deliriousdreams

I actually love books. I don’t think digital books are a problem. But I do think a lot of people don’t read anything anymore. They rely on videos, audiobooks etc. I have tried audiobooks. They are nice. I like being told a story. But I struggle with retention from an audio book. I don’t have that same problem after just having read a book.

Asks is a strong word for making it a bananable offense.

The news cycle runs on keeping people convinced crime rates are high. The publics view of crime rates are intentionally skewed.

I’ll have a look.

If that’s the case we should also fix copyright law, trademark law, etc. Because when you get right down to it, the reason things are as bad as they are is because we have let those laws (initially meant to protect against corporate/capitalism over reach like this) be turned against us and mangled by corps.

I might have agreed with this before 9/11. But given how unlikely it is to get the court system to enforce privacy rights and laws we do have and how much our privacy rights have been hollowed out since then I can’t really say that I see that being successful. Especially not with the current administration.

This may work in other parts of the world, but in the US I don’t see it.

Out of curiosity, what else has worked (in the court system) to even remotely challenge AI companies?

What makes you think creatives don’t benefit? I think it depends on what it is and who publishes the thing. Lots of Indie game developers do benefit from purchases of their games. There are entities that tend to benefit more (publishers, store fronts, etc), but that doesn’t mean that the people who made the game don’t benefit.

It’s the same with music. Labels definitely benefit more. Streaming services benefit more. But at the same time that doesn’t mean the artist who made the music doesn’t benefit.

I think people should be paid for their work. I was happy to pay for music and movies and games. But I am not going to pay for something just to have it ripped away at a moments notice just because of corporate greed.

Additionally, I fully understand why someone would pirate when the thing they want isn’t available to them to purchase, or is out of their price range.

Do you want your Air Traffic Controller, Pilot, firefighter, paramedic, surgeon, or Engineer in charge of your power plant working with a terminal cancer diagnosis?

Knowing you’re dying affects your ability to focus, causes depression, and a whole host of other neurological effects that mean you’re way more likely to make mistakes, and way less likely to care about other people depending on how the news affects you.

This is likely to kill more people who didn’t have to die than it would save the government monetarily. If I have to work to get Medicaid while I’m terminally ill, I’ll happily just not pay taxes for that and use that money for my own care when the need arises.

The government already can come in after you die and take all your assets to pay back what you took from Medicaid. This is literally just so they can take more from your loved ones once you’re gone.

For the record, I don’t want people in low wage or low stakes jobs working while terminally ill either. I’m just illustrating how short sighted your view is.

What makes the contents of his phone evidence? They stopped him for further search because they were investigating him. But crucially, he was not aware he was under investigation and was not told he was. They didn’t follow the protocols that would have let him know he was being detained while they investigated a crime. As far as he knew he’d been chosen randomly for a secondary screening.

Then, instead of asking him questions relevant to what he was actually being investigated for, they started asking him about CSAM and demanding he unlock his phone. You are not required and they cannot compell you (in the USA) to unlock your device using a pin or password (but they can do so if you use biometeric unlock like face ID or fingerprint).

So in reality, what happened is they requested a pin and he didn’t provide the correct pin (which is his right), and the pin he did provide wiped the phone when the agent entered it. He didn’t destroy anything. They did.

Common enough in Seattle (but that may just be biased by how noticeable they are due to the incongruity of the shape).

What’s that? OTA software update couldn’t fix that?!

Yeah. No. There’s still the requirement to provide a SSN and other identifying information in order to get Medicaid. Specifically documents that confirm residency and citizenship

But even if what you say is true (and that still doesn’t mean they are legally eligible for Medicaid), that still doesn’t explain why ICE would need that information. Because specifically, because there’s a whole apparatus (used to be before toddler in chief got reelected) who’s whole purpose was to audit this system. This is why Medicaid can come after your assets if you use it when you have other means.

So why is ICE, an agency who’s purpose is not to investigate citizens, gaining any access to a database of people who are citizens. This is as much a “Need to Know” thing as it is a “make it make sense” thing.

It’s like gaining access to the fingerprints of service members for the purposes of making sure they’re citizens. The federal government already investigated and continues to investigate their status as legally residing in the country and that data base is for identifying service members who have died so their remains can be returned.

Why would they need it? You can’t get Medicaid as an illegal immigrant.

Let’s quantify the cost of getting there (not the cost of a visa, application, or just air travel but also the cost of moving your entire life (everything you own, including vehicles, knick knacks, pets, children etc). I can’t afford it. I make decent money. But I also have a kid with special needs and a lot of stuff I have invested in like tools that I can’t really afford to just leave behind if I plan to be working in the same trade I work now.

I can afford a surprise bill. I can’t afford to just up sticks and leave the country permanently without literally probably years of saving and prep.

Having to pay for storage and housing and so on even before I get there, the cost of moving all that stuff (or selling it for a fraction of what it’s worth), that cost adds up.

But sure. Let’s do the foster care two trash bag thing for a family of four just because you want to be right.

That’s before even the cost of a job search.