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Man, this article really reads as some tech dystopia / 1984 shit. It’s full of bad faith arguments by those who approved and/or operate the flock cameras. Really scary stuff to see play out in reality.

This quote sums things up super well, highlighting the danger of what we are seeing at the national level flowing down into local governments:

The mayor has gone far beyond her lawful authority. If left unchallenged, it sets a dangerous precedent where the mayor can claim a public safety emergency any time she disagrees with the legislative branch, creating an unchecked power that echoes what is happening in Washington.

LOL. LMAO, even.

Not a great article even if it does attempt to make a relevant point.

Talks about how we didn’t get slimmed down versions of consoles while ignoring the beefed up releases like PS5 Pro.

And then they totally lost me at the still image comparison between Xbox One and XSX and related talk about how games look mostly the same across gens. Anyone who has played the pictured game (Halo Infinite) on both knows how the visual differences are huge - better resolution, higher frame rate, WAY better draw distance, texture popping reduction, etc.

This author has an agenda that they go out of their way to push, even when they don’t need to.

Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government ID, a physical address, a full legal name, and an existing phone number.

For a country that doesn’t like/want to provide government IDs at no cost, the US sure does like to require them.

Also, gotta have a phone (number) to get a phone. Nice closed-loop system you’re proposing there.