I think the difference is the actual behavior, claims, and the rationality (or lack thereof) of the points which panickers choose to panic about.
I regularly see actual problematic things for which there are a reasonable contingent of observers, people with warnings, suggestions, etc., and also a moral panic contingent with vague thinking who don't really understand the issues, but merely feed on fear, and imagine all sorts of senseless and unreal consequences.
And sometimes vaguely felt uneasiness is a decent odds projection that something will change things but not for the better, and be more abused than used for the better. I think you are correct.
The thing is, people can walk around with real guns and it is respected. A child too young to even fire a potentially real gun without hurting anyone but himself with the recoil is not the problem. (They shot him because he couldn't possibly be old enough to have a permit?)
We can see your angle, it just doesn't apply very well in the States.
It doesn't matter since they treat non-dangerous-whatsoever schizophrenic people, deaf people, and naked people the same way. Even instant and complete compliance is no guarantee of survival.
This is why i think the trademark applications are stupid, but can only laugh at, "And that's supremely unfair for the Raiders ownership..." They live in and off of a world of unfair, from ridiculous subsidization to price gouging and all manner of special considerations and vast hordes of lies about how they bring anything to the economy, all because of a cultural addiction.
Is it stupid? Yes. Technically unfair? Yes. Unfair in any real, ethical sense? Not even a noticeable scuff on the topcoat of the paint of the unfairness in the balance. But yeah still awful trademark behavior.
Considering that connection is a one time cost, and service is priced probably an order of magnitude more than it should be in a real market, i would tend to agree.
Little Haiti should probably be paying still less, along with everyone else.
The only thing misleading about the map is the availability of VDSL. Once you go FTTN, you can't go back. FTTP, lol, where?
So we've noted for years now how giant broadband ISPs have made a 20-year career out of taking taxpayer money, subsidies and other perks in exchange for broadband networks they only partially deliver.
Keep it up, Comey, and someone will leak and publish "intelligence porn" just to show you what it is.
_"Just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest"_
The interests of the massive majority here, citizens of the country, outweigh your parochial interests, and your interest to hide things which are highly questionable, and frequently entirely illegal.
_"...just to push out information to damage the United States."_
I think you mean, damage by exposure the highly questionable programs and methods you use to damage the core values of this nation, for little to no positive effect in your purported purposes.
Holy cow so they won't cut phone service for suspected organized crime, gangs, conspiracies to assassinate the prime minister, or murder plots. Boy am i glad it is "narrowly tailored".
And how do they know one's "conduct" during phone calls is "likely to facilitate maybe another person's something something drugs something perhaps maybe"?
"Love, fetch me a bottle of paracetamol on your way home, will you?" <dead air>
Me, if i do it. You, for making the offer to 2,000 other people who also did it. But that falls under old and existing laws.
Now, if you said go touch the biggest tree which just happens to be well off-path and a protected area, but i chose to stomp a bunch of flowers or whatever on the way, and so did a significant enough portion of other people to do damage, then it might be good citizenship to think about your goal marker placement. Given how often this happens, someone in charge of protecting that area might want to work something out with you in advance next time so they can be prepared, and you could tell us to go prod and stomp somewhere more harmless, and they would be happy to tell you where those places are. (Yes, i know laws and governments don't work quite so well, but neither do corporations or people.)
Re: Re: I don't think you would like the world you are creating...
I am (potentially) blaming the app developer for not giving a shit, as they do. I am not confused. Everyone likes to pretend that providing tools and opportunities have no inherent consequences besides the direct and purportedly intended ones, and the external costs are just too bad for someone or something else.
Yes, Google Maps and Waze should be shut down also, because reasons, apparently.
PRNG is now the excuse? I don't think RNG has any First Amendment rights. (It's also the laziest, dumbest thing about games in its overuse, and horribly implemented in some games, but that's a gaming critique and irrelevant - except in that poor placement by PRNG instead of a human doesn't change that it will direct people places they shouldn't be, or responsible people don't get a chance at that location... seems fair.)
If you are responsible you don't need to know so many archaic (or brand new) or overbroad (or highly specifically referring to parks) rules. I see this as much larger than AR, which is why i don't much refer to it, even if the city targeted it specifically (which is kind of dumb, it could be included as an example or whatever). As for barriers to small companies, i am not sure larger ones would bother with an area either, but i don't see this so far as particularly onerous, and the "small companies / emerging markets / nations" argument for "we need to be able to do thing X (or for a while longer) which has negative consequences to compete with the Joneses" is overused and thin.
I don't remember negating any blame for anyone misusing anything. But regardless of whether some jurisdiction makes it a legal responsibility or not, there are ethical culpabilities involved with a lot of things that are easily foreseeable and largely preventable with a little consideration, which we claim don't exist. So when you have the power to command few hundred people to go running to some spot today, exercising some care isn't a bad thing. Maybe there is a better way to achieve this, but it isn't going to be ignoring the consequences of an AR game or something similar which you can try to mitigate in advance, as opposed to flash mob (is that still a thing?) in the biological sanctuary or some other more spontaneous event. It was already argued above that this planned (randomly or not) increase in traffic is not like a parade or event (in a limited, sensitive area), but i don't see arrival intervals of bits of crowd (they are acting as one, connected by the game) as particularly germane to the trampled species.
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I regularly see actual problematic things for which there are a reasonable contingent of observers, people with warnings, suggestions, etc., and also a moral panic contingent with vague thinking who don't really understand the issues, but merely feed on fear, and imagine all sorts of senseless and unreal consequences.
And sometimes vaguely felt uneasiness is a decent odds projection that something will change things but not for the better, and be more abused than used for the better. I think you are correct.
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We can see your angle, it just doesn't apply very well in the States.
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This is why i think the trademark applications are stupid, but can only laugh at, "And that's supremely unfair for the Raiders ownership..." They live in and off of a world of unfair, from ridiculous subsidization to price gouging and all manner of special considerations and vast hordes of lies about how they bring anything to the economy, all because of a cultural addiction.
Is it stupid? Yes. Technically unfair? Yes. Unfair in any real, ethical sense? Not even a noticeable scuff on the topcoat of the paint of the unfairness in the balance. But yeah still awful trademark behavior.
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The presiding judge says the evidence obtained -- no thanks to the Mesquite PD -- shows they have a plausible civil rights claim.
Anyone else would be lucky if they were offered a deal for murder 2.
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Little Haiti should probably be paying still less, along with everyone else.
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The only thing misleading about the map is the availability of VDSL. Once you go FTTN, you can't go back. FTTP, lol, where?
So we've noted for years now how giant broadband ISPs have made a 20-year career out of taking taxpayer money, subsidies and other perks in exchange for broadband networks they only partially deliver.
And the telcos long before them.
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_"Just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest"_
The interests of the massive majority here, citizens of the country, outweigh your parochial interests, and your interest to hide things which are highly questionable, and frequently entirely illegal.
_"...just to push out information to damage the United States."_
I think you mean, damage by exposure the highly questionable programs and methods you use to damage the core values of this nation, for little to no positive effect in your purported purposes.
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And how do they know one's "conduct" during phone calls is "likely to facilitate maybe another person's something something drugs something perhaps maybe"?
"Love, fetch me a bottle of paracetamol on your way home, will you?" <dead air>
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Now, if you said go touch the biggest tree which just happens to be well off-path and a protected area, but i chose to stomp a bunch of flowers or whatever on the way, and so did a significant enough portion of other people to do damage, then it might be good citizenship to think about your goal marker placement. Given how often this happens, someone in charge of protecting that area might want to work something out with you in advance next time so they can be prepared, and you could tell us to go prod and stomp somewhere more harmless, and they would be happy to tell you where those places are. (Yes, i know laws and governments don't work quite so well, but neither do corporations or people.)
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Re: Re: I don't think you would like the world you are creating...
Yes, Google Maps and Waze should be shut down also, because reasons, apparently.
PRNG is now the excuse? I don't think RNG has any First Amendment rights. (It's also the laziest, dumbest thing about games in its overuse, and horribly implemented in some games, but that's a gaming critique and irrelevant - except in that poor placement by PRNG instead of a human doesn't change that it will direct people places they shouldn't be, or responsible people don't get a chance at that location... seems fair.)
If you are responsible you don't need to know so many archaic (or brand new) or overbroad (or highly specifically referring to parks) rules. I see this as much larger than AR, which is why i don't much refer to it, even if the city targeted it specifically (which is kind of dumb, it could be included as an example or whatever). As for barriers to small companies, i am not sure larger ones would bother with an area either, but i don't see this so far as particularly onerous, and the "small companies / emerging markets / nations" argument for "we need to be able to do thing X (or for a while longer) which has negative consequences to compete with the Joneses" is overused and thin.
I don't remember negating any blame for anyone misusing anything. But regardless of whether some jurisdiction makes it a legal responsibility or not, there are ethical culpabilities involved with a lot of things that are easily foreseeable and largely preventable with a little consideration, which we claim don't exist. So when you have the power to command few hundred people to go running to some spot today, exercising some care isn't a bad thing. Maybe there is a better way to achieve this, but it isn't going to be ignoring the consequences of an AR game or something similar which you can try to mitigate in advance, as opposed to flash mob (is that still a thing?) in the biological sanctuary or some other more spontaneous event. It was already argued above that this planned (randomly or not) increase in traffic is not like a parade or event (in a limited, sensitive area), but i don't see arrival intervals of bits of crowd (they are acting as one, connected by the game) as particularly germane to the trampled species.
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