Re: Again, LEOs Rely on Criminal Stupidity of Criminals
It is also a sign of the time where everybody feels the need to document and share everything.
I'm an old geezer and I would never dream of photographing or videoing evidence for police to find and use. If I planned on throwing Molotov cocktails, or worse, I would probably lock my phone in a faraday cage someplace other than my own location, just to be sure. Even searches for "How to make Molotov Cocktails" or "How to create explosives from fertilizer and Diesel oil" would be done on a computer I don't own and which would be hard to tie to me.
Re: Re: Re: No, the gander gets sawdust, not sauce.
Okay, it seems that some people lack comprehensive reading skills so I'll spell it out.
For "Even if you're proven guilty" read:
"Even if you're proven guilty and the perp-walk and public shaming was justified because you actually did what you were arrested and exposed for,.."
Better?"
So, if you already have a Civilian Complaint Review Board, it seems it is failing. I did however not say that was the silver bullet, my point was merely that oversight needs to improve. There are many ways you could do that.
I think the problem here is not a lack of transparency, it's a lack of proper oversight.
I'm not a fan of releasing the police records and neither am I a fan of releasing arrest records, including pictures, and I'm definitely not a fan of the so-called perp-walks. As mentioned above, regular citizens will experience real consequences as a result from having their face plastered all over the news, even if they are later exonerated.
In theory everybody subscribes to the "innocent until proven guilty" idea but let's face it, if you see somebody that is arrested and walked out to the police car in the early morning in his underwear with his doughy belly hanging out and his hair in a mess you're going to assume that guy is guilty as hell.
On this side of the pacific in many countries the identity of the accused are protected quite stringently, with full co-operation of the press. So, faces are covered with those black strips over the eyes and names are shortened to initials. Sometimes it gets a bit ridiculous even, for example if everybody knows who the accused is. However in principle I support this. Even if you're proven guilty, re-integrating into society is hard enough after a prison sentence without having been publicly exposed.
I do have a certain amount of sympathy for the argument that opening the records up would increase the risk for the police and firefighters. But, I also believe in consequences! So if you make mistakes or, as in many cases, break the law, you should be properly punished. Either by being demoted or fired or having pay docked. If you break the law you should face the same consequences as other people and, if the transgression is serious enough, of course you should never be allowed to enforce the law again, nationwide.
So, I think a much better solution would be to have better oversight, which is possible. Perhaps create a committee that includes civilians and/or judges to oversee complaints. Perhaps there could be an independent organization with far reaching authority to which you can submit your complaints. Something. Don't say that it is impossible because many countries manage it reasonably well.
However, since that doesn't exist yet, I do think the records should be public until oversight improves. It's the only way you can work towards justice. Perhaps that is also a discussion that can be had with police unions: Transparency or proper oversight. Although that needs a bit more civic responsibility from the unions than they've shown so far.
A lot of those students are kids from rich parents that spend a lot of money here, besides college tuition.
They rent/buy expensive apartments or houses, buy cars, jewelry clothes etc. Why would you evict them from the country?
"...we can now focus on executing our strategy to drive operational efficiencies and position our business for long-term growth,” said Bernie Han, President and Chief Executive Officer.
This statement should get Bernie fired immediately. If he was not focusing on the key parts of his job before, what was he doing? Lining his pockets?
If you are in sales and you went to your manager and said "If you increase my expense account I can finally focus on acquiring customers and increase turnover." How long would it take him to fire you? Those are the actual things you were hired to do in the first place!
I also think that NASCAR (or any racing game for that matter) is a very different animal than MLB when it comes to esports.
Racing games, specifically if played with a halfway decent race wheel + pedal setup require similar skills IRL as online. Mind you, similar. Real life racing requires a lot of physical fitness and games tend to be more sensitive to tweaking car set-ups in specific ways. However, they're similar enough that if you know how to properly do one of the two you'll have a much easier time doing the other.
MLB or NBA or NFL or soccer, or any other sport that I can think of right now, needs a very different skill set IRL than online. Here, the esports is mostly about mastering the controls. Generally speaking, being good at John Madden has no bearing on your ability to play in the NFL.
So, I think racing leagues might be able to create an on-brand spin-off with the same sports heroes that you see driving around the real-life tracks, especially with the younger drivers that have been sim-racing since they could walk. In F1, for example, you can see that the young drivers can actually compete quite well with pure gamers. Additionally you could have an interesting angle where you exclude the car from the equation and only focus on driving skills.
For the other sports I see that as challenging, since many professional athletes will probably not be that good in the actual gaming part. So, in that case the MLB and the esports MLB would probably address different target groups and have very different players. Although I did hear some professional soccer teams are building up their own parallel esports teams, so perhaps that would be an alternative; The same brands but different players.
Re: Re: Integrity in Politics, seriously not joking
I'm not sure I'd start with the media. The biggest problem is that it seems accountability disappeared from US politics.
Even though there is "a news cycle based upon excoriating every mistake", there is no consequence for making a mistake. Look at the insider stock trading scandal (Sen. Loeffler et. al.). Any politician in West Europe would've left in shame already. There is no way they would be able to stay on because the standard there is the appearance, not the legality of it. If you appeared to have benefited from your classified info, your political career is ended. Somehow the US media is just discussing how this scandal impacts their chances for re-election.
A (bi-)partisan media is in my view not necessarily a huge problem. As long as there is a reasonably even distribution of viewpoints in the press, every party is held up to the same standards, except by different outlets. It does become a problem if the standards are applied differently by and to politicians, depending on the affiliations of the person being judged.
I would appreciate it a lot if we could refrain from using terms like boomers, millennials and Gen Xers at all! These terms are confusing, fluid, mean different things to different people and come loaded with a lot of preconceptions.
Can we just refer to years? Boomers: People born before '64
Gen X: People born before '84 (I looked this up and actually Wikipedia states: "beginning as early as 1961 and ending somewhere from 1977 to 1984")
Alternatively you could talk about somebody's age: Boomers are people between 75 and 55, for example.
I think this is the best explanation I've seen so far as to why wearing masks is not adding much. I like the roll cage analogy.
I could expand this analogy a bit more: We know that people start to exhibit more risky behavior when they feel safe. So, the person with the roll cage in the car will start to drive more recklessly. It has been long established that all the new safety features in cars like airbags and seat belts have made (some of) us more risky drivers.
Similarly, people that are wearing masks will feel less vulnerable and they will also exhibit more risky behavior (wash hands less, keep less distance). Putting on mask requires you to touch your face a lot and also you need to know how to use them. So the effect of wearing the masks at a large scale is very likely minimal.
I just want to point you to the source of that clip, the Daily Show, not a great friend of Fox, nor of the current President. Now, if you look really carefully (and quickly) you'll see that the text below the Fox clips seems to indicate that the quotes from Fox were about Joe Biden. So the Daily Show cleverly edited this together.
So, the video still makes a fair point. Fox is anything but "fair and balanced". However, rumors of the Chipito in Charge's fall from grace are greatly exaggerated.
Just thought I'd point that out for those that need a reminder to look carefully at source and content.
"Why would anyone not expect Gibson to protect its valuable parts of its business?"
So what is the valuable part of their business? Is it that they have unique guitar shapes or is it that they make great guitars that sound great and play well? I'm not a musician myself but I would say that to them the sound is more important than what it looks like.
Many instrument makers can command a (huge) premium because they sell quality instruments that sound consistently great and because they have great brand recognition because of that, even if their shape is pretty similar to the competition. Steinway comes to mind.
So, should Gibson focus on the valuable part of their business or should they focus on stupid IP laws?
On the post: FBI Tracks Down Cop Car Firebomber Using Info The FBI Claims Is Way Less Useful Than An Encryption Backdoor
Re: Again, LEOs Rely on Criminal Stupidity of Criminals
It is also a sign of the time where everybody feels the need to document and share everything.
I'm an old geezer and I would never dream of photographing or videoing evidence for police to find and use. If I planned on throwing Molotov cocktails, or worse, I would probably lock my phone in a faraday cage someplace other than my own location, just to be sure. Even searches for "How to make Molotov Cocktails" or "How to create explosives from fertilizer and Diesel oil" would be done on a computer I don't own and which would be hard to tie to me.
On the post: DOJ Releases Its List Of 'Anarchy' Jurisdictions The President Thinks Should Be Blocked From Receiving Federal Funds
Re:
One can see parallels to how other oppressive regimes came to power... (1930's anyone?)
"If History repeats itself, the second time is a farce." (Marx, I think) Seems perfectly apt in this case.
On the post: Bill Barr Says DOJ Prosecutors Should Bring Sedition Charges Against Violent Protesters
Careful there Mr. Barr
Barr also wanted DOJ prosecutors to find some way to go after Seattle's mayor over her handling of protests in her city.
I think this government specifically should be very careful setting precedents around prosecuting people for things they did while in office...
On the post: ACLU Sues Federal Officers Over Excessive Force Deployed Against Portland Protesters
Re: Murderous left wingers
You have to look for copious quantities of soup apparently.
On the post: ACLU Sues Federal Officers Over Excessive Force Deployed Against Portland Protesters
Re: Re:
No, no, no! In that case the instigator was "in a difficult position and I heard he was a fine person."
On the post: Federal Court Temporarily Extends The NYPD's Famous Opacity, Blocks Release Of Misconduct Records
Re: Re: Re: No, the gander gets sawdust, not sauce.
Okay, it seems that some people lack comprehensive reading skills so I'll spell it out.
For "Even if you're proven guilty" read:
"Even if you're proven guilty and the perp-walk and public shaming was justified because you actually did what you were arrested and exposed for,.."
Better?"
So, if you already have a Civilian Complaint Review Board, it seems it is failing. I did however not say that was the silver bullet, my point was merely that oversight needs to improve. There are many ways you could do that.
On the post: Federal Court Temporarily Extends The NYPD's Famous Opacity, Blocks Release Of Misconduct Records
Re: No, the gander gets sawdust, not sauce.
I think the problem here is not a lack of transparency, it's a lack of proper oversight.
I'm not a fan of releasing the police records and neither am I a fan of releasing arrest records, including pictures, and I'm definitely not a fan of the so-called perp-walks. As mentioned above, regular citizens will experience real consequences as a result from having their face plastered all over the news, even if they are later exonerated.
In theory everybody subscribes to the "innocent until proven guilty" idea but let's face it, if you see somebody that is arrested and walked out to the police car in the early morning in his underwear with his doughy belly hanging out and his hair in a mess you're going to assume that guy is guilty as hell.
On this side of the pacific in many countries the identity of the accused are protected quite stringently, with full co-operation of the press. So, faces are covered with those black strips over the eyes and names are shortened to initials. Sometimes it gets a bit ridiculous even, for example if everybody knows who the accused is. However in principle I support this. Even if you're proven guilty, re-integrating into society is hard enough after a prison sentence without having been publicly exposed.
I do have a certain amount of sympathy for the argument that opening the records up would increase the risk for the police and firefighters. But, I also believe in consequences! So if you make mistakes or, as in many cases, break the law, you should be properly punished. Either by being demoted or fired or having pay docked. If you break the law you should face the same consequences as other people and, if the transgression is serious enough, of course you should never be allowed to enforce the law again, nationwide.
So, I think a much better solution would be to have better oversight, which is possible. Perhaps create a committee that includes civilians and/or judges to oversee complaints. Perhaps there could be an independent organization with far reaching authority to which you can submit your complaints. Something. Don't say that it is impossible because many countries manage it reasonably well.
However, since that doesn't exist yet, I do think the records should be public until oversight improves. It's the only way you can work towards justice. Perhaps that is also a discussion that can be had with police unions: Transparency or proper oversight. Although that needs a bit more civic responsibility from the unions than they've shown so far.
On the post: It Was Nice While It Lasted: 9th Circuit Rejects Lower Court Ruling On How Abuse Of Patent Monopolies Can Violate Antitrust
What is good for he goose...
Qualcomm might want to be a bit careful with cheering too hard about this.
To my knowledge very few companies supply machines that produce modern chips.Suppose they apply the same logic?
On the post: In The Middle Of A Pandemic, ICE Says Foreign Students Must Attend Physical Classes If They Don't Want To Be Kicked Out Of The Country
I thought Trump was such a good business man?
A lot of those students are kids from rich parents that spend a lot of money here, besides college tuition.
They rent/buy expensive apartments or houses, buy cars, jewelry clothes etc. Why would you evict them from the country?
On the post: Parler Speedruns The Content Moderation Learning Curve; Goes From 'We Allow Everything' To 'We're The Good Censors' In Days
Re:
Parley is what you do before surrendering, so I chose to read it like that.
On the post: As We're All Living, Working, And Socializing Via The Internet... MIT Tech Review Says It Proves Silicon Valley Innovation Is A Myth
Just thought I'd leave this here
An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-epidemiologist-wuhan-public-health-warnings/
On the post: Major US ISP Frontier Files For Bankruptcy, Monopolistic Apathy Isn't A Business Model.
"...we can now focus on executing our strategy to drive operational efficiencies and position our business for long-term growth,” said Bernie Han, President and Chief Executive Officer.
This statement should get Bernie fired immediately. If he was not focusing on the key parts of his job before, what was he doing? Lining his pockets?
If you are in sales and you went to your manager and said "If you increase my expense account I can finally focus on acquiring customers and increase turnover." How long would it take him to fire you? Those are the actual things you were hired to do in the first place!
On the post: All Sports Are Esports Now: The MLB The Show, Players Tournament Edition
Re:
I also think that NASCAR (or any racing game for that matter) is a very different animal than MLB when it comes to esports.
Racing games, specifically if played with a halfway decent race wheel + pedal setup require similar skills IRL as online. Mind you, similar. Real life racing requires a lot of physical fitness and games tend to be more sensitive to tweaking car set-ups in specific ways. However, they're similar enough that if you know how to properly do one of the two you'll have a much easier time doing the other.
MLB or NBA or NFL or soccer, or any other sport that I can think of right now, needs a very different skill set IRL than online. Here, the esports is mostly about mastering the controls. Generally speaking, being good at John Madden has no bearing on your ability to play in the NFL.
So, I think racing leagues might be able to create an on-brand spin-off with the same sports heroes that you see driving around the real-life tracks, especially with the younger drivers that have been sim-racing since they could walk. In F1, for example, you can see that the young drivers can actually compete quite well with pure gamers. Additionally you could have an interesting angle where you exclude the car from the equation and only focus on driving skills.
For the other sports I see that as challenging, since many professional athletes will probably not be that good in the actual gaming part. So, in that case the MLB and the esports MLB would probably address different target groups and have very different players. Although I did hear some professional soccer teams are building up their own parallel esports teams, so perhaps that would be an alternative; The same brands but different players.
On the post: Brave Whistleblowers Are Being Punished For Saving Lives During A Pandemic
Re:
Why do you think nobody else pointed out the emperor's distinct lack of clothes?
So, yes the child is a quintessential whistle blower.
On the post: Brave Whistleblowers Are Being Punished For Saving Lives During A Pandemic
Re: Re: Integrity in Politics, seriously not joking
I'm not sure I'd start with the media. The biggest problem is that it seems accountability disappeared from US politics.
Even though there is "a news cycle based upon excoriating every mistake", there is no consequence for making a mistake. Look at the insider stock trading scandal (Sen. Loeffler et. al.). Any politician in West Europe would've left in shame already. There is no way they would be able to stay on because the standard there is the appearance, not the legality of it. If you appeared to have benefited from your classified info, your political career is ended. Somehow the US media is just discussing how this scandal impacts their chances for re-election.
A (bi-)partisan media is in my view not necessarily a huge problem. As long as there is a reasonably even distribution of viewpoints in the press, every party is held up to the same standards, except by different outlets. It does become a problem if the standards are applied differently by and to politicians, depending on the affiliations of the person being judged.
On the post: Strange Times: During The COVID-19 Outbreak, Evictions Get A Pause...In Final Fantasy 14
Re: Re:
I would appreciate it a lot if we could refrain from using terms like boomers, millennials and Gen Xers at all! These terms are confusing, fluid, mean different things to different people and come loaded with a lot of preconceptions.
Can we just refer to years? Boomers: People born before '64
Gen X: People born before '84 (I looked this up and actually Wikipedia states: "beginning as early as 1961 and ending somewhere from 1977 to 1984")
Alternatively you could talk about somebody's age: Boomers are people between 75 and 55, for example.
It would make for much clearer discussions.
On the post: How Do You Moderate COVID-19 Misinformation When It's Coming From Official Sources?
Re:
I think this is the best explanation I've seen so far as to why wearing masks is not adding much. I like the roll cage analogy.
I could expand this analogy a bit more: We know that people start to exhibit more risky behavior when they feel safe. So, the person with the roll cage in the car will start to drive more recklessly. It has been long established that all the new safety features in cars like airbags and seat belts have made (some of) us more risky drivers.
Similarly, people that are wearing masks will feel less vulnerable and they will also exhibit more risky behavior (wash hands less, keep less distance). Putting on mask requires you to touch your face a lot and also you need to know how to use them. So the effect of wearing the masks at a large scale is very likely minimal.
On the post: President Trump Is So Upset About This Ad Showing His Failed Handling Of COVID-19 That He's Demanding It Be Taken Down
Re: recently..
I just want to point you to the source of that clip, the Daily Show, not a great friend of Fox, nor of the current President. Now, if you look really carefully (and quickly) you'll see that the text below the Fox clips seems to indicate that the quotes from Fox were about Joe Biden. So the Daily Show cleverly edited this together.
So, the video still makes a fair point. Fox is anything but "fair and balanced". However, rumors of the Chipito in Charge's fall from grace are greatly exaggerated.
Just thought I'd point that out for those that need a reminder to look carefully at source and content.
On the post: Gibson Guitar Formalizes Its Hands-Off IP Enforcement Approach With Authorized Partnership Program
Re: Re: Here we go again.
"Why would anyone not expect Gibson to protect its valuable parts of its business?"
So what is the valuable part of their business? Is it that they have unique guitar shapes or is it that they make great guitars that sound great and play well? I'm not a musician myself but I would say that to them the sound is more important than what it looks like.
Many instrument makers can command a (huge) premium because they sell quality instruments that sound consistently great and because they have great brand recognition because of that, even if their shape is pretty similar to the competition. Steinway comes to mind.
So, should Gibson focus on the valuable part of their business or should they focus on stupid IP laws?
On the post: ICE Set Up A Fake College To Bust Immigrants For Trying To Legally Stay In The Country While They Earned Degrees
ICE is solid on literature though
I can't help but think that ICE had a thorough grounding in both Kafka and Joseph Heller (Catch 22).
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