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That was fast.

Anyone who puts down a “deposit” on this should be declared mentally incompetent.

I’m in favor of anything that makes these dipshits more conspicuous. Trump bumper sticker? There’s no way I’m pulling over to help you if you’re stuck on the side of the road. MAGA hat? Then I don’t have a problem saying no to their perfectly reasonable request.

These people are helping destroy my country, and the Constitution. By continuing to display this propaganda, they’re telling everyone that they’re proud of it. I’ll let them pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

…and the other half insists on learning the hard way.

My concern is that if the Fediverse becomes big enough to truly threaten commercial options, corporations will find a way to destroy it - through lawsuits, malware, or using their political leverage to encourage overly restrictive laws.

Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.

This is excellent.

FediForum brings together the leading thinkers and doers who build this new Open Social Web.

Oh. So not lazy end users like me. Well, I wish them the best!

That makes the story much less entertaining

Of course it’s a state in the Deep South. I’m guessing Mississippi or Alabama will be next.

There doesn’t seem to be any such thing as “good” AI, but there’s definitely a “worst” one, and Telegram chose it. Nice job, assholes.

That’s what I would guess. There’s not nearly enough content to keep you there otherwise, although the National Geographic shows help.

Great, fine, whatever, bye

I would agree, but with one significant condition:

the fine would have to be large enough to be an effective punishment, and serve as a deterrent. A company as valuable as VW would have to pay an enormous fine.

Oh. You’re only counting GERMAN execs as executives. Okay.

I don’t know if they’d have many, but I’d expect them to have at least a few. North America is a major market.

I’m used to executives being above the law. I had to read the article to be sure the title wasn’t clickbait.

While I see your point, it’s important to note that the people jailed in the US were called “engineers”, not “executives”.

The only thing I don’t like about this is the word “temporarily”. Oh well.

It’s kinda like how gun nuts always leave out the “well regulated” bit when they talk about their constitutional right to bear arms. (Important note: sane, empathetic, rational gun owners are not “gun nuts”. It’s not my intent to tar all gun hobbyists with the same brush).

Do these people not understand what illegal immigrant meant?

I honestly don’t think they do… or they believed Daddy Trump’s lies about concentrating on violent criminals first.