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But what’s newsworthy about this in 2026?
It’s about framing the debate of “robots doing work” in terms of being a positive thing (“see? they’re helping us do important SCIENCE!”) so that people will be just a little less combative when they get a BigMac handed to them by a robot arm.
They’ll likely only target fully assembled 3d printers, which is why just like their firearms laws it will only stop people who aren’t actively attempting to circumvent the law.
I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, but given that this is an anti-firearms bill, they will probably do the same thing they do when you purchase a firearm magazine cross-state; they’ll open the box and check that it is ‘compliant’ with the 10-round limit (or in this case, has compliant firmware). If it is, they’ll ship it on to you. If it’s not, they’ll ship you the empty box with a notice of seizure. You may also be contacted by CADOJ later, depending how much free time they have.
I’m sure they’re quaking at the thought of floating out on their golden parachutes…
just say ‘doggo’ and ‘w00t’ and ‘roflmao’ a couple times and the AI will peg you as an elder millennial and leave you alone
I’d settle for any home, smart or dumb.
I’m so mad they’ve switched from their “protect the children” line for Boomers, to “protect the pets” for us Millennials.
IRC is still alive and well, team speak for voice chats. Hell, Nextcloud even has these, as well as video calls.
Everyone forgets that “Information Technology” was just a rebrand from the more accurate “Information Systems”, which was itself the less accurate rebranding of “Data Processing”, which is what computers actually do. There was also the failed push by IBM for Information Communication Technology (ICT).
It’s been hype cycles since the beginning.
Every derelict I salvage has so much crap I have to compulsively clean up, including my starter ship…
Keep in mind that these mostly aren’t direct analogues, and not all in the space genre, but I can think of:
Cleaning games: +
Detail-driven puzzle or deduction games: ++
we’d better be careful to make sure that we aren’t simply giving the federal government (and the shitheads who run it) even more power and control over everything
You do realize that copyright is solely a function of the federal government, right? There is no state or municipal copyright, it’s already the federal government who decides whether your copyright as a creator is valid or enforceable, or whether to just hand it over to another company/ billionaire.
The real means to prevent this is unionizing, which is really the answer to most other techbro-hellscape problems too. Just like Hollywood is putting anti-ai clauses in their contracts, so too will tech workers need to. Unfortunately, given that the end goal is to remove the IT workers entirely, this is still only a delay if companies push ahead, since just like scabs, there will always be people willing to sell their fellow workers down the river for their own enrichment.
But we’re not even close to that point; most tech workers think unionizing is a 4-letter word. There’s always a private chat room where folks are lamenting the absolute class-ignorance of their coworkers who are all convinced they’re going to stumble into unicorn stock options soon, despite multiple rounds of layoffs each year now being standard in tech.
The real question is what has to happen to end this horrible capitalist nightmare in general.
Hey, finger crossed! Hope this turns into something. :)
independent has always meant the freedom to create whatever you want without
inputunwanted influence from anyone else.
Yes, and if a publisher is present, you cannot as a consumer ensure this is the case. No publisher actually makes their contracts with dev studios public for review, or allows people to review their internal communication.
No, this distinction prevents publishers from co-opting “indie” as a label, which people support because of that artistic discretion, and hiding it behind their opaque promises of such independence that no one can verify. You cannot trust a dev hasn’t been influenced by a publisher when they’re present, so the only way to ensure that is to not have a publisher present.
I don’t know that movie, but I do know actual indie devs who use e.g. Patreon for funding. It’s not about not having money, it’s about who your money comes from, and whether there can be hidden stipulations on it. With publishers, there always are.
As someone with transphobic parents (including one who was actually fired for repeatedly and very pointedly dead-naming, we found out later) and a trans nephew, in their cases I there are 2 things I’ve seen:
This is something my less ‘angry’ transphobic dad does, just writing it off as a ‘fake’ trend where young people do it because of either peer pressure or for attention (positive or negative). He continuously dead names my trans nephew when not in his presence because he doesn’t think it matters to anyone else, but will usually not do so to his face.
This is my mom, who was fired for continuously dead-naming a coworker and then loudly refusing to stop. She is very prudish, very conservative, and is just an all-around craven and bitter person.
She just pretends my nephew doesn’t exist, or if forced to talk about him, insists that he’s been brainwashed by his mom. She literally gets angry at the mere existence of trans people, because to her, being confronted with something she doesn’t like is literally a personal offense.
This is in line with her reaction to any criticism, and also her tendency to eventually hate anyone she has to interact with frequently enough, because no one perfectly agrees with you about everything. Not a joke, she used to change jobs every 1-2 years, and each new place she worked would follow the same progression: “I love my new coworkers, everyone’s so nice.” -> “The people here are so mean to me/ ignore me/ etc”. She lives alone, has basically no friends, and is miserable from what I can tell. She’s also super racist, but swears up and down otherwise, but that’s a story for another time.
tl;dr either 1) dismissive, or 2) have zero empathy and just want everyone to conform to their worldview.
This is great to see, and as long as it’s up to companies whether to do this we need to encourage that behavior… but it also shouldn’t be up to companies’ whims whether to do this or not. It should be legally required for end-of-support devices and software to release whatever source code or changes are necessary to either operate the device/software independent of a server, or run the server ourselves.
Honestly, operating a private streaming site is much safer than pirate VHF/ UHF broadcasts, both in terms of what you’ll get charged with, and how long you’ll remain undetected. VHF and UHF broadcasts are literal homing beacons (and without something to bounce the signal off, very limited in what you’d reach).
Jellyfin on an offshore VPS, with invite-only accounts otoh…
I’m not arguing against the automation used in this particular case; that sounds perfectly reasonable.
I’m arguing that the only reason it’s newsworthy is because companies want to put a positive spin on automation right now, right as the majority of companies expanding automation aren’t doing it to benefit workers.