J'accuse martin-boundry !

The above post has tells of AI use (proper spelling and grammar -even paragraphs!)
You are hereby banned forevermore from the interwebs for suspicion of tech-heresy. /s

That's right, chum. Cutting down trees can bring the wolves down on a village.

When will these villains learn that actions have consequences?

No. Per the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, exceeding your authorization (even if you have legal access to a system) is a crime. Access and authorization are not the same thing.

Just because you can do a thing does not mean you have permission to do so.

a car analogy: Having a key to your former employers company truck does not mean you have authorization to take it for a drive. Even if they forgot to get the key back when you quit, that is still grand theft auto.

It is common for police officers who leave the force voluntarily to retain their data access credentials. For years. Decades in some cases. As long as they do not offend someone high-ranking, they keep their police access to search records. Quite a few Private Investigators go their whole career misusing former police access to databases.

Once an official credential is in the system, it is there until revoked -not until the officer leaves the force. The databases are not tied to an individual police force, and it is common for credentialed officers to move to another police force. Think of it like a security clearance -you need a reason to get one, but it can follow you to a new posting. There is not a well managed revocation process for police access credentials.

Someone should invent some sort of energy storage device. We could call it a "battery". It would revolutionize the energy sector.

Somebody missed Y2K.

Housekeeping is not the guests job.

Hire a professional housekeeper to come in and clean thoroughly between guests.

Basic courtesy should be expected of guests: don't make things harder for the housekeeping staff than necessary, and don't break things. But cleaning and sanitization is part of the business of running a hotel -and that is the business an AirBnB host is in.

Yes. Soldiers shooting people with bullets see and hear what they are doing, and to whom. They should see and hear the dead and the dying crying out at the base of the wall they are defending, not just assume that what they are doing is harmless because it is invisible.

If you are going to be brutal, you should bear the emotional cost of that brutality. Every American should know how brutal you are being in their name so that they can decide honestly if they want it done.

We are cruel to others because we are insulated from the cruelty done on our behalf.

They are not stupid.

If you are already committing one crime (illegal immigration) you are careful not to commit other crimes which would draw attention to yourself and get you deported.

Illegal immigrants are careful to blend in and be good citizens. They are polite and helpful and hard working (to the point where they are often taken advantage of).

This sounds like a war crime.

It may not -technically- be a violation of any treaty we have signed, but it certainly fells like it should be a war crime to use an invisible, indiscriminate attack, against civilians, outside of a warzone.

As much as it shocks many of us: Trump has an 80+% overall approval rating among Republicans.

Many people (even Republicans!) hate some of the things he has done. But they are still overall in favor of his work as President.

Midterm elections typically go against the incumbent party as independents react, but if you are expecting a blue wave as Republicans suddenly vote Democrat -you are going to be surprised.

Get out and VOTE. In person, if you can. Mail in ballots may be disrupted.

Stand your ground. Make sure your vote is counted.

...don't let the door hit you on the way out.

These people are very likely talented enough that they will land other jobs immediately. It is no hardship on them to quit. They are sacrificing nothing, but they stood up for their principles -sort of.

The reality they will find is that any other employer that can afford to pay them as well as Google for work in their field of expertise will also have contracts with the US military. Perhaps they could take a significant pay cut and work for smaller, private companies where their objections to military service may better align with the company goals -likely on less interesting projects. Or they can work at another big company and eat their principles.

They got wealthy doing the work, but now object to the work? I know people change and grow and learn over time... but... it feels off. Insincere? Performative? Something.

Inconceivable!

...and now there is a database of snitches available to anyone looking for revenge.

Yeah, hard pass on the overpriced Xbox.

There are handheld retro-gaming emulators that come preloaded with every old game you would ever want to play for under $100. I have my mini-bookshelf pc hooked up to the tv in my living room for all of my steam games.

I haven't spent money like that on gaming since I kicked my EverQuest addiction...