I don't know why I should care about limited compatibility for a subset of devices with another subset of devices. There's some of everything in my home. I found a tool called LocalSend years ago that allows me to do mildly obnoxious data transfers between arbitrary devices regardless of platform.
That's the point, they want to rent you access to a computer too
and mass surveillance will become the norm
If you didn't know mass surveillance was coming since the 1970s, you were not very imaginative and didn't understand human psychology.
Mass surveillance is occurring right now, it will continue to occur, and it will increase. There is no stopping it. Humans want to know about other humans and they want to control and bully other humans. No matter who gets near the surveillance apparatus, they will be corrupted by its power. The One Ring indeed.
The hate really should be directed at the politicians who pushed for these age gate laws
The politicians voting for this stuff are not voting because they are believers. They are voting because that is what they are told to vote for. Politicians believe in one thing: Bringing in more money to their political party. It is how they found success, it is how they maintain success.
Voting does nothing when your candidate comes pre-corrupted before you can even vote for them.
Fascism is an ideology that is taking root amongst our aristocracy (which we aren't supposed to have, and yet we do). The aristocracy will pay or threaten anyone who they think is vulnerable to such manipulation. Political party is irrelevant to who is vulnerable. You say it is the Republicans and not the Democrats. You are wrong. It is members of both parties that are vulnerable to manipulation.
The politicians aren't going to back down on this and the age gates have to be placed somewhere.
Fuck you. No. They do not.
Either children are going to be forced into the real world or adults are going to be forced into a child's world.
One is a tragedy, the other doesn't even make sense. I am not certain why this keeps getting brought up except for fascist intentions.
It is up to the parent to protect their children, not everyone else. The only responsibility others have is to not hurt the kid themselves directly. But "you" think it is okay to force me to forgo my interests to provide some environment that isn't really any safer for the children and is a HUGE weapon against Free Speech. Ok.
No, seriously. Fuck you.
Imagine if people understood that you vote people into positions to make these decisions. (Currently people keep voting for people against their own best interests.)
It is absolutely amazing at what a captured political process can achieve... especially when coupled with poor and misleading education.
9/11 was not an inside job.
Correct; however, numerous people knew it was going to happen, even myself, even though it surprised me.
Osama Bin Laden had his training camps in Afghanistan attacked by Bill Clinton with Tomohawk cruise missiles in August of 1998. His (Osama) response was (paraphrased) "I may not be able to to use $5 million dollar cruise missiles to hit you, but I can use your airplanes."
It was published in the open for everyone to read. Portions of the government knew. Portions of the government did nothing to prevent it. The reason it still surprised me was that I was envisioning remote controls and how that could be accomplished. I had no idea you could train intelligent and sane people to perform suicide missions. Live and learn (for some I guess)
Buy the S2 now, while they're still working through their existing backlog of stock.
I bought a PS5Pro when the word 'tariffs' was first dropped, and I'm glad I did.
Looking, she'll probably end up with a $2-3M settlement.
Good news everyone! The taxpayers don't have to pay that money. She will die penniless, cold, and hungry.
95 year copyrights are an abomination.
I agree. It should be forever. Just because some time passed, that doesn't mean I didn't work to create it. It is mine and I will only share it with you temporarily if you give me money. If I die, I should be able to have it written into my will that all of my creations die with me. Letting immortal corporations profit indefinitely off of my work is not something that I want.
(this is a thought exercise)
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
