Another issue is any of them that may have lost access to the email account or some such.

I suspect this won't be legally enforceable if someone actually challenges this charges in court. Even in states that have outlawed online gambling, there will likely be a ruling that they could not legally enter into such a terms of use contract due to the nature of the business. Most of the people if affects right now likely played before this stuff was outlawed too, so no real gambling charges could be pressed. Anyone that could have gambling charges to deal with might get them dismissed if they cooperate with the state, as FanDuel doing this to someone that they should know is violating the law might actually amount to racketeering.

I'm no lawyer, but no matter how you slice it, this seems like a very legally dicey.

Yea from a purely theoretical/military defense stand point I'm sure it sounds great to them, but it was clearly dreamed up by someone who doesn't fully understand that it'll just create the most expensive game of whack-a-mole in history. Especially in Russia, where buying people off is the absolute norm.

It does point to a bias among LEOs and our culture in treating men much more harshly for their behavior. Are you really suggesting that somehow this is purely some inherent issue with black people? Pointing out that stat alone just furthers my original point that there are systemic issues with the way we treat people with our society. Gender double standards are a thing, and we all know it. Women just landed on the good side of this one.

Really that is my greater point. I'm not necessarily saying that the justice system is the singular cause of that, though it most definitely contributes. Systemically our society has an issue with treating specific ethnic groups poorly, and that is absolutely reflected in the incarceration rates of blacks. The same statistics vary greatly in other cultures reflecting their own systemic issues (incarceration rates are significantly lower in most other developed countries last time I looked at the stats). The difference is that some are choosing to turn a blind eye to it, others are actively trying to help.

No its more like from a societal standpoint we have embedded systemic problems that have forced a lot of these people into criminal behavior. The vast majority of people don't commit crimes unless necessary simply because it is more hassle than it is worth (that is the point...). Absolutely you have people committing crimes of passion, or convenience, etc., but there is no solid base for the argument that black people somehow are inherently 3 times more likely to commit crimes just because they are black.

That thought process in and of itself IS racist. You can call it cultural or a hundred other names, but it is all in the same vein. The bottom line is there is a reason for this disproportionate representation among one specific race, and it makes a whole lot more sense that they have been marginalized or systemically abused than to think they are somehow just inherently predisposed to that type of behavior. Is it strictly because LEOs profile black people more than other races? Probably not entirely, though it may contribute. It is likely a combination of factors, but it all boils down to a systemic problem of prejudice and bigotry. Hell, if they were naturally predisposed to it why are their criminal rates not the same or at least close in other countries?

And are you fucking kidding me with the "why don't other races do it?" You do realize it is completely possible for racism to occur at disproportionate levels right? That is the entire definition in fact, racism is treating people of different skin colors differently. Nothing in that says that racists must treat all other races equally badly...

Your argument is full of holes, but I doubt I will change your beliefs. I would encourage you to do some opposition research and not sit in an echo chamber (don't know if you do now or not... just making a general point) because this is not a problem for a single group, it is a problem for everyone. Clearly there is an issue here, and it would behoove everyone to solve it.

No.... this alone is horribly wrong. Have you ever looked at the incarceration and arrest rates on their own? You can throw whatever strawman arguments you want at that, but the bottom line is there is a serious issue with prejudice against non-whites, especially blacks.

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Basic stats of the US population...

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Federal inmate population (just federal, not state) and inmate race statistics.

38 fucking percent of the federal inmates are black and they only represent about 12% of the general population. THREE TIMES their population percentage. And those raw numbers are only federal, it holds across most of the states, though the data is harder to gather. Recidivism rates are just as bad too because they get pigeon holed into a shit lot in life. You want to tell me there is no statistic that shows being white has an advantage again? Shut the fuck up and do some research, and for the love of god if you link some alt right website as proof I will come through this computer and choke your ass.

Ok, here is the problem. Yes, they are rating the trustworthiness of the transaction, but in order to do that they are holding and computing vast amounts of heuristic data about you and your shopping/card usage patterns. That type of data is HIGHLY sensitive and can reveal a vast amount about a person, and there is literally nothing governing their usage of that data. They could sell it to almost anyone (probably including sanctioned governments if they get creative enough) and it would have serious implications with virtually no legal liability. Imagine a spy agency having a financial vulnerability list of who to target for recruiting. Think about the fact that they are essentially able to predict your movements and purchases with probably terrifying accuracy. This is a digital gold mine and we have no idea who might entice/force them to give them access.

Fraud prevention is important, but this type of data collection is fucking scary.

No. Granted, working in a dev environment is a bit of a corner case, but there is no reason this can't be a configuration option. I am not generating a bunch of certs for staging servers or other environments that are highly volatile and constantly built and torn down. Google is getting pretty draconian with their policies and changes.

Recidivism rates are highly impacted by the inmates support and contact with family and friends. This is likely a secondary factor of why the prisons want to move to no in person visits. Private prisons have a serious issue in, the companies actually benefit from increased crime and greater offenses (ensuring a longer stay). It's pretty sad, we really need to regulate the prison system or just nationalize it, but way too many would fight the idea because they feel the tax payers shouldn't shoulder the burden (even though we already do simply because we are paying the prison companies' contracts) or fight any laws regulating businesses...

Pretty much the nail on the head. The main reason that something will have to change is that all these companies that are having these thoughts will have to realize (and quite quickly) that if a large portion of the work force is jobless, they are also going to have no money, ergo no one will be able to purchase from the company. Now, one could argue that this creates an oppressive loop where they give out and take back the money in just such a way as to keep the world turning, but not allow anyone a way to the upper class. However, that is a bit hyperbolic. It would also require a lot of other things to go awry before that situation would come to fruition, and I would hope the people of the world would see if before it happens.

To illustrate how quick it would have to change, remember when unemployment was at 8 and 9%? Imagine if it suddenly jumped to 15% how much it would crush some of the these industries. There is a vested interest in keeping the system running the way it does now. It would require some very radical things to create the dystopian future that so many fear AI will bring about. Remember, only a few of those stories with such a terrible future actually even show or explain in any real depth how it got to that point, and even then the writers can literally control for everything.

While I subscribe to a lot of that school of thought (i.e. I love learning to work on stuff and being able to do things myself) there are two flaws. One, time. I know how to do a whole lot of stuff, but the time it takes me to do it can often be better spent elsewhere. I know how to mow my yard just fine for instance, but it is nothing more than a chore in my eyes hence why I pay someone to do that for me. Another example is I have firesticks throughout my house with, we will say special software, loaded onto them. I can easily do that work myself if I were so inclined, but I paid a friend to do it for me because he already had everything set up to do it quickly and cheaply. It is absolute insanity to try and do all of that work yourself because then you never have time for anything EXCEPT work.

Two, the entire point of our economy currently is specialization and selling services/products that are supposed to be better than what a person gets on their own/at home. I can do pretty good carpentry work, and do on the regular because it saves me money in the long run. I actually enjoy cooking a lot, and can make some fairly superb meals (or at least I'm told). That does not mean that I will produce the quality of work that Nick Offerman or Gordon Ramsay can do in their respective fields. Sometimes, it makes more sense to have someone else do it who is more highly skilled than you are at that job.

Not to mention, if I am not planning to do something repeatedly and don't just have an interest in learning it, it would save time and probably money to just pay for it from a professional. For instance, I can work on my own car and do from time to time if the fixes or maintenance is not overly time consuming (thermostat replacement, air filter changes, etc.). However, I do not own many of the more advanced automotive specific tools that would cost a lot of money and time to learn so certain repairs like replacing my catalytic converter I took to my trusted mechanic.

Same principle applies here, many of these people might even be able to figure out how to work on their own computer (Google/DuckDuckGo is quite valuable), but they don't have the time to learn something they are not going to do on the regular. Even those that do know how, they may not have the tools to do so effectively/legally and it is perfectly reasonable that they expect an entity such as Office Depot could provide at least basic service and not be essentially running a large scale phone scam.

We've seen it for a long time, these are just the most recent examples of it. I've respected many of these engineering companies for years, but truth be told their upper management is no different than the other industries' executives. I question what unscrupulous developer/person put the tool together knowing damn well it could not even detect malware. It is probably some basic as hell WCF, but anyone doing it knew how unethical their actions were. It's just like whoever developed the emissions cheat software at VW. They knew it was wrong, there was no way they didn't, and they should have stepped up and said no. I like my job too, but if they ask me to do something unethical I don't care if I get fired on the spot, not happening.

Given a plane is orders of magnitude more complex than a car, not really sure your strawman is going to hold up well.

Yes, we should also demand they pay for all of the malware they the allowed to infect their system right (although apparently not in these instances!)? The OS vendor doesn't control what is written for their system outside of, here is the system APIs, do what you will. Apple and Linux can have the same things done to them. Anyone running Linux would likely say, 'eh, if true I'll fix it myself.' and Apple users are already getting scammed by the markup they pay for that hardware...

That is a complete crock. The same digital monitoring and care can be done with a modular battery if they take the time to engineer it (which really isn't that much effort). In fact there are a number of modular batteries that have on-board status monitoring that merely feeds the device that information.

Beyond that a contact connection vs a soldered connection has very minimal difference from a safety perspective. Even then, at the voltages/currents these batteries are typically running the contact connection will never arc therefore eliminating the one real risk. Most of the fires have come from the actual construction of the cells being far too dense and/or the battery getting punctured. The galaxy incident for instance was traced to exactly that.

The other issues that I'm familiar with mostly concern gas expansion inside the sealed battery compartment. My Razer Mamba mouse's battery over time would bloat so much with gas that the compartment stopped being able to close. After some research I discovered it was fairly common and a little dangerous if punctured because it was highly flammable. Bottom line, don't buy into that bunk crap, they could and have made them modular for years and it would still be plenty safe.