The claim that safety in utility and food industries was entirely absent until modern federal regulations were imposed is historically inaccurate and ignores the powerful roles of market self-regulation, private liability, and consumer trust. While early technological transitions certainly carried risks, industries did not operate in a vacuum of indifference; private incentives and local standards drove safety innovations long before federal agencies existed. Gas companies voluntarily added odorants to prevent costly resource loss and explosions, insurance conglomerates founded independent testing bodies like the Underwriters Laboratories to mandate insulated wiring as a condition for coverage, and food producers relied on brand reputation and local municipal codes to avoid ruinous civil liability and business failure. Ultimately, safety has always been a prerequisite for commercial viability and customer retention, proving that progress and protection are driven by market demand and legal accountability, not government mandates.

They just announced they are donating meta glasses to every blind veteran in the United States.

Except the CEOs and Trump's FTC. And once done, the damage is done and can't be unwound. Republicans - take note. When this destroys the film industry... it's your fault. Again.

There were a bunch of people from other countries and also Epstein hung out with various liberal and progressives who were not members of the US Democratic party. So yes, it was along entirely Democrats but not all.
Republicans voted to release the unredacted records, and leadership actively pushed to release everything to the public rather than following the Democrats push for cherry-picked releases. So, if pushing for a full release instead of releasing items out of context is "carrying water," then yes, Republicans were "carrying water."

Epstein was almost entirely Democrats. As the Democrat victims have said, Trump was never involved. Pushing unsubstantiated conspiracy claims distracts from the actual crimes and disrespects the survivors by weaponizing their trauma.

Every time humanity invents a tool that fundamentally changes how we live, a wave of panic follows. When writing was invented Socrates warned it would ruin our memories. When the printing press arrived, critics claimed that an overload of books would make people foolish and immoral. steam trains were feared, with experts claiming that traveling at the high speed of 30 miles per hour would cause the human body to disintegrate or drive passengers insane. In every case, these technologies did not destroy us; they simply became normal parts of daily life. Todays fears about AI are being heavily pushed by the tech companies themselves, but for a very different reason. By keeping everyone focused on sci-fi scenarios about killer robots ending the world, these corporations divert attention from immediate & real-world lawsuits. They are actively lobbying governments for protection against copyright theft claims and suing for immunity when their systems cause real world harm. Calling for strict safety regulations allows them to create a "regulatory moat", making it too expensive and legally risky for smaller competitors or open-source projects to survive, while keeping the big players legally protected.

I got to listen to programmers laugh at the auto industry. They talked about how American cars sucked because of Unions, they didn't give a shit about whiny American union workers, etc. etc.

Now they are realizing what happens when a job gets commoditized. They are realizing that once a industry matures, things change. I SO SO want to say "Yeah? Fuck you. I hope your sorry ass gets fired". But instead, I'll just shake my head and watch the journey to reasonable collective-bargaining and wonder how many more times this needs to play out before people realize how critical unions are.

Fuck the US.

So you're telling me that the US military hasn't banned ALL personal compute devices from being on bases, and instead handed out secured devices that don't allow installation or tracking?

But we give politicians devices that do exactly those things?

Yeah. Honor our servicemen indeed.

That's a pretty nice strawman you made there. I wonder if you actually think it was a good argument.

Actually what he wrote was that seeing British and English flags flying high during Tommy Robinson's march was "both odd to see but also heartwarming". He comment was about the the flags not the person.

He has come out against men playing in women sports leagues and has come out against open borders.
Which right there placing he as a supporter of genocide.

However back to reality, he has not commented much but reading over his comments on global human rights, he looks to emphasizes minimizing civilian suffering and he focus on government oppression and that does line up with him being against open borders.

And now it's time to get rid of the builders and only keep the maintainers so we can turn a short term profit. Woooooo Investors.

I work for a *major* manufacturer with operations in numerous countries.

There is not one, single PLC connected through a wireless modem to the internet. That's stupidity. Absolute stupidity.

Our PLC software is hardlocked and unable to be changed without rebooting into a special password protected mode. It is set up in a data-send-only configuration where it can send the server production metrics, but will not accept *any* incoming connections. It is virus-protected, checked nightly against off-site backups, and buried behind so many firewalls it would make your head spin.

These fuckers are making gradeschool mistakes with critical infrastructure.

Immense vertical integration. China's industrial base. Huge support by the Chinese government. Low cost manufacturing, with a low paid work force. Subsidized pricing to get market share. Stolen intellectual property. Yeah - China's going to win every time with that recipe.