The inherent (and problematic) implication in this concern is that there's a 'good' way to evolve and a 'bad' way. While technology and medicine massively relieves biological pressures, some genetics diseases can be entirely managed, and more people are surviving to procreate, what we'll see in the medium-long term is a major uptick in genetic diversity, some people will be massively reliant on technology, some won't.
As we hopefully know by now, genetic diversity is a Good Thing (tm). As it increases, so will we as a species have more disease resistance, be able to fill more niches, we'll have a wider scope of bodies and brain patterns to have new and cool thoughts etc. I do think cultural and social pressures on sexual selection could be problematic, rather than a good thing, but that'll entirely depend on how society goes.
Though honestly, I think it's overwhelmingly certain that we'll have the capability to alter human genetics on a large scale before any of modern evolutionary pressures become relevant. If you accept that, then the whole discussion becomes rather moot.
The association of the internet with mass amounts CSAM or Terrorist information. It's a line that governments have been pushing ever since the internet evolved from 'weird invention' to 'vague sense of threat to the integrity of nationstates'.
Are these real problems that need addressing? Absolutely. Though on a much smaller scale than gets exclaimed. And rather than the priority being hunting down perpetrators, the effort almost exclusively goes into shutting down or bugging any server that law enforcement's whim decides. The reality is that with end-to-end encryption, most "real" criminals on the internet will be entirely unaffected, while the created laws are instead mostly used for political censorship, the 'war on drugs', etc.
As a line, it's pretty much used to justify every act of censorship, privacy invasion, and restriction on the internet that satisfies a government's awful interests.
Assuming people are using words in the way they are widely and commonly accepted to mean (I mean, just look at Wikipedia for an easy starting point) is not a bad thing?
Thanks for also being the first other person I've seen refer to the commonly-accepted-but-fucked-up-practice of Ukrainians being forced to join the army against their will. Any male over 18 gets stripped from their families at the border when trying to flee the country, then forced to help kill Russians (and other Ukrainians) or face death - which is seriously awful.
The willingness not only to dehumanise all Russians at the drop of a hat is astounding in itself, but to then go on and assert just how many Ukrainian lives we're willing to drop in a blender to STICK IT TO PUTLER is next level. The complete willingness for bloodshed on both sides is strange. The contest seems to be just how many countries of people can they support the genocide of simultaneously.
I still don't see how it's any more confusing than Windows. Cinnamon does it almost exactly the same way as windows, and typically detects network sign-in requirements better. Auto-updates work absolutely fine, and again I've not seen them need manual intervention with any more frequency than Windows.
Couldn't disagree more. Do non-techies need anything more than a browser nowadays? Maybe a word processor? The process of turning on and opening a web browser on Mint are practically no different from Windows. Hardware will plug and play just the same. Using printers is equally intuitive (ie, not very). In fact, I can find firefox on GNOME by just pressing the Win key and typing "internet" or "browser".
Both are probably equally likely to run into incomprehensible tech problems that require techie intervention.
Top work - I notice DBZero's instance reckons they've implemented AI scanning-and-blocking for CSAM, it may be worth getting in touch/investigating there.
The CEO of Brave literally supports Censorship so hard that he wants to censor gay marriage out of existence - this actually affects people in real life. When you use Brave, you directly support that individual and their shitty politics.
OP, politics aside, it seems like you have a genuinely unhealthy obsession with having these arguments. If you don't feel you're getting any meaningful discussion or engagement out of those conversations, then stop.
To be honest, I'm fine with people having instance blocking, but how does widespread instance blocking not equally lead to the 'echo chamber' problem that people also dislike?
A good starting point to learning as any; Like most Western news stories about China - The Winnie the Pooh thing (while also having ominous racist tones) is also just an entirely made up story with no basis in reality. The Pooh brand is alive, unsuppressed, and found throughout China.
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If I wasn't a slave constantly in fear of malnourishment, illness, homelessness, police violence, jail and/or pain, I might not care so much.