Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
@rene Hate speech is entirely legal in the US, so that has nothing to do with this discussion.
Do these other countries not have defamation laws? Because, as I understand it, those laws tend to be *looser* than the US.
Moreover, if you acknowledge that we have this culture here, then why would you want to open the floodgates on it?
@ocdtrekkie @joeyh @evangreer If you think this site doesn't have any algorithms, you really don't understand how any of this works.
@ocdtrekkie @evangreer Then maybe you should consider reading one of the many Amicus Briefs filed on behalf of groups that protect our rights.
How about this one from the ACLU?
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-1333/252703/20230125100930536_4264_001.pdf
@Bexzex@fimidi.com @evangreer
Right now we have messengers that deliver letters between people.
The messengers are not responsible for what's in the letters. If a letter is bad, the person who wrote it gets in trouble, not the messenger.
But now, some folks want the messenger to get in trouble for delivering bad letters too.
They say the messenger deserves this punishment because the messenger made a decision about which letters to deliver first.
@rene Then why aren't they bankrupted by people suing them for the speech of trolls?
@anders @trunksapp "algorithm" isn't used at all. The relevant term in the law is "interactive computer service" which is actually even broader.
Louis Ingenthron
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Current mood:
Thinking it may be worse to be mansplained to by someone I basically agree with than someone who's just wrong.
It really emphasizes the condescension, rather than just the general idiocy.
@DukeFirearmsLaw So what are the actual ramifications here? It just sets a precedent in that district, right? It doesn't actually strike it down across the country until it's been appealed up to SCOTUS? Am I understanding that correctly?
@drustevenson No, this is a good thing. Whether or not someone smokes weed occasionally has no bearing on how safe of a gun owner they are, and handling weapons while high is still illegal. This is just striking down a hysterical law that didn't make anyone safer.
@chancerydaily No, because you don't figure out Linux, you just keep banging your head against a wall until you suddenly know how to use it.
Mastodon is much more fun to learn.
Louis Ingenthron
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MSCHF has filed a “Motion for Leave to File One Packet of Crayola® Colored Pencils” with the Supreme Court.
@jtlg Wow, that brief is *BONKERS*
Louis Ingenthron
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US Mint today releases 'Freedom of the Press' $100 platinum coin. (At a cost of $1545 not too many reporters likely to be able to afford to buy one). https://catalog.usmint.gov/first-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution-2023-platinum-proof-coin-freedom-of-the-press-23EJ.html
@Jeremycunnings @w7voa To be fair, it is about $1K worth of platinum, so the raw materials are closer to the purchase price than the face value.
@Teri_Kanefield Which is twice as funny when juxtaposed against Brandenburg v. Ohio discussions.
@empiricism Could it be that what you perceive as a "semantic" response addressing a "rather arbitrary point" is an example of them addressing the aspect of the post that was in *their* area of expertise or focus?
I wouldn't ever challenge a criminal defense lawyer on criminal law, but I've been studying federal free speech jurisprudence for years, so if they made a claim about criminal law that had a false tangent about speech law, I may be inclined to opine.
@auldlangsin The fact that it's headed up by different creatives working under corporate overlords is what has me most skeptical. I'm not getting my hopes up...
Louis Ingenthron
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Twitter: "Hi, we're run by a cryptofascist who reinstates the accounts of literal nazis while suspending those of press. We'll keep randomly taking away features with no notice and limiting your visibility until you pay us a monthly fee, which you can only do in a handful of countries. Vaccines are bad, the election was rigged, and we love Putin!"
Mastodon: "Hi! You need to choose a server and our DM UX is a little iffy."
Users: "NEVER BEFORE HAVE I FACED A CHOICE THIS HARD"
@freemo Pretty sure the US banned small business a few years back, lol.
@freemo Maybe for the government. But I'd bet anything the pharmacy database is (inter)national depending on how big the company is.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
