chaps

Definitely some weirdness going on in this whole thread in general. It went from front page to 5th page in an instant.

It takes balls to be a whistleblower. I'm not holding my breath that it'll happen.

"I think kids are seeing videos of people throwing these and, of course, only the successful videos make it to their feeds."

What makes you think this? This is such a fucking absurd thing to say.

Fun fact: when a record is created by a government agency, it's done with the expectation that it's going to be FOIA'd. The failure of the agency to maintain records in a way that allows the public to FOIA for their documents is an inexcusable failure by the police agency.

Also, there are many ways to simplify review and redaction processes such that it doesn't cost millions of dollars.

So you're just that much of a badass?

This conversation isn't about tear gas grenades.

When I was 14 I used to think I could shoot a kamehameha if I tried hard enough. Even then I would have made fun of people thinking they'd know what to do when a fucking grenade was thrown at them.

I think you, also, are misunderstanding why their comment is such a ridiculous thing to say.

For the life of me I can't get their comment out of my head. It's just so ridiculous that I can't figure out what their point even is.

Yes, teenagers tend to be pretty stupid but... do you think if a grenade was thrown at you that you'd react rationally?

Say more please!

I hope you watch the movie and can eventually look back on this comment.

SPOILERs kinda: Notably, it's all in the presentation and form of everything that went on. There were about ten different moments in the packed theater where something was said or happened where the entire audience was... silent. tense. I've never felt that sort of palpable and shared tension anywhere in my life like that.

I think I would have had this position prior to seeing the movie. After seeing it last night, I'm 100% inclined to do everything in my power to not spoil the experience. It's truly, truly that wild.

ok

I have no skin in this game, but: friend, are you okay? You're acting like an incredibly weird jerk.

Chassipodes

"in-part because of ads" seems more reasonable, tbh.

When I worked at an adtech company almost ten years ago, this sort of shit was the exact concern of me and my colleagues. We've had time to do better but guess we're just fucked.

So you're saying we're all fucked and there's nothing we can do?

You expect way too much of journalists. Mostly rightfully so, but -- it's not really possible for journalists to publish everything they know. Going through the editing, investigation, cuts... it's just not tenable.

If I was posting in a thread about an article responding to that article, then yeah -- I'd read it. But we're not.

Why didn't you bother to read it but still think they have no sense?

ZK. Maybe it's better these days.

It's really unfortunate that it's as good as it is because awful players (racists, cheaters, tactical pausers) really ruined the community.

There is such a thing as meaningful work. Just, you need to leave the corporate world and accept an 80% paycut.

...and people like you are exactly the reason why I left the industry. Holy fuck man, it's okay to be something other than a worker bee.

Sure, if you consider "work" to be the end-all-be-all. I "phoned it in at work" for a while and it was one of the best things I did for myself. But the reason was mostly that my evenings were spent working on learning data analysis and working on bunches of civics-oriented projects and FOIA litigation. I did eventually leave to find more meaningful work in a different career. But "phoning it in" is what enabled me to eventually leave.

  risks you take when you commit a crime worthy of jail.

A friend's mom went to jail for having too many dildos in her purse. Do you count her in this?

I think you have a significantly narrower view than them. Consider someone moving to a new city or someone getting out of jail. It takes time to do the networking you're talking about. People need to eat and networking doesn't fill your stomach.

Changed to dropbox! not sure what that was about.