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US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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  • Working on open source software was one of the things they used against Aaron Swartz.

    • US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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  • Think of the stock prices!

    • US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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  • It wouldn't surprise me if somebody tried to get such a thing passed in a couple of years.

    • US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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  • And those half-assed laws make great pretext laws.

    "That guy has a 3d printer! He might be fabbing ghost guns!"

    • US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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  • Somebody needs to be seen doing something before the next election.

    Incidentally, 3d printed parts aren't used for conversion kits. They're machined out of metal stock (and occasionally re-machined original parts).

    • Russia reportedly readies submarine cable 'sabotage'

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  • I was serious. BBSes would be an ideal long-distance communication method under some circumstances.

    • Russia reportedly readies submarine cable 'sabotage'

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  • Or perhaps an unassuming office building that only has outbound VPN connections.

    • US veteran makes 'incredible' progress after world's first eye transplant

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  • This. Whoever manages to splice an optic nerve (meaning, it goes just about perfectly) would be in line for a Nobel Prize for Medicine.

    • What browser do yall use?

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  • Librewolf on my personal laptop.

    • Russia reportedly readies submarine cable 'sabotage'

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  • A few of us have a long-running joke that World War III will be started because somebody can't reach Pornhub anymore.

    • Russia reportedly readies submarine cable 'sabotage'

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  • Still have a modem?

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  • Depends on which lines are affected.

    • The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms

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  • Originally it was a portmanteau of "stalker-fan." Think "super fan."

    • Georgia Tech university to end China partnerships following concerns over military ties

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  • They're sacrificing a lot of research funding. Must be serious down there.

    • U.S. School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety, Digital Rights Says

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  • Not all of these kids have any other computer.

    • U.S. School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety, Digital Rights Says

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  • Just as securicams in schools in the 90's conditioned a lot of people to accept on-street surveillance.

    • U.S. School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety, Digital Rights Says

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  • That's pretty much what it's for.

    • ‘New NSA document highlights Israeli espionage in US

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  • That article is from 2014.

    • TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Xitter & Co.:Tenet Media posts still online, despite US claims of Russian influence campaign

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  • Gee. What a shock.

    • Live updates: Apalachee High School shooting leaves at least 4 dead

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  • What else is new.