April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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Frederyk Strife
MemberNanomachines, son
RKings
MemberThey respond in order of physical trauma "punches head of metal gear"
MercenaryX
MemberYeah I think I like his version better as well.
icebase
MemberGenerator rex reference nanites
ArcadeKnight
MemberCan someone please tell me, what are nanobots?
Absol793
MemberBasically, they are really really tiny robots.
WhoWillRemember
BlockedAbsol (commenter above me) has it right to its basic definition--they are really, really tiny robots.
However, to get a bit more in-depth: nanobots are a theoretical (and probably soon to be real) invention of microscopic (cell-sized or sub-cell-sized) robots that are designed primarily for medical purposes that are programmed to combat infectious diseases and other microscopic organisms that may infect the human (or a pet's) body. There are other theoretical uses for nanobots that have been proposed, but the medical field is where you see them mentioned the most.
Fortress 17
MemberYou can't kill me jack.
don'tdo drugs kids
Memberoh my.. Nanites... are protogens coming to play?
Spankmonkey
Memberhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobotics
Cam2577
MemberPlayed college ball ya know!
Talmond
MemberI'm making the world's biggest omelet here Jack
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