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It'll be fine.

If it gets out of hand we'll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.

What if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.

I don't have an inherit problem with "mom and pop" landlords as a thing if they're willing to actually do what they're resposible for. Rental property existing isn't the problem and fills a need for a lot of people. Renting (at sane rates that allow saving up a down payment) is a pathway to ownership. It's a solution to people that aren't planning on settling down in an area -- like students and people working towards another career.

Price gouging and landlords screwing over tenants is an issue. Huge rental companies buying up everything they can is the problem. As is reality companies creating artificial scarcity and driving up prices on housing.

The problem is what's it's always been: unmitigated greed, primarily by the rich and powerful.

Throw in unaddressed mental health and drug crises.

Alright, so I watched the video so you guys don't have to. Here's a synopsis:

Youtube's ad blocking is going to backfire because:

• It caused people to stop using crappy ad blockers that didn't even work with youtube to switch to effective ones that do.
• Drawing attention to "good" browsers and ad blockers, increasing adoption -- including people that weren't using or aware of the existence of them in the first place
• Increased support of the people making/maintaining ad blockers. Spite driven increase in donations, subscriptions to paid ad blockers, bug reports, etc.
• Cites the Streisand effect.
• Analogy of how prohibition led to stronger drugs, stronger booze, etc. If you tell people they can't do something, they're more likely to do it and get better at doing it.
• Cites how Youtube's attempts to block ad blockers is breaking older embedded apps in smart TVs, chromecast, etc. Older or non-tech people are just more likely to stop using those rather than try to fix them -- and thus cut back on watching youtube.
• Believes Youtube's actions are an indication the internet's "free with ads" model is dying -- they're getting desperate to maintain profitability.

That just means the person that used AI to make something can't claim those rights for the generated content -- other laws still apply.

Everyone else still retain rights to their likeness in most places, and I'd imagine that still stands in this case.

Barring getting the truck towed this is probably the best "illegal" response. It's proportional, inconveniences them in kind, and doesn't involve property damage.

VPS + Wireguard is great. And my DNS provider allows private range IPs as "A" records, so I have subdomains for my different home servers.

Weird how the "Me Generation" called millennials the "Me Me Me Generation".