This is about automation, not AI. AI is just the first kind of automation that also affects knowledge workers

What’s up with Maxwell and Autism?

Imagine hosting a software on your own hardware and still choosing the one that makes you dependent on the whims of a corporation lmao

Yes. By ‘VPN technology’ I mean e.g. wireguard, openVPN, which are infeasible to ban since companies probably use the same software stack.

VPN technology will never be banned, as most companies rely on it heavily, e.g. for remote work. The only thing I could see is ISPs keeping a blacklist of known addresses of commercial VPN providers, but that seems like an uphill battle

You’re right, that’s what I meant. Fixed it, thanks!

That’s not even an equation, just basic arithmetic

Replace meth with weed and you got yourself a great sunday morning breakfast

How is this done? Can you just re-enable the feature in the BIOS? And what about machines sold outside the US?

They should be prosecuted. At the same time, public debate on whether the law should be as it is currently or whether it should be changed is a fundamental pillar of democracy.

I don’t know much about how these laws work in the US, but I think that an 18yo having sex with a 17yo is morally no different than a 19yo having sex with an 18yo, and laws should reflect that. At the same time, a 50yo having sex with a 17yo is just as icky as the 50yo having sex with an 18yo.

Isn’t cannabis a type of hemp? Where else would you get the THC from?

Based

Tetrahedron or GTFO

Why not make it a felony to propose laws that are ruled to be “obviously unconstitutional”? A citizen can go to jail for even trying to break a regular law, so it seems reasonable to do the same for politicians who try to break one of the foundational laws

Make it mandatory to institute a 5 year trial phase, during which encryption is broken only for politicians and public servants

That’s one of the major restrictions for casual use, yes. But if these measures are actually implemented, it might be worth it to have a second phone (or some other device) just for online banking

Stasi were (just) authoritarian. Gestapo is a better fit to describe the fascist secret police.

Decorative plants are great, but harvesting something from your plants (especially if that product is otherwise hard to get / of poor quality / very expensive) is extremely rewarding!

It sounds sophisticated to the layman

Wait, your church has a parking lot?