Yeah I’m not really trying to hide from the govt, but I would vote on limiting their power if given the chance. Anyway, what I don’t want is every corporation I deal with (car, bank, phone, apps, isp, etc) to track me so excessively.

If the govt did get curious it would take zero leg work, just ask those companies that are very willing to hand over my data to damn near anyone, or hold onto it long enough to have it stolen.

So with that in mind limiting corporate surveillance and limiting ease of govt surveillance is essentially the same thing, but the govt has the ability to put in the work and get you if they really wanted to.

My grandma told me of a relative that came to visit them in the US from Eastern Europe (Slovakia I think) after the Soviet Union dissolved.

One thing they noticed is that he always wore his shoes. Even when staying at home. Even to bed. They asked why and he explained that it was to give him a chance of escape if the Secret Police came and he was surprised that our family didn’t have to do something similar.

Takes off safety

Annoying tiktok voice: “You won’t believe what happens next!”

I know Houthis have their motivations and shit is complicated but when you mess with civilian ships you mess with the economy. The US doesn’t like that. When you mess with US civilian ships they really don’t like that. About the only thing worse is attacking the US Navy directly.

I guess my point is firing at US related anything in a shipping lane has got to be one the fastest ways to get explosives delivered to your location.

Haven’t we learned to not mention the shooter’s name in media? Don’t give them any fame or infamy for anyone to aspire to.

I agree. That’s the thing with the use of force continuum though, you aren’t obligated to go step by step. If you have pepper spray, a baton and a gun and someone is kicking your ass to within an inch of your life you can go straight to gun.

I saw a body cam video of a female officer confronting a (probably homeless) dude hopped up on drugs. She was on her own in this situation without backup which was fucked up in it’s own right but this guy just keeps walking towards her closer and closer. Eventually she draws, warns him she’ll shoot if he gets closer and ends up firing twice.

This guy took two rounds to the chest at damn near arms reach and barely even fucking blinks. He turned around, walked to a corner, layed down and died there iirc (here’s the vid https://youtu.be/8oX2ChamWwc?feature=shared)

Lol never! Why would I EVER think that the largest military power in the history of mankind would EVER be anything but good?

Training crashes are some of the most tragic accidents imo. I hope they find and correct whatever happened to them

The houthis were launching missiles and drones at civilian ships in the red sea for weeks before these strikes took place.

If the us/eu goal is to protect said traffic you can’t expect them to do nothing.

How dare he feed his children!

And the ability to turn off scores entirely! I run it that way most of the time. A post can have thousands of up/down votes but I can’t tell and it keeps it from infuencing how I’ll vote.

It was a feature I wanted to experiment with on reddit but couldn’t

It’s out there unfortunately but thankfully that is fading as more police shootings receive national attention

Until gun violence comes up then suddenly they are the only ones responsible enough to have a total monopoly on defensive violence

Gotta save the zombie part for easter

Always has been. Just yesterday I was explaining AI image generation to a coworker. I said the program looks at a ton of images and uses that info to blend them together. Like it knows what a soviet propaganda poster looks like, and it knows what artwork of Santa looks like so it can make a Santa themed propaganda poster.

Same with text I assume. It knows the Mario wiki and fanfics, and it knows a bunch of books about zombies so it blends it to make a gritty story about Mario fending off zombies. But yeah it’s all other works just melded together.

My question is would a human author be any different? We absorb ideas and stories we read and hear and blend them into new or reimagined ideas. AI just knows it’s original sources

I bet insurance companies would pay out the nose for this data. Hike up the rates for drivers with “risky” habits.

I did a ride along with an Ohio police department years ago. Marijuana was present at damn near every scene we responded to. Usually it was the least of their concern. Scatter it, grind it into the dirt, move on. Barely worth mentioning in the paperwork.

It’s been a long time coming and I’m glad they finally made it official.

Licence plate scanning could be used too, but I agree it would be tricky and people will bypass it

Anything a government (or company) puts out can be seen as propaganda. Nobody is going to talk shit on themselves if they can avoid it.

And yes govt tech usually has a military origin and is part of a race against other militaries. Rocket motors, missile guidance systems, satellite imagery, gps, computers, encryption, the internet. It’s already well underway for AI. Just because they have their start in military application or global competition doesn’t mean they aren’t rad as hell or not worth learning about.

If you don’t want to watch it, nobody is forcing you to.