microgpt

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by microgpt 4mo ago
Paying to consume something continually isn't inherently wrong. We do that with food. If you like, you could offset it with UBI. A separate concern is who should receive the money and how we morally justify that, since they didn't
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by microgpt 4mo ago
How privileged is a period?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Renting itself isn't inherently the problem if you have very strong tenant rights. Imagine renting came with all the rights of owning except the money flowed differently (like a perpetual mortgage) - that'd be pretty okay, actuall
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by microgpt 4mo ago
When you fake it it's still registered to someone and that person is liable for whatever crimes are committed under it. Or at least that's how it works in most of Europe.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
What do you do with the other 128 hours?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
The politicians who think this is a good idea are not calling up DARPA just in case DARPA has a better idea.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
they literally do that though. They don't all just look at your ID any more, some scan it with a scanner or phone and that literally does what you just said. Paying with a card also does it.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
That third party? Persona.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
> You don't wind up in a database for buying alcohol. Yes you do, if they scan your ID with any technology they're uploading a picture to that company's server. If you use a payment card then your bank and the card network
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Why can't we talk about the topic that is in front of us instead of making absurd comparisons like hiring security guards to check ID to enter parks?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Nah, it should be like in California. When you set up an account you should put how old thr user is, and websites should get a header that says whether it's over 18 or not. No ID checks, just good parenting.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Wouldn't corporations still declare war on parents over their kids?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
What you describe, but at the OS level, is already the law in California. We got angry about it a few months ago when it passed, do you remember?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
They want to know all the children are 18+ to remove liability for what they do to them.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Parents who want to raise healthy children. Politicians who want to track everyone all the time. The rare few politicians who want it to be easier to raise healthy children. Tech CEOs who don't want to be liable for harming children&#x
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Only if the bad guys are the ones you're verifying to, isn't it?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
You're assuming the politicians think this will be 100% successful and not, say, 80% successful.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
It can't, because the government doesn't know shit about technology. Someone who knows tech, is close to the government, and isn't corrupt, would have to propose it and explain what this zorro-proof knowy doohicky is. The gov
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by microgpt 4mo ago
When did you grow up? The internet in 2006 and 2026 were nothing alike.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Because the internet is global and the negative effects of the internet are happening everywhere at the same time. Also, politicians look at other countries for ideas.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
sometimes it's true. We ruined the brains of a whole generation of people. Should we stop doing that? If so, how?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
that much is true, but there are also online bullying rings. Note that this happens on social media but the opposite - information about being trans - is not only on social media.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
HN is a venture capital place, we are the ones financially benefiting from destroying children's minds so of course we don't want them to put a stop to it.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Why?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
It's not the only way. The California way is much better. If we implemented that ten years ago there would be no excuse for ID verification now. But we didn't do that, did we? Instead we pushed for unlimited social media access fo
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by microgpt 4mo ago
For me that would be a crisis. I always want to have at least a few thousands and then if something unexpected happens, that other people will go into a small debt for, I will just be able to spend the money and not go into debt. And it&#x2
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Were you raised solely and exclusively by your parents or did you also, say, attend school?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
Big Tech, most of all, wants a liability shield for the people it turns into school shooters. Because if Big Tech had to pay for the consequences of its algorithms it would be bankrupt.
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by microgpt 4mo ago
AI slop?
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by microgpt 4mo ago
what are you talking about? Iran destroys errant ships on both sides of the strait. Otherwise the strait would've been "open" this whole time.

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