• Technoworcester@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    Oh shit! I never knew we had access to the first amendment in Europe. (I also have no fucking idea what the first amendment is).

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        2 days ago

        Every days a school day and thankyou (no /s here) but as politely as possible I really don’t care about the US Constitution, even less it’s amendments.

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          2 days ago

          I really don’t care

          Are you sure? You’d fit right in with a lot of proudly ignorant Americans… “Duh… I don’t know which I’ll proudly declare a badge of honor and commit to remaining stupid.”

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            2 days ago

            Very sure thanks.

            I have enough things to learn, live and experience from a European perspective (as the culture and the language changes a shit load more than across the USA from geographical perspective)

            I wouldn’t call you ignorant for not knowing information from some arcane document over x years old from a European country. Why am I ignorant not knowing it from your culture?

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              2 days ago

              I wouldn’t call you ignorant for not knowing information from some arcane document over x years old from a European country.

              Why not? I almost certainly would be ignorant about it. Ignorant just means I don’t know something… there’s all kinds of things that I don’t know.

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      2 days ago

      The U.S. 1st amendment actually does have some implications for your speech even though you’re in Europe and (presumably) not a U.S. citizen.

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        2 days ago

        Hahahaha. I think I laughed so much I dropped my French baguette from the London red bus im sitting in. /s.

        Exactly how does it have have implications in a country it’s not a law of?

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          2 days ago

          Exactly how does it have implications in a country it’s not a law of?

          Because it had, and continues to have, a significant bearing on the development of technologies that are used internationally, many of which shape the society you live in.

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            2 days ago

            So do the laws of China but I don’t know much of their laws. So also does the EU but I assume most yanks don’t know much about those ones either.

            I don’t judge but I do get annoyed at USdefaultism

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              I don’t judge but I do get annoyed…

              Getting annoyed is a form of judgement.

              … at US defaultism

              Yes, U.S. defaultism is problematic.

              Still, as long as companies, especially US-based ones like Google, are exporting their US-centric products & practices, people outside the US will be exposed to products & practices shaped by US law.

              Because enforcement is rarely watertight, the above holds true even if the importing country’s laws forbid those products & practices.

              Therefore, unless you wish to live in ignorance, it’s worth being aware of the laws that most strongly shape the technologies that in turn shape your society - even laws from jurisdictions outside your own.

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                2 days ago

                And which ones from China or the EU are you planning to investigate and learn about? It works both ways.

                Not knowing the miniature of laws from other countries is not ignorance, there is only so much a person can learn and take in.

                ‘Getting annoyed is a form of judgment’ is an incredibly flipant response.

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                  When you’re in tech or in schools, you learn about this and also about EU and Chinese copyright because some of them can sue the pants off or block your site/material from getting money. If you want to use certain tools, including me using this nonUS website, I need to be aware of their rules so I don’t mess up the terms and services. US apps have something for EU users for this purpose.