I’ve heard Element and Root talked about for those purposes. Haven’t tried them myself yet. My friend group talked about resurecting our long-dead Mumble server, but that’s a last-ditch option.

• “Hmm, this seems like a good idea”.
• Supported by a bunch of AI business groups.
• “…this seems like less of a good idea.”

EDIT: So after reading the bill, I can see the following problem:

It limits any level of government from restricting the private use of AI tech unless it meets a relatively high bar of legality and specificity. Remember that private use refers to both personal and business use. This means that e.g. a township could NOT decide to ban datacenters due to environmental concerns, water use, etc. They would need to prove a specific datacenter was ‘creating common law nuisances’ AND that they had exhausted other legal options before they could create any legal restrictions on that specific datacenter (let alone a blanket restriction). The law technically allows for other ‘compelling government interests’, but fails to list them… meaning it could be challenged in court and would be completely open to a judge’s decision. Basically this creates a legal environment where datacenters have a right to operate and any attempt to regulate them would be fraught with the risk of expensive court cases.

Pro-business legislation dressed up as personal rights. Never change, Montana.

Sooo…

-Trans athletes form their own leagues. -Other athletes start competing because they go where the competition is and/or ideological reasons. -Olympics slowly become irrelevant.

Good job, Olympics.

I will remind everyone that as of 2023, about 3% of 18-24 yr olds identified as transgender. That’s a lot of people, and that percentage is only going to go up.

Ah, so you’re a terrible person. My mistake.

Glad you hate science and healthy living. Luckily we have these glow-in-the-dark rocks you can lick - since ‘everything gives you cancer’ I’m sure you won’t feel any compunction about doing so.

Except personal responsibility is impossible when people don’t know that xyz food causes cancer.

That’s why they’re asking for a label. So that people can make an informed choice. That’s literally their entire point.

…do I bring up the factory farms now or come back later?

ITT: people who haven’t seen the movie, I guess.

WE WILL DRAIN THE RIVERS DRY TO QUENCH OUR THIRST

10 bucks says a student is gonna slam a door too hard or light up in school or whatever, and one of these Child Skull Destroyers is gonna absolutely merc them.

We’ve already established hospitals are legitimate targets in this war, as seen by Israel directly bombing them. Not sure why this is even news.

Seems like every country is doing this these days. People should form a union for the stateless. They’ll outnumber everyone else pretty soon.

If my kindle played audio files / podcasts that would be half of what I use it for.

Yuppppp. We have much colder weather and much warmer hearts than they are comfortable with.

Common Houthi W

Oh no! This dastardly Europeans wanted to come here and work! How dare they! Deport them!

This country was cooked a long time ago.

China limits social media because they repress free speech and political association. TikTok and other social media was a huge part of why there was such an outcry over the invasion of Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza. They doubly limit what kids can see because students are often hugely influential in political activism - especially in China, where students were an integral part of both the revolution(s) and Tiananmen Square. China’s gov is pants-shittingly terrified of another student-led revolution/crisis/etc and keep a very close watch on what the kids are saying and seeing.

Stupid. Kids are more informed and hooked into current events than ever before, specifically because of phones and the Internet. Hell, half of most peoples’ jobs are looking up reference material online. You want kids to succeed, hand them a big list of the best places to look for the answers and let them use their phones on the test.

Not wrong. But I will point out that this will funnel a lot more money to China, which has been investing much more heavily in greentech than the US has. So overall it could actually be a plus - for climate change at least.

Whole lotta minerals that will get a lot easier to exploite as the planet warms.