Yes, because the American government is famous for thinking ahead carefully before it acts.

I don't say this often, but no, I'm absolutely sure I'm not the one who sounds like an idiot on this one.

Apparently a bunch of feminists in San Fransisco (but of course) are concerned that any *mention* of rape ("rape trigger") in a speech or presentation will send any former rape victims in the audience into flashbacks and convulsions, thus re-victimizing them.

Of course, the term "rape trigger" is *itself* a rape trigger. Which leads to an interesting loop.

So, AFAICT from the summary and blogs, this was some hippie slap-fight between a bunch of feminists over "rape triggers" (a term so silly that it could only have meaning in San Fran, Austin, and Portland) in some presentation?

And isn't the term "rape trigger" ITSELF a rape trigger?

Ah yes, my favorite was the reporter last week who seriously asked Bill Nye if global warming had anything to do with the asteroid near-miss.

Make no mistake about it, the music industry still DREAMS of going back to the days when they could charge you $15 for a CD that you had to buy just to listen to one lousy song. Turn your back on them, and they WILL try to go back to a similar model.

Keep in mind that you're talking about a kid here, one who in the typical American fashion had been raised on idealism and "good government bullshit" (to quote Goodfellas). It's quite likely he had no idea going in just how hard the government can push back when citizens threaten corporate interests.

It's real easy to envision yourself a hero when you embark on a fight against the man. But when confronted with the very harsh reality that you are engaging in the fight largely alone and against all odds, it can be overwhelming.

Just activate the OIN Signal, click your heels together three times, and OIN will be there for you, citizen!!

Here's a video to show you how tech companies in the U.S. today "recruit" American programmers.

Lol, you think my local cops have a "financial crimes desk"??? hahahahahahahahah Shit, I doubt my state police even have that.

Yeah, and those "jobs" wouldn't just be a fiction to get more H-1B Visas, now would they? Of course not, they're all legit, of course.

Next time, he should check.

I'll give you $50!

Machines don't spontaneously become sentient in the real world, it's true. But AI *does* fuck up all the time in the real world. And that's why turning over a powerful weapons system exclusively to autonomous AI, sentient or not, is a spectacularly stupid idea.

That's true. But trying to hack *all* of them (or even a significant number of them) at once, without someone blabbing, is very difficult. If you've discovered a good enough exploit, it would be trivial to do that with computer systems.