Quote from: RE on Jan 29, 2025, 08:21 PM

Quote from: TDoS on Jan 29, 2025, 07:20 PMHow do we know which websites to trust?

That's EZ.  Trust no one.

Well that certainly is the absolutist answer that puts a stake through the entire point K-Dog was trying to make.He was saying more people should do it like he does....with the presumption being he is different. But you've just ruled out trusting him as well, for exactly the reasons I stated.

And by default all website owners need to be treated as the scumbag non-free speech sell you down the street in second for a dollar types.

Unfortunate that your solution simply reinforces my point. No one gets to pretend they are any better than the Brezos/Zuckerburg/Elon crowd....they are just less successful at being theiving scumbags.

Quote from: REIf it's important information for you personally, confirm it from at least 3 independent sources.  Question Everything.
RE

Yes...good advice....even those with beyond advanced analytical training and the proven results demonstrating their use of decades would never have thought of that one along the way. Hell, they might have done what the amateurs all did and ran around like their hair was on fire and peak oil was going to destroy the world! Remember the old website, how close we came with contact with Planet X? BOE? People fleeing to doomsteads, buying vehicles to flee the MZB hoardes flowing out from the cities? It was all quite exciting...but because they didn't know the basic lesson you just mentioned.....well....egg on face, etc etc.