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bigB

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    Comment #46253108

    Going to say Nope there....I know a lot of kids using discord, they do not have age checks in Australia.

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    Comment #46253092

    Not sure who you have spoken to, but I don't know one single parent who wanted this. In fact most of them have said they will assist their kids to bypass it.

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    Comment #46230025

    Well I should have worded it "A big reason the say they are banning it is Cyberbullying" , I don't believe that at all, but you are 100% correct, they hate big tech as it always be…

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    Comment #46229868

    How long will it take them to ban communications ? A big reason they are pushing this is Cyberbullying....yet a recent death in the news this week, the kid was literally bullied/se…

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    Comment #46229824

    The criticism is not that it wont be watertight, its that it will be ineffective in achieving what they say the reasoning is. 1. Kids are already moving to platforms that are not i…

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    Comment #44528645

    My thoughts on this is there is very few things that will stop a sufficiently motivated teenager. I Know this as I have these conversations alot with my kids. They will work around…

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    Comment #41078161

    It actually was pixel art, hand ( or rather mouse) crafted by the artist using a real picture for reference. I remember reading an article way back when where they interviewed her …

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    Comment #40479652

    There is in depth information on its workings, on the website itself, in the newsgroups and in the podcast. If the author of the article were to look it would remove any "magic" of…

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    Comment #40479434

    Im guessing the author of this has somewhat of an issue with Steve Gibson and GRC, and has obviously spent some time mulling over how to write a very wordy and seemingly in-depth b…

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    Comment #35638538

    That was a trip down memory lane. I loved the Amiga, I owned 3 of them at one stage, but ended up moving on after the collapse of Commodore. Still has a place in my nostalgic heart…

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    Comment #34452116

    This is where I am headed this year too, in the bid to save money Ive got an agreement with the kids...1 video subscriber service only at a time, between Disney+, Netflix and Param…

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    Comment #34452057

    Looks like he is getting out before the Sh!t hits the fan. As soon as they begin stopping password sharing im out and know many others that will follow. Its surprising the amount o…

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    Comment #34399458

    Well i did not see it as shallow, rather more of a succinct question.... but we all have different perspectives and views i guess.

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    Comment #34399443

    I do see your point on this, though not sure if you can use that differentiation between human inspiration and what a computer is doing, we take a mental image and interpretation c…

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    Comment #34399411

    That is a very good point actually, and one that I am sure will be tested in court...as I said it will be interesting to see where it leads

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    Comment #34399079

    >>Their initial response was not lazy. Yes it was, it didn't consider what could have been meant and instead of asking they presumed the worse and attacked. Yes the initial comment…

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    Comment #34398980

    Much like your response, but yet you did it anyhow

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    Comment #34398970

    Well while I see your eagerness to defend the definition of human, it may for futures sake be a very valid question. It may not be too far in the future here we will see brain enha…

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    Comment #34398895

    My rather unpopular view is that if its available for humans to read on the internet, there is nothing different than a machine reading it, other than scale. There is nothing stopp…

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    Comment #29304783

    In all honesty I get better prices and quicker delivery from Ebay than i would on Amazon on Black Friday....makes no difference to me at all

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    Comment #23677708

    I Agree 100%....your social status really only depends on your ability to say yes everytime a relative, friend, friend of a friend and maybe a relative of a friend of a friend has …

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    Comment #22703849

    Well you haven't really state any benefit of traditional currency either....it can be given, taken, lost, stolen...and given the current world situation it is certainly not stable.…

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    Comment #22703681

    People in general are detrimental to society, regardless of what currency we are using. Your argument is pretty weak considering conventional currency has been used for illegal and…

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    Comment #16809991

    You have consented to your friend having your data in his phonebook...it has nothing to do with Facebook. Its like saying that if your money is in a bank, and that bank gets robbed…