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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites (arstechnica.com)
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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 28 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

I would be surprised if most US politicians are capable of understanding the concept of duplicating files on a computer

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You are correct. It's like expecting car salesmen to be able to understand how to do brain surgery.

Most politicians are failed lawyers. And if they are too incompetent or corrupt to be representing people or entities in court, they sure are hell shouldn't be making calls about anything in society or in the political realm. And that obviously includes technology.

Remember when late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens described (with great confidence) that the Internet "is like a series of tubes"? Classic example of their wider incompetence right there.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

that guy made ytmnd twice as entertaining back in the day

https://intertubes.ytmnd.com/

https://tubesdance.ytmnd.com/

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

“…it’s more like a series of tubes.”