our queer people find communities on the Internet. Being cut off from those would be terrible.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Sorry you’ve been saddled with that, friend. I hope things get better in Russia (or Ukraine, Transnistria, or Georgia, think that covers all the places they occupy) in your lifetime

[-] AuroraB 11 points 4 days ago

I hope I'll escape before it collapses, otherwise life will be unnecessarily difficult for a decade or two

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[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

It will be a dark day for piracy...

Luckily, libgen and sci hub are not based there

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

tbf the internet is going to consist mostly of 3 things in the future:

  • propaganda
  • scientific information
  • funny cat videos

So I guess it's not really a surprise that this is happening.

[-] Lightsong@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I was gonna say you forgot porno but then

scientific information

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

funny "cat" videos

cat as in pussy

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[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Tell me you use an ad blocker without telling me.

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[-] OhFudgeBars@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago

Russian Federation? M-more, more like, like... Russian De-Federation, am I right?

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[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 106 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Wouldn’t it collapse their economy? Like how many Russians are digital sex workers selling content to the rest of the world? And doesn’t a shitton of money flow into Russia via ransomware

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago

Shh. Just smile and wave.

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 5 days ago

Wow, you are really brainwashed if you think the macro-economy of a country depend on these...

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

No lie. Russia is a petro state above all else.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago

The worst (to me, anyway) part is that a LOT of pirate stuff will disappear if the russian internet gets gated

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 73 points 5 days ago
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[-] tupalos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

That’s where all the best illegal movies come from!

[-] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 days ago

Yeah I'm sure going full north Korea and cutting of everyone below the government is gonna work well

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[-] murmelade@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago
[-] tupalos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This is a sad day

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago
  • Again.

They do this every few years.

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[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 5 days ago

cs.rin.ru and rutracker ;_;

Also many people from the cracking scene y general.

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[-] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 29 points 5 days ago

Fuck. Please don't take down Sci hub... I know there are mirrors elsewhere, should I be worried?

I'm not even going to make the usual joke, by saying sarcastically that I don't use it and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It's the biggest contributor to scientific progress in the last decade and I'm tired of pretending it's not

[-] kjenney@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah - and I'm Dolly Parton. Everything that Russian press puts out is lies. There are only two reasons why Russia isn't an abandoned strip mall: Oil and the Internet.

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

Xis puppet is learning another trick from its master

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 4 points 3 days ago
[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Lmao is russia gonna be even worse than China? At least China still somewhat have access to foreign websites (emphasis on the "somewhat").

Edit: Also, aren't telephones still working? Just call a friend/relative outside of the country to obtain information, or ask someone who has a friend/relative out of the country and ask for information on your behalf.

Have they banned mail yet? Try using mail lol.

They're gonna need to do a nationwide lockdown to stop all information.

(Funny thing is, no matter how hard China tries, I (I'm in the US) can still call relative in China and tell them all the info that the CCP has hidden from them)

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 20 points 5 days ago

Also, aren't telephones still working? Just call a friend/relative outside of the country to obtain information, or ask someone who has a friend/relative and ask for information on your behalf.

In Putin Russia friend calls you! And by friend I mean your neighbor, and by call you I mean call the police to arrest you because you have dared to ask for information. Straight to the gulag for you!

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Gladly, no more fucking Putin Bots.

[-] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

Their bots will access the net

[-] capital@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Are you really that naive?

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I'm sure they will still be around.

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[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I hope rutracker will stay available :P

[-] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Big lan party But I'm sure there will be outside content somehow

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[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Good

Edit: actually not good. Disinformation agencies will still have access, so hexbear and .lm will remain. Only citizens will be punished and will be cut from non-prpaganda sources.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago

Yup, it's the opposite of good. Russian citizens are getting screwed here.

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[-] jwt@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago
[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

Lol peace suckas

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

Wait, so just like that, we're gonna lose access to lemmy.ml and hexbear? Oh no! Woe, woe unto us! How will we survive this?

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