• ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works
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        While I can see the plus side of being able to identify bots, I don’t think the WEI is the right way to do it, and Google definitely isn’t the right company to be handling it

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          Plus how do you spot the difference between a good bot and a bad bot? Web crawlers from search engines are for example inherently good, so they should still be able to operate, but if it is easy to register a good bot in WEI, it is also easy to register a bad bot. If it is hard to register a good bot, then you’re effectively gatekeeping the automated part of the internet (something that actually might be Google’s intention).

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            I was thinking the same thing about Google wanting their bots to be the only ones allowed to crawl and index the internet.

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        I just wish everyone would switch to Firefox.

        It is because Chrome has a monopoly, is close enough to monopoly.

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        Bridgefy

        https://bridgefy.me/

        From their site:

        ‘Bridgefy is a free messaging app that works without the Internet. Perfect for natural disasters, large events, and at school!’

        It works over Bluetooth, and lets you send messages to other users without needing an internet connection. I haven’t used it yet, but the app looks straightforward enough :)

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    water/wastewater. something people dont think about, just turn on the tap/flush the terlet.

    peoples places of living would back up and they wouldnt have safe water to drink

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    Railroading. Not the next day, but probs pretty quick. There’s a reason Biden nipped the railroad strike in the bud, and my theory as to why he’s trying to build up the “pro-union” image again before the election - he really screwed labor in that move.

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      But is a strike enough to make the industry disappear ? Several European countries (especially France) regularly get large strikes in the rail (and indeed these workers are essential thus striking works). For a few days/week people find alternative way to commute, employer close their eye on people coming late/leaving early but a week of strike (even a hard one) isn’t enough to collapse the economy

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        This strike was regarding freight rail and would definitely not cause the industry to disappear since rail is the most cost effective way to transport certain goods, and we do not have enough infrustructure for trucks to be a reasonable alternative (and we have a hell of a lot of roadways). Here’s a basic list of common things freight trains carry.

        Many people would feel the hit from things like lumber and car shortages, but I think hazmat materials would be the biggest stopper of the economy. According to this page rail transports 99.9% of hazmat materials in the US, including 11% of the US’s crude oil at it’s peak oil shipments in 2014, though idk how pipelines factor in/how companies distibute gasoline, so not sure if that would affect gas prices in some areas more than others or if it would affect the nation as a whole. What I do know is that many industries rely on our freight system, and it can’t all be converted to trucking. Many workers wouldn’t have raw materials to work with and it would touch everyone in some way.

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    Not an industry, but if EBT/food stamps payments stopped there would definitely be riots. Not that aren’t already.

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    Tobacco, that shit is addictive, and looking at gow often the bad suburbs were drug traffic occurs end up rioting…

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    Information Technology.

    Not immediately. But imagine what would happen if the engineers of Google and the other data centers like AWS went down for more than 24h.