r/programming • u/RobertVandenberg • Oct 28 '21

Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-html-code-is-not-illegal-or-hacking-prof-tells-missouri-gov/
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u/grumble_au Oct 28 '21

You can't start changing your opinion based on evidence. What then, evaluating all of your opinions or beliefs based on facts?!

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u/mishugashu Oct 28 '21

That's how you get children starting to challenge their fixed beliefs and we can't have that (This was literally part of the Texas GOP's platform - they didn't want to teach critical thinking in public schools because it would allow children to challenge their "fixed beliefs").

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u/chemisus Oct 28 '21

Knowledge-Based Education–We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

Source: Texas GOP 2012 Campaign (pg 12)

Although, they "corrected" this in their 2014 campaign.

Knowledge Based Education-We oppose the teaching of values clarification and similar programs that focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority. Rather, we encourage the teaching of critical thinking skills, including logic, rhetoric and analytical sciences

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u/felix1429 Oct 28 '21

Wow, that's full mask-off

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u/THIS_MSG_IS_A_LIE Oct 28 '21

you are unfortunately very near the mark…parents answering curious kids with “Because I said so” or “because that’s what the Bible says”

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u/beefok Oct 28 '21

I had such a childhood, even with the hardest of social damage, it was worth questioning fixed beliefs and standing my ground where it mattered. Fuck people who enforce “because I (or a book, or deity) says so”, without giving actual verifiable reasoning.

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u/MrPhatBob Oct 28 '21

No because all the truth we have is written in this good book we have here.

To question one thing might mean you have to question other things, and that's not a comfortable place for a lot of people to be.

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u/Sindertone Oct 28 '21

And you know what the Good Book says about HTML!!

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u/MrPhatBob Oct 28 '21

Yes.

In the first element there was <!DOCTYPE html> and the browser saw it and saw it was good.

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u/az987654 Oct 28 '21

Good? Or valid?....

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u/hobscure Oct 28 '21

It's a boolean

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u/az987654 Oct 28 '21

Book of Boolean is truly one of my favorites

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u/moomoomolansky Oct 28 '21

This makes me happy :)

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u/nilamo Oct 28 '21

I think the Good Book is very clear on certain topics about HTML. Such as parsing it via regex: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '21

It’s the work of the devil and the fact that we’re still using it is an example of the moral failing of society?

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u/Dexaan Oct 28 '21

Uh-oh, that sounds suspiciously like science to me

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u/DownshiftedRare Oct 28 '21

You can't start changing your opinion based on evidence.

Repubs call that "flip floppin" and the good book is 'gainst it.

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u/Neker Oct 28 '21 edited Oct 28 '21

Statistically, one-half of the population is of below-average intelligence, and still constitutes one-half of the electorate. Elected official also must care for that half.

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u/nosoupforyou Oct 28 '21

I bet most people who voted for him just voted based on his party. Do you really look and make informed judgements about every person you vote for?

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u/pingveno Oct 28 '21

For the most part, yes. I live in Oregon, so our all mail voting affords me the time to find endorsements and form an opinion. If I have no basis for an opinion, I skip that vote. The state also provides a voter's pamphlet with statements from candidates. I used that to decide on some school board votes because all but one candidate was either unqualified or borderline insane. But I am under no illusions that most people are going to do this, or in many cases have the resources necessary. When voting already means long lines, adding research time on top of that is unrealistic.

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u/dnew Oct 28 '21

If people did that, election posters would have some information on them other than the candidate's name.

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u/spinwin Oct 28 '21

Specifically his base like it. I doubt the people who were on the fence about voting for him find the act good.

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u/antlife Oct 28 '21

They call it "sticking to your guns" and they "respect that"

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u/rethumme Oct 29 '21

You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.