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Ok. I'm on the same page as you all now. So, this is something I understand at least one *nix distro has gone, "fuck you, we'll not do that - if we can't be in your market, so be it.."
Knowing full well if they exist in places where that ISN'T the rule of law, the people in places where it is can simply "break the law" and run that Distro anyhow.
But I also understand WHY they want age verification. Porn - right? That is always the reason. "Do you want children to see sexual acts, you pedo?!"
It is a hard point to try and disagree with. No. I don't - but I also don't think adults should have to compromise their anonymity in order to watch a dirty video.
So what is the compromise between protecting children and protecting adults?
Not sure I know the answer. There doesn't seem to be a good compromise.
The porn excuse is lame.
In my town kids had access to lotta porn well before the Internet arrived, and I don't think they ended up fucked up in the head for it.
We need to stop normalizing the notion that porn is something we have to protect kids against because it is not like porn is going to kill them or something. If anything we should be talking more openly to kids about this stuff rather than forcing them to learn from underground sources.
Agreed. Every kid in the world is horny and wants to see stuff. Most find it one way or another.
"But ... it literally rewires your brain!"
Yeah, that's how a brain works. Reading this message rewires your brain. Noticing that it's raining outside rewires your brain. Your brain is a neural network, that's literally how it works.
i know i know, supposed to be taking an extended digital break.. but i just had to say something when i saw this... lol
One possible good outcome of the 'middle east exercise' ( cant legally call it a war without congress approval ). Blow this sucker up! Just please be sure Altman is in it at the time!
https://thenextweb.com/news/iran-threatens-stargate-openai-abu-dhabi
Yup.
Wed Apr 08 2026 11:28:34 UTC from Nurb432But effective.
Sun Apr 05 2026 11:55:55 UTC from darknetuser
I have seen this show. It does not end well.
"Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can ‘talk to the boss"
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-ai-zuckerberg-digital-clone-employees
Means we never get rid of him.. in effect. At least as a human he will die off, eventually..
And its one step closer to the cylons...
Well, it's not as if the *real* Zuck is trustworthy, so what's the difference?
And yet another scumbag, This will only effect HIS empire. I hope they burn it down. And as i predicted, this is the beginning of shutting down open source AI, using the national security nonsense as the excuse ( just like they did with routers.. )
Short version is Jensen Huang is trying to stop his competition from using chips other than his. How dare they!. ( which are better than his btw, and 'home grown', so in fact safer in many ways )
https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-huang-deepseek-huawei-chips-horrible-outcome