A computer can never be held accountable

Re:A computer can never be held accountable by immibis on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:18AM (#42932617)

Libertarians love certain regulations - mostly the ones where the government allocates some stuff as "theirs" and uses violence to prevent other people from using it without paying them a fee.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bitcoin_anon on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:16AM (#42933353)

Please go on about the regulations that libertarians love around allocation of stuff.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by dsr_ on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:54PM (#42936049)

Sure, it's called "property" and "contracts".

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bitcoin_anon on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:14PM (#42937203)

But these aren’t about the government allocating stuff.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by immibis on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:52AM (#42947814)

Absolutely they are.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bitcoin_anon on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:05PM (#42953469)

allocate: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by immibis on Friday February 07, 2025 @07:34PM (#42979157)

Yep, when the government makes a plan like "5 hotdogs per person per week" that's allocation, and when the government makes a plan like "each 100x100 meter plot to the highest bidder" that's allocation, and when the government makes a plan like "special rights to the creator or their nominee until 70 years after they are dead" that's allocation too.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @11:28AM (#42934531)

Nice strawman, but that isn't remotely what libertarians believe.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by pixl97 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:11PM (#42935381)

Hell, even libertarians don't know what they believe.

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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by Nasrudith on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:00AM (#42945422)

Please cite the specific regulations and when they were first passed and last ammended.

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