[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

The rule in effect is rather narrow and doesn't actually ban home manufacturing. All the elements of a kit are still accessible and legal.

The only difference is that all the parts to finish the controlled part can't be sold together. So like you could by the 80% from one shop online and the jig from a different shop online. All the other parts wouldn't be affected in general, maybe an issue if sold with the 80%. And there are also other ways to do home manufacturing that would be completely unaffected but the rule.

Also the case isn't done. The order is a temporary stay where the court is asking the ATF lawyers to explain things.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

YTA

I grew up in the US reusing containers like that and still do sometimes. It's not a third world thing at all. I'm pretty sure it was to save money back then but it can be a eco thing too. Extended family and friends do this all the time too.

Recycling plastic doesn't work as well as you might have been told and it is more impactful to reuse or reduce. Glass and metal are better for recycling though.

Based on the post you care more about superficial things than your wife's feelings. Your friends are superficial AHs too. How much money do you all spend trying to keep up with each other?

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

I feel like that is too on the nose. Prague U and related media is just propaganda and alternative history. I suppose some of it is close to what is already being taught for some parts of US history.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 102 points 1 year ago

To me it looks like an over estimation of the capabilities for the tech. Same kind of thinking that led to lawyers submitting fake cases as support in court. The current tech can be useful but has to be verified and generally tweaked a bit to be good enough. It certainly has room for improvement in quality and just not lying. Real world use has some copyright questions with what the training data was. Applying it to something creative is questionable and more or less feels like uninspired remixes.

Also the whole graphic is kinda suspect to me when "Blockchain engineers" is a job category and it's produced by an org working on AI.

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Feel free to pick a context:

  • Interview
  • Describing yourself
  • Describing what you want in a partner
  • When you see the word on a dating profile
  • When you see the word in an obituary
  • When describing a business plan in your DnD game
[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

I think the first step is generally establishing communication first. Like they might learn signs by touch. Later they could be taught braille in order to read.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

I mean these sites aren't going to implement anything like they want in these laws and few people are going to be up for using such a system. Yeah, they're just going to throw up a block and remove liability. Then people who know will just VPN.

I could see the industry using some system that's already built and free but not really develop one or take on more issues with personal information. Good luck with the government made browser extension that tracks your preferences though.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

The internet can often never forget but things do get wiped out when sites go under. Think about random forums from a decade ago with dead links or images that aren't hosted anymore.

Some tweets actually get backed up by the Library of Congress so some percentage of voices are probably preserved.

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So I've seen a number of people complaining that other users are replying to their public posts on a social website with that functionality. Respectfully what the hell are these people smoking?

If it's a public post for anyone to see and respond to what did they expect to happen when they put it out there? I'm not talking about harassment, rude comments, or block/ban evasion. Just randomly commenting on a random post.

How did they come to the conclusion it was a private space and others would know they shouldn't comment? If they just want a private conversation or hate reading comments why post things for everyone to see and comment on?

Clearly this issue is one of different expectations or different social norms. No idea when it became a reasonable expectation on their end but it seems to be common in some circles. And deeply held enough that some find the act of getting replies from strangers as offensive. Again nothing like dms just a normal comment on a public post.

For something constructive the platform could have the features to provide the experience they want. One in which people can't comment or where they don't have to see comments. I personally disable comments on YouTube videos I post but I don't really expect people to avoid commenting if they were on. Here something like disabling comments or ignoring comments could be useful to these people. Maybe only allowing or seeing comments from a whitelist. Maybe only showing posts to people on a whitelist.

Whatever the desired interaction it will probably need to be enforced in code rather than a vague social code most people aren't aware of.

No one reply to this post. It's super private. /s

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Those who make the decision still have a full blown office with real walls and a door so won't be negatively affected. It's mostly pushed because the open office idea is cheaper and allows managers to see butts in seats. Studies show it's a bad idea but people talk about collaboration and whatnot as an excuse.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

So what you're saying is that I can already spin up extra LLCs and get extra ballots?

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

It mainly lost it appeal as crashes, arrests, lawsuits, and thief keep happeneding. It was shown to be scammy with scammers scamming.

And yeah the new hotness of LLMs also helped. The tech bros who use to be pushing "X but with crypto" are now looking to push "X but with AI".

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What search engine do you use? What terms might you use to filter out junk?

Over the past few years I've gotten into the habit of using Google and reddit for general information. When searching I append "reddit" to the terms and tend to get good results. Without appendjng I often don't get back anything relevant. It sort of works if I'm searching for a particular product or company by name but doesn't show me relevant reviews or guides. For something not by name it is just a ton of blog spam and useless articles.

Sometimes YouTube can have reviews but with the way content creation works I have reason to take positive reviews with a grain of salt most of the time. For review sites or reviews on stores I just assume 95% are not/paid.

I have had some success appending something for particular sites. Way more specific to a topic though like board game geek or stack overflow. I've tried "forum" but that doesn't seem to do much.

Edit:

People seem to mostly be suggesting things like DuckDuckGo. There is also a paid option that seems like it could be effective, Kagi.

Also this exists.

https://programmer2514.github.io/FediSearch/

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

If that kind of content was allowed here I'd delete my account. No, one wants that kind of trouble.

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Well, that's going to be a lawsuit.

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