The question it raise is: why are we so incompetent?

I think the West should stop preparing for war when it's questionable we could win one ever again.

Seeing as it puts you at the mercy of the people who make your stuff for you.

History, both recent and not so recent, repeats this lesson again and again.

I have no fscking use for spyglasses or AI nonsense.

But if I could purchase a pair of glasses that function as a monitor of arbitrary size...and has the same or better resolution than my current monitor? In a heartbeat. No AI, no camera, no spyglass BS. Just shine a laser (or 3) in my eye and paint a monitor on my retina.
But nobody seems to be interested in making those.

Why?
Because the user functionality is bait.
The purpose of the glasses is surveillance for the benefit of the people selling them to you.

You can certainly use them for consensual POV vids, porn or otherwise.
If that's your thing then by all means have at it.
Just don't think for a minute you're the only one seeing the video.

Roku's AI channel proves that you can make an endless stream of AI-generated slop.
I don't think any adults will watch it, but young children will land there and harmed by it.

>"and the likes of Amazon, Samsung, and other phone manufacturers may also want to put their stores in front of potential customers. "

Samsung has had their own store integrated into all their phones/tablets for a loooong time. That isn't news. So I think perhaps the phrase was meant that Samsung might want to also be able to put their store onto non-Samsung phones/tablets.

They stopped recycling here for years, but I think recently they brought it back, BUT you have to pay extra for it, and I don't really see anyone in my area apparently paying for it, as that I don't see anyone recycle bins out for pickup....

This means you're likely throwing some things in the trash that shouldn't be there.

Well if they take it away, then it is OK to throw it away with them, eh?

Hmmm....

Given that there is little prospect of the deep state giving up its toys, the debate comes down to a question of whether it's better to reduce false positives. On THAT basis the UK/EU style wins. OTOH false positives are what allows campaigners about the system to build up a case against it. So is it better that a few should suffer in order that there is a better chance for freedom for the masses?

Look at the sales of romance novels. A lot of those are quite explicitly erotic. I think women might be more interested in reading erotic stories and men might be more interested in visuals. But there's probably a fair amount of overlap.

You might be surprised how many women actually enjoy porn.

Err...as the old saying goes..."real" men don't care what women want...

;)

But seriously.....sure there are women that like it, but not nearly enough in numbers to drive content made and published at least not the general masses.

I think most would agree, porn would be a lot better for society if more "real people" were in it. Instead of a LA fitness instructor with huge breast implants, like we saw in the 80s and 90s and 00s...what if it was actual women and men who are actually in love with their partners and have imperfect bodies? What if lonely people watched healthy, positive, loving sex instead of impersonal performances?

Err...because that gets old and boring REALLY REALLY fast.

No one is watching pr0n to learn relationship lessons....people just want to get off and get back to their day....

And, everyone has a different body type they prefer, etc......there's niches for everyone....

I like in a large suburban/urban area and I have to go to the dump for certain kinds of waste (batteries, UPSes, eWaste, etc).

Yeah...we just throw all that stuff in the "regular" trash and they haul it away.

Where you live, do the garbage men actually slow down and stop their jobs to "inspect" your trash, open up bags, etc...to see what you are throwing away in there?

I'd think even where you live there is some limit to what the garbage men will take?

Not that I've found yet....garbage, old CRT monitors, pretty much any household waste chemicals / agents, oil...etc. Ive thrown out whole beds (mattress, boxsprings, frames....old bookcases....

I've heard some areas make you sort your trash...I've never lived in such a place as having "trash police" sifting through what you throw out.

recycling was halted years ago, but I think recently they started again, but you have to pay for it, but if you do that program, they do pick it up for you weekly I believe.

I would have to think "intent" would weigh heavily on on the charges and outcome of events like this tho...especially with new technology....

liquid chalk marker tied to an extendable pole. just a little dab and nobody has to climb a ladder or buy a bunch of dufflebags and locks.
even cheaper would be cornstarch and water like to paint on a car windshield (for sale, just married, etc), but applying it is a little less obvious than above.