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  • China bans influencers from speaking on ‘serious’ topics like finance or health without university degree

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  • The solution is to aggressively regulate the platforms, not the people posting. Saying dumb shit like "drink horse dewormer" is free speech; providing a platform to push that awful advice to millions of people is not a protected right.

  • Captured Italian 305mm howitzer, WW1, ~1917

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  • Awww, looks like a dog play bowing. Let him splatter a trench with human viscera, as a little treat

  • Lab-grown leather from a living cow could change the fashion industry

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  • So? How many die in those vs traditional methods? Why pretend to care about harm reduction and then shit on tech that could reduce it?

  • Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment

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  • Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment

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  • What I don't get is the assumption that a fixed stipend of currency will provide for basic necessities.

    If the society was committed to universal housing, food and healthcare access then just make that the stated goal and get those funds involved directly in housing/food/healthcare. Just giving someone $1000 doesn't stop their landlord from increasing rent by $900 to match; a government owned housing alternative does.

  • Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment

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  • Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere a long while back that UBI is a non-solution to wealth inequality. IIRC if you don't also radically change the rest of the regressive tax structures then the supply of cash still gets funneled upward. Most of the hype is from PR and the inherent good vibes of getting a check in the mail.

  • Another WSJ banger about why the poors aren't doing more

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  • Pretty funny that the article and the reply both implicitly assume adulthood is owning things or doing certain activities. Adulthood is being able to navigate life through adversity. Every young person I know treading water with unstable income and no support is way more 'grown up' than boomers complaining about having to cut back on retirement cruises.

  • Americans can’t afford their cars any more and Wall Street is worried

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  • I've never seen people more mad that a stranger paid a few thousand extra amortized over 14 years.

  • The Rain Maker

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  • EV that does not track my every move

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  • Would it be possible/easier to slap a Faraday cage around it instead of disconnecting anything?

  • Feeling increasingly nihilistic about the state of tech, privacy, and the strangling of the miracle that is online anonymity. And some thoughts on arousing suspicion by using too many privacy tools.

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  • I think we've been spoiled by an extended era where it was possible to be truly anonymous on the internet, which is public infrastructure at its core. In that perspective it's fundamentally worse than real life for privacy. Everything goes through centralized hardware, making it trivial to log your traffic and digital fingerprint in perpetuity. Imagine if the camera at your local park didn't just see you enter, but perfectly stored your height, weight, shoe size, eye color, gait, etc...

    From that it becomes pretty clear that the only safe way to use the digital space is read-only on socially acceptable platforms with the herd protection of the pseudo-anonymous crowd. And of course, that makes the internet much less interesting and useful, so I might as well go touch grass and talk to my friends in physically private spaces.

    Well it was fun while it lasted at least... 🍻

  • 'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

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  • Not if we stop tracking it 🤠

  • Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP

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  • Don't get me wrong, they signed up to ooh-rah bomb brown people. But it hits a little different when, statistically, a portion of them are literally from these cities. There's an insular camaraderie in the military and they're pulled from a diverse background by design. You can't just drop a battalion on a city and expect them to behave themselves like a Texas National Guard in Oregon.

    I'm also not claiming this is a good thing. A military junta doesn't make for kind and benevolent rulers, but wouldn't be bad in the same ways as the current administration.

  • Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP

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  • He already functionally has full control of the country since there are no checks against him. Him getting a stamp of approval to ignore the rule of law doesn't change anything except giving his lawyers more time to golf instead of pushing court papers.

    The real fight here is over optics. He's very visibly cannibalising and deconstructing the federal government and forcing constitutional crisis by marching ICE/National Guard around peaceful streets. When he has his shiny insurrection papers he can now march out the military as well, which is the only way he can exert real political control. Stochastic terrorism and 20k ICE thugs can't occupy a nation of 340 million.

    But the thing is the military isn't ICE. They didn't sign up to wander around Chicago arresting maids and line cooks. They need a real, genuine, convincing reichstag fire or armed opposition to keep those soldiers from wondering why they're patrolling the streets and shooting dissidents for the emperor with no clothes. If you can't convince them to be fully on board the maga train then it gets very difficult to hold your kangaroo court to purge the left. That is going to be much more interesting than any phony act or simple declaration of martial law.

  • Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored...

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  • No the problem is the cameras, full stop. You can't shift the cultural safety norm to require millions of remotely accessible cameras and expect a company or government to not abuse them.

    The only reason for the popularity of these cameras is big tech's marketing and business strategy. Amazon made a shit ton of money throwing expensive stuff on your unattended doorstep. That leads to obvious problems and the only ways out are:

    • Amazon spends money on proper, secure delivery ❌
    • The customer pays extra in time and money for an existing solution (CCTVs have existed since 1927) ❌
    • Amazon subsidizes a shiny new "solution" which is a thinly veiled data harvesting platform that will generate even more money ✅✅✅

    Even if they were concerned with data collection consent, there is no way to get it by the very nature of an always-on, public facing camera. And if it wasn't that, it would be a fancy peephole.

    I inherited one of these cameras on a previous home and it objectively provided no real value to me. It recorded the coming/going of my neighbors, bugs flying in front of it, visitors who had already texted their ETA, and delivery guys taking pictures that got sent to me seconds later.

    The "peace of mind" factor quickly evaporated when the neighborhood feed was constant posts warning of homeless people or someone walking at night or anyone in a hoodie. Any post where there was a legitimate crime was someone in a mask covering the camera. So how exactly was it keeping anyone safe?

    On the other hand, Amazon got incredible value from years of recording everyone's movements. The fact that rubes will pay a few dollars a month to defray hosting costs for the goldmine of a 24/7 live stream is gravy.

  • Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored...

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  • Lacking a secure drop off point is a service issue between you and the company delivering the package. It's just as possible to install a lock box or a set a pickup point or require a signed delivery. Complain to Amazon if they're too cheap to do anything about porch piracy. The convenience of opening your door for a package doesn't stand up to my right to privacy.

    For the rest of your points: sure, if you really need a camera to watch your private porch then feel free to aim it at the porch and not the entire street. I'm not saying it should be illegal to monitor your property but that your right to 24/7 monitoring ends where your property line does.

  • Judge Hands Down Second, Emergency Ruling Protecting Portland From National Guard Occupation

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  • I think a lot of people are buying into the image of white guy + tac vest + gun = ICE = fed = military. These things are in no way equal but it's an important part of the administration's plans for you to imagine they are.

    ICE is a big bark and a little bite. These people have minimal/no training, they are literally angry thugs on a power trip. Step back and actually think about the outrageous operations and headlines you see.

    They're tough guys when they outnumber you or are tackling a 70 year old nanny, but when faced with a critical mass of opposition they tuck tail and run. The only thing they have going for them is the costume and a gun.

    Turns out that watching a bunch of conspiracy videos about how brown people ruin America doesn't make you a tough guy. What actually does make you tough is years of drilling, specialized training, decades of institutional knowledge, engaging in real combat, etc. So we're back to the eternal truth: the military are the true kingmakers of the state.

    In terms of personal safety you still need to watch out for ICE on the streets. However, in terms of political power they're a paper tiger. They could never lock down a city or shut down an election without massive military support. Whether the military would lend that support is an open question, but certainly not without a compelling reason (beyond the POTUS decrees it)

  • Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored...

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  • Is it too much to ask for a doorbell camera to operate like a doorbell? We've had peepholes on doors that can be opened and checked when needed for years with no problem, why do we suddenly need constant surveillance of the public commons? This is also on the owner for buying into the scare tactics.

    IMO it should be flat out illegal to have any permanent camera that monitors a public space. I don't consent to have a stalker track when I enter and leave my home, I won't consent to have a neighbor do the same.

  • DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

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  • She's gonna be shocked when someone reads her the 3rd amendment