sure, there are gray areas, and apple does keep them somewhat in check. but also if you’re willingly installing facebook you should know that your privacy is already heavily compromised.

there’s a difference between malware and junk. ios is pretty much malware free. and i’m not sure you want apple deciding what is “junk” and what isn’t.

colloquially today most people mean genAI like LLMs when they say “AI” for brevity.

Because there’s this default assumption that data centers can never be powered by renewable energy

that’s not the point at all. the point is, even before AI, our increasing energy needs were outpacing our ability/willingness to switch to green energy. Even then we were using more fossil fuels than at any point in the history of the world. Now AI is just adding a whole other layer of energy demand on top of that.

sure, maybe, eventually, we will power everything with green energy, but… we aren’t actually doing that, and we don’t have time to catch up. every bit longer it takes us to eliminate fossil fuels will add to negative effects on our climate and ecosystems.

or… maybe it wasn’t designed at all. maybe it is just a natural artefact of all big tech companies wanting to control the next big thing.

not judging by the absolute tirefire that is tiktok.

then you get unwanted chinese tech.

that’s the point, you can’t do that.

You have to think one step beyond this specific instance. Laws apply to everyone consistently.

So do you want to let cybersquatters fuck everyone just for the sake of fucking Lamborghini? Or is it better to get rid of these leeches who are providing no value to anyone but themselves?

“small government” is just a dog whistle for “lower rich people taxes”.

it’s easy to see it that way when a big corporation is involved, but average people and small businesses get fucked by cybersquatters too.

On balance I tend to side against the cybersquatters. They are not providing any value to anyone, just leeching dollars from the economy.

Will not work. None of these kinds of bans has ever worked. Did everyone just forget that they got blackout drunk as minors who could not legally purchase alcohol? Are we under some misguided belief that age verification procedures in this manner can or ever have worked effectively to reduce harm on minors?

Minors may not be 100% alcohol free but that does not mean they consume the same amount with or without age restrictions.

Will actually make the internet less safe for teenagers, as they will now be lying about their age and circumventing the systems in place, which renders all existing protections for them ineffective.

maybe, let’s see how it works.

Is pointlessly age targeted legislation as social media is also bad for adults as well. Its bad because of business practices and lack of ethical considerations in gigantic monolithic international social media corporations.

that’s true for other age-gated things like alcohol and tobacco. there is legislation to protect adults as well as banning use for children.

Is this law parfect? Probably not, but I think it’s a reasonable starting point and at least they are trying something.

I don’t know if this is the answer but I’m glad someone is trying something. will be a good case study regardless.

OP was the one who asked why people don’t use Retroachievements.

adding to his wank bank no doubt.

no, tailscale is still the easiest option.

only if you’re a shitty designer or a consumer with shitty taste.

i’m sure they’re not perfect but i’ve had good luck with C7 ceramic LEDs from amazon.

only if they train it on intelligent data.

probably how it was prompted.

I think this snippet get the gist across:

The money flows in loops: Nvidia invests in AI startups, startups commit to cloud spending, cloud providers purchase Nvidia hardware, Nvidia recognizes revenue, but the cash never completes the circuit because the underlying economic activity—AI applications generating profit—remains insufficient.