It’s sheer hubris to think they can maintain information control in a country this massive and diverse, and there will be some useful entertainment value in watching them set money on fire trying.
Anyone remember how well that turned out for the Soviet Union... no? Just us that actually learn from history then.
No, this administration simply don't care whether they suffer in silence or not, providing they suffer.
OTOH they might well prefer to hear the screams as that'll indicate that suffering is happening. Which is what they want.
And if the importers do manage to get their $166 billion back, who's going to distribute it to the companies and customers who paid over the odds for their goods?
So what started as a tax grab by the administration to pay for tax breaks for the super rich will eventually become a short-term tax that stays with the corporate entities that managed to squeeze the funds out of the people.
Good job, little government critters!
Yes, this is how we should be using AI... as a tool to achieve more. It doesn't replace us, it assists us.
The policy at my place of work is that AI tool usage is acceptable (though not mandatory), but the employee still takes 100% responsibility for the output in their name. So if you let AI fck up... you fcked up, and YOU will find out.
Like you, MathFox, I've used AI to save typing time, and make suggestions on how to solve problems, including diagnosing some of the more esoteric (to put it politely) error messages from XML/XSLT processors (for example). But all the code from my computer is still committed in my name, and I'm the one that is in my periodic reviews, not AI.
I expect a mix of these strategies will play out:
1) rebrand,
2) found new companies with (most of?) the same partners,
3) try to power through regardless.
1 & 2 are functionally very similar, though 1 carries more risk of "didn't you know, they used to be ?". 3 relies upon the lack of googling skills in their future client base.
Because juries are soooo effective at justice, and supreme courts so immune from internal political influence (Justice Roberts, anyone?) as to be credible checks & balances upon anything.
The ICC's mission is to try to find and prosecute the worst of the worst. Right now, Hegseth and Trump fit that bill, just as much as an 'tin pot dictator' putting down public protest and dissent with violence.
You're comparing the wrong things. Starship isn't comparable to Apollo, but to the much more experimental Redstone & Mercury programs that came before it. And Starship hasn't killed anyone yet, unlike Apollo.
I think 'deserve' is a little strong. Nobody really deserves Trump (apart from, perhaps, people like Epstein).
Perhaps 'inflicted this upon yourselves' is more accurate. It's up to you and your representatives to fix it. NOW!
That would be a nice Christmas present... in 2025.
Only problem is that it requires Congress to get off their fat asses and actually find their collective SPINE.
I never saw Sun Microsystems claim everything was Java... only where there was Java actually used.
(a former Sun user and closing in on 30 years a Java programmer)
No-one seems to have considered that the Internet is international, but ID documents are not. I cannot ever get a US drivers license, and so any simplistic age/ID-gating based upon that document excludes roughly 8 billion citizens of the Internet, not just the approx 300 million (a mere 3.75% of the global population) population of the USA.
An ID document based system (if you really want it to work, and I don't) needs to allow Tonga, Ukrainian, German, Brazilian, Chinese, Nigerian, and British formal IDs ... and all the rest, or you're excluding more than just a few LGBTQ+, Black, Native, or non-Caucasian people locally.
Why are US internet businesses cutting off over 95% of their possible market by tolerating this shit?
it's gone international
The court victory in favour of Afroman has been covered on the BBC. Calling Ms. Streisand to the lobby. Can Ms. Streisand please attend the lobby!
Control
All publicity is good publicity
If it weren't for this fuck-up, I'd never had heard of the WBC, so there's that I suppose.
In silence?
No, this administration simply don't care whether they suffer in silence or not, providing they suffer. OTOH they might well prefer to hear the screams as that'll indicate that suffering is happening. Which is what they want.
"We can now openly admit...that Kristi Noem was an utter, complete, total catastrophe..."
No shit, Sherlock!
customers?
And if the importers do manage to get their $166 billion back, who's going to distribute it to the companies and customers who paid over the odds for their goods? So what started as a tax grab by the administration to pay for tax breaks for the super rich will eventually become a short-term tax that stays with the corporate entities that managed to squeeze the funds out of the people. Good job, little government critters!
If it's so obvious...
... perhaps you would like to enlighten the rest of the class?
Tool use
Yes, this is how we should be using AI... as a tool to achieve more. It doesn't replace us, it assists us. The policy at my place of work is that AI tool usage is acceptable (though not mandatory), but the employee still takes 100% responsibility for the output in their name. So if you let AI fck up... you fcked up, and YOU will find out. Like you, MathFox, I've used AI to save typing time, and make suggestions on how to solve problems, including diagnosing some of the more esoteric (to put it politely) error messages from XML/XSLT processors (for example). But all the code from my computer is still committed in my name, and I'm the one that is in my periodic reviews, not AI.
Time to rebrand
I expect a mix of these strategies will play out: 1) rebrand, 2) found new companies with (most of?) the same partners, 3) try to power through regardless. 1 & 2 are functionally very similar, though 1 carries more risk of "didn't you know, they used to be ?". 3 relies upon the lack of googling skills in their future client base.
Because juries are soooo effective at justice, and supreme courts so immune from internal political influence (Justice Roberts, anyone?) as to be credible checks & balances upon anything. The ICC's mission is to try to find and prosecute the worst of the worst. Right now, Hegseth and Trump fit that bill, just as much as an 'tin pot dictator' putting down public protest and dissent with violence.
Apples & Oranges
You're comparing the wrong things. Starship isn't comparable to Apollo, but to the much more experimental Redstone & Mercury programs that came before it. And Starship hasn't killed anyone yet, unlike Apollo.
By the prosecutorial branch of the govern..... oh!
Deserve?
I think 'deserve' is a little strong. Nobody really deserves Trump (apart from, perhaps, people like Epstein). Perhaps 'inflicted this upon yourselves' is more accurate. It's up to you and your representatives to fix it. NOW!
IIRC (It's a long time ago now)
My recollection is that I discovered Techdirt from Fark. But that's a looong time ago now, and I've not visited Fark in many years.
That would be a nice Christmas present... in 2025. Only problem is that it requires Congress to get off their fat asses and actually find their collective SPINE.
Java
I never saw Sun Microsystems claim everything was Java... only where there was Java actually used. (a former Sun user and closing in on 30 years a Java programmer)
As a SAR volunteer I endorse the above comment!
The Brits?
No, some government wonks in Westminster, London, England will demand to differ. The rest of us are still sane.
I can't figure out whether you're supporting Mike's position sarcastically, or just don't understand a single word he wrote.
US sites for US people
No-one seems to have considered that the Internet is international, but ID documents are not. I cannot ever get a US drivers license, and so any simplistic age/ID-gating based upon that document excludes roughly 8 billion citizens of the Internet, not just the approx 300 million (a mere 3.75% of the global population) population of the USA. An ID document based system (if you really want it to work, and I don't) needs to allow Tonga, Ukrainian, German, Brazilian, Chinese, Nigerian, and British formal IDs ... and all the rest, or you're excluding more than just a few LGBTQ+, Black, Native, or non-Caucasian people locally. Why are US internet businesses cutting off over 95% of their possible market by tolerating this shit?