My car drives Arch, by the way.

He thinks he stopped 8 wars? Which 8 wars?

You mean pirated Photoshop, right? :D

… You mean pirated Photoshop… Right? :|

American “reassurance” is a “trust me bro” with no backing and no consequences for them if they break it.

I mean… Palantir showed Denethor false images of doom and despair fed by Sauron. It drove him to become a completely mad tyrant.

I think Palantir is a very apt name. They just don’t realise why.

There are plenty of Americans who worship Trump… In a literal sense… And are perfectly fine with ICE indiscriminately shooting people.

Are you trying to make a point?

Sure, but what does this have to do with the riots in Iran?

And my dad just went to visit Iran for two months…

I can ask the Iranian side of my family to explain exactly how full of shit you are. Wouldn’t be for constructive reasons; I doubt you can be taught anything. But it sure would be entertaining.

“I am bad at managing my finances, and eventually need to get bailed out by the government, or end up next to the homeless guy I used to make fun of”.

• This guy.

Yeah, so there are these kids toys at CES now that are always watching and always listening. Gyroscope if the toy is being picked up and moved, GPS to track where in the house it is, or where it’s going outside.

It’s loaded with voice and facial recognition that can track moods and environmental context. But obviously it doesn’t work offline. It has no on board AI, so all the data is sent to a service somewhere which will generate responses for the toy.

I wish it was just one such product being promoted at CES, but I’ve seen several videos now of multiple upstart toy tech brands selling similar AI plushies and such.

What’s worse than that are the fully camera, gyroscope, and GPS equipped children’s toys that send all their data to an AI server.

I think the bike exists to sell the battery. I’m getting a strong feeling there is no intention for the bike to be profitable, but rather as a proof that what they’re selling works by showcasing a real-world model that people can buy and drive.

With their plans to out-scale Tesla in battery manufacturing, it seems to me that they’re hoping to capture deals with EV manufacturers.

Yes you can. “Millions of Americans” sounds like an army.

As I said in another comment; Danes have a comparatively high trust in their government and the systems that are set up in the country. So if it’s assured that this way is more private and secure than alternatives, then that’s generally what’s believed.

I can already transfer money from one bank account to another without having to involve the government I don’t see the benefit in changing that.

This argument is strongly dependant on what country you’re in and what government you’re under. However, generally speaking, Danes have a pretty high trust in their government (compared to many other countries).

Yeah, I figured it was probably just rude bullshit. But I didn’t know where to take it from there. But good to know.

Well, on the flip side, stealing a credit card and using it online is a lot more difficult.

It’s only a dystopia if there comes a massive right wing shift in Denmark, like is happening with our neighbours in Germany.

However, I do recognise how easily these systems can be used for ulterior motives. What’s furthermore distressing is that Denmark is a huge supporter of chat control and has taken the lead in creating drafts to propose to the EU.

For now, NemID is a convenience.

For now.

I’ve only heard people complain about it when it didn’t work, which is rarely.

I returned to Denmark 11 years ago, and they had already implemented the whole NemID system. The only thing that changed is you now need an app instead of a card covered in tiny, hard to read numbers.