Not to be too reductive, but while there are some amazing technical achievements there, generative AI seems to be really good for individuals (particularly wealthy ones) and bad for society as a whole. I can create lots of neat new things for my own purposes while social trust dissolves in a sea of slop.
A very peaceful reaction, I believe, would likely be a better reaction. An aggressive or violent reaction will only bring on more violence and even support for more repression. It is not ideal but in the long run it is really the only answer.
This administration is dying for an excuse to go full martial law.
They specifically chose a blue state to carry these attacks out in so they don’t risk their political capital in states like Texas, which has 4x the immigrant population of MN.
They’re hoping people get mad and react so they can come in and clamp down.
Oooh! I know this one! Just follow the money. All the way back to the Department of Homeland Security. You’ll find the paymasters and your answers there.
I don't have a citation but I have eyes and I see how real parents in my life have gotten by. Besides, even if it is somehow more work than 3 hours per day, it is probably close to that amount and far more enjoyable than most jobs. If you count sitting around watching your own kids play as "work" that demands "compensation", I feel bad for you.
Wait, do you have kids yourself? Childcare days with my 2yo are much more draining than most work days. It's never a case of just sitting and watching.
Ah, the bridge jumping argument. What about if someone takes a slug at you when you’ve done nothing wrong? Or challenges your HN comment? You respond.
No, Texas has no such law, and that’s a shame. If Texas had, it might have prevented this situation. California is being repeatedly threatened by the Trump Republican government. The threat was exacerbated by the Texas Legislature (not the voters, of course). California voters would never have approved Prop 50 without them.
I agree with you! But that’s not where we are, and this is a valid response to the Texas Leg trying to disenfranchise Democratic voters everywhere and Texas’s Democratic voters in particular. The Leg had months to undo this when they saw the possible response from CA. They chose to assume Democrats couldn’t fight back after the first blow. They were wrong.
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