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Posted by bilsbie 18 hours ago

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law(montananewsroom.com)
388 points | 200 commentspage 3
zkmon 14 hours ago|
I mean, without this law, are the people not allowed to use computing? What exactly is the difference it brings? Does it force government to provide computing to all citizens?
manbart 13 hours ago|
Makes it harder for people to oppose construction of data centers in their back yard
seneca 16 hours ago||
Here's the actual text of the law: https://legiscan.com/MT/text/SB212/id/3078731
superkuh 15 hours ago|
It's hilarious that the text of this law is blocked behind an impassible cloudflare computational paywall.
terminalshort 11 hours ago|||
So impassible that I didn't even see it
kragen 5 hours ago||
What homelessness problem? I have a house, don't I?
fHr 9 hours ago|||
I don't get it, accessing this from EU no issue
malvim 10 hours ago||
I mean, isn’t there also law that says people have basic rights to food, housing, healthcare?

What will this law change, effectively?

malvim 6 hours ago||
Okay, sorry, I’m not from the US. I thought the constitution might have something along those lines. I’m clearly wrong.

No wanting to bash this new law, just wanted to understand what it’s supposed to effectively change.

SketchySeaBeast 10 hours ago|||
If there a law saying people have the right to food?
kragen 5 hours ago|||
No, definitely not, not in Montana. Maybe in France or Vietnam.
jandrewrogers 10 hours ago|||
There is no basic right to food, housing, or healthcare. Your premise is wrong.
samdoesnothing 10 hours ago||
No...?
suncemoje 13 hours ago||
What does this make with Montana?
righthand 14 hours ago||
Here is the official text: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0292?open_tab=bill
dboreham 14 hours ago||
Um. Montana resident here. The state also had quite strong anti-corruption (aka campaign finance) laws, since the copper baron days. But the US Supreme Court ruled that doesn't matter (because their corruption trumps any state anti-corruption law presumably). So don't expect this to amount to anything.