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by autoexec 4mo ago
> And yet I bet if I look there's actually a ton of regulation. I'll bet a ton of that regulation is insufficient, and/or paid for, or even written by, the industry to make it harder for competitors or to allow them to inc
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by autoexec 4mo ago
Which is they they all should be regulated to make sure that they're doing more good for society than harm.
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by autoexec 4mo ago
The idea that "If corporations can't do whatever they want, including put everyone's lives at risk, nobody will be able to have anything nice" is a commonly seen argument but of course it's a lie. Companies might ma
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by autoexec 4mo ago
Siskel and Ebert were limited by time/format, but they did actually talk about what was good/bad about the films they covered even if ultimately it got a thumbs up/down. That's better than a lot of people bother with now
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by autoexec 4mo ago
It could end the abortion issue if fertilized eggs could be moved early enough. Any woman who didn't want a baby could have it transferred to an artificial womb and sign away all rights to/responsibility for it. Any father who wan
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by autoexec 4mo ago
I hope these companies aren't in for a shock when the younger generation rejects their brands https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920401/g... If negative perception towards AI grows, either be
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by autoexec 4mo ago
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/texas-gets-60-million-in-f... https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-federal-go...
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by autoexec 4mo ago
Not really. The federal government bails Texas out of the messes they get themselves into all the time (like their shitty power grid). Historically, Texas has often received more in federal funding than it contributes in federal taxes.
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by autoexec 4mo ago
We have more than enough resources, but a lot of people don't want to pay taxes to clean it or restrain corporations from polluting our water supply inn the first place. I'm guessing that plenty of people in this woman's own
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by autoexec 4mo ago
Feeling guilty? Everyone will happily stop shitting on Google the moment they stop being evil.
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by autoexec 4mo ago
They'll know when and how often you're awake or sleep (including how well you slept), sick, fucking, drunk or high, anxious or upset, relaxed, shitting, menstruating, medicated, etc. Combined with other data and tracked over time
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by autoexec 4mo ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they could. Probably not while it's in your pocket though. They're packed with sensors that can pick up a lot. Just putting a phone on a table with a keyboard on it is enough for it to be able read
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by autoexec 5mo ago
> CMG, MindSift and 1010 Digital Works claimed their “Active Listening” branded marketing service listened in on consumers’ conversations overheard by smart devices, in real time, to target advertising, according to the complaints. It&#x
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by autoexec 5mo ago
> "This is what will happen if you even think about creating and circulating nude pics of anyone" should be the message sent. This is the only way to prevent this behavior - not more censorship Saying "don't make a fa
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by autoexec 5mo ago
Does it even matter how realistic someone's fake porn is? Before computers people would cut out peoples faces and paste them onto playboy centerfolds. That sure wasn't perfect, but it didn't stop them from enjoying them enoug
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by autoexec 5mo ago
If only the same were true for broadcasting.
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by autoexec 5mo ago
> “Humans essentially have a tendency to believe that machines have more knowledge than they do, don’t break and are infallible,” says Alan Wagner, Anyone with any meaningful experience with using machines should know better. I suspect t
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by autoexec 5mo ago
It's no surprise that the companies with all the money and influence over government have managed to manipulate the general public to turn against the things that could get in the way of those same companies exploiting their workers an
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by autoexec 5mo ago
I feel bad for your sister. Only one reasonable option for an essential utility and all it costs your sister is hundreds a month plus sending all of her private data to a Nazi billionaire who is using it to train his AI while externalizing
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by autoexec 5mo ago
I agree, but the farmers aren't pulling in massive amounts of cash either. There are record profits being siphoned from the wages of the workers, and from the profits of the farmers, and from the pockets of the consumer at the register
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by autoexec 5mo ago
Those factors apply to everyone. Even, as I pointed out, within America itself. There are Americans living in places that are literally killing them. They aren't happy about, but they also can't just leave either. Learn about them
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by autoexec 5mo ago
America was populated by giving people land in exchange for doing the hard work of settling the country so that the government could expand farther west. The land wasn't empty before then, but it wasn't populated like it is now ei
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by autoexec 5mo ago
So are corporations.
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by autoexec 5mo ago
One day it's all going to trickle down, just like they promised us, keep waiting! All that wealth is going to leak through and soak our empty pockets until they are heavy with gold! The Holy Gipper wouldn't lie to us.
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by autoexec 5mo ago
That sounds like the kind of problem unions were invented to solve.
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by autoexec 5mo ago
It helps if you know the area and the road and what landmarks are around to give you a clue. Signs, poles, bridges etc. can tip you off to how high the water level is. You can pull over to the side of the road grab a stick and poke at it to
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by autoexec 5mo ago
Contributing nothing isn't even the worst case. There are also people who make their fortunes costing society. The Sackler family made insane amounts of wealth as literal serial killers. The CEO of Nestlé make a ton of money killing
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by autoexec 5mo ago
I don't know what you would define as "non-capitalistic" or why you'd limit your options to only those countries, but the idea that people can just pack up and go to live wherever they feel like is incredibly naive. The
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by autoexec 5mo ago
> But you struggling with rent is entirely your self-inflicted problem... Yeah, that one guy and 70% of the country https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/70-americans-struggle-pay-...
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by autoexec 5mo ago
We're also eagerly taking advantage of their cheap labour and we're taking advantage of plenty of people here at home, sometimes to the point of literal slavery (it's okay when they're prisoners or immigrants)

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