The first movie that I can remember that linked real world killing with virtual killing was Brainscan back in 1994. And, of course, lawnmower man had some of this, mixed with VR, in 1992â¦

If you are truly not part of the conservative movement in the United States then I apologize. Lately, the group that has been complaining about censorship on Twitter has been that group - and they (as a group, if not every individual) have been very vocal about the second amendment as well. Even an individual that doesnâ(TM)t outwardly support the second amendment but still supports politicians that do is part of that as well. I find it hypocritical anytime Someone affiliated with that group argues for government censorship and admonishes businesses for doing their business.

As for India vs US. Your statement was obviously a commentary on Twitter taking down posts you donâ(TM)t think should be taken down. This being a US-centric website, I assumed that you were making a comment on the removal of dangerous conservative related speech (such as calls to violence and Covid misinformation).

If you are indeed located in India and your comment was about Twitter taking down posts in India then I apologize - I donâ(TM)t know anything about that.

Sorry - didnâ(TM)t mean âoeprivateâ in the sense of a public ally traded / private. I meant in the sense of not being a public entity that is part of the government (like a public library, etc.). Same words - different usage.

No - I didnâ(TM)t invent anything. Iâ(TM)m going by the current US law - which does recognize protected classes. See the civil rights act of 1964: https://www.findlaw.com/civilr...

My statement was that Twitter can delete whatever it wants off of its private business servers - unless it is due to discriminatory practices based on race, religion, creed, etc. Note that âoepolitical affiliationâ is not listed as a protected class.

? Thatâ(TM)s a real example. You havenâ(TM)t heard of the Genesis II church? https://www.bloomberg.com/news...

And itâ(TM)s not only them - and it hasnâ(TM)t stopped. Another article: https://www.bbc.com/future/art...

THIS is the type of dangerous misinformation that needs to be combatted on social networks. There are people spreading BS that can literally kill people.

This is such BS. Twitter is far from a monopoly - nor is it critical to everyday life. I think Iâ(TM)ve tweeted about 20 times in 20 years of Twitter existing⦠and I connect with my friends and family just fine.

If you donâ(TM)t like the service: donâ(TM)t use it!

Why canâ(TM)t you see the difference between a private company doing what they want with their service and a government not allowing free speech? These two things are NOT the same.

Twitter is a private business. It should have the right to do business as it sees fit without government interference as long as it is not discriminating against a protected class (and, no, whiny right-wing fascists and NOT a protected class). The government has no right to police (most) speech.

Why you people claim to be for the constitution when it comes to the second amendment and then be directly against the _first_ amendment will never fail to confuse me. Be consistent! Either the constitution is a good idea or it isnâ(TM)t!

This is where the right proves itself to be fascist. You donâ(TM)t actually believe in America, the Constitution, or freedom at all. You just want a fascist theocracy that forces everyone to either be white, heterosexual Christians - or to be subjugated to them. When you say stuff like this you show your true colors.

You put misinformation in quotes⦠but it shouldnâ(TM)t be. The dissemination of verifiably false information that can hurt people needs to be curtailed. Weâ(TM)re not talking about political speech⦠weâ(TM)re talking about people saying that you should drink bleach to get rid of Covid.

Donâ(TM)t try to equate these two things as the same: they are not.

Or you realize that it doesnâ(TM)t matter. Buy what you need now and then use it for as long as you can stand.

I was with you until your last sentence - why be an ass? There are lots of reasons for working from home - and 99% of them don't have anything to do with "cowering".

My job has done much the same as what Airbnb is doing here: they gave everyone the choice to work from home, go hybrid, or work fully from the office. Most people have chosen to do hybrid - with my own group working in the office Tues-Thurs and having Monday and Friday be at home. It's been nice to get back to the office and have those spontaneous interactions again... but it's also nice to be sitting by my fire at home today while it's snowing.

We do have some team members that have chosen to be fully remote... and we have set up lots of "collaboration" areas with nice teleconferencing systems so that we can easily pull them into the conversations as well.

We'll see how it all goes over the years - but I'm pretty happy with this new working arrangement.

Yep, I live in a small town in Idaho (50k people). Not only does the telco have fiber at my house - but we also have municipal fiber from the city owned power company: both offer 1Gbps. The municipal fiber is cool because you just pay $15/month as part of your electrical bill - then you can use any of 10 different ISPs to get service.

After trying all the services I settled on using the telcos 1Gbps service. It costs $60 total.

Meanwhile - I lived in Boston for a while and had to beg for 250Mbps at $100ish. Ridiculous!

Same here. Funny how that works.