Bingo. That's precisely how I've addressed the issue since the first time people figure out TVs were listening to them over a fucking decade ago.

Humorously, XNU stands for "X is Not UNIX" ;)
The FreeBSD layer in it does arguably offer some kind of UNIX-i-ness to it, though, in that it has broad POSIX compliance.

No, it doesn't. But that's ok.

Around 40%- but sure, I'll give you half, because that ultimately does not detract from the falsehood you said:

No. The system of criminal justice involving improper entry into the country has existed far more than "a generation or two".

Also flatly untrue. The flat majority of immigration issues are indeed criminal, however they do generally go uncharged, and are handled under civil law- and that does indeed have the constitutional requirement of being non-punitive. That does not, however, mean a crime was not committed. It means the system has, for a long time, leveraged civil law to handle the problem.

I don't think it should be criminal. I think it's abhorrent.
But you are never going to fix that fucking problem by spreading misinformation.

I'm obviously not arguing whether or not a thing exists.

Your falsehood was: "You hear these people going on about how people should just man up and they went through it themselves in training, but they're really talking about having saline solution sprayed in their eyes, etc."

And you know it.

It sounds nothing like a war crime, unless it mains the people its aimed at.

Area-denial is not indiscriminate, and visibility is not a consideration that makes any sense whatsoever.
It's a directed energy weapon, and a non-lethal one.

As for the use against civilians outside of a warzone, are you suggesting that the Government should prefer the use of lethal weaponry against civilians outside of a warzone?

I'm not going to defend police use of crowd control measures, as I think in the vast majority of cases, it's used inappropriately.
However, that is not universally the case, and in those cases, I think we'd all prefer nonlethal weaponry over flying lead. Use your fucking head.

Eyeroll.

Adding "Department of War" as a secondary name of the department is dumb as fuck- but it did happen, and it's perfectly legal.
The Congress set its statutory name, and the executive *also* has the authority to name it however he wishes for the Federal Government.
This system is silly, and leads to dumb ass shit like the Gulf of America, but it is legal. We should probably fix it, so that we don't have to deal with this dumb shit in the future.

So while it is true that "It is called the Department of Defense", it's nothing but pure unadulterated copium to say "There is no War Department".
There is, in fact, a War Department, and it is in fact also called the Department of Defense.
Some, in fact, would argue that "Department of Defense" is the more Orwellian name for it, and has only existed for the list 60 years or so in an attempt at making US hegemony seem more benevolent.

I can't speak to all people, but I have firsthand knowledge of police pepper spray training, and what you say there is flatly incorrect.
This is the second time you've just made shit up on this article. Why do you spread misinformation?

Improper entry into the US has been a criminal offense in one form or another since 1929.
That's roughly 100 years now, or around 40% of the existence of the US.

Not that I agree with the current enforcement status quo, we shouldn't pretend that this is new.
That being said, you are correct that at least some "illegal immigrants" are not guilty of a crime- as they overstayed visas, which is just a civil offense, not criminal.
That also being said, they are a minority of "illegal immigrants", so ultimately- your post contains some solid points, but is just factually wrong.

We make things worse, more of us die, the issue is blunted. Make it bad enough, civilization fails, lots of people die, and the surviving population will be environmentally worse individually but few enough in number it won't be a major climate factor.

Then the Sun expands, bakes the planet sterile, and possibly burns it into a puff of plasma.

Long term it's a losing game, but short term we could play to win if we didn't lack the required strategic thinking as a species.

The ability to stargaze and an increased probability of burning down my house. How dare they take house burning away from me! It makes me so bad it makes me want to set something one fire... like a house! Wait... OK, so just stargazing.

"usually"? I think you mean post PS3 when they started making x86 based systems. Anyway, designing, testing, and coordinating the construction of millions of these takes time. So sure, "out of date" for children with no grasp of what goes into building hardware, but when the systems are designed, they are cutting edge.

Wow, BIND, though? Do a quick search on "history of BIND vulnerabilities." Sure, people run all these tests on it now, and in the past, and the history has been there's been a lot of causes of concern.

Yeah, that's pretty old-fashioned. In my experience, it's barely done now. Kinda like how nobody writes JavaScript like it's Pascal anymore.

So you have a very high paying and glamorous job and you don't like it because boo hoo, the military may use it? I am not upset at these folks. I'm jealous. I wish I had so few responsibilities in life that I could just fuck with my livelihood around over something soo stupid. You're just going to go to another AI company. But they totally pinky swear never to contract to the DoD???

Finally, what are they using AI for? I'll wager it's just for mundane, boring shit. It's not designing super bombs to destroy orphanages. They probably are just using it to go through old records....probably trying to ensure the things they are already doing regarding intelligence assessment are more accurate. A goal we can all agree on is military accuracy. The heinous thing about military action is collateral damage, not the concept of war. I think what asshole hippies forget is that better military intelligence and handling would have prevented 9/11. Better military intelligence ensures they capture the right people, not the innocent.

Finally, remember that the US military is a giant logistics company that dabbles in warfare. Approx 10% of solider experience combat in a fucking war. Only 35% of US soliders saw combat in WW2. More servicepeople are doing DHL/UPS stuff than aiming weapons, even in a hot war. I'd imagine the first use of AI is to ensure smoother operations of getting servicepeople paid, getting soldiers fed, ensuring military sites have proper upkeep. The military hires more active duty troops as cooks, dentists, medics, truck drivers, vehicle repair specialists, trainers, fucking projectionists at the base movie theater. Most soldiers do not kill and are not killers. Most are just doing the best they can to ensure safe and smooth operations for the military goals.

Similarly, I think AI will be less about killing foreigners and more about automating performance reviews, digitizing archives, more efficient warehousing, ensuring less payroll and contracting mistakes, etc...the dull, mundane things every large business does....probably a huge portion of it will go to analyzing soldier health data to take care of the veterans who risked their safety and lives to do things you find abhorrent...which most of the rest of the world would do to you without any hesitation...if only they could. I'm massive liberal...but I never forget. The only reason I can think about the bigger picture and higher ideals is because a fuckton of US soldiers convinced the rest of the world's armies that if they harm Americans, we will make sure it's a painful and costly mistake. Ukraine is a constantly reminder. The only reason no one has invaded us like Russia invaded the Ukraine is because they lack the ability, not the desire. And the US Military is the reason why I can be who I am and every entitled spoiled child working for Google can whine like a little bitch about this. I know they'd change their tune if they were living in Ukraine, hearing air raid sirens constantly, and haunted by the ghosts of friends, neighbors, and loved ones who died at the hands of another military.