Notices by byroncinnz@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Some things matter more than money . . .
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-02-2023/the-side-eye-a-climate-change-reality-check?utm_source=spinoff-share-button&utm_medium=web

The core of the issue that I feel the US Supreme Court should consider in this case is one of culpability. My understanding is the BIG Tech are arguing that they should not be held responsible for the results that come from the hueristics of their search and other algorithms. I think this smells. Like one saying that they are not responsible for the bite their dog gives someone. Just because it is an algorithm should not remove responsibility.

This topic hasn't come up much, but there is an important case that could have significant impact on how the web currently works. Gordon Campbell covers it in Scoop. I don't have the same hand-wringing the-sky-is-falling reaction to this. In fact I can envision many positive effects should the plaintiffs win.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2302/S00034/on-how-the-us-supreme-court-could-ruin-the-internet.htm

This artical does a good job of illustraing how our intentions differ from our actions. It also offers some good solid suggestions about policies that could chnage this. Wouldn't it be nice if New Zeland had a political party that championed the issues of Climate Breakdown. Instead we have our current National-Lite (formerly known as Labour) Party and the Green-Wash party.

An excellent rundown of the arguements about our future transportation choices https://thespinoff.co.nz/summer-2022/11-01-2023/electric-cars-wont-save-us-2

@lightweight It would also be nice to avoid annual payments for renewal of such domain names for email and other uses. Such renewal charges amount to extortion in that you pay the provider not to take down your domain. Leaning it in place costs them nothing and requires no effort, right.

@lightweight The question is, is charging rent on ones identity the best and most ethical method of cost recovery?