Doubly true because the children yearn for the mines.

This is how it feels when I take my queer, internet inspired memes to my very not online friends.

I think I’m following what you mean. To me, though, (using your house analogy) it isn’t that your ex has a key, it’s that the government is demanding that your door remain open. Sure, it’s already off the hinges, but it’s a whole lot easier to put a door back on than to fight the government about it. It’s not currently illegal to protect your data through extreme measures, but this is the beginning of laws that make it illegal. That is why this is worth fighting over to me. What’s more, I can hate and fight against more than one thing, so it’s not a huge issue to be against this.

And sure, all this data is out there, but that isn’t true for future generations. Old data becomes stale. It just seems like such a defeatist attitude to me to cede ground on this, especially when the laws you mentioned actually being worried about would use this as precedent. It’s certainly easier to argue for an ID requirement when you have the data on millions of users lying about their age and use it as justification for a more controlled implementation.

But either way, I think I need to step away here. I feel like I understand you, I just disagree and to continue beyond this without doing more reading on the topic, laws, and trends won’t really help, I think (the last I saw for the New York law was that determining what was an adequate attempt to verify age was fell on the AG, who seemed to be leaning towards third party verification. I’m already out of date with developments there).

That’s fine, I’ll agree to disagree. Out of curiosity, what do you consider real AI to be?

I… didn’t say that? Not sure if you replied to the wrong person? But I’ll try to respond to what I can?

Oh whoops, if I did, my bad. That’s what I was understanding your comment about “it’s literally the same check we already have” to be. You’re saying there are already age checks for certain sites (and analysis of your web traffic and associated data being sold) and that this is no different, if I understand correctly. It is worth pointing out that while the California law requires no verification, the New York law potentially requires more than just a declaration of age. It’s worse elsewhere in the world.

All of that is the same thing. It is about building profiles…

Right, but you see how this is also a bad thing right? Given that the FBI has now spoken about buying this data and uses it to target people, I would think that we would all want better privacy protections, not fewer.

1. This is not exclusive to the US.

I don’t see how that should sway opinion about this being a good or a bad thing. It’s a bad thing for everyone, right?

2. I never said this is “the first step towards something >worse”.

No, I am saying that. I was saying that calling this a slippery slope doesn’t feel like it is based in the history of privacy erosion. I’d love to learn more about the original sin in all of this, but just because it isn’t the first step doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight against consolidated, government-mandated privacy violations, right?

Yes? I am sorry that protecting your privacy takes effort? I am >sure that if you pay a random sponsor on an LTT video that >they’ll claim to do everything for you? Like… I really don’t know what to tell you?

I think you’re misunderstanding me. I’m not complaining that it’s difficult. I’m asking why we don’t try and just fix the problem instead of letting something like this slide by because there are other, similar issues.

Can I ask you to explain your point, “age doesn’t matter, your digital footprint carries over?” You mention solutions to protect yourself from the digital footprint carry over, but this law would just make it easier to overcome those solutions.

Now instead of having to figure out the various unique patterns of accessing the internet to determine info about you, you just tell them your age (or that you’re an adult, whatever) on those systems directly.

I also think it’s a bit disingenuous to call ‘this is the first step towards something worse’ a slippery slope when that is exactly how the creeping erosion of privacy has gone in the US historically, but especially the last few decades.

You acknowledge that a lot of people don’t fully understand how to protect themselves (and offer solutions that require more money, time, and education to accomplish) and in the same breath that is why it’s okay that we make data collection easier.

I know this probably comes across as accusatory, but I really don’t mean it that way. I’m genuinely trying to understand what your perspective is.

Personally, I think that’s kind of a matter of opinion. AI is a pretty broad term.

Oh I just upped my routine!

Every morning: Nivea Skin Clear in shower Anua serum (niacinamide) Revitalift (low dose retinol cream) Beauty of Joseon SPF50+ (just a moisturizer with high SPF)

Monday, Wednesday, Friday evenings micellar water (just to get the blech off) Creightons BHA lotion (salicylic acid for blackheads, a bit higher concentration to stay on over night). Revitalift (low dose retinol cream) A cheap Nivea facial lotion (something less sticky for bed)

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday evenings micellar water (just to get the blech off) Revitalift (same thing again, you get the picture) A cheap Nivea face lotion (something less sticky for bed)

And then Sunday evening is kind of a rest day for my skin so I just lightly scrub with water.

I have NEVER been good about skincare. I used to live in a sunny place on a sailboat and basically my skincare exclusively revolved around wearing a wide-brim hat and shorts, so I’m doing a bit of catching up. 😅

Man, these two are so funny. I missed their Japan trip but I’m gonna follow this one.

‘Artificial intelligence’ has been around for quite a while. The headlines were grabbed by LLMs, but that’s not the only place that the investment money has gone. None of these major companies with public facing LLMs are exclusively working with them.

Every time I go out, I do a little something. If I don’t do anything, I feel HORRIBLE the entire time. I really struggle with a negative internal monologue, so having at least one thing I’m proud of or feel cute about helps a lot with that. I really like my eyes, so I just got good at doing a little liner so I can at least like that about me.

Edit: I completely misunderstood the question. At home I don’t really doll up, but if I’m gonna be anywhere near a mirror or have anything close to a personal interaction, I’m gonna at least be presentable (in my own eyes, so like light eyeliner and something halfway cute, clothing-wise).

Maybe it’s like a jedi situation and she became one with the horny?

Huh, okay. I guess I’ll avoid going over that way. I’m hesitant to outright mute anything that I don’t immediately have a huge issue with in case it becomes a source I learn of something through.

You deleted it, but I still saw. I know what you are.

Yeah, honestly, companies that aren’t publicly traded and just do their own thing tend to be fine to okay-ish. I like Valve. Their software works for me, they were fine to work with, and I like some of the projects they’ve helped advance.

I hesitate to say that they ‘get a free pass’. I don’t think any company should get that unless they like… cured aging and gave it away for free or something, but for the time being, they’re decent.

I’d also suggest the folks at GoG are pretty good, too.

I hear a lot of negative talk about those instances, but rarely any specifics. What’s the deal with them?

I see Linux being more and more widely adopted in Europe, for one. I imagine there will be an ‘EU standardized’ distro forked to prevent any issues of interoperability between government systems. Hopefully, such a widespread adoption for PCs encourages more development for Linux from software devs.

I wouldn’t downplay how many people are genuinely convinced this is a good idea.

What do you mean by ‘steals’ or ‘personal’? People who buy this are willingly giving everything to Amazon by buying this.

Yeah, I’m still not going back. Even if they upheld every bullet point in that post it wouldn’t make me go back.