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Comment Re:I'm going to go out on a limb here (Score -1) 44

And say that if you've had a bug in your code for 8 years and the code is actually in production and being used then the bug wasn't all that important.

I'd have to say that's pretty much proof that you're a retard. Every bug is a potential entry point for malware or bad-actors, shit-for-brains.

Comment Try hemp (Score 1) 41

It has low levels of cannabinoids, so you would have to smoke a bushel to get high. It grows quickly anywhere, hence its nickname "weed." The only faster-growing plant is Kudzu, if memory serves. But it is politically untouchable. Then again, democracies only last 250 years, so maybe we will get relief soon.

Comment Re:This didn't have to happen twice (Score 2) 162

And yes, you MUST obey commands from the police. PERIOD. Even if they are wrong. Even if they are illegal. Your venue for fighting wrong is in the courts, not in the streets.

This is false... but good advice.

You are required by law to comply with all LEGAL ORDERS issued by a police officer. You are not required to comply with illegal orders, or to agree to requests. Only LEGAL ORDERS are required to be followed.

But... refusing an armed and armored assailant with a badge is likely to get you hurt or killed.

The smart thing to do is to comply. It is not worth risking your life and safety. Leave the arguments for your lawyer to make in court.

Submission + - Frequent short-video viewers show altered brain function (psypost.org)

alternative_right writes: Platforms such as TikTok present a rapid stream of brief, attention-grabbing videos, often selected by personalized recommendation systems. Greater use has previously been associated with anxiety, depression, loneliness, and problematic use, but an association does not necessarily mean that the platforms cause these difficulties.

While participants rested in a scanner, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measured fluctuations in blood flow associated with brain activity. The researchers examined activity in individual regions, communication within and between brain networks, and the overall organization of connections across the brain.

At the whole-brain level, higher-use participants had greater global and local efficiency, greater clustering of neighboring regions, and shorter communication paths across the brain. One interpretation for this is that intensive exposure to fast-paced audiovisual material changes brain systems involved in sensory processing and attention. The authors also acknowledged that greater efficiency is not automatically evidence of damage: similar patterns have sometimes been connected with intelligence and working-memory performance.

Submission + - Terrifying crashes, baffling trips, broken traffic laws yet no tickets for Waymo (nypost.com)

alternative_right writes: Waymo robotaxis have escaped a single enforcement notice in Los Angeles during the first month California police were given the power to cite autonomous vehicle companies for traffic violations.

This is despite a string of viral incidents showing the driverless cars blocking roads, trapping motorists and breaking traffic laws.

Submission + - Houston man arrested for threatening Gov. Abbott's office over anime (abc13.com) 1

alternative_right writes: A man from Houston was arrested and charged after making terroristic threats to Gov. Greg Abbott's office in July, court records show.

The court documents show that the threatening voicemail was apparently about anime and the recent Texas law requiring age verification for certain websites, such as pornographic and obscene content. The voicemail to the Governor's Constituent Communications line read in part:

"I don't know which one of you sons of (expletive) passed this (expletive) bill to get this damn (expletive) blocking my (expletive) anime, but you whole (expletive) (expletive) need to unpass this (expletive). Y'all are (expletive) ridiculous with your (expletive) (expletive). My Google account says I'm (expletive) over the age of 18, and your (expletive) is passing these (expletive) laws. I'm a (expletive) stab every (expletive) one of you (expletive). Unlock my (expletive) anime."

Comment Re:So Flock too? (Score 1) 62

Canceling a contract is not the same as passing an ordinance against something.

Moreover, if you look at the wording when the do actually pass an ordinance, most of the time they only ban the installation on city owned property. They do not address the placement of flock cameras on Federal, State, County, or Private property.

Comment Re:So Flock too? (Score 1) 62

In my area we got rid of them by putting political pressure on the City Council to cancel the contract.

I have seen them simply put the cameras on non-city owned property to get around having the city council vote them down. They put them on Federal, State, County, and even privately owned property.

Comment Re:So Flock too? (Score 4, Interesting) 62

No, unfortunately not.

In the Supreme Court ruling, the Court specifically addressed the issue that the purpose for which the information was shared was relevant to the establishment of a privacy interest.

Cell phone information is shared with the cell tower operators as a necessary function of the cellular system: your phone wont work if the towers do not know how to route the data to you. You maintain a 4th amendment privacy interest in the information, even though it is shared with third parties.

Your license plate number is shared for the purpose of identifying your vehicle to police/government authorities. You do not have a 4th amendment privacy interest in keeping it from the police/government authorities.

We will have to find other ways of getting Flock out of our lives. It will probably take passing new laws to do it.

Submission + - âTower dumpâ(TM) warrants ruled unconstitutional (thehill.com)

alternative_right writes: A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday that âoetower dumpâ warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the governmentâ(TM)s request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations.

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