Why do these laws even exist? It's exceedingly clear that even the most egregious misuses of our data get a slap on the wrist at most. At this point it would be cheaper for companies to just go Wild West with our data and pay the tiny fine (if any) after they're caught.
I'm not recommending that it be banned because I don't like it. I'm recommending it be banned because it's using insane amounts of energy and offers almost no real advantages.
I didn't misconceive a damn thing. Bitcoin uses more energy than Hong Kong, which has over 7 million people. Beyond that, the network is mostly fueled by coal-fired power plants in China so the carbon footprint is massive. Combine that with all the other silly cryptocurrencies and we've got a real problem.
A quick Google search found many scientific articles about how crypto mining is contributing to climate change at alarming rates, so it looks the person who needs to "get it through your skull" is you.
Sorry you're butthurt that your crappy investment in crypto isn't paying off, hypocrite.
Um, no. I said they should ban all cryptocurrency mining and transactions...at least until the energy used by ALL of them is many orders of magnitude less than it is now. Reading comprehension > you.
Even in a perfect world it would take at least a decade for all of that to occur. In our world you'd be lucky to achieve that in 30 years. Sorry, but I'll stick to just banning the shitty, mostly pointless, obscenely wasteful crypto..
Demands people who are not in lockstep with him leave the country.
Demands anyone who doesn't think in lockstep with him to not be allowed to come into the country.
Apparently believes that anyone who disagrees with him is a liberal douch or piece of trash.
No, referring to any large group of people as "too busy jerking each other off" is not in lockstep with me, and it shouldn't be with you either. The fact that you're defending that kind of hateful bullshit says a whole lot more about you than it does about me. Also, I never said anything about liberals...yet another assumption from you. What is your problem? Seriously, what terrible thing happened to you as a child that made you decide that I'm a huge gun toting nutbag? I HAVEN'T EVEN SHOT A GUN THIS DECADE!!! All I did was call out a hateful asshole for what he is. You're the one that's reading everything else into it.
You label and judge, good for you. How's that working out for you in your personal life?
What I find funny is that, even though you claim to be pro-2nd Amendment, you're totally okay with somebody saying "They are too busy jerking each other off" about gun owners but you're all over me for defending those same people. Granted, I came on strong, but I've had a bad day and I'm really sick of all the stupid AC posts that ruin the comment boards around here.
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. BTW, my first post was "Ummm...it's still out for certain cell phone carriers here in Wisconsin." I must be a real kook, spouting off all that craziness:)
Wow, you have no clue what you're talking about. Here, I'll help you out:
- I completely agree with you that gun nuts are the worst, along with SJW's, Antifa, alt-righters, etc.
- I'm well versed in the contents of the Bill of Rights, it isn't very long, afterall. IMO the 1st and 4th are the most important, and the 2nd helps to uphold those two. If you've got a problem with the tenets of the Bill of Rights, then I've got a problem with you. But apparently in your mind that makes me a kook.
You should hang out with Ol Olsoc. You'd make good buddies since you both like to make false assumptions about people you don't know.
I'm telling you right now, get out of my country. Come to my house and spout off your mouth like that and I'll tell it to your face.
Boy, Listen up.
Oooh, big bad scary E-thug. I'm shaking in my boots.
My family has been defending this country since we arrived in 1621.
Weird, my great grandmother was 100% native american, seems my family has been here a lot longer than yours.
It ain't your country.
Ummm, okay. I was born here and have lived here my whole life and have been paying taxes since I was 15 and got a job. Not really sure what else I need to qualify.
It takes a mighty big coward to rely on a gun.
You're a real idiot and apparently hate the Bill of Rights. I hope you don't vote. Get out of my country, dipshit.
Chillaxe, and get back to infowars. I'm big on the second amendment, and very very not big on kooks such as yourself.
What did I say that makes me a kook? Is it my support of the Bill of Rights? Please explain yourself.
You don't get to give the orders, tovarisch. You and the rest of the ammosexuals are the biggest threat to gun ownership.
Hmmm, more assumptions from Mr. you-don't-get-to-speak-your-mind. I'm am very much NOT an ammosexual and rarely talk about guns, but I get real salty when douchebags like the guy/girl I was replying to make messed up, stupid generalizations about gun owners. Apparently you're good with people pissing all over the Bill of Rights though, so eat me. Given your complacency it seems you're just as big of a threat to gun ownership as the idiot I was replying to.
Oooh, so funny! You're so funny! I bet all your liberal SJW friends really enjoy being around you because you're so clever and funny with you're anti-2nd Amendment jokes. What a funny guy you are!!!!
False. You're a douche. If you live in the U.S. then get the hell out. If you don't live in the U.S. then stay the hell out. Despite the liberal narrative, the majority of Americans still view the Bill of Rights as 100% valid and don't want pieces of trash like you focking it up.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but anyone who drinks bottled water where there are other easy alternatives is a huge, lazy douchebag. Bottled water should be reserved only for times when finding an acceptable alternative is difficult...day at the beach, long bike ride, etc. And even then it's not difficult to put some filtered water in a canteen before you leave.
Hell, there's really only one REAL reason I can think of to buy bottled water and that's to put in your SHTF supply cache if you have one. This is a problem that is very easily solved by not being so freaking lazy.
Just because the smart speaker is the only device that advertises that it's listening to you, that doesn't mean it's the only device that is.
Yes, but it's the only one whose MAIN PURPOSE IS TO SPY ON YOU. While unfortunate and annoying that all those other things you listed *might* be spying on you from time to time, they have a ton of other uses. And, in most cases, you can turn the "spy stuff" off. Whereas the only use for a smart speaker is to listen in on every single thing you do. If someone chooses to put these in their house they're welcome to do so, but I'll pass.
False. SJW's are arrogant bullies who ruin everything because all they are capable of seeing is the color of one's skin. The outcome they're trying to accomplish is to make everyone into drones who look, think, act and speak exactly like they do. They suck and should all move to Siberia.
I have no problem temporarily helping people who are down on their luck, but when people such as you support lifelong welfare, it perpetuates the problem and helps no one. It's just continuing the cycle of lazy, unaccountable leaches slowly destroying our society.
Without livable wages, the options left are UBI and corporate slavery. Glad to see you make an argument for UBI.
"I slacked off in high school, got bad grades, never considered going to college or tech school, and now I deserve LOTS OF MONEY FROM TEH GUBERMENTS!!!"
Please. Take some freaking accountability for your life.
They can put up a ton of 5G cell phone towers but can't get me better than 4 Mbps download speed on my overpriced home internet connection. How 'bout making your existing network work first before spending a ton of time and money on this!
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Those TV's are going to have to get thicker again to support the 8th gen Core i7, 8GB of RAM and 1TB of HD space they're gonna need to run it :)
Why do these laws even exist? It's exceedingly clear that even the most egregious misuses of our data get a slap on the wrist at most. At this point it would be cheaper for companies to just go Wild West with our data and pay the tiny fine (if any) after they're caught.
Curious, you seem to be alone in this fight. Everyone else seems to think it's you who doesn't understand. I wonder why that is...
welcome our new speaker-assistant overlords. (Sorry, couldn't help myself)
I'm not recommending that it be banned because I don't like it. I'm recommending it be banned because it's using insane amounts of energy and offers almost no real advantages.
I didn't misconceive a damn thing. Bitcoin uses more energy than Hong Kong, which has over 7 million people. Beyond that, the network is mostly fueled by coal-fired power plants in China so the carbon footprint is massive. Combine that with all the other silly cryptocurrencies and we've got a real problem.
A quick Google search found many scientific articles about how crypto mining is contributing to climate change at alarming rates, so it looks the person who needs to "get it through your skull" is you.
Sorry you're butthurt that your crappy investment in crypto isn't paying off, hypocrite.
Um, no. I said they should ban all cryptocurrency mining and transactions...at least until the energy used by ALL of them is many orders of magnitude less than it is now. Reading comprehension > you.
Even in a perfect world it would take at least a decade for all of that to occur. In our world you'd be lucky to achieve that in 30 years. Sorry, but I'll stick to just banning the shitty, mostly pointless, obscenely wasteful crypto..
Ban all cryptocurrency mining and transactions. Seriously. It is beyond insane that we, the human race, allow this idiocy to continue.
Demands people who are not in lockstep with him leave the country.
Demands anyone who doesn't think in lockstep with him to not be allowed to come into the country.
Apparently believes that anyone who disagrees with him is a liberal douch or piece of trash.
No, referring to any large group of people as "too busy jerking each other off" is not in lockstep with me, and it shouldn't be with you either. The fact that you're defending that kind of hateful bullshit says a whole lot more about you than it does about me. Also, I never said anything about liberals...yet another assumption from you. What is your problem? Seriously, what terrible thing happened to you as a child that made you decide that I'm a huge gun toting nutbag? I HAVEN'T EVEN SHOT A GUN THIS DECADE!!! All I did was call out a hateful asshole for what he is. You're the one that's reading everything else into it.
You label and judge, good for you. How's that working out for you in your personal life?
What I find funny is that, even though you claim to be pro-2nd Amendment, you're totally okay with somebody saying "They are too busy jerking each other off" about gun owners but you're all over me for defending those same people. Granted, I came on strong, but I've had a bad day and I'm really sick of all the stupid AC posts that ruin the comment boards around here.
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. BTW, my first post was "Ummm...it's still out for certain cell phone carriers here in Wisconsin." I must be a real kook, spouting off all that craziness :)
Wow, you have no clue what you're talking about. Here, I'll help you out:
- I completely agree with you that gun nuts are the worst, along with SJW's, Antifa, alt-righters, etc.
- I'm well versed in the contents of the Bill of Rights, it isn't very long, afterall. IMO the 1st and 4th are the most important, and the 2nd helps to uphold those two. If you've got a problem with the tenets of the Bill of Rights, then I've got a problem with you. But apparently in your mind that makes me a kook.
You should hang out with Ol Olsoc. You'd make good buddies since you both like to make false assumptions about people you don't know.
Tell me to get out of My fucking country.
I'm telling you right now, get out of my country. Come to my house and spout off your mouth like that and I'll tell it to your face.
Boy, Listen up.
Oooh, big bad scary E-thug. I'm shaking in my boots.
My family has been defending this country since we arrived in 1621.
Weird, my great grandmother was 100% native american, seems my family has been here a lot longer than yours.
It ain't your country.
Ummm, okay. I was born here and have lived here my whole life and have been paying taxes since I was 15 and got a job. Not really sure what else I need to qualify.
It takes a mighty big coward to rely on a gun.
You're a real idiot and apparently hate the Bill of Rights. I hope you don't vote. Get out of my country, dipshit.
Chillaxe, and get back to infowars. I'm big on the second amendment, and very very not big on kooks such as yourself.
What did I say that makes me a kook? Is it my support of the Bill of Rights? Please explain yourself.
You don't get to give the orders, tovarisch. You and the rest of the ammosexuals are the biggest threat to gun ownership.
Hmmm, more assumptions from Mr. you-don't-get-to-speak-your-mind. I'm am very much NOT an ammosexual and rarely talk about guns, but I get real salty when douchebags like the guy/girl I was replying to make messed up, stupid generalizations about gun owners. Apparently you're good with people pissing all over the Bill of Rights though, so eat me. Given your complacency it seems you're just as big of a threat to gun ownership as the idiot I was replying to.
Oooh, so funny! You're so funny! I bet all your liberal SJW friends really enjoy being around you because you're so clever and funny with you're anti-2nd Amendment jokes. What a funny guy you are!!!!
False. You're a douche. If you live in the U.S. then get the hell out. If you don't live in the U.S. then stay the hell out. Despite the liberal narrative, the majority of Americans still view the Bill of Rights as 100% valid and don't want pieces of trash like you focking it up.
It's called trolling. The internet is full of it. Don't feed the trolls, please.
Why did you even bother to write this? I see no point whatsoever.
Ummm...it's still out for certain cell phone carriers here in Wisconsin.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but anyone who drinks bottled water where there are other easy alternatives is a huge, lazy douchebag. Bottled water should be reserved only for times when finding an acceptable alternative is difficult...day at the beach, long bike ride, etc. And even then it's not difficult to put some filtered water in a canteen before you leave.
Hell, there's really only one REAL reason I can think of to buy bottled water and that's to put in your SHTF supply cache if you have one. This is a problem that is very easily solved by not being so freaking lazy.
Just because the smart speaker is the only device that advertises that it's listening to you, that doesn't mean it's the only device that is.
Yes, but it's the only one whose MAIN PURPOSE IS TO SPY ON YOU. While unfortunate and annoying that all those other things you listed *might* be spying on you from time to time, they have a ton of other uses. And, in most cases, you can turn the "spy stuff" off. Whereas the only use for a smart speaker is to listen in on every single thing you do. If someone chooses to put these in their house they're welcome to do so, but I'll pass.
before anyone should ever put one of these in their house: "Alexa/Siri/Google, stop spying on me."
SJW's are trying to accomplish a positive outcome
False. SJW's are arrogant bullies who ruin everything because all they are capable of seeing is the color of one's skin. The outcome they're trying to accomplish is to make everyone into drones who look, think, act and speak exactly like they do. They suck and should all move to Siberia.
I have no problem temporarily helping people who are down on their luck, but when people such as you support lifelong welfare, it perpetuates the problem and helps no one. It's just continuing the cycle of lazy, unaccountable leaches slowly destroying our society.
Without livable wages, the options left are UBI and corporate slavery. Glad to see you make an argument for UBI.
"I slacked off in high school, got bad grades, never considered going to college or tech school, and now I deserve LOTS OF MONEY FROM TEH GUBERMENTS!!!"
Please. Take some freaking accountability for your life.
They can put up a ton of 5G cell phone towers but can't get me better than 4 Mbps download speed on my overpriced home internet connection. How 'bout making your existing network work first before spending a ton of time and money on this!