that converts urine from wastewater
[into]...
a $3.5 billion industry
Wait so they're just going to steal our pee and not even pay us for it
If you can be targeted, arrested, and deported for doing a thing, it is a crime in every way that matters.
To the extent that this does not apply to citizens at scale, there are many more people who are not effectively silenced. If they pass laws that are upheld and able to effectively silence everyone, that would be objectively a big step towards crushing dissent. There are relatively recent laws by conservative states attempting to regulate social media that have been blocked for 1st Amendment reasons. I don't see a reason to consider the legal barriers useless, they pretty clearly matter a lot here.
And I believe Trump’s allies in Silicon Valley are closing the gap between what they want and what they can practically achieve.
We're here, on a network not controlled by those companies. Free speech protections are a big part of what makes that possible.
I'm not saying they couldn't be stronger. There is a huge problem with abusing deportations this way, and other forms of legislating speech by enforcement. But please consider how much worse things can get, and what barriers still remain between here and there. That it isn't a crime to say "Free Palestine", that it isn't a simple matter of declaring it a racist slogan to make it a crime, does mean something.
Free speech protections are still in place, and this is why they are important. This resolution can't prevent people from saying it, just signals that the current house of representatives wants to.
I love it, hate having to check my phone for these, brilliant choice to put the code onscreen
To me it seems fine, especially if there's still a free version that's basically the same or it gets released after a delay. I don't think I'd pay for something like this myself, and maybe they're taking some legal risk, but if the money lets them spend time making media accessible, how is there a problem that outweighs the good?
This is one of the bigger reasons I don't want to use social media controlled by a corporation, it means they can choose to cut me off from people at their discretion, which will probably be based on what is convenient and easy for them.
I once lived somewhere I was sharing wifi with the neighbors, any time I'd right click on some porn Windows would give the option to stream it to their smart tv, I could not figure out how to disable it so this no longer happens.
Probably what businesses really want is unethical people who are competent at lying about it, and the professor was giving anon practical career advice if not actually ethical advice.
I wonder just how much sex has been avoided because of 4chan's politics board
Coming from Reddit, the very existence of this thread is a breath of fresh air. That there are mod logs at all to be able to document this, that there is a place where it can be posted that is not under control of the mods being criticized, is an enormous improvement over an unaccountable centralized platform.
I very highly recommend getting a pressure cooker for this. Not only is it cheaper energywise and requires less planning ahead (don't need to soak beans beforehand, much shorter cooking time), but you don't have to keep tabs on a pot for hours. You just pour in the beans water and salt, press a button and come back later whenever you're ready. Especially good for Garbanzo beans, which take a ridiculous amount of time to cook on a stovetop.