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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online this is the least offensive thing the White House has put out regarding the Olympics, and to treat it as some huge offensive insult is such performative outrage bullshit for engagement should be beneath you, but obviously isn’t.

Take this shit back to your Nazi bar on X

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Shit, so anyone wearing these glasses is compromising everyone they come into contact with, not just to data brokers, but by extension to the us government, and everyone else the data brokers sell the information to.

This is something the federal government actually should be regulating under interstate commerce, companies grabbing personal information of groups that didn't consent is hardly fair, not the least when the information is being used commercially and to the detriment of people.

I guess that is why previous google glasses wearers were accosted and chased out of establishments, they didn't want a corporate spy sending everyone's likeness to headquarters and data banks.

This is something the federal government actually should be regulating under interstate commerce

They should. Instead they're not only not doing that, but they're writing executive orders that make it illegal for states to do exactly that.

And then there's the *incredibly predictable* consequences of not understanding.

thelondoneconomic.com/business…

#Brexit #BrexitLies #EU #Europe

those regulations also include other perks like:

- Prices you see in the store or online are final (no hidden fees).

- You get European movies and content on Netflix and other platforms

- When you order something, you get info when it will be delivered

- When you buy food, you know it’s safe to eat

- 2 years of free warranty for gadgets and electronics

- Your kid can go to school or get a degree regardless of your financial situation

… and that’s just scratching the surface

It's not just about bureaucracy and the economy

fediscience.org/@martinvermeer…

I'm currently furious about #Brexit because I learned that the EU has a unified process for Small Claims Court.

I'm being stiffed on a holiday-related deposit by a Greek company and I need to hire lawyers to submit the claim in Greece on my behalf instead of being able to file it in the UK.

I always find it wrily funny when euroskeptics talk about "bureaucrats in Brussels imposing rules".

Er.... no

Countries who are in the EU send representatives to Brussels. That's where our representatives get together, talk to each other, reach a consensus and agree on the rules that we will all follow. Every country in the EU is taking part in that decision making process. We make our rules together. So those who then refuse to be team members? They're the arseholes.

They're trying, at least...

But those 10 different connectors and adapters are still 10 different cables, they just all have usb-c plugs on now so you can't see the difference anymore.

Example: The multi-port 140W usb-c charger I bought last year came with a cable that would only charge at 10W. Different but identical looking cable, 60W.

Example: My Noco (so, not some Ali special) battery booster has a usb-c charging port, but only charges at the typical 7W of a micro-usb connection.

Because of EU regulation, we don't live a hellhole country like the USA.

If European capitalists were allowed to, they would exploit and abuse us the same way.

One might point out that the chinese were first in mandating micro-USB for phones. Then EU came along mandating USB-C.

Also, one may acknowledge the (very small) benefits like phone connectors and roaming, larger benefits like climate policies (impotent, but still), and more, and still think that the downsides of bureaucracy, bad democracy deficit and ingrained, foundational neoliberalism equals net negative.