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Re:The dangers of "decentralized" ID systems on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:38AM (#40114816)
Only the seller and buyer need to know each other. Anything beyond, is shoe-in for tyranny.
Re:The dangers of "decentralized" ID systems on Monday April 22, 2024 @08:11AM (#40113581)
Bureaucratic malfeasance, error, or just plain bad luck, can loose people their accounts, even with government not silencing them.

e.g. a fly landing on a sheet of paper, blocking the print head long enough to generate "Tuttle" from "Buttle", resulting in a long chain of violent events for some unassuming individual…

Re:The dangers of "decentralized" ID systems on Monday April 22, 2024 @08:03AM (#40113520)
> I want to be able to have multiple IDs that are not linked. I shouldn't have to give government ID to make an online purchase

But how will your benevolent rulers be able to socially gamify your behaviour and direct who gets to interact and mate with you? If social credit systems are to work, we need KYC and centralized ID.

Re:Tiny World Map on Sunday April 21, 2024 @09:30PM (#40110750)
And Berlin is missing it's famous landmark TheBerg.
Do we know how the Gulf Stream worked during the last ice age maximum, when the Rhine river still flowed over land-locked British Channel (1)?

1. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f1e7378b962d42168fd...

How did humanity respond the last time this happened?
Which is why the system needs to be built on consent, not extortion.

In the military we had a saying: "There is only one thief; Everyone else is just trying to get their shit back."

The same applies to the monopoly on force, extorting individuals and corporations, but corporations can actually afford paying off and directing government towards their competition (and us individuals).

The only way to stop corruption is to remove the violence inherent to the system. When corporations can no longer use government to force people to buy from them (mandates, subsidies, IP), this kind of corruption will end.
Check politicians' speaking fees.
Re:Google's Idiotic War on AdBlock [video] on Saturday April 20, 2024 @04:41PM (#40100848)
>The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker:

>Fake ads in search results are taking users to phishing sites and spreading malware

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-fbi-now-recommends-using-...

Re:Google's Idiotic War on AdBlock [video] on Saturday April 20, 2024 @04:39PM (#40100835)
> As Youtube amps up their aggressive campaign to disable Ad-Blockers... they simultaneously fail to moderate verified advertisers using their services to push tens of thousands of scam ad campaigns onto their viewers.

> At a certain point the level of moderation failure becomes very hard to ignore, especially if they are attempting to remove the primary tool by which people avoid engaging with these deceptive and sometimes criminal advertisements.

Re:Scale of the Universe on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:27PM (#40093764)
915 square feet is still enough for some solar cells, a bio digester, an aquaponics setup with vegetable garden, a cabinet full of quail, a cot, a rocket stove, and a small shed.
Re:Scale of the Universe on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:46AM (#40086789)
It's really simple.

The universe is based on Murphy's 1st Law: Anything can go wrong, including nothing.

"In the beginning there was nothing… Then something went wrong."

Re:Scale of the Universe on Friday April 19, 2024 @09:42AM (#40086735)
Give every human an acre of land, and we'd all easily fit into Texas.
Re:Women Who Code Closing on Thursday April 18, 2024 @09:11PM (#40082465)
You could probably learn plumbing at ManCamp (1). Kids are taught welding, blacksmithing, and other handy skills.

1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/N1PDO9XulKU4/

Re:Flying Aircraft Carriers (2019) on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @08:29PM (#40071685)
Divine wind?
Re:Flying Aircraft Carriers (2019) on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @08:28PM (#40071677)
It is based on a tabletop RPG. (1)

1. https://www.aerodex.org/

Stop feeding me malware through ads, and I will unblock, and watch a few.

Stop censoring lawful creators, and I will buy premium.

Did I defend PFAS? Nope. Why should I defend asbestos, when there are more deadly chemicals in our water!?
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Hydronium Hydroxide is one of the most abundant chemicals, forever contained in water (closely followed by Hydric Acid, and Dihydrogen Monoxide). We must ensure it is outlawed too!
Re:Cow Magnets on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @07:01PM (#39996583)
I mean, insurance should pay the patient, so the doctors are incentivized to serve the patient.
By you and what army? :D
Re:A science fiction obsession led me to psychological war on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @03:11AM (#39987834)
Great song by Blue Oyster Cult.
As a friend of mine said "If you can't kid-proof the farm, you have to farm-proof the kid". Watched said kid drink from farm puddles, and lick feed bowls. Seems to have worked: She's headed to tech school now.
Not if we implement mandatory ID internet use and social tracking system. We could introduce it with Elmo, Kermit, and Fozzie, and call it "Sesame Credit"… waka waka!
Isn't communism supposed to be achieved through authoritarianism, after which the state "withers away" [sic]?
Re:Cow Magnets on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @12:00AM (#39986818)
Governmemt should not be involved in ending someone's life; Not at their own choosing, nor at forcing them to continue living.

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