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Apparently if you outlaw murder, the fact that people are constantly creating new ways to murder makes it confusing as to whether or not murder is outlawed.

Alupis 4y ago
No, because murder is still illegal. In a technical setting, we can't even reliably describe how things will operate 5 years from now. Imagine a law that specified how frames were to operate... and now no one uses frames. Just imagine a law that says "no tracking". What is tracking? How is it done? How do we know it when we see it? All of this must be defined... and these definitions are fuzzy and change rapidly. The ADA law specifically says you must make your website accessible... but fails to specify what accessible even means in a modern setting. That's the pitfalls of trying to regulate how things are designed in a technical setting. Perhaps it's possible, but I have not yet seen a good law that made an attempt.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
  Docker is 9 years old, try again. No, actually, don't. I reject everything about your premise. "What even IS ACCESSIBILITY, OMG, you can't explain that!?!?!". I mean ... maybe YOU can't, but plenty of people can.
  - Alupis 4y ago
    No, nobody can. Not even the folks that wrote the law. Not even the folks that enforce the law (DOJ) (referencing the ADA law in regards to websites). You can go look for yourself... it's created an entire cottage industry of would-be vexatious litigants, if any of the suits actually went to court. So no, it is not easy to define or describe. There is an incredible amount of detail that must be hammered out to make it easy for everyone to become compliant. We can also reference the EU's GDPR, or California's CCPA/CPRA. All of which are struggling to actually clearly define what they mean. What is an essential cookie? What does it mean to sell someone's personal data? Neither are what you might actually believe... You can reject it all you want, but that does not change the reality I'm afraid.
    - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
      What you're describing is called interpretation of the law, and weirdly enough, legal systems have been doing that for the better part of 600 years.

Alupis 4y ago

No, because murder is still illegal. In a technical setting, we can't even reliably describe how things will operate 5 years from now. Imagine a law that specified how frames were to operate... and now no one uses frames. Just imagine a law that says "no tracking". What is tracking? How is it done? How do we know it when we see it? All of this must be defined... and these definitions are fuzzy and change rapidly. The ADA law specifically says you must make your website accessible... but fails to specify what accessible even means in a modern setting. That's the pitfalls of trying to regulate how things are designed in a technical setting. Perhaps it's possible, but I have not yet seen a good law that made an attempt.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
Docker is 9 years old, try again. No, actually, don't. I reject everything about your premise. "What even IS ACCESSIBILITY, OMG, you can't explain that!?!?!". I mean ... maybe YOU can't, but plenty of people can.
- Alupis 4y ago
  No, nobody can. Not even the folks that wrote the law. Not even the folks that enforce the law (DOJ) (referencing the ADA law in regards to websites). You can go look for yourself... it's created an entire cottage industry of would-be vexatious litigants, if any of the suits actually went to court. So no, it is not easy to define or describe. There is an incredible amount of detail that must be hammered out to make it easy for everyone to become compliant. We can also reference the EU's GDPR, or California's CCPA/CPRA. All of which are struggling to actually clearly define what they mean. What is an essential cookie? What does it mean to sell someone's personal data? Neither are what you might actually believe... You can reject it all you want, but that does not change the reality I'm afraid.
  - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
    What you're describing is called interpretation of the law, and weirdly enough, legal systems have been doing that for the better part of 600 years.