mikem170

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by mikem170 4mo ago
Does the interestate commerce clause preclude state laws pertaining to implementation and usage? For example, can a state outlaw public plate/facial recognition cameras, or usage of social network data and AI by local police? You could
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by mikem170 4mo ago
> The best solution is to have uniform federal regulation with no state laws What if the feds won't let a state outlaw policing using AI? Or insurance companies setting rates based on AI interpretation of their driving, phone locati
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by mikem170 5mo ago
If self-driving is better, then presumably cheaper insurance costs would be an incentive.
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by mikem170 5mo ago
Big tech is a coercive power. They are cooperating with the government to control the population. Doesn't that worry you? Don't you think there should be limits, beside profitability? I think of it as flaws in our system that need
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by mikem170 5mo ago
What about radical individualism + regulated tech - inevitable technology? I don't see anything wrong with individuals who by consensus choose to regulate "inevitable" technology. Technology is not a person, and we don't
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by mikem170 5mo ago
This [0] mentions that social security, medicare, public assistance and military and other federal wages were a wash, as of 2018-2022 data: > Digging deeper into the component parts of federal contribution, red and blue states received s
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by mikem170 6mo ago
I didn't say that the economy would be cratered. GDP doesn't capture everything.
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by mikem170 6mo ago
Are stock market profit expectations mostly long term? Stock markets have been wrong before. Besides that, the U.S. stock market went up over several decades while manufacturing capabilities were transferred overseas. That has had, and will
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by mikem170 8mo ago
You did specify revenue. The original comment mentioned benefits. I was thinking that the two are different.
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by mikem170 8mo ago
Investors are optimistic, but what will this new tech be used for? Advertising? Propaganda? Surveillance? Drone strikes? Does profitable always equal useful? Might other cultures justifiably think differently, like the Amish?
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by mikem170 8mo ago
Hmmm, I got something different. I thought that Bullshit Jobs was based on people who self reported that their jobs were pointless. He detailed these types of jobs, the negative psychological impact this can have on employees, and the kicke
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by mikem170 8mo ago
> drawing on a federal officer It is my understanding [0] that multiple videos show that Petti did not draw his gun. Do you know of evidence to the contrary? [0] https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/did-pre
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by mikem170 9mo ago
If algorithm output is protected by the 1st amendment then perhaps Section 230 [0] protections should no longer apply, and they should be liable for what they and their algorithms choose to show people. [0] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by mikem170 9mo ago
I don't get how that hasn't had an effect on prices. There's not enough houses on the market (zoning, and people want to keep their low-rate mortgages), there's people worried they can't afford houses (prices inflat
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by mikem170 10mo ago
Are you saying that one billionaire's loss in the primaries indicates money is not a problem in U.S. politics? I was thinking of things like the 2015 study referenced in this article [0] that looked at 1,800 policy change polls over th
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by mikem170 10mo ago
Other western democracies go further than the U.S. with campaign restrictions, including restrictions to campaign financing. One might say they protect the functioning of their democracies more with these additional restrictions, protecting
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by mikem170 10mo ago
I mentioned buses and trains, and was thinking that only those mobile wifi hotspots would be permitted, whitelisted for 5g service. Hotspots in (human driven) cars would not. That might encourage some people to take the bus? I agree with th
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by mikem170 10mo ago
A lot of people would be fine with that. Drivers are impaired while on the phone, even hands-free. Not to mention texting while driving! I kind of picture the cellular telcos doing this. Maybe buses and trains come with wifi hotspots allowe
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by mikem170 10mo ago
I just bumped into the idea of "demographic diversity" versus "moral diversity" [1]. Demographic diversity speaks to the differences in sex, race, sexual orientation, etc. A nation of immigrants, for example. Moral diver
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by mikem170 11mo ago
I'm using openbsd on a several laptops at the moment, a dell x55, a thinkpad x230, and a thinkpad x270. Everything works on all of them - sleep, hibernate, wifi, touchpad, colume and brightness buttons, cpu throttling, etc. On one of t
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by mikem170 11mo ago
> we can all take in whatever is happening in public People have the right to take in what is in public, but maybe cameras should not? This could apply to everyone in public spaces. No video, audio or surveillance without obtaining permi
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by mikem170 11mo ago
Correct, as per the Social Media section on his How I Do My Computing page: > I have a Mastodon account, @rms on mastodon.xyz, which mirrors the political notes of stallman.org. The person who set up the mirroring chose that site. [1] Th
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by mikem170 11mo ago
I was curious if by "traction" you mean growth? Can people into cycling find each other? Or are there not enough of those people on Mastodon? In your earlier up-thread comment you mentioned being tarred over certain things, like A
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by mikem170 11mo ago
I ended up on OpenBSD, having gotten frustrated with Windows, Suse, Fedora, FreeBSD and a Chromebook. I grew to appreciate stability, over time - I don't want to have to fix things after updates, including my tweaks and customizations.
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by mikem170 11mo ago
Seems to be that big companies usually push to externalize costs and take advantage as much as possible, to the detriment of everyone else. Shareholders have a right to sue them if they don't. Fake cures, filthy mines, toxic ingredient
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by mikem170 11mo ago
I assume you were talking about audio/video sync? I used to use mine to mostly listen to music, audio only. But I still have a creative bt-w2 audio dongle, and was curious, so I gave it a try, using mvp to watch a yt-dlp mp4, showing s
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by mikem170 11mo ago
I use a bluetooth usb dongle for audio with my openbsd laptop. It's very small and has a single button on the end for pairing, something like the creative bt-w3 [1]. You want to avoid something that won't work without windows driv
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by mikem170 1y ago
At the moment GrapheneOS is better for more people. It's secure, reliable and polished. But in the long run the continued development of Linux phones and getting away from the current duopoly is definitely a good thing. I'm using
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by mikem170 1y ago
So you favor big tech profits over the democratic process and what the local population thinks is best for themselves? I guess it would be stifled innovation vs societal impact. Not always a cut and dry easy decision. Depends on priorities.
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by mikem170 1y ago
> it would be bad to have a patch work of laws around AI Why would that be bad? And for who? Wouldn't it be better to have a variety of laws around something new, and figure out over time what is optimal? Wouldn't this be bette

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