Admiral Jeremiah Denton Blinks Morse Code Warning as P.O.W.

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alexpotato · 2023-06 · Recommendation

One the most interesting uses of morse code was a Vietnam POW blinking the word "torture" during an interview. See here for the interview: [VIDEO]

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throwaway133766 · 2023-10 · Reference

Wikipedia provides some theories. Developer claims it was because it was addictive and not good for people. The Media, which of course is state-ran, claims is was because of intellectual property legal reasons. "Lawyers in Vietnam" denied that it was related to internet censorship. He was making $50k a revenue a day and like most businesses in China and Vietnam, not formally paying taxes. Even in Japan, most small businesses are not correctly paying taxes. The fact that the game itself is a rip-off makes it unlikely that the developer has the highest standard of ethics. Regarding intellectual property, even the government was found to be using bootlegged versions of Windows. Before companies like Adobe realized they needed to move to a SaaS model, there were entire streets selling cracked version of software like Photoshop for 50 cents a pop. Same with Playstation games. Nintendo used hardware medium to make the economics of bootlegging harder, but it was much easier to burn CDs. You simply couldn't buy authentic versions of Playstation games if you wanted to. I don't think the government had any clue on how to regulate, control, and tax digital services. Regardless, it is guaranteed that government officials paid the developer a visit that day and brought him back to the police office in a police truck. Somebody there would have hassled him for money. Whether he paid or not, there will just be more vultures coming and will just leave him the leftovers. He probably just rage

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analognoise · 2023-05 · Joke / meme

>> terse "good company" type reviews >"I am in good health and have been well treated and fed since my abduction" I make sure to watch for blinked messages, like T-O-R-T-U-R-E [VIDEO]

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