That lip bite really sells the idea that he wants to fuck those noodles

I’m ready and willing. It’s well past time we set some shit on fire 🔥

Fair enough. I get what you’re saying. I just have so little faith in the government that even pointing out obvious legal obstacles feels like a pointless endeavor.

How do you still have this kind of optimism about our government?

Windows was less shitty in the 90s too

More like the OG “shiny is better” users

The one with all the power and control? I’m not sure you’re looking at this from his perspective. It seems like you’re assuming someone will eventually hold them accountable. They don’t plan on allowing that to happen.

I’ll never buy a computer that can’t be run without this shit. If that means I run what I have until it breaks and then never have a PC again then that’s what I’ll do

CEOs have all sounded the same for years now. Add in LLM talking points regularly and they all sound like robots with a broken speech unit

Thanks, I appreciate you posting this as well. I have been trying to do better about supporting open source projects lately and I was just thinking about Linux phones the other day so it was well timed. It would be awesome if we could get one to the point that more casual users could run it without trouble, but that kind of thing doesn’t happen on its own. If we want freedom we’ll have to pay for it in one way or another.

Interesting concept. This kind of thing needs more support. Let’s make it happen. I’ll start:

Even if he does realize it he won’t have to live with the consequences

We really do need some kind of government administered digital ID for certain functions in the modern age. In the US we have tried to use social security numbers in various applications but that is not what they were intended for and it causes all sorts of problems. That ID could be used for official government functions like providing public feedback on legislation (currently overrun by industry bot accounts), voting online (currently not possible), and accessing or submitting personal information (tax forms, various licensing processes, court proceedings, etc).

The biggest problem is that I don’t trust our current government to implement a system like this in an effective or transparent manner. The second biggest problem is that I don’t trust them to limit it’s use to strictly necessary functions. This should not be required for anything outside of government administered processes. Meta and Discord don’t need to verify user identities but I know they would quickly make that argument for the same reasons you outlined.

It just sucks that we have all this technological potential but we are so limited by the shittiness of the people in charge that in many cases it feels like a worse idea to use it than to not.

People keep saying this but would you really do that? If we make it out of this mess and do some actual investigations to hold people accountable for it all a few years from now, would you be comfortable defending your choice to work for this administration with a statement like “no seriously guys, I was undercover the whole time?” I sure as shit wouldn’t want to. That doesn’t even touch on the host of ethical lines one would have to cross just to keep up appearances.

That is what they were doing for this test but that is not what will be required to run this once it releases. At least, that’s what they’re saying now

I last played it a couple of months ago. It’s significantly more fleshed out than the initial release, which seemed pretty empty and boring by comparison. Crafting isn’t really my thing but they make it relatively easy and not as annoying as many other games. Overall it’s worth checking out. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would

He’s just highlighting what was already true. Rich people can do what they like because they control the government and they have class solidarity.

Familien min kommer fra Norge men jeg kan snakke bare en liten Norsk

I was actually thinking about that movie as I typed my last response haha. John Q, I believe. I remember it as a decent movie at least.

Brå gjort, fortsett sånn!