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flandish··on Nuclear battery produces power for 50 years without needing to charge
Here in the US we use both (three types really) for different scenarios; they both have benefits in terms of “quickness” to detect smoke, fire, or heat.

Source: am firefighter

flandish··on Nuclear battery produces power for 50 years without needing to charge
It’s already here, been for decades in the form of your ionization smoke detector.

It contains Americium, a radioactive element.

flandish··on Don't Fire People for Making Pornography in Their Free Time
The “frustrating” part is that a corporation only feels “harm” via financial impact and not the kind of harm we really speak of when discussing the actions of humans.

This is why “my own time” should be my own time. If I cause harm to an individual, there are already laws to deal with that.

If I have yet to cause financial harm to a corporation and they cannot articulate how my actions during time in which they do not pay me they should not be allowed to even consider firing me.

Things, imho, will improve when the default to seeing a video/post is to think “that’s AI, not Jim.”

Can’t prove it’s me? Can’t fire me.

flandish··on Don't Fire People for Making Pornography in Their Free Time
Well, in some nation states one is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

A properly managed corporation would instill that mindset, stop things from being hostile, remind others of that “right” and then go from there.

The problem is that all corporations ignore this right and hedge proposed changes in profit at the expense of the working class employee’s means to life or insurance or both.

flandish··on Wix employee sacked over criticism of Israel files unfair dismissal claim
All that does is track device usage not who is using it. Like red light cams mailing tickets to owners not drivers.
flandish··on Alaska 737 cockpit voice recorder data erasure renews safety debate
> at all

Incorrect. This is a struggle of ratio between regulation and lobby..

flandish··on Alaska 737 cockpit voice recorder data erasure renews safety debate
> privacy

That’s silly. And we all know it. Nothing in a cockpit is “private” in this regard when it comes to transport of hundreds of people.

> cost

There it is. That’s all it ever is. If the cost of doing it right is higher than the fines of gambling with doing it wrong, the wrong way will always be chosen.

This is bog standard corporate life under capitalism.

flandish··on Wix employee sacked over criticism of Israel files unfair dismissal claim
Yeah, I mean proving I lied is the hard part.

If I want to tell Uncle Sam or a prospective employer I have no social media then that’s the whole point. :/

Your example is what will surely happen though at the most “opportune” time, too.

flandish··on Wix employee sacked over criticism of Israel files unfair dismissal claim
Wonder what would happen if you simply say “i have no profiles” and when presented with one with your image simply say “bot, not me.”

Probably denied entry just the same.

flandish··on Thorium – The first browser to score over 600 speedometer points on a Mac M3 Pro
> doesn’t change anything

Does it though? I remember once opening Notepad++ after an update, where the changelog itself never mentioned that its first start will behave like a virus, open a new tab, and start typing messages in solidarity with the victims of a french mass shooting.

That crap ain’t cool

flandish··on Thorium – The first browser to score over 600 speedometer points on a Mac M3 Pro
Glad they commented! Thanks for the link!
flandish··on Thorium – The first browser to score over 600 speedometer points on a Mac M3 Pro
Thanks for the downvotes - have we forgotten this while furry in the code crap, so fast?
flandish··on Bodycams for civilians
Police are hired by the powers currently installed and paid through extraction of taxes.

In effect they are an occupying force.

flandish··on Minimum Wage Clock
Anyone ultra wealthy has obtained it through active or past exploitation.

Profit, dividends, and buybacks are unpaid wage.

flandish··on "Anna's Archive" blocked following publishers' complaint
If profit can be extracted - capitalists always choose profit.
flandish··on SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, Federal Agency Says
Leeway? No. He’s a capitalist and his priority is well documented. Stop pretending he’s at all altruistic.
flandish··on 23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached
Simple. Require MFA.
flandish··on Maersk ship hit by missile in the Red Sea
Nice. Why SHOULD they leave? It’s their land. Have you tried not supporting genocide, you bigot.
flandish··on Maersk ship hit by missile in the Red Sea
> needed

They need to leave Gaza alone and not blockade. At. All.

How’s that boot taste?

flandish··on Maersk ship hit by missile in the Red Sea
The attacks read like Gulf of Tonkin level “manufactured consent”, is why nobody reports on the deeper details.
flandish··on Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it's meth
Iso and ethanol are NOT the same.
flandish··on iMessage Key Verification
Doesn’t sharing your pub code also kind of build a network of “proof” this is you? As in sure Billy knows its you but so will a court have that same evidence, making denial “thats a spoofed message” harder.
flandish··on Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis in mice
My wife died from metastatic breast cancer, in 2011. Even then there were advancements. As much as I miss her and envy those who may get advances now, or a “cure”, I am excited to see progress. Maybe she’ll be one of the “last to pass” from this disease.
flandish··on 'Long flu' has emerged as a consequence similar to long Covid
Who is censoring?
flandish··on To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use
Incorrect. The literal capital owners used the fucking market to push the sale of these drugs. So much so they caused a problem they now profit off the fix for…
flandish··on To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use
You can blame capitalism for the problems due to Oxy…
flandish··on Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications
> doozy

They’re not just a “doozy” they’re downright fascist authoritarian. Even the positive positives are infringements.

flandish··on TikTok says it's not the algorithm, teens are just pro-Palestine
Indeed, all of that is part of the formula of which you speak. It is, in my mind, all the more reason to take with distrust anything any nation state says about its needs, goals, and “self defense.”

Palestine, for instance, is an invaded nation. If one can claim Ukraine deserves to defend itself, one has to also claim Palestine has the same rights.

But… marketing and prop/agitprop makes one believe otherwise.

flandish··on TikTok says it's not the algorithm, teens are just pro-Palestine
America’s entry into Vietnam was based on manufactured consent and lies like the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Heck, Laos wasn’t ever involved as a “bad actor” yet ended up the most bombed country in the history of the world. You can thank Kissinger for that.

In short: America was the bad guy.

flandish··on James Webb Space Telescope finds 2 of the most distant galaxies ever seen
The only thing that travels faster than light is gossip.
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