Recent content by Umbran

No, since not a single one of your suggestions is, to me, "Doing it right". They are, in fact, doing it wrong.

The existence of imperfect legislation justifies doing a lot of work and actually understanding the issues before accepting new legislation, though. If you look at what I have written here, you should note that my objections are about legislation that has no actual support behind it, no plan...

I don't know if that's where they are going with this. I am reminded of Straczinski's run on Amazing Spider-Man in the early 2000s, and the "The Other" storyline, in which Peter undergoes changes and a sort of rebirth, coming out with some enhanced powers (which later authors then promptly...

Mod Note: And a similar word of advice for you - don't make discussions personal. Address the content of posts, not the person of the poster.

Mod Note: You are on an open internet discussion message board. If you aren't open to hearing other people's experiences or perspectives, then goodness gracious, are you in the wrong place! Nobody here needs your permission to post their ideas, and it is not considered rude of them to do so...

Sure. For example, the UK has the Online Safety Act of 2023, which came into effect in July of 2025. This is their second attempt at requiring age verification (for adult content, not for social media, in general). The first version got passed, but nobody could implement in time, and so it...

The problem is that all those things you are talking about are operations on the state or local level. Methods of handling verification are optimized for doing so in person. Social media systems cross state and national boundaries. That means they are national and international jurisdiction...

About half of US citizens have a valid passport. In the US, birth certificates are handled on the municipal (town) level. To get a copy of mine at this point, I would have to go to the city hall of the town for the hospital I was born in. And it wouldn't help, because they aren't machine...

A quick search suggests that for you, driver's licenses com from a national level agency - the DLVA - is that correct? If so, we have 50 different agencies, so verification would be a different problem here than there.

Cool. So, at what level are your typical IDs handled?

In the UK, are you required, in general, to have a government-issued ID? Because in the US, we are not. There is no required Federal level ID. Driver's licenses are the most common ID form here, but only 90% of us have them, and they are governed by State agencies. So, using them for...

Pew Research says otherwise, at least as of September. 50% say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life, while only 10% are more excited than concerned. More than half of Americans rate the societal risks of AI as high, compared to 25% who say the...

Mod note: You were already asked to dial it back once. This is twice. After this, if you cannot dial it back, it will be dialed back for you.

I don't have to assume much, when I can look at the Warning Points accumulated that record long-standing patterns of behavior. Please ask yourself if you really want to test how much patience that history earns you before you continue.

I neither enforce age restrictions, nor act as a government regulatory standard that can be referred to in court to force companies to comply with desired norms for the public good. Maybe the passive-aggressive jibes aren't going to serve you well here.