There were nearly 713,000 people employed as electricians in the U.S., as of May 2023.

It does feel nice to be wanted

well what if people became aware/educated and the tables turned?

I’m basing my argument on how the world is, not how the world should be

As for your claim that we should all just be happy with government mandated surveillance

I never made that claim. What the hell are you talking about?! Your whole comment is just the rambles of a mad man

my argument is that requiring ID for the Internet is really really really fucking stupid

How is that argument at all related to this conversation or the bill? What are you talking about? If this bill passes you will not require ID to user the Internet in Canada. Have you read the bill?

Is that seriously your argument? If you’re on commercial social media you’re already under horrific mass surveillance. Is that you Zuck?

This will lead to one thing. Mass surveillance. Worse than it already is.

I’m sick of this stupid argument. If you’re on commercial social media you’re already under mass surveillance FFS 🤦‍♂️ And if you’re arguing that now the government will have access to this data, they already do! Social media platforms already know how old you are, they even know when you’re taking a shit. It’s just not beneficial for them to take any actions to restrict kids from using their platforms because they need the next generation of addicted users.

Kids need parents that dont give them phones and let them browse the internet freely.

Commercial social media platform are multi billion dollar companies that have built some of the most sophisticated AI/ML algorithms to get people addicted to their platforms. Do you really think the average parent has a chance here? Then consider the network affect. If most of the kids at school are socializing online on these platforms then restricting your child’s access limits their socializing. Social media access for kids needs to be limited by governments.

Should we require ID to buy kitchen knives too?

I don’t think that would be effective at reducing access for minors given knives are readily available in most kitchens.

Have you read this bill? Are you sure your opinions haven’t been manipulated by social media companies that have lobbied hard and flown influencers around to speak on their behalf?

That would be a good option if the social networks didn’t have a long history of acting in bad faith. I think it would be an up hill battle. This seems like a reasonable response

Unpopular opinion but I support the intent of this bill. Kids shouldn’t be exposed to algorithmic content. As it’s currently written it looks to be limited to platforms with a certain threshold of users. Which might actually encourage fediverse growth. Any slippery slop argument is silly and just benefits Zuck and friends.

With the rowers bumping in to each other with each stroke

I do this for my 4yo

Use isolated browser instances instead. I want to be able to install useful addons for YouTube without having to worry if they’re monitoring me when I’m online banking etc. All modern browsers offer this. And I use a mix of browsers for different tasks. Like Firefox for most things because of the ad blocking / privacy. But I still use chrome for compatibility as some websites are lazy.

A steady dividend stock might be a hold forever stock. Especially if you don’t want to realize the capital gains of the stock’s appreciation.

Where is the other 90% of this story?

If you ate protein bars you could just smash them open with your hands, at least that’s how I understand protein works 🤔

I would suggest dealing with your death anxiety through counseling so it doesn’t consume your life.

You’ve done your part to make the internet a little bit more distributed like it was always meant to be. Good work!

I would be happy for them and I’d respect their decision to keep their finances private if they wanted. I’d also be proud that they didn’t feel the need to flaunt their wealth, that’s a sign of a secure and well rounded individual.

The world is complex and the vast vast majority of people in the world are wonderful humans. The closest thing we have to super villains are people like Martin Shkreli, Jeffrey Epstein, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. and those kinds of folks only make up 0.01% of the world’s population. If someone’s actions appear to be evil then it’s far more likely that you just don’t understand their perspective. And you don’t have to agree with someone’s perspective to understand their perspective. For example, maybe someone is working for a defence contractor designing new missiles because they were personally affected by a terrorist attack. I can understand that perspective while also believing that better missiles won’t reduce terrorism. I’m not excusing bad behaviour, I’m explaining why other people might not see their actions as bad behaviour and will have a clear conscience.