ive hated the use of “quiet” in clickbait articles headlines for a while now. i assume anything writing it is AI slop at this point. its just too common to ignore.
“this company just quietly did this thing”
" you wont believe what this CEO has been quietly investing in since COVID"
“this politician just said the quiet part out loud!”
“these are the top ten projects that countries have been quietly building for 20 years, you wont believe #9!”
worlds first trillionaire, and its about the worlds richest man and his idealist son who thinks he should give it all away. they argue, bicker, fight, the father is a recluse. and the son has no friends since he isnt allowed to go school, hes tutored at home by the worlds best and brightest, which just so happen to be his fathers “friends” some more honest, and the others, yes men, one of which is a music teacher, a woman, who just so happens to look strikingly similar to the boys grandmother when she was young, she fills his head with questions, rather than answers, all seemingly related to maintaining empathy, humanity, morals, etc. in between the various music theory topics that she draws her comparisons, always speaking in subtext and analogies. all the while the father spends his time watching the ticker get closer, and closer to one trillion dollars. day in, and day out, he watches.
sometimes his son comes to him and asks him weird philosophical questions, questions that arise from lessons with his teachers, they have conversations with which the father doesnt seem to care, or contributes a materialistic view point of the world, dehumanizes people, and the son finds that his father no longer seems to be the man he thought he was. and begins to question his own place in the world.
on the night that the ticker is about to reach one trillion dollars, his son comes to visit him, and they have a long conversation, which gets a bit aggressive and emotional and ends when his son asks him one final question.
“would you give it all away if it meant being actually happy for once in your miserable, lonesome, life!?”
he refuses to answer, sips his brandy, and returns to watching the ticker. at this point beyond his offices grand windows, the hills are ablaze with a forest fire in the distance, smoke permeates the air outside, but this fortress of a mansion is impervious to the threats of nature. “its the safest place on earth” he says to himself “no need to worry about a lil smoke and ash. at least now ill be able to see the ocean more clearly…maybe ill cover those hills in sculptures…no…monuments! haha. yea, maybe a fuckin sphynx with my face on it…or a pyramid or something. biggest one ever…s…solid…gold…with…my name…on it…” he passes out momentarily in his drunken state, and is awoken by a loud bang. its dark now, well past dusk.
he looks at the ticker, its so close. only a few million more and its official. his son is gone, he wants him to see this, to bare witness to a new wonder the world has never seen.
his father, the first trillionaire!
he runs out the door of his office, only to find his son… dead… holding one if the various antique pistols from his collection. this one, however, was his personal favourite, thought to be the long lost pistol of “Billy the Kid”… he loved that western tale as a child, his name was Billy too, and he always saw himself as a lone gunslinger, ready to take on the world…
in his silent, repressed, yet immense grief, perhaps still in shock, he grabs his son, dragging his limp body into his office. to watch the ticker hit one trillion.
he props him up next to him, and opens his sons lifeless eyes to see. “you’re gonna miss it, sleepy head” he says laughing, tears welling in his normally stern eyes.
and finally it happens. the ticker hits one. trillion. dollars.
he smiles briefly, but his focus shifts to the fire in the hills, so much closer now, than before. in fact its maybe less than half a mile away. the smoke illuminated by the flames blocks out the night sky in a big orange and black plume.
he looks at his son one more time, and says to him.
“you still want to know?..yes… yes… id give it all away…just to be happy…for once… in my miserable… lonesome… life…”
he then takes the pistol of billy the kid, and puts it in his mouth. and promptly blows his brains out. blood spatters over the ticker, a moment passes in silence, and slowly, and then very quickly, the number starts dropping, crashing.
panning out towards the ceiling, away from the scene splayed out on the floor, shows that billy the trillionaire was alone the whole time.
he never had a son. in fact there hadnt been a visitor to the house in god knows how long.
que montage of him talking to himself with several personalities as he slowly goes insane with guilt over the past year as a recluse, via security cam footage on his desktop monitor next to the ticker. which plays continuously as it counts down.
the number eventually counts down to zero as the credits role to their end, and the fire keeps burning in the background until eventually the whole mansion succumbs to smoke and flame. as no amount of riches can ever make you impervious to the wills of nature.
smoke and fire fill the screen, and then it all goes black.
FIN.
how about i replant my foot in your ass?
reddit is dead internet theory in action.
this is a precise example of why.
i was also permabanned for calling a literal nazi, a literal nazi. ill let you guess who, and when that happened. it shouldnt be hard.
id also tell my competition to stop trying and get a real job if i felt like they were still a threat, you know, if i was an insecure, narcissistic, sociopath, with a visible coke addiction, and access to large swathes of investor capital, in an industry that fundamentally cannot turn a profit unless its through circular investment.
great place to store the expensive child porn generators. far away in space, where a molotov can never reach.
i fucking hate this timeline.
I wasn’t commenting on your grammar but on lack of sense in what you wrote.
ironic.
I’ve seen this silly argument before. People keep equating digital ID with oppression because in some cases the system was abused. They read somewhere that digital IDs are bad and are unable to understand what they really are how they can function.
its almost like there are people who know more about modern oppression than you do? not all of use want to pretend that the old neoliberal world order is still running as it should, fascism, authoritarianism, and techno feudalism are all on the rise. there are literal concentration camps in the US, who is also pouring hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars into AI weapons and surveillance tech, and they arent the only governments doing so, ignoring that makes you sound like the most frustrating characters in the critically acclaimed major motion picture “dont look up”
Here’s facts: many countries with fairly healthy democratic systems have been using digital IDs for years if not decades with 0 issues. Spain, Poland, Estonia… It’s just another ID. It’s not required anywhere, it’s not mandatory.
do you really not understand what kind of digital ID we are talking about? and the risks that come with it? ive told you several times. and you keep misunderstanding it, or ignoring it, seemingly on purpose? im about to just tell you to “google it” at this point, because this feels almost spitefully ignorant of my points. presuming you actually read and comprehended them.
Other countries, like UK, require identification online without digital IDs.
this is a form of digital identification. so it would be considered digital ID by your own definition, as well as mine. because digital ID at the end of the day is just something that proves you are you to whoever wants to see the data you create or interact with. but having a one size fits all digital ID that connects all of your official information under one roof is like putting all your eggs in one basket and leaving it out for several billion foxes (bots/hackers) to eat (scrape/steal/sell/abuse) which again, is becoming a more popular form of potential iterations of mandatory digital ID presented by some government officials as new policies in both the east and west hemispheres.
You know what else the governments use to track citizens? Banking systems! OMG! We should get rid of credit cards and wire transfer. If we let people use those government will surely force everyone to use them and good night freedom!
NOW WE’RE TALKIN THE TALK, BROTHER, NOW WE ARE GETTING TO THE ROOT OF IT ALL. PRAISE BE! HE FINALLY SPEAKS A LICK OF SENSE! happy to see your time on lemmy is wearing away at your ideals about the bullshit farce that is the banking system, and money in general. PROUD. OF. YOU.
yes, we should absolutely dismantle the modern banking system. as it is quite literally responsible for virtually all human suffering in modern times. and is perpetuating the eventual economic and ecological collapse that will kill millions, billions, and then virtually all of humanity. save a few immortal billionaires and maybe a trillionaire or two? and their harems of genetically modified forever children that they can rape and rape and rape, and eat, and rape, and torture, and kill, and clone, and rape and rape, until the end of time! maybe they might go to space and rape alien children and eat their dismembered limbs too? who knows! we’ll all be dead so it wont matter :D
and thats the happy ending for humanity if we dont dismantle the banking system. or the system in general.
good on you for seeing through the facade.
im not being sarcastic. i do 100% agree that we should destroy the modern banking system. and replace it with something backed by something real, and tangible. equitably distributed to all humans. or maybe just forget about any form of currency all together? but thats the utopian dreamer in me. all i know is, this shit isnt working for the average person.
Or maybe it’s just another tool that functions without issues as long as citizens control their government?
see, we arent so different, you and i. i agree whole heartedly. we the people should always control our governments. but it becomes difficult when they track everything we do with a greater variety of tools and resources day after day. and their enforcers get access to whatever information they need to uphold their laws. moral. or not.
Maybe the issue are broken political system, not digitization?
THATS ANOTHER BINGO. CORRECT. CORRECT.
technology is only dangerous in the hands of people who would use it to do harm. a rock is a rock until someone hits you over the head with it. a digital ID is just your name, age, date of birth, location, biometrics, connected to your banking information, and any and all online services and profiles that require it, and the data transferred between the user and those various services, time stamped, forever. thats it, thats all, until a leak happens, your identity gets stolen, you get blackmailed, tracked by bad actors, profiled by palantir as a resistance member or domestic terrorist because of a meme you posted three years ago, seemingly anonymously. but bow your ID is linked to your device, and that device was responsible for posting it… so…whoops. its not like they arent already doing this to people in the united states? its not like ICE and the US government is going after activists who post anti trump rhetoric online already, are they? ( they are, one of my favourite activists just got a notice that he and his group are under investigation)
there are infinite ways for data to be used, and abused, depending on who is in power, politically, or financially. does it all require official, government mandated digital ID? no. but does it make their job easier? sure does.
can we trust modern politicians, governments, and corporations with our data?
as a person who self hosts everything they possibly can, with a vpn, and an ecrypted arch linux desktop, who has spent an ungodly amount of time hyper fixating on issues like the one we are discussing, to say the very least. and whos read at least a few books on cyber security, fascism, authoritarianism, and recently, a small portion of the epstein files…
i think its better to be safe, than sorry.
ill avoid it, you dont have to. it is your choice. but id suggest making sure you know who holds the leash before you put on a new collar.
if it comes to your country, or already is in some minor form. just keep yourself updated on exactly what it entails and how it can be used or abused. and act accordingly. your mind is the last earthbound frontier to be fully commodified, and in order for them to do that, they need your attention, obediance, and information. every scrap of it. even if it kills you in the process. data is data.
thats all i got for you man, no hate. this was cathartic for me. thank you for the opportunity to write this all out. if you want to continue, i dont mind, but itll be sometime tomorrow before id respond.
have a good one dude. stay safe.
writes a long winded summary that is inherently anti AI. answering all the questions and potentials of what comes with more acceptance of digital ID around the world, and leaving room for the reader to fill the gaps, assuming they are intelligent enough to do so
“Was this nonsense generated by AI?”
lol, fuck me for having okayish grammar i guess?
“People in Spain already have digital IDs. It’s a personal certificated signed by the Governments CA. I import into Firefox and when I visit government website the browser asks me if I want to send my cert and which. That’s it. It has been working like this for decades. It’s crazy how confused people are about basic things.”
yes thats one use case of one version of one countries digital ID system. congratulations on understanding how to use it. proud of you.
however. another example.
vietnam just forced their citizens to sign up for digital ID and froze their bank accounts until they did so.
“Vietnam has rolled out a national digital identity system around the VNeID platform, issuing over 62 million citizen accounts by 2025 and expanding mandatory electronic identification to companies and foreign residents as policy milestones stack up toward full coverage by 2026. The program now combines biometric authentication, bank integrations, corporate e‑ID mandates, and sectoral digitalization (notably tax) while facing persistent interoperability and data‑sharing challenges that the government acknowledges and is seeking to addres”
you can go quietly into that good night if you want to, friend. But personally, im not so naive to think that its all for the greater good.
if you cant imagine one reason why its not a good idea, then honestly i think you might be some kind of shill. whether you know it or not.
a digital ID is your identity turned into data. stored in databases, apps, or wallets, often tied to biometrics. It can be checked remotely, instantly, and at scale. verification can happen without you actively presenting it, depending on the system. It’s usually linked across systems, government, banks, employers, healthcare, platforms. etc. Tracking is trivial. Every check leaves a timestamp, location, metadata. there is also the the risk of breaches, misuse, surveillance creep, account lockouts. to say the least.
the difference is you choose when to present a physical ID, a digital ID removes that choice. and exposes you to a far wider variety of issues.
a digital fingerprint is user data that is provided through the usage of a device or connection, its whatever information you “choose” that becomes available for others to look into on the other side. with no required definite identification. however its easy for algorithms to pick up the age of the user based on the data provided by their daily usage.so digital identification for social media is in fact a pointless persuit unless you want to control the “nodes” with more precision.
at the end of the day, a parent should parent their children, not the state. parents need be less lazy and more present in their childrens lives, especially because of the issues caused by things like social media. forcing everyone to give up their online anonimity so that big brother knows specifically that you like weird porn and express anti big brother views, just allows them to preemptively stifle you from competing or participating in society depending on whos in office at the time. or they leak your information, and someone uses your ID for god knows what else.
digital ID is quite literally the last nail in the coffin for personal freedom and autonomy on the internet, say goodbye to whistle blowers, and virtually any form of online resistance to fascism and authoritarianism.
just ask yourself how much privacy you may like to enjoy in the future, and whether or not you want a government AI or corporate AI combing your data, or your childrens data through their verified digital ID, and deciding whether or not you are allowed to participate in certain functions of society, and what impact you or they are allowed to have. based on the preferences of 1% of the population.
what is legal to say today, or yesterday, may not be legal tomorrow. and the punishments for crimes today, and of yesterday, may not be “fit” for the “crimes” of tomorrow.
basically meaning, digital ID is a fascists/authoritarians/corporations/elites, wet dream. and should be avoided at all costs.
it is very 1984.
more like parents actually parenting rather than plugging their kids in and leaving them to their own devices out of laziness. allowing the state to parent them (and all of us adults,it seems) instead.
kids should honestly have no more than a dumb phone and limited access to a family computer which should only be used for school work.and light browsing monitored at the parents discretion. until they are old enough to make mature, informed decisions themselves. but the parents should have the right to choose how they engage with technology.
brain development and mandatory critical thinking skills need to be instilled before having unfilitred access to the most addicting misinformation technology on the planet. thats my personal preference, but i am not everyone. and one size does not fit all in this case.
none of that is necessary, a digital fingerprint is more than enough to discern the age of any user. digital id, biometrics, and id verification for any social media platform is completely unecessary. its just another tool for the surveillance state to blackmail users into self editing and pre compliance.
just as long as they dont require digital ID from everyone.
moonlight/sunlight is an open source option on github. i use it all the time. works pretty well. lets you remote control your pc from a different room with a different computer. i use it to cast my main PC through an old lenovo so i can play games on the projector in our room. or watch our own downloaded collection of movies and shows and stuff.
i have zero complaints.
really? i heard it was the 20th?
…guess i better cancel that flight…
Maybe you should nave not tried to spin a decision about enforcing traffic rules as something about people’s race.
what a fragile white guy thing to latch onto, out of all the things i said…how telling.
The problem, and it seems you still do not understand it, is that these kind of ebike are more powerfull than vehicles for which you need a driver’s license.
The simple question is: why I should need a driver’s license for a moped that (legally) cannot be faster than 45 Km/h and not for a fatbike that is faster (and often less secure) ?
no i understand it completely, ive just read more than just this article on subjects surrounding this issue and similar ones than you have, and i have first hand experience in the subject. evidently. you keep pointing to one article like its the bible and ignore all the other related data. you also keep latching on to my comments on one racial aspect of laws like this, which historically have also had racial diacrimination attached as a partial motive in the past, instead of going after the ones i made about monopolies, corporate interest. etc. because you are likely a fragile as fuck white person and likely harbour resentment for being called out on your shit. or, if not then you are woefully ignorant or maybe just naive when it comes to the struggles and current discrimination against immigrants of all backgrounds in europe, and across the world.
evidently, you were triggered by that, which us why you wont let it go.
in one of comments that was removed by the SUPER FAIR AND DILIGENT MOD TEAM i had made a statement about how its a pointless law becuase people modify their bikes, ebikes, and other heavy ebikes to circumvent every law they pass, surrounding them. and how this is mainly just another money grab that slowly pinches down harder on average people just trying to use a safer, and cheaper mode of travel than a petrol vehicle. they know this, prior to making the law. a great example would be how in germany this past year, a radical who hated immigrants took a vehicle and drove over people at the german christmas market.
it would be a lot harder to get that same level of carnage on a bike, or ebike.
i connect a lot of dots for you, and you refuse to connect them yourself, you get hung up on one racial aspect of my theory on why laws like this come to pass and what benefits they have for the police state, which would be enforcing these laws, who base their entire criminal science on a certain level of racial discrimination. and call it profiling.
we will have to agree to disagree. because this is something that you are either willfully remaining ignorant of, or simply dont see it as a negative. im not sure which is worse.
as an ebike user, who obeys the laws of my land, and drives on the street, banning one make or model of an ebike will not stop the issue. they know this. and its being done as a stepping stone for more regulation and more laws, that have more than “safety” as the main motivator. it always starts small.
regulation always leads to increased powers of the government over the people. some of it for good reasons, some of it for bad reasons. but it always cost tax payers more money as a result. and fear is always the motivator.
there, you got a little wall of text out of me. if you want you can DM me if you actually care about discourse, or if you prefer a stage where differing opinions than yours are removed, then you can reply to me here.
they permanently banned a guy named “fatbikelover” for his replies that agreed with my statements, and then removed more of my detailed comments describing exactly how the whole extraction of wealth and discrimination actually works.
however, arguing is pointless with me, i only change my mind with verifiable evidence and data. if you cant prove that there is no racial descrimination or innate racism amongst the police force that would be enforcing these laws, then i simply cant agree with your statement. but considering how that is quite literally part of police training, and general media programming, regardless of any country we speak of, its gonna be a hard sell.
monopolies, corporate interests, thats a little harder to prove without a paper trail. so if you want to disagree with me, start there. but i can imagine that some local ebike shops are likely to benefit off the absence of a cheap foreign alternative. who knows.
grab a shovel and dig up some dirt. and try not to use ChatGPT this time. its more fun that way.
i bet those government pedophile gestapo agents sure are.
there zero shot these agents arent raping children in these facilities.
i want some of these bad boys so. if they can get the density down it would be sick for ebikes in the winter.
battery degradation happens sooner than youd think.
well since nothing matters anymore. and the rules seem to not apply as well.
why dont we just… kill them? like we used to?
no long, drawn out legal process. just POW dead. their death being a far better example set than tossing them in a luxury prison that they will more than likely just post bail on immediately and be out free again.
we’re all thinking it.
we dont need morals in a survival situation against people who have no morals.
lets just kill them. easy peasy.
lets compile a list. and whoevers closest, you have nothing to lose that isnt guaranteed to be lost anyways.
go out and have some fun.
these are federal agents, not considered law enforcement in each state. it is quite literally, out of their jurisdiction, and they are all working on unconstitutional orders.
so not only are they there illegally, but they are operating illegally, and therefore are not recognized as law enforcement, but a separate occupying force.
you dont have to show them a fuckin thing.
id go live with my brother in germany for a while, id love to see the black forest and the old castles. or go look for some amber chunks in the water of the baltic sea.