Rule 4 of the FCC NN rules specifically exempt reasonable network management. And it doesn't disappear in your version either. Try again.

Rule 4 covers this, too. More specifically, deal with it in the ToS for the end user. And, again, the problem doesn't disappear in your scheme.

No, it's human nature and physics.

And we all go through the same last mile pipe cause we're neighbors and....oops, we're equally fucked. Unless, of course, you make a deal with the last mile provider to get a guaranteed percentage of the connection. Which leads you to the same scenario of a limited number of providers chosen by the government providers. We've been on this merry go round before.

It dictates 100% as much as NN does. Because it IS NN.

In a world where net neutrality means something completely different, then maybe? In this world, it's complete bullshit. You keep describing your ideal system, and it sounds suspiciously like this:

Which is the definition of net neutrality. Literally. You know, not favoring the Prius, in your tortured example, or the truck that would make sense, but rather treating bits as bits, regardless of source or destination. Like our transportation system does today.

Oh, cool. I wasn't aware that local governments were incapable of being completely corrupted with crony capitalism. Good to know!

Versus the free market fairies who will always do the right thing and don't have to deal with physical constraints, like a limited footprint in which to connect services. Seriously, we've already established above that your alternative to government control is government control. Are you a "liberal" in disguise?

It is interesting that you start with this statement against the government designing networks:

And end with the solution of.....governments designing networks:

It seems to me that the easiest way out is to simply declare that anyone who is running a line to an end user is a common carrier and required to lease that line to anyone the end user wishes to connect to without preference. We call that concept...."net neutrality."

Are you serious? You say something as blindingly stupid as this:

And then get lippy when the basic design of a hydro storage system is explained to you at kindergarten level?
STFU and go read a damned book.

Citation needed.

In all serious, now it is just ridiculous. My kids have cheap microcontrollers and SBCs that vastly outperform anything I had to work with. I look at this stuff and just imagine what I could have done with it in my youth. Alas....

Ok, now back to the subject at hand...
I read Levy's book Hackers at the time, and the fact that all I could do was BASIC drove me batty! We were so dirt poor that a $20 Z80 was just a pipe dream! Now, my wife wonders why I can't turn down the opportunity to pick up vintage machines to play with. I tried to explain that this is all psychological scars from my childhood, but she still doesn't understand....

Pshaw. At least you could get under the hood. Without the disk system and extended basic for my bare bones TI-99/4a, I was stymied. I lusted after the Adam computer and the generic TS-1000 clones for sale in the back of Radio Electronics magazines.

I spent 20 years in Kansas(and decades more growing up in the south). I can assure you that Lawrence is an oasis of decency compared to the majority of Kansas. Some of the most viscous, bigoted assholes I've ever had the misfortune to have met came from small towns in Kansas. I got my kids the hell out of there, and I have never felt for a moment that I didn't make the right decision.

I have lived all through the south and the midwest. The minute I had a chance to have the corp I worked for pay for a move to the Bay area, I jumped on it. Sure, I gave up the perks of low cost living(a 5 bedroom with a huge yard for $40k, etc). But, on the other hand, I've somehow figured out how to live under my means here. I suspect a lot of people just can't realistically budget themselves no matter where they lived or how much they make. A family of 5 with one full time income, and I'm saving money every month(and paid off my school loans, car loans. Zero debt at this point). I can't be the only one who knows how to do this.

Indeed. Yeah, it would be cool to jet set, but that's a lifestyle choice. When I moved here from the midwest(Kansas, to be precise), I moved directly to the East Bay. The commute sucked(until I got a gig closer), but you don't HAVE to burn 6 figures every year to live here.

Of course. Each cat has a heart name, a face name and a tail name. The heart name was given at birth by the mother. An example would be Fritti. A face name is given at the first Meeting they attend. An example would be Tailchaser. The tail name is more mysterious. Every cat is born with one, but it must be discovered. Not all cats discover their tail names.
Nre'fa-o

And since no one is asking you to do this at all, your reply seems to be completely misplaced.

React how? Did she out the person? No. Is there a lynch mob currently headed their way? No. Is there some pending litigation which is now based on hearsay? Again, no.
What is happening is that people are discussing HR policies and Uber policies in particular. They are talking about sexism and inappropriate conduct in the workplace. They are talking about hardening systems against vulnerabilities which can be used to enable that sexism. This would protect everyone involved. But apparently we are in the discovery phase of a trial and such discussion are verboten.

I don't think you are crazy. I think you feel threatened. You might spend some quality time asking yourself why this is so.