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Viliam_Bur comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 02 July 2014 12:09:44PM *  0 points [-]

The article "Tolerate Tolerance" contains a hyperlink to "M*nt*f*x"; twice. When I click on the link, my anti-virus software warns me about "potentially unwanted" content on the page. (What does that mean? It's usually the kind of software that could have a legitimate use, but is also frequently abused, so it is a good idea to warn all users, and allow specific users to disable the warning for specific software. For example: a keylogger.)

I have no idea what kind of "potentially unwanted" software is on the page, and I am not going to investigate. If someone else is an expert, could you please look at it?

If it is something malicious, perhaps the hyperlinks should be removed (1) from the page, and (2) from the e-book.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 02 July 2014 01:57:24PM *  3 points [-]

The tinyurls expand to a FAQ page about the entity who shall not be clearly named, lest it appear, written by someone apparently sane. I didn't get any malware warnings.

If you fill in the asterisks with an e, an i, and an e, then put it into Google, it will tell you everything you want to know, including a hit on the aforementioned FAQ. As the original post says, a legendary AI crackpot. He actually once had an account on LessWrong, very briefly, but (I assume) was instantly banned.