Kraiden

I have a friend who works for Transpower (company in charge of NZ electric grid) and occasionally goes into their control rooms. Apparently they have set ups like this. It gets worse, because there are several computers hooked up to the different monitors, so not only do they have a wall of monitors, they have a bunch of different keyboards and mice (mouses?) that they have to hunt through if they want to actually interact with something

No but seriously! Why do they have to be horizontal! What’s wrong with vertical! Vertical would be so much better for everyone involved!!

the world

I know it may feel that way, but I assure you, the rest of the world is watching the US right now like this:

Chloe Swarbrick for an NZ specific example

African or European heifers?

Hey, I’ve replied to the parent comment with a description of how it works

Sure! I’m far from an expert, but this is my understanding of how it would work for age verification:

There are 3 parties in this scenario. The Estonian state, Meta, and a 3rd party (which is currently a real 3rd party, but work is being done to allow this to be a digital wallet on your device, that you control)

The state issues your 3rd party a magic cryptographic cert that has all your personal data like dob

Meta issue an age challenge: Not “what’s your dob” but rather “Are you old enough to use this service?”

3rd party show you exactly what Meta are requesting and give you the option to approve or deny the request

If you approve, the 3rd party generate a new cert that JUST says “Yes I’m of age” and nothing else.

Because it’s been generated from the states magic cert it can be verified with their public key.

Meta don’t get more info than they need, the state can’t see that you’ve logged into Meta, but you’ve successfully proved you’re old enough to use the service.

The current weak point is that the 3rd party can absolutely see all of it, but there’s no reason the 3rd party has to be an external service. It could absolutely be an app on your device.

You still need to prove yourself to the state, but you’d have to do that to get an id card in the first place. It’s WAAAAY better than trusting all the different porn sites and social media services individually to not leak or misuse your data

So yes, given the state of the everything in the US right now, yes, do this.

But please know, the problem with age verification is VERY much in the implementation. It IS possible to do age verification without having to identify yourself to Meta/PornHub/Whoever. It IS possible to maintain privacy, AND restrict things like porn and social media to those who are of age. Look at how the Estonian system works, it’s brilliant. The problem isn’t age verification, it’s the blatant data grab that is currently trying to destroy your online anonymity…

Having said that, for fuck sake don’t let the current people in charge do this! It will be a fucking Big Brother style surveillance nightmare.

there’s something clever in there, I can feel it… something something the difference between a nonce and a prince is PR… i…

needs work

Max sentence is life imprisonment, so I guess I shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but it would still be nice to call a spade a spade… and other idioms

over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Really? Not because he’s a sex offender himself maybe? I’m happy to see an arrest, but fucking really!?

the text only this meme makes Saul look like an eyeless, mouthless lovecraftian horror… I love it!

Ok, ye! That sounds like a better system! I mean it’s essentially the same, but our “couple of weeks” is cumulative, which is worse

I’m curious what that looks like in practice. I’ve heard about places that offer “unlimited sick leave” but really in practice that means that you’re basically scrutinized every single time you take it, and people end up too scared to use it because they don’t want to be seen as abusing the system. At least with a set amount, you’re only really looked at funny if you go over. (or if you take it all at once, but then you need a medical cert)

So if you have a cold, and just need a single day, do need to produce a medical cert? What about culture-wise, do people look at you funny in that case?

Where’s here if you don’t mind me asking?

At that point ACC would kick in. I think it’s up to 80% of your pre illness income, and there are probably other benefits I don’t know about

NZ: We’re legally entitled to 10 days paid sick leave. If you’re out for less than 3 consecutive days you can be asked for a medical certificate but your employer must pay for it. Even then I’ve never been asked for a medical cert.

this is an American problem I’m guessing

ETA: We’ve also got huge brain drain problems thanks to the 3 ring circus govt atm. So we could use a little immigration

Optimistic Nihilism

Sounds like you need more than hobbies, jobs, family, technology, entertainment, science and religion.

What would make you feel more fulfilled?

Do you need a cause? Try volunteering at a food bank, or animal shelter.

Do you need a goal? Plan and train for a multi day hike.

Do you just want to escape the treadmill of life under late stage capitalism? Know that you’re not alone. Do what you can to get yourself out, (or at least somewhat protected) and then try to find fulfilment

The bad news is there is no great meaning or purpose to any of this. The good news is that there is no great meaning or purpose to any of this, so you get to decide your own purpose and define your own meaning.

Even if there ARE direct witnesses it won’t matter. They won’t be believed. How many victim statements are there against Trump re the Epstein thing now?

I was gonna pick bar shot for similar reasons. I feel like the flexible chain would allow for too much loss of energy. Pure guess though, IANA 18th century naval warfare expert