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358 points impish9208 | 4 comments | 18 Oct 24 13:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jgrahamc ◴[18 Oct 24 13:35 UTC] No.41879323[source]▶
So when he DM’d me to say that he had “a hell of a story”—promising “one-time pads! 8-bit computers! Flight attendants smuggling floppies full of random numbers into South Africa!”—I responded.

Ha ha ha. Yes, that was literally my very short pitch to Steven about Tim Jenkin's story!

The actual DM: "I think this has the makings of a hell of a story: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/09/cracking-old-zip-file-to-help-o... If you want I can connect you with Tim Jenkin. One time pads! 8-bit computers! Flights attendants smuggling floppies full of random numbers into South Africa!"

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cutler[dead post] ◴[19 Oct 24 02:15 UTC] No.41885135[source]▶
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fldskfjdslkfj ◴[19 Oct 24 08:22 UTC] No.41886463[source]▶
The jewish people have a 2000 year old history and presence in the region, if that's consider colonialism then might as well just declare earth a settler-colonialist project and get it over with.
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cutler ◴[19 Oct 24 19:34 UTC] No.41890118[source]▶
There's a saying "God doesn't exist but he gave us the land" which refers to the hypocrisy behind Zionism's biblical claims to the land of Palestine given that its founding fathers were all atheists.
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1. fldskfjdslkfj ◴[19 Oct 24 21:14 UTC] No.41890828[source]▶
Feel free to educate yourself on the history of jews in the region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_and_Judais...

"God gave us the land" has nothing to do with the jewish connection to the land.

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2. cutler ◴[20 Oct 24 01:47 UTC] No.41892270[source]▶
My point stands. An atheist claiming God gave him exclusive rights to anything is rank hypocrisy.
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3. fldskfjdslkfj ◴[20 Oct 24 07:48 UTC] No.41893702[source]▶
I think you missed the point. The claim is based on being native to the lands, has nothing to do with god.
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4. cutler ◴[21 Oct 24 00:40 UTC] No.41899717{3}[source]▶
Ask any settler out in the Negev and I think you'll hear a different view.