Probably, given that she claims to be suffering from cancer AND auto-immune disease (which she calls "automatic" disease half the time) and that if she doesn't receive holistic treatment right now, she will die.
What he means is they are turning things they hate into a crime simply because they hate them. It's not "I hate crime," it's an "I hate (whatever)" crime.
Angela Beavers, the lead civil forfeiture prosecutor for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, said smaller seizures are common when police bust street dealers, who are an integral cog in drug trafficking organizations.
“Why would we allow the street level dealers to profit from their crimes? These are the dealers that ruin communities and families,” she said in an email.
Let's assume that this is indeed the case. Without tying forfeitures to convictions, what happens? Do these dealers just shrug their shoulders and let it go? Hell no! They work for someone who is expecting their money (or else). This means they have to go out and rob someone and/or sell even more drugs to get that money. To the dealer, it just becomes the price of doing business. All the while the public gets the shaft even harder in increased crime of all kinds.
Re: RIAA "represented the best interests of artists and musician
RIAA "represented the best interests of artists and musicians"
It's all in how you interpret it. It's like the "all you can eat for a dollar" buffet - you take one bite and they take away your plate. "That's all you can eat for a dollar."
Because climbing Everest has become so commercialized that it no longer holds any meaning. Gotta find a new "pinnacle" to reach, and going to Mars is too far away to be meaningful yet.
I never saw any good in targeted ads in the first place. If I know what I want/need, a targeted ad isn't helping any, just wasting my time, and if I don't know what I want, a targeted ad isn't going to have it, again wasting my time. If you're going to have a chance at catching a customer via ads, it really needs to be random and rely on chance. That's why stores periodically shuffle everything around and make you walk past everything - you may randomly come across something you want.
I'm sure they want BOTH, the payslips showing you earned the money AND the receipts showing you bought the items in question. Gotta cover both ends for the best chance at keeping the goods.
This is nothing new. I worked in a call center (for Qube Cable) back in '85-ish, and call centers were a hellish sweat-shop back then. The only thing that's changed is that you're moderating online content instead of trying to get disconnected customers to pay their bill and add the Disney channel while they're at it.
Which just hilites another issue: the smaller the company, the worse the moderation will be. Small companies simply don't have the resources bigger companies have. If google can only be 99% accurate after pouring tens of millions of dollars into this, how accurate will a company be that can only spare thousands of dollar? 90%? 50%?
Yeah, it needs some work, but it's a good starting point. AC responding to my post had a couple of good points. I think this could be hashed into something workable. Maybe not popular, but I think it would cure a lot of the bigger issues with voting as it is now.
An idea on how to finally get rid of "us vs them" - all candidates fill out a form under oath stating their position on the issues (and going against that position later falls under perjury), then ballots contain NO NAMES AT ALL, merely statements like "the candidate who favors this position on this issue". Tally who got the most votes based on their affidavits.
I was on an "introductory" rate until the new year, so my Spectrum went up $23 a month in Jan. Not sure how much of that was from loss of the introductory rate, and how much was a new increase for all customers.
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Re: States Rights
Probably, given that she claims to be suffering from cancer AND auto-immune disease (which she calls "automatic" disease half the time) and that if she doesn't receive holistic treatment right now, she will die.
On the post: Facebook To Start Handing User Info To French Government So It Can Start Punishing People For Being Stupid
Re: Re:
What he means is they are turning things they hate into a crime simply because they hate them. It's not "I hate crime," it's an "I hate (whatever)" crime.
On the post: Data From Court Documents Shows Texas Law Enforcement Playing Small-Ball Forfeiture, Not Doing Much To Stop Drug Trafficking
They missed the point - probably deliberately.
Let's assume that this is indeed the case. Without tying forfeitures to convictions, what happens? Do these dealers just shrug their shoulders and let it go? Hell no! They work for someone who is expecting their money (or else). This means they have to go out and rob someone and/or sell even more drugs to get that money. To the dealer, it just becomes the price of doing business. All the while the public gets the shaft even harder in increased crime of all kinds.
On the post: Universal Music Cashed In On Insurance After It Let Thousands Of Master Recordings Burn... And Didn't Give Any To Artists
Re: RIAA "represented the best interests of artists and musician
It's all in how you interpret it. It's like the "all you can eat for a dollar" buffet - you take one bite and they take away your plate. "That's all you can eat for a dollar."
On the post: Verizon Now Pretending That 5G Will Help Cure Cancer
Re:
Because climbing Everest has become so commercialized that it no longer holds any meaning. Gotta find a new "pinnacle" to reach, and going to Mars is too far away to be meaningful yet.
On the post: Once Again: It's Not Clear The Internet Needs Creepy Targeted Ads
Re:
I never saw any good in targeted ads in the first place. If I know what I want/need, a targeted ad isn't helping any, just wasting my time, and if I don't know what I want, a targeted ad isn't going to have it, again wasting my time. If you're going to have a chance at catching a customer via ads, it really needs to be random and rely on chance. That's why stores periodically shuffle everything around and make you walk past everything - you may randomly come across something you want.
On the post: UK Government's Latest Take On Asset Forfeiture Is Pretty Much 'You Can't Afford That!'
Re: Due Process
TODAY it's targeting wealthy people who appear too wealthy. Tomorrow it's targeting teens in ratty clothes with an iPhone.
On the post: UK Government's Latest Take On Asset Forfeiture Is Pretty Much 'You Can't Afford That!'
Re:
I'm sure they want BOTH, the payslips showing you earned the money AND the receipts showing you bought the items in question. Gotta cover both ends for the best chance at keeping the goods.
On the post: Before Demanding Internet Companies 'Hire More Moderators,' Perhaps We Should Look At How Awful The Job Is
Re: Working Conditions
This is nothing new. I worked in a call center (for Qube Cable) back in '85-ish, and call centers were a hellish sweat-shop back then. The only thing that's changed is that you're moderating online content instead of trying to get disconnected customers to pay their bill and add the Disney channel while they're at it.
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Re: Bullies only pick on smaller folks
Are they going after the Dr. Seuss estate for Cat in the Hat clothing? Now THAT would really piss off people.
On the post: Caterpillar Now Going After All The Cats For Trademark Cancellations
Re: Look, billable hours!
Of course, now the PR department is going "Holy shit! Why are you paying these turkeys?"
On the post: Google CEO Admits That It's Impossible To Moderate YouTube Perfectly; CNBC Blasts Him
Re:
Which just hilites another issue: the smaller the company, the worse the moderation will be. Small companies simply don't have the resources bigger companies have. If google can only be 99% accurate after pouring tens of millions of dollars into this, how accurate will a company be that can only spare thousands of dollar? 90%? 50%?
On the post: AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Yeah, it needs some work, but it's a good starting point. AC responding to my post had a couple of good points. I think this could be hashed into something workable. Maybe not popular, but I think it would cure a lot of the bigger issues with voting as it is now.
On the post: AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favors
Re: Re: Re:
An idea on how to finally get rid of "us vs them" - all candidates fill out a form under oath stating their position on the issues (and going against that position later falls under perjury), then ballots contain NO NAMES AT ALL, merely statements like "the candidate who favors this position on this issue". Tally who got the most votes based on their affidavits.
On the post: None Of The Claimed Benefits Of Killing Net Neutrality Ever Arrived
Re: Perks
I was on an "introductory" rate until the new year, so my Spectrum went up $23 a month in Jan. Not sure how much of that was from loss of the introductory rate, and how much was a new increase for all customers.
On the post: Comcast Forgets To Delete Evidence It's Using Evil Fansubs In Its Streaming Service
Re: Re:
Because Mario only saves princesses.
On the post: Shockingly, Cable TV and Broadband Customer Satisfaction Is Still The Worst In America
Re: "Shockingly"
Anyone who doesn't file a lawsuit is rated as "satisfied". ;)
On the post: Content Moderation Is Impossible: You Can't Expect Moderators To Understand Satire Or Irony
Re: Re: Re: But what about Sarcasm?
Guess I needed to remember the sarcasm tags, too! :)
On the post: Content Moderation Is Impossible: You Can't Expect Moderators To Understand Satire Or Irony
Re: But what about Sarcasm?
You forgot to use sarc tags.
On the post: Content Moderation Is Impossible: You Can't Expect Moderators To Understand Satire Or Irony
Re: Re: Re: Re: CDA 230?
So many do that they have officially made "figuratively" one of the definitions of "literally" in the dictionary. Ain't life screwed up...
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