In my state, getting certain government benefits, over the past decade, was a matter of five minutes on the phone with an official.

As of this year it's a scary maze of a paper application. The online application process is "temporarily out of service". Conversation with a relevant official is no longer offered. And while you were trying to make sense of all that we stopped your benefits.

What we're seeing here is a way to stop providing benefits, but without the legislative hassles.

I just heard the term "administrative burden". But that's pretty vague.

Ya, it would probably be a type of dark pattern.

I'm too high to parse that

When they came for the neo-nazis I said nothing.

Not vaporware. It actually works very well. And if you live in the sticks you thank your blessed angels for it.

some people think reality is a cartoon. Black and white. Good guys and bad guys. Some people are dumb that way. And they get played like a piano because of it.

You are free to get the chip or not.

But if you refuse the chip then you might lose your job, or your ability to shop.

It will be the new cellphone.

This is too empowering. I prefer to think of myself as damaged beyond all hope.

Any position is coherent when you have anonymity and free time. That goes double for moderators.

This makes me twitch a little. I have the exact same cabinet in my kitchen. How can it be? It's so randomized that it's antientropic!

Why does anybody use ubuntu etc when they could use debian?

It comes with like 6 desktops right in the installation. And there are another 20 more available too.

And ubuntu etc is just debian with a fancy desktop, right?

And debian is fast, lightweight and stable as heck. Don't they use it on the spaceshuttle?