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Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001

Not everything needs to be an acronym.

1: the reason I supported them before COVID, during, and now, and the reason I support their legalization.

But...

2: COVID has trained facial recog algorithms to identify masked faces. Those algorithms still have a hard time with identify altering makeup, but don't seem to have any issues with masks. True privacy no longer exists. Freedom to protest in most countries is restricted to public spaces. When you privatize everything (including education), public spaces diminish, and your right to protest with it.

I'm fairly certain that the source for this is bank robbers of yore. But this goes under "we do this, because we've always done it that way", and it's the absolute worst reason to keep doing something. I, for one, enjoyed and supported my right to wear masks for the sole reason that it hid a good part of my face. Didn't do much for facial recog, as we saw, but humans have a hard time identifying and remembering faces without seeing a mouth. I knew the masks weren't real respirators and weren't nearly as effective as they could have been (the reason I wore an actual respirator pre COVID and during), but I very much enjoyed the added privacy for everyone nonetheless.

That's fair. I also haven't been back, but not because of him haha

They're not "grave robbers". They're "archeologists".

Isn't it already illegal to cover your face from above the nose downward in NC? I went there on a business trip a couple years before COVID, and wore a respirator while outside. A cop stopped me and told me that it's against statute to cover my face in public places. I explained to him that I'm not from there and pollen in that state, at least in Charlotte, was horrific. He was understanding, but highly recommend I find another way. I thanked him and we parted ways. I was leaving the next day, so I didn't find another way.

This article makes it sound that they're not going to make it illegal, since it already is, but are, instead, going to make it a higher crime if you commit one while wearing a mask. What I'm gathering, is basically "wear one if you want. But if you commit a misdemeanor while wearing one, it'll be a felony" (or however the scales increase). Did I misunderstand?

So... basically, RDP through thunderbolt? Or did I skim too fast?

But then Microsoft can't say that people are opting to move from Teams to New Teams, and show how amazing the people think New Teams is. I don't know if that's why they're doing it that way, but it feels like that.

Not sure how long it's been since your last org, but a lot has changed in the Teams universe as of late (and mostly not for the better).

To add: how I have "2 unread messages", but nothing when filtered for unread. My phone will forever have 2 unread messages.

Install a second language keyboard, and put your password in those characters.

Nintendo on their way to file a DMCA C&D letter.