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Comment Re:Chipped Aminals (Score 1) 35

Or you could just have a NFC-like chip inserted into the animal's neck which can be cheaply scanned by rescues/vets and have owners contact details looked up (as we do in the UK: it is a legal requirement to have all dogs and now cats 'microchipped').

Sure. Or we could do more than one thing.

The chips are a huge improvement, but they are not a perfect solution.

Comment Re:So it was illegal (Score 1) 61

Sure, I can name some of the hot-button issues.

Abortion on demand, transgender surgeries for minors, religious expression of business owners and public school students, the specific level of COVID restrictions.

Do you deny that these are hot-button issues, and that neither side gives an inch when it comes to these?

Comment AIs are getting more capabilities outside of chat (Score 1) 67

AIs are getting the ability to do things other than chat. ChatGPT can write some Python code and execute it. Claude can now write Jira JQL code and execute it. It can modify tickets and Confluence pages on its own. Of course, these chatbots don't understand the difference between chatting and doing, it's all the same to them. So if a bot executes something instead of just telling you how to do it, it's not trying to "get around" what you wanted, it's just an extension of its existing programming.

Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 86

Neither the law nor the Constitution *prohibit* companies from disclosing private information about you, to the government. What the Constitution does do, is prohibit the government from *compelling* companies or individuals, to hand over private information, without a warrant signed by a judge. If companies like Apple choose to hand over information willingly, no laws were broken.

Comment Re:So it was illegal (Score -1, Troll) 61

I'm with you on the first part of your post. Trump likely did know his actions were illegal, but did it anyway, thinking that some of his actions would somehow slip through the cracks.

Your characterization of Biden being a "uniter" though, is exaggerated. Biden came down very forcefully on the liberal side of the fence, on every hot-button issue that divided (and divides) Democrats from Republicans. As a centrist myself, I personally despair of either party truly deciding to work with the other.

Comment Re:It's not a ponzi scheme (Score 3, Informative) 58

That "money vacuum" isn't destroying the money. As with every gold rush, it's the tool makers that get rich. In this case, that's the chip makers and the AI data center builders. There is a LOT of profit being made, just not (yet) by the startups hyperventilating about what miracles AI can do.

Comment Re:too bad (Score 1) 312

The Second Amendment contains the wording: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".

Now, which well-regulated Militia are you a part of?

"Because X is necessary, Y shall not be infringed" -does not say that a person must be a member of X in order to Y .

In the parlance of the time when this was written: 1.) every free male of fighting age was considered to be a part of the militia. 2.) "well regulated" meant "properly outfitted with necessary equipment" -aka armed with a gun and ammunition.

When the call went out to the community, it was expected for every man of fighting age to assemble with their gun and ammunition. This tradition was a simple outgrowth of the medieval standard, whereupon when the local lord called, the freemen of the estate would turn out -and bring their own weapon to fight with.

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None of this addresses the modern concern as to whether or not we should still allow individual ownership of firearms. That is a whole other discussion.

Comment Re:That's Fine (Score 1) 79

Just set up a special alternate password that when entered wipes the device. You didn't refuse and it isn't "false or misleading", technically.

That is exactly what they mean by "providing false or misleading information".

It is a system where dissent = terrorism. The greatest threat to society is non-conformity.

Your attempt at rules lawyering will get you tortured in a re-education center until you have a change of heart and publicly acknowledge your actions were wrong and offer your sincere apologies. As a foreigner, you may be allowed to return to your home country after serving as an example. If you are a citizen, you will disappear but your cooperation will save your family.

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