akmiller

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by akmiller 3mo ago
…and here I am a dumb American tourist who knew nothing about Vespa’s and was just upset because I couldn’t get my uber and missed my train. Now I want one!
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by akmiller 3mo ago
> Because it's their property. Now you can try to make an argument that it's stolen IP and that matters in some way, but that's just more likely to ensure no one has access The knowledge of the world is their property? Or
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by akmiller 3mo ago
I think you misunderstood me, I'm saying strong (very strong) data privacy laws make age gating unnecessary. This solution has far reaching benefits across all age groups.
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by akmiller 3mo ago
You know this? My guess is that companies will be held responsible for anyone accessing there content that is not supposed to. In that light they will feel the need to block any unknowns that come through rather than potentially face issues
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by akmiller 3mo ago
That's a complete false dichotomy. We create all kinds of consortiums to manage complex decisions that shouldn't be owned by one entity.
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by akmiller 3mo ago
That's true but has anyone studied the good things that have happened from younger people being able to find community or other positive aspects? Either way the solution again is not age gating, it's real meaningful data privacy l
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by akmiller 3mo ago
Gating is not just for porn, they are talking about using for social media and various other things. You can imagine that many things end up age gated if this becomes legislation, as a preventative measure. Then your 10% becomes problematic
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by akmiller 3mo ago
Your example is in bad faith as your example assumes that the only thing blocking a child of 5 from porn is age verification of some type. There are lots of blockers today for 5 year olds to get access to porn. > I also acknowledge that
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by akmiller 3mo ago
Wouldn't this mean we don't know what age these 10% are in?
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by akmiller 3mo ago
Same code for all people for 1 hour and you don't think we'd immediately have rotating codes to pass the gate?
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by akmiller 3mo ago
Doesn't 90% successful mean you are stepping on 10% toes???
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by akmiller 3mo ago
1 assumes that some "private entity" gets to decide what is crucial infrastructure and what is not, what gets the opportunity to be patched and what doesn't. I'm not ok with that and don't know why anyone would be.
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by akmiller 3mo ago
I haven't seen anyone suggest that a company can't do this, they absolutely can within certain frameworks of the law. That doesn't mean consumers have to like it and continue to business with companies such as these.
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by akmiller 3mo ago
First of all, these products are "legal". I think the point is more that we pay for your top subscription but you've decided that a handful of companies that you pick get access to the best of the best now and everyone else h
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by akmiller 5mo ago
The issue is that the people enforcing this have made a huge amount of money doing the same thing, but with a full on war!
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by akmiller 5mo ago
> I don't understand why Americans continue believing that democracy is the only way for every population in the world They don't! The majority voted for the guy who wants to, admittedly (multiple times), be a dictator and is h
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by akmiller 5mo ago
Hasn't almost every model created a paradigm shift lately? Maybe it's you who has moved the needle on what a paradigm shift means?
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by akmiller 1y ago
I'm not an economist but if you listen to Gary Stevenson talk about this very issue he discusses it in depth. But, when it comes down to it if EVERYTHING is getting more expensive that looking at on variable in one market can't be
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by akmiller 1y ago
That's because it's not. That's a cop-out. Wealth inequality is the crux of the issue.
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by akmiller 2y ago
> but firing and then hiring back who you miss isn’t. It shows you who is really critical. Maybe for companies (although I'd argue it's extremely bad there as well), but for Governments this is a terrible idea!
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by akmiller 2y ago
Yes, and this example right here tells you how much research DOGE does (with anything they are doing). Highly inept people if measured by what their stated goal is...although we all know what the real goal is.
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by akmiller 2y ago
> that probationary employees aren't needed Remember that "probationary" doesn't mean new. I just learned this, but apparently when getting a promotion it puts you back into the "probationary" period at you
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by akmiller 2y ago
The fundamentals are not changing that often so the knowledge is extremely applicable.
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by akmiller 6y ago
I joined it back in December, not realizing that it was essentially a platform for right wing extremist. I simply thought it was a less restrictive Twitter, based on the conversation I'd heard. After joining and opening the app, and wi
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by akmiller 6y ago
I actually prefer the interior of my Tesla's to any care I've ever owned. Combined with the technology and software, I haven't seen any car that competes. It is still absolutely amazing to me how much code goes into tradition
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by akmiller 6y ago
1. I'd like to see your source for this. As far as ICE companies competing, most of what we've seen so far is fairly limited and there is good reason for this. Their whole profit model is built on the dealership model and serious
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by akmiller 6y ago
I suggest you don't look at the oil companies and traditional auto manufacturers if you think this is just an Elon Musk thing!
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by akmiller 6y ago
Startup time for Clojure itself has become pretty fast. My guess is you were using something like lein or boot which involves more than just starting up Clojure. Either way, for scripting uses there are tools like babashka or lumo with sub
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by akmiller 6y ago
Definitely a market for this. There are so many events that like to use music as background noise but due to licensing restrictions in music you have to be careful what you use.
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by akmiller 7y ago
Because in the absence of regulation, companies will be driven by the market to do the "right" thing? This is not a problem in which the solution is likely to be highly profitable (or even profitable at all) so I'm not sure w

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