Agreed - it was so obvious it didn’t take much work to name it.

Yup. Also traditional: the blind hypocrisy of using a tech product that routes through a data center to call for a total ban on data centers.

You can be sure Monterey Park didn’t have any data centers to begin with. They aren’t exactly in every town. And there’s no shortage of towns ready to line up for data center money. I’m sure this town will be fine.

Don’t feel bad - you just dared to bruise their favorite “AI BAD” narrative with practical facts. Sometimes this place really is just an echo chamber to shout idiotic wishes into the dark instead of a forum for actual discussion.

I could see a reasonable statewide zoning law but a statewide ban? You’ve got to be kidding. Tech is one of California’s biggest industries. We’re just going to NIMBY the problem onto someone else?

So you’re saying it’s a one dimensional age check which doesn’t invade your privacy because you can just lie to it completely?

That’s a valid point. I just want to clarify that’s what you meant.

Hey, I don’t know if you’ve heard about this or not, but… there’s pornography on Steam.

I haven’t actually. But now I understand why Steam asks for my birthday over and over. It’s surprising that people don’t complain about that more. All the new age verification laws have drawn vociferous ire, but Steam has been doing it for years and remains beloved.

Most corporate lawyers are there to steer you way around any danger. I used to think they would help me understand exactly where the legal boundaries are, but I’ve been disappointed time and again that they won’t play it even close to the line. To be fair to them, laws are written in language and always have room for interpretation so if you work in an industry where you’re doing novel things, they can’t always say exactly what will get you in trouble.

A lawyer that will lean in and go in hot on issues where it’s well known that you’re operating over the line… yeah that’s a very “wartime consigliere” kind of thing which I imagine few corporate lawyers are able to pivot to at the drop of a hat. Sorry, Tom.

No. Just near them.

That’s grammar school stuff. Graduate to the ice cold enema and your glory hole will applaud.

I never bidid before but now I bido and woo woo woo no doo doo.

That is correct!

Laying down on my shower floor ain’t gonna make you cleaner.

Think of all the job creation he’s going to spark in Argentina though. /s

Yeah all 3 of you should cancel.

Ohhhhhh

If the floor were higher for everyone, I wouldn’t see a problem with some jobs earning more necessarily. What you’re describing will probably always be with us: some work is just harder or less pleasant.

If you consider the monarchies it came from, this was a big improvement. To even open up the possibility of someone “getting theirs” without any birthright to it was a revelation in its time. But now we’re ready for the next thing.

Recently a big game developer announced the end of development on a long running game. They announced they’re doing one more major release and that’s it. When people saw what’s coming in the last release there was a lot of excitement because they were delivering a lot of things people had asked for.

Some said “awesome!”

Some said “you mean they could have done all this at any time and didn’t?!!”

It’s like when you share some information with someone and they immediately say “why disnt you tell me!!”

Some people’s glass will always be half empty no matter what.

The crab will legit only escape and live if it gets enough other crabs under it to reach the rim of the bucket. I guess you’re saying people act like that even when they don’t need to?