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"a new wave of economic opportunity", eh? First, I nominate scrapping this whole idea of frequency allocation to private parties. Regulation can't get more hea
by mindslight 2y ago
"a new wave of economic opportunity", eh?
First, I nominate scrapping this whole idea of frequency allocation to private parties. Regulation can't get more heavy-handed, askew, and favoring incumbents than designating that most everybody is prohibited from doing anything while some other parties may do whatever they like.
Second, I nominate removing every restriction on intentional and unintentional radiators. Those hooks have been used to create a whole extragovernmental regulatory apparatus of testing labs.
Third, the regulations requiring manufacturers to implement code signing on wireless chipsets. This maybe should have been first because it's so abhorrent to individual freedom, but the scope is narrow compared to the first two.
Also since we're talking about "economic opportunity" and Republicans have been complaining about regulatory agencies acting beyond their congressional mandate - now that they control congress, surely there is a net neutrality bill making its way through the legislative process?
- scojjac 2y agoMy neck just twitched in a way it never has before. Thank you for that.
- yummypaint 2y agoI nominate removing every restriction on intentional and unintentional radiators This is quite an illuminating call to action, because it demonstrates the same process that lead to the current plague of anti-vax sentiment. Apparently it only takes a generation of people living with the benefit of a regulation for the essential lessons that led to the creation of the regulation to be forgotten. Sometimes it seems western civilization has indeed peaked and we are now doomed to these ever repeating cycles of ignorance.
- mindslight 2y agoTo be clear my statements were all facetious with varying levels of seriousness, and that one was the least serious. The thrust being to point out the hypocrisy of the neofascists saying "reduce regulations" while they actually mean increasing centralized control over our lives. Though I will say with all of the blind destruction going on, now wouldn't be the worst time to end up trying out those idealistic theories about larger adoption of spread spectrum...
- yummypaint 2y agoThere is too much momentum involved in this stuff for people who have no clue what they're doing to take the wheel. All it takes is a year of allowing emitting garbage on the market and we could cripple radio astronomy for a generation. Even if the problem is corrected as quickly as it can be on a governmental timescale, all these junk devices will be in circulation for decades.
- mindslight 2y agoIt fees like we're already running that experiment in low level way? Like are all those GENSYM brands of gizmos on Amazon really passing EMC? I remember when overbright non-FMVSS HID/LED headlights started becoming a thing, then the DOT cracked down on imports for a while (but never actually put a stop to it). Then they just seemingly just gave up, because it was impossible to actually stop. I figured the dynamic is similar with RF emissions.