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Etheryte ◴[] No.45010574[source]
One starts to wonder, at what point might it be actually feasible to do it the other way around, by whitelisting IP ranges. I could see this happening as a community effort, similar to adblocker list curation etc.
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JoshTriplett ◴[] No.45010666[source]
Not to mention more descriptive. If you hear the term "allowlist" or "denylist" it is immediately obvious and self-explanatory, with no prior context needed.

Leaving aside any other reasons, they're just better names.

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montag ◴[] No.45010713[source]
And while you're at it, start speaking Esperanto, use the metric system, and switch to a Dvorak keyboard.
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1. Ekaros ◴[] No.45011599[source]
Is Dvorak optimized for Esperanto?