As a technologist, I have to remind everyone that AI is not intelligence. It’s a word prediction/statistical machine. It’s guessing at a surprisingly good rate what words follow the words before it.

It’s math. All the way down.

We as humans have simply taken these words and have said that it is “intelligence”.

Just a reminder to everyone here and perhaps those who had inferior schooling like myself.

It was never about “State’s rights”. Southern states wanted “State’s rights” to own slaves but wanted federal agents to return runaway slaves who successfully made it north.

In other words:

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Because it’s not just about their race. It’s about all future races. It’s about convincing people that the election process can’t be trusted.

The sad thing is…that it’s working.

The problem with “age” verification is that politicians are confusing it with identity verification.

I should not have to prove my name and other biometrics to prove age.

Age verification is the fascist way to get people to identify themselves and their online activity. Almost every state that has some sort of age verification law has zero method to actually verify age. No digital ID service, no way to share a credential for verification.

They want people to upload an ID.

This isn’t about keeping children safe and it never is. It’s about identifying critics of the government.

The same public libraries that vigorously defend the privacy of our reading lists

The Patriot act allows the feds to get the books you’ve checked out at your local library.

Trump is a symptom. Removing him won’t save anything.

We need to gut the entire ruling class.

J6 was a trial run.

They learned their lessons and they will do something else to usurp the democratic process. And this time it will work.

!waterfox@programming.dev

This behavior seems to be very similar to NFL stars and how they never wanted their kids to play football.

Everyone involved knows how dangerous social media/football is and many of them are in positions to actually do something about it. But because it benefits them personally, they won’t even rock the boat.

We have a lot of people willing to fight for a better future.

We don’t have nearly enough people willing to die for a better future.

I remember reading an article in the early 2000s about how plastic recycling was essentially China buying plastic en bulk to only bury it. Once they saw it was poisoning their water they stopped, which effectively stopped plastic recycling in a lot of areas.

Today, I still try to recycle plastic if I can. I try to limit my use if I can help it but it’s so fucking hard. I’ve recently learned that glass isn’t even recycled in my area. (It’s crushed and then sold as aggregate filler.)

Aluminum cans aren’t recycled like they used to because they have a plastic lining now.

We really need to force companies to take back their products or at minimum pay a tax so that localities can actually recycle their trash.

Or the rich and/or powerful are so used to getting away with crimes that they had no problems committing first degree murder.

I’m going to be a bit contrarian here because there is a distinction that’s important.

If they cared about selling you, they’d have a similar incentive to keep your information private and only sell it to the government (which they can legally do).

They are bending a knee because they want to stay in Trump’s good side. They are literally becoming collaborators.

Remember that reddit fought against the MPAA and RIAA to not give them information about pirate users.

In a completely unrelated move, Ring will partner with a complete difference company that will pay 20% above what Flock was paying.

I wonder if removing the cameras is the best move.

It might be better to let them run but have them watching a TV streaming Disney movies.

Then drop the dime to Disney that they are copying their IP.

Oh this shit is still going on. There were people in the late 90s early 00s that were counting down the days when the Olsen twins would turn 18.

Would not surprise me one bit if there are websites dedicated other child celebrities.

I didn’t consider the fraud route. You might need to consult an attorney or consider consulting an attorney in the Caribbean to have them get a copy of your marriage certificate.

Could you get married again in the states?

In effect, from a documentation standpoint you’re not married. Might be the easiest solution to go to the courthouse and fill out bullshit paperwork to get documentation that you’re married.

My understanding is that if your community is not adult content and you aren’t on any adult servers, you won’t need to ID verify. But I suspect it’s only a matter of time before all accounts are required to verify.