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…and here I am a dumb American tourist who knew nothing about Vespa’s and was just upset because I couldn’t get my uber and missed my train. Now I want one!

> Because it's their property. Now you can try to make an argument that it's stolen IP and that matters in some way, but that's just more likely to ensure no one has access The kno…

I think you misunderstood me, I'm saying strong (very strong) data privacy laws make age gating unnecessary. This solution has far reaching benefits across all age groups.

You know this? My guess is that companies will be held responsible for anyone accessing there content that is not supposed to. In that light they will feel the need to block any un…

That's a complete false dichotomy. We create all kinds of consortiums to manage complex decisions that shouldn't be owned by one entity.

That's true but has anyone studied the good things that have happened from younger people being able to find community or other positive aspects? Either way the solution again is n…

Gating is not just for porn, they are talking about using for social media and various other things. You can imagine that many things end up age gated if this becomes legislation, …

Your example is in bad faith as your example assumes that the only thing blocking a child of 5 from porn is age verification of some type. There are lots of blockers today for 5 ye…

Wouldn't this mean we don't know what age these 10% are in?

Same code for all people for 1 hour and you don't think we'd immediately have rotating codes to pass the gate?

Doesn't 90% successful mean you are stepping on 10% toes???

1 assumes that some "private entity" gets to decide what is crucial infrastructure and what is not, what gets the opportunity to be patched and what doesn't. I'm not ok with that a…

I haven't seen anyone suggest that a company can't do this, they absolutely can within certain frameworks of the law. That doesn't mean consumers have to like it and continue to bu…

First of all, these products are "legal". I think the point is more that we pay for your top subscription but you've decided that a handful of companies that you pick get access to…

The issue is that the people enforcing this have made a huge amount of money doing the same thing, but with a full on war!

> I don't understand why Americans continue believing that democracy is the only way for every population in the world They don't! The majority voted for the guy who wants to, admi…

Hasn't almost every model created a paradigm shift lately? Maybe it's you who has moved the needle on what a paradigm shift means?

I'm not an economist but if you listen to Gary Stevenson talk about this very issue he discusses it in depth. But, when it comes down to it if EVERYTHING is getting more expensive …

That's because it's not. That's a cop-out. Wealth inequality is the crux of the issue.

> but firing and then hiring back who you miss isn’t. It shows you who is really critical. Maybe for companies (although I'd argue it's extremely bad there as well), but for Govern…

Yes, and this example right here tells you how much research DOGE does (with anything they are doing). Highly inept people if measured by what their stated goal is...although we al…

> that probationary employees aren't needed Remember that "probationary" doesn't mean new. I just learned this, but apparently when getting a promotion it puts you back into the "p…

The fundamentals are not changing that often so the knowledge is extremely applicable.

I joined it back in December, not realizing that it was essentially a platform for right wing extremist. I simply thought it was a less restrictive Twitter, based on the conversati…

I actually prefer the interior of my Tesla's to any care I've ever owned. Combined with the technology and software, I haven't seen any car that competes. It is still absolutely am…