I have contacted both of my senators and local congress on this. I don't think that it will change much, but at least they know my feelings on the matter.
Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
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Re: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everybody loves drugs, nobody likes dealers
We can agree to associate social media with drugs, but Microsoft, Apple, AWS and Google are providing consumers with many products for which we have no equivalent competitors locally.
But there are local competitors, they just got smothered and bought up by US based corps.
Why ? Because the US has a lot more money, which translates to more money for investors to dominate the economic landscape.
Why does the US have more money ? Well, if I want to buy an ice cream from the US for a dollar , I first need to sell something to an American for that dollar. US banks can just mint that dollar from thin air
Re: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
#253Well this is defensively not gonna make it easier to get a new agreement for data transfer between EU and US.
But it will definitely make it easier for European companies to have a competitive advantage over their US counterparts.
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In the UK at least, we see politicians talking about what their constituents are writing to them about. I suppose they could all be lying. I've had a letter I wrote to my local MP passed all the way up to central government and received a reply from them. Later, I actually met someone who mentioned a "certain letter" they had to deal with... Which turned out to be the one I'd written!
> I suppose they could all be lying. It is what they're known for... > I've had a letter I wrote to my local MP passed all the way up to central government and received a reply from them. Later, I actually met someone who mentioned a "certain letter" they had to deal with... Which turned out to be the one I'd written! I can see that as being useful to keep the urban legend alive. What I'd like to see is statistical e…
It's easier to suppose that some politicians are paying attention to what their voters are motivated enough to write to them about.
How much effect it has in the real world is hard to say of course.
Re: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
#255Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I suppose they could all be lying. It is what they're known for... > I've had a letter I wrote to my local MP passed all the way up to central government and received a reply from them. Later, I actually met someone who mentioned a "certain letter" they had to deal with... Which turned out to be the one I'd written! I can see that as being useful to keep the urban legend alive. What I'd like to see is statistical e…
It's easier to suppose that some politicians are paying attention to what their voters are motivated enough to write to them about. How much effect it has in the real world is hard to say of course.
I don't know why you'd think that's easier to suppose. Seems naive. How does listening to you benefit them? Listening to lobbyists, on the other hand...
Re: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
We can agree to associate social media with drugs, but Microsoft, Apple, AWS and Google are providing consumers with many products for which we have no equivalent competitors locally.
But there are local competitors, they just got smothered and bought up by US based corps. Why ? Because the US has a lot more money, which translates to more money for investors to dominate the economic landscape. Why does the US have more money ? Well, if I want to buy an ice cream from the US for a dollar , I first need to sell something to an American for that dollar. US banks can just mint that dollar from thin a…
>? Well, if I want to buy an ice cream from the US for a dollar , I first need to sell something to an American for that dollar. US banks can just mint that dollar from thin air
I don't get this argument as the reverse is also true. If the US wants to buy French cheese and wine, it needs Euros to do that and the ECB can just print Euros out of thin air.
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> We don't want ....[x, y, z] Then why are those US tech companies so successful in the EU with no viable local competitors, if nobody wants them?
>They why are those US tech companies so successful in the EU with no viable local competitors, if nobody wants them? US tech has too much money they burn it on shit. So any potential competitor is bought, you see some UK AI company pops up then Google buys it and 1 year later you read how Google made huge progress in AI. IMO EU needs to first fix the illegal US companies tax tricks, also fix the Apple software tax o…
So, why are these noble, incorruptible EU-based companies selling out?
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Do you really have a plan if you lack the requisite skills?
Step 5 of the plan - Find people with the skills to implement steps 1-4
EU has an over-abundance of talent due to the great free schools. Finding people with skills is not an issue. It's finding the VC and investors willing to burn through billions in losses years on end hoping that maybe they make a profit one day, that's the problem.
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Here's the list of cosponsors, who will presumably vote for it. I don't see the list of committee members who voted for it. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/353...
Pretty even split down the aisle on this one. Which in this case is a bad thing.
I'd say this is actually pretty partisan if you ignore the mostly imaginary lines between the parties and think in terms of establishment vs. non-establishment.
Re: Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act
#260I just called both my senators about this.