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Comment Re:"Helping"? (Score 1) 62

That's interesting and all, but since this isn't a criminal case it's not exactly on topic. If we're involved in a traffic accident and you are found at fault, you will be liable for the damages. If you crashed into me intentionally you would probably face criminal charges, but if you didn't display any sign of intent, the laws related to using a vehicle as a deadly weapon would be irrelevant to our case.

Comment Re:Oh My GOD! (Score 1) 62

I'm unaware of legislation making AI chatbots mandatory reporters.

They're being sued for being complicit in the wrongful death of a teenager. They're not being taken to criminal court for failing to uphold their duty as a mandatory reporter.

If I watch you drown and do nothing, even though I'm a capable swimmer standing next to a bunch of flotation devices, and all of this is caught on camera, your family could probably sue me for causing your death even though I'm not a lifeguard and do not own the pool.

Comment Experienced this (Score 3, Informative) 37

The last flight I took, (back in 2019) had something like this going on. A strong chemical fume coming from the air vents for the entire flight, very harsh, like an industrial solvent. Gave me a hell of a headache, and made it impossible to sleep on the flight, which was unfortunate, as it was a late flight, and I had a 4 hour drive to make on landing.

I left a feedback on the airline website about it, but never heard anything back from them on it.

Comment Re:Question (Score 1) 78

That is the story, although there are some conflicting stories so it's not really clear whether "a patchy server" came before or after using the Apache name.

Either way, as far as Native American references go, I find the use by the Apache Foundation to be relatively benign.

While all the reactionaries in this thread (like the first post) are completely ridiculous with how quickly they pulled out their soapboxes to decry cultural sensitivity as "anti-white" while demonizing liberal white women, there is a small kernel of truth in their complaints that we can be a little too sensitive at times. Backlash against the "Apache" name is an example of that. Unfortunately, they take that small kernel of truth and turn it into a mountain of racism.

Comment Re:Different Goals (Score 1) 77

Specifically, political content that demonizes men and boys. . .

Damn you're a pussy. How come all the dudes who pine for "masculine" content are such whiny little bitches?

There are all sorts of action movies with white people on Netflix for you to jack off to. If you're watching the type of juvenile ass movies where casting takes things like race into account to get the perfect racial bingo scorecard, you only have yourself to blame for watching stories created for idiots.

Comment Re: So many things that contribute to this (Score 2) 215

I do not see how your post makes sense as a response to mine, but unlike the poster I was responding to you at least made an argument that was on topic and made sense.

However, I think your post largely misses the point of the complaints against the voucher system. The problem is that it takes money away from public schools to fund schools that have to adhere to less strict academic standards, do not pay teachers well, and often teach religion. Not all private/charter schools are worse than public schools, but if you are able to send your kid to one that is better than public schools you are wealthy enough that you do not need that public money. Nice private schools are not built in low-income neighborhoods.

Your concerns about public schools are also quite the over-generalization. My children attend a neighboring school district because we did not like the cultural fit of our local school district (probably for the opposite reasons of your complaints). Public school districts often reflect the culture and mores of the local community, and if they do not it is very easy to win school board races if your values are more aligned with the community. Where I live pretty much all of the rural school boards are run by conservatives and the urban ones by democrats. Maybe that introduces its own set of problems, but it demonstrates that choice exists without the voucher and charter school systems. Taking public money and giving it to non-public schools might provide even more choices, but those are low-quality choices that function as an anchor weighing down the existing public school system. Who really benefits from vouchers? Those looking to prop up low quality schools for personal profit, religious schools, and private schools that are geographically out of reach for low income students.

Comment Re:No Surprise (Score 2) 28

The massive civil rights violations by Redhat/IBM HR are the subject of multiple lawsuits and DoJ actions now. Other tech press sites cover them frequently.

A quick search shows that some disgruntled former employee is suing Redhat/IBM for "anti-white, anti-male" discrimination. His legal counsel is "America First Legal."

The guy got laid off and is trying to claim it was because he was white because in the past Red Hat had discussed a desire to add more diversity to the workforce, although there doesn't appear to be any actual evidence that one had anything to do with the other.

Won't someone please think of the poor, disadvantaged, disenfranchised white man!?!

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