I think adding that barrier to entry, as well as taking an official stance against the practice, goes far enough without having to be draconian about it.
People are going to find ways around anything.
I’d imagine this will come alongside banning the advertisement of online gambling as well, which might be even more effective than the ban itself.
“Here’s the thing” is all it takes
They’re not always the smartest in a pinch, but I’ve personally dealt with horses clever enough to repeatedly open latched gates, figure out how to slide barn doors off of their track, and in one case, steal and attempt to hide the pool noodle another horse had been using to smack him all day.
That’s to say nothing for emotional intelligence.
Prey animals don’t have time to stop and think in a panic, but give them time and space to be bored and they figure stuff out.
The Noodler also had a favorite pointy stick that perfectly fit in his mouth. He would poke the others with it.
I’m not sure I buy that. Just because the comment is the same doesn’t mean the information it’s made of didn’t move through time the same as the rest of us.
I used to have an IT client that specialized in translation. I watched in real time as they swung from “we need to ban google translate on our network” (which imo was kind of extreme, like, just hire properly?) to making sure they had access to the latest AI translation models. I couldn’t say if it was better or worse, just felt odd from the outside.
He resigned before it could happen
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