stateofinquiry

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by stateofinquiry 4d ago
My opinion and based on my observations: The recent track record with courts, prosecutors, and lawmakers keeping social media companies accountable is a relevant case and does not encourage me. It has taken a long time (decade +) for societ
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by stateofinquiry 4d ago
Thank you! That sentence also jumped out to me as the solution: Apply civil and criminal liability to the creator and/or operator of these agents using the laws we already have . "Escaped containment and hacked another company&#x
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by stateofinquiry 2mo ago
> the EU a de facto open air prison for him. de facto a person can take a train into Switzerland from the EU (France, for example) with no border control. Or arrive by car. Once in Switzerland flights out are possible for a Swiss citiz
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by stateofinquiry 3mo ago
Probably the fact that most of the readership of the article and this site were alive for the former but not the latter. One could equally pin the rise of Joe McCarthy as the moment America started its move to "autocracy". Or when
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by stateofinquiry 4mo ago
I'm not sure if you are saying one can or can't express opinions on airliners.. but I do want to point out that the "contract of carriage" of most airlines is more restrictive than you might find for a ticketed event lik
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by stateofinquiry 4mo ago
Yup. I have not tried using a non-GoogleAndroid or iOS smartphone, but what you describe perfectly reflects what I experienced when I went started to work for a large employer 16 y ago. I had been using Linux as my main OS on desktops and m
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by stateofinquiry 4mo ago
I did switch from MacOS to MS Windows in 2023, after being on MacOS from 2015 (and various Linux distros between about 2000 and 2015; before that, Win98 and earlier versions, so help me God). I did not think anyone would be interested in re
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by stateofinquiry 5mo ago
Interesting points. With the extreme cheapening of the cost (time/skill) for software production, we can have "Extremely Personal Software", as you mention and as demonstrated by the source. I wonder if we will reach a stage
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by stateofinquiry 6mo ago
I don't see mention of this in the discussion, so I will add: I think people also don't close tabs. And probably these LI tabs have been up for a long time. Maybe weeks or months. I completely exit my web browser(s) at least 1x pe
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by stateofinquiry 6mo ago
"Clear issues caused by a seemingly bright idea, but the idea still pushed forward no matter what." .. well put. It occurs to me that this is the case on the HW front with Apple as well. I remember the butterfly keyboard, the notc
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by stateofinquiry 7mo ago
Well, different trade offs there. On the plus side, sounds pretty simple. On the other hand... Digital certification from the gov sounds a lot like "digital ID", which has run into considerable resistance in the UK and EU in just
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by stateofinquiry 7mo ago
Thank you for sharing this. I understand, and even agree, that how this is being handled has some pretty creepy aspects. But one thing missing from the comments I see here and elsewhere is: How else should verification be handled? We have
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by stateofinquiry 7mo ago
I agree that reserving judgement and separating the roles of individuals from the response of the organization are all critical here. Its not the first time that one of their staff were found to have behaved badly, in the case that jumps to
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by stateofinquiry 7mo ago
Probably. Question is, who will be accountable for the bot behavior? Might be the company providing them, might be the user who sent them off unsupervised, maybe both. The worrying thing for many of us humans is not that a personal attack a
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by stateofinquiry 8mo ago
Respectfully: I think the study is largely irrelevant to those who you seem to dismiss as one who "revel in Enforcement Theatre". I do agree the study provides valuable information I think it missed the point made by many advocate
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by stateofinquiry 8mo ago
I still visit regularly (and have since about 2000 or so), but I agree that it is not the same as in those days. I remember feeling like I was gaining actual insight into the topics from the comments, today... much less so. Maybe being olde
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by stateofinquiry 9mo ago
I'm an American living in the EU for the last 1.5 y due to a work assignment. From what I observe here rough times and hard choices are coming for Europe, and probably relatively soon. I am sorry to say it, but I believe (as the saying
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by stateofinquiry 9mo ago
I have the same confusion as you do. Note, I am not ignorant about Linux or MacOS. I ran Linux as my main OS from 2001 - 2015, still run it on a server. MacOS from 2015 - 2021. Since 2021 I am on Windows for my main machine (a laptop) and m
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by stateofinquiry 10mo ago
Impressive how nice this looks, and I am also impressed by how quickly it runs. I don't know who did this (could not find any "about" info), but kudos on a job well done. However: Aside from the above, and doing it "beca
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by stateofinquiry 10mo ago
I might have missed it, but they did not include any of their "game" watches from the 1980s in the history, somehow! I spent many a happy hour on the submarine one ( https://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/the-ha
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by stateofinquiry 11mo ago
If you are interested in this topic, especially from the US perspective, I recommend this book: https://www.alibris.com/Hatless-Jack-The-President-the-Fedor... . There was apparently significant social pressure for all men
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by stateofinquiry 11mo ago
You could try Pinker's book "The better angels of our nature..". It is older (2011) but gives the long view on how our species has become much, much less violent over the centuries. Its a hopeful trajectory, though one that i
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
Tribalism eroding the rights of all. Makes sense to me! I think you are on to something here.
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
When the government is monolithic (which it tends to become) and holds a lot of power it is just a matter of time before "some animals are more equal than others". The best safeguards I know about are 1) limiting the power of gov
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
maybe, but I think not as bad as MacOS "classic" 8.1 and 9 that came before it!
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
True! Apparently I am not alone, either, at least for a US audience. Here are some data. https://www.allsides.com/blog/bias-killing-news-trust Cheers!
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
The fact that they have the same complaint from both "sides" suggests to me that they are doing a good job providing balanced coverage.
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
Sony still makes very nice players - under the "walkman" brand no less. https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders... . Probably too pricey for a 10-y-old child, but you might be able to fin
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
"That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"
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by stateofinquiry 1y ago
This idea is much more than 8 years old. If my memory serves, achieving this via gene drive was first proposed in the 1980s, by using "transposable elements". If you'd like to learn more check out the following, only 25 years

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