Qui Bono?

Certainly not the bots that are downloading the music!

The only person I can think of who would benefit for more money going to Drake is Drake.

I don't trust that Tesla will expand it's robotaxi service to 8 to 10 major US cities in less than two months.

Musk has always, constantly and consistently, lied about how long things take, and often they haven't happened at all. He is the master of hype and short on substance.

Will the service go driverless in Austin by the end of the year? I doubt it. Tesla's robotaxis are already crashing in Austin. (https://www.techspot.com/news/110085-tesla-robotaxis-already-crashing-austin-data-points-gaps.html)

It the file on Youtube yet?

It will be a manufactured one, by AI, in one of the small unregulated labs in China.

Maybe because those rules were needed, and actually do something, and removing them is horrible?

Maybe that's why it "is someone a huge problem!".

Are you really this stupid or do you just play it on the internet?

This.

cayenne8 longs for the good ol' days when gender dysphoria was considered a mental disorder, not a relatively common condition that could affect mental health.

Acknowledging, accepting, and affirmatively treating gender dysphoria as a medical condition (not a disorder) is not a surrender to wokeness. It's an attempt to prevent suicides.

I haven't been on one project that was improved by hiring a consultant.

One company hired a consultant for $7M and their best advice was to skin the app black. $7M.

Thanks for your post. I think I understand your dilemma. However, I was puzzled by a couple of your points.

Not sure what specific events you mean, but I think you're confusing banishment with declining to play favorites -- something the US Constitution demands of the government.

There is a time and place for everything, including displays of religiosity. It is not always appropriate to display it in public. Even Christians should understand that, if they follow the instructions Jesus gave them to pray in a room by themselves, not out in public like a show-off.

No, I don't think so. Gender is a sociocultural construction. Usually it aligns with one's biological sex, but not always. It's certainly more than a feeling.

Not for IBM, at least until a few decades ago. You could get fired for cause, but layoffs were unheard of. Things did change in the 90s though.

If the rule was created in order to stop the petitioner from doing business, then it's blocking. I don't think that's the case here. It's just that the petitioner has a business model that was not anticipated when the rule was created.

I predict the rule can and will be changed. But for now ... well, it's a rule.

It's both.

There are plenty of examples of governments (or their agencies) "compelling" speech from companies, even satisfying specific formats. For example, the SEC requires publically-traded companies to report earnings quarterly and annually using various prescribed accounting practices.

I see this new climate-related reporting law as being the same kind of thing. And for that reason, I predict Exxon's free-speech challenge will fail.

That way you'll *really* get off line, what with you recording it for posterity!

You are indeed the troll here, not rsilvergun. You have a mental problem, please get help.