different instances have different rules,there are instances that are more homophobic and others that are more lgbtq. instances can choose to federate or not with other instances, however those instances that most disagree with will still exist.

it’s also a good idea when the authority is being a piece of shit and grew too comfortable in their position.

https://web.archive.org/web/20241111010722/https://thetech.com/2024/11/07/daniela-rus-research-must-end

archive.org link to the “the tech” opinion piece that was redacted.

Instagram has a shit algorithm, yt shorts are generally just worse forms of yt or reposts from ticktok/insta. People are willing to tolerate a lot of data selling already, so why should they care that it’s being shared with the CCP?

Conveniently the USA has the first amendment (which, admittedly has been being degraded over time) that, at least in spirit, should protect an individual right to publish information (such as ip packets) to another location (such as an ISP) and that other location’s right to forward that information to a second location (such as a VPN) that is outside of the USA’s jurisdiction.

It’s like how banning advanced cryptography is practically impossible and idiotic because it is just a small amount of math. The internet protocol can be transmitted over so many different mediums that all the government could realistically do is create a bigger VPN market.

I love the idea, it covers most instances of extreme customization in Linux.

employers legally have to, if they don’t they are in violation of federal law.

why not Alaska too?

is biting allowed

if the (US and many others) governments weren’t run by fascists I might agree, but I know that politics change and facist, homophobic, racists are always going to have a chance to be elected in a democratic (republic) system.

the main problem I have with the government doing this is that they would be the ones to define who the minoritys are. If I remember correctly the US consider veterans to be a protected class, what if a government decided to extend minority status to those that themselves (as part of their “culture”) codified intolerance to existing protected minorities (such as certain religions with respect to homosexuality)?

the law shouldn’t dictate this because that would require rigid definitions of misinformation and minorities. are Nazis minorities? What about Israelis? Or Palestinians?

is spreading a rumor misinformation? What if it is later found out to be true?

if solar was incentivized to have batteries, power factor correction, and (if the power companies can shut off the connection at the house during service to prevent backfeding) use frequency correcting inverters.

Exactly why personal solar energy will hit a tipping point as the rates rise drastically as more users use zero to negative energy. Those that cannot afford solar will suffer, but the Environmental impact will probably be reduced.

• Don’t want too

most of those rich people could afford a house, just not one in as “good” of a neighborhood.

“fuck me and the horse you rode on”

There is a minimum competency required for using a semi experimental taxi service. Accepting incompetence should not be done when the incompetent individual is a “influencer”.

How much of the budget could be reduced if we fired all military personnel and sold at auction most of out military assets?

how would you ban any internet service without firewalls or routing? DNS bans are trivial to bypass and maybe I’m not thinking hard enough but I’m out of practical ways to prevent access to Twitter or meta.

Ukraine and other countries where fixed infrastructure is failing iirc benefit from having low cost Internet access.