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Your original “pick two” comment implies that you can pick “anonymous” + “free of bots”, or “available to everybody” + “free of bots”. I can’t think of any system that would satisfy those.
The former can be had on a system accessible only by a restricted group of people, through terminals that have no automation interfaces. Think of a local private library with a bulletin board: Only members can enter, and once inside, anyone can post using the provided tools, but there are no tools that bots could use, and there’s nothing connecting an individual to what they post on the board. Of course, a system like this would not be available to everyone; it wouldn’t work as an internet service, for example.
The latter can be had by requiring an access token issued to each user. Bots could then be either ejected quickly by revoking their owner’s token when discovered, or prevented early by requiring all access to be through public terminals that have no automation interfaces. Of course, any system that issues an access token to an individual cannot be anonymous if revocation is to be meaningful.
The government would keep track of whether or not they issued you an ID,
The token/ID system adds anonymityI wish that were possible, but no, it is not. If a government (or any other authority) keeps track of whether they issue someone an ID, then they must also have the ability to connect IDs to individuals. Such an arrangement can only be anonymous if everyone involved is a good-faith actor choosing not to abuse that ability, which history demonstrates is not a realistic assumption.
but your identity is tied to it for the duration
This doesn’t disprove what I wrote, as it’s not anonymous.
you can provide pseudoanonymity,
Pseudoanonymity is not anonymity, regardless of how any given person chooses to define that nebulous term.
My “pick two” stands.
As for humans passing their token to a bot, that’s not really solvable by any system.
Indeed. Which is (part of) why I wrote, “pick two”.
But the human is still the one with the authority, and chooses to delegate to the bot.
Which is what we already have today.
but your identity is tied to it for the duration
Then it’s not anonymous.
If anonymous and available to everyone, what would prevent people from acquiring an ID and passing it on to a bot, or from acquiring multiples?
- anonymous
- available to everyone
- free of (unwanted) bots
Pick two.
22·3 months agoWhether 50TB of lost data is “much” depends on what the data is, and whether it’s replaceable.
No. They chose a nonstandard Python because they wanted to use coroutines before standard Python had coroutines.
Your No True Scotsman argument is not only fallacious, but just plain incorrect.
you can’t make games or even big projects for GUI
Oh no? Someone should probably tell the people who made Eve Online.
I have javascript disabled, and it’s not paywalled for me. Maybe give that a try?
Here’s what the EFF has to say about it:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online
1·5 months ago- He described new C “guards” and scoped locks inspired by Rust
In other words, the improved safety will sometimes come from Rust code, and sometimes from C code. The important point being that safer practices are becoming more common now that Rust has called attention to them.
9·8 months agoattempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.
It is believed that the intended destinations were the exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.
Nobody has claimed otherwise.
But he’s unlikely to get much sympathy from people who notice that what he does for work shouldn’t be allowed, let alone paid out of their pockets.
If he wants taxpayer money, perhaps he should consider a line of work that’s beneficial to taxpayers.
Our current car use per capita is unsustainable.
Either we reduce it, or we reduce human reproduction and survival rates.
Some cities have groups participating in a National Week of Action Against ALPRs, with events scheduled this week:
https://noalprs.com/