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s2g··on Felony Charges for 13-Year-Old Who Recorded His Conversation with School Admins
The administrator should be fired, the prosecutor should be fired, the kid should get an apology and restitution.
s2g··on High-tech deception of ‘deepfake’ videos
I would think that the same tech you can use to graft a face onto a person in a video could be used to do it on a still.
s2g··on After the Fall: Ten Years After the Crash
This isn't a boost to consumption, it's hoarding cash. Buying just the bare essentials.
s2g··on Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out 5000 cars in a week
Oh good, the cult of Elon is in full force.
s2g··on A Privacy Bomb Is About to Be Dropped on the California Economy and the Internet
7 days.
s2g··on A Privacy Bomb Is About to Be Dropped on the California Economy and the Internet
> The GDPR took 4 years to develop; in contrast, the California legislature will spend a grand total of 7 days working on this major bill

not a claim I would believe without a lot of evidence.

s2g··on Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out 5000 cars in a week
600B is insanity.
s2g··on Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets
I pity your lack of knowledge of the quality of TV right now.
s2g··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
Seattle too.

Even if they people on the bus are okay, they are still uncomfortable.

s2g··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
> How can this be true?

It's hot, noisy, uncomfortable, nausea inducing, and I have to put up with people falling asleep on me or homeless people harassing me.

The light rail (in Seattle) is fine, but the coverage isn't good enough.

s2g··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
> It's nobody's job

It's the job of the people we elect to govern our society.

s2g··on Are You a 10x Programmer? Or Just a Jerk?
I think I've regressed to about 0.2x at this point.

Still a jerk though. I try not to be, but sometimes.

s2g··on What I Learned Making My Own JIT Language
This is cool, I used to really like this sort of thing.

At some point I transformed into a bitter sad man who can't stand reading articles like this because I feel like such a worthless piece of crap.

s2g··on Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far
They don't know it's some kid.

Millions of dollars in IP and potential liability depending on what was taken.

s2g··on Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far
> After finishing his prison sentence, Pokora spent several more months awaiting deportation to Canada in an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey

So I've never done anything that would result in my being deported, but man does this scare me. The current climate, if I fuck up in some minor way, I still feel like I could end up in prison for months waiting for them to send me back north.

It's just scary.

s2g··on U.S. Supreme Court to hear civil forfeiture case
Can't wait for the 5-4 decision reaffirming civil forfeiture.
s2g··on ‘A Powerful Signal of Recessions’ Has Wall Street’s Attention
Can you really not see the difference between the reasonable protectionism practiced by every country and the current trade war?
s2g··on First space, then auto–now Elon Musk quietly tinkers with education
Sounds pretty dystopian.
s2g··on Michael O Church’s Theory of 3 Class Ladders in America (2017)
A lot of quora points.
s2g··on America’s Millennials Are Waking Up to a Grim Financial Future
The far left in America is much more fringe than the alt-right.

conservative policies won't help with wage stagnation. won't help with the current malaise that is effecting the middle class.

s2g··on Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts
> War is messy. This isn't a video game

Pretty much is when the biggest risk to one side is from sitting on their butts remote piloting drones.

s2g··on Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts
or they will better identify a target and choose to bomb the civilians anyway because they can get away with it.
s2g··on Michael O Church’s Theory of 3 Class Ladders in America (2017)
Really, to Michael O'Church?

Maybe you wish you though you knew as much.

s2g··on Postmates Wins New York Ruling Finding Couriers Not Employees
You mean some guy doesn't want to drive drunks around in his car at 2:30 in the morning for less than minimum wage?
s2g··on America’s Millennials Are Waking Up to a Grim Financial Future
At some point is the media going to realize that most millenials are adults, and have been for a while?
s2g··on Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
You could pay me an absurd amount of money, I'm still going get distracted.
s2g··on Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
because people have been saying for years that the idea of a backup driver is absurd and dangerous because they won't pay attention for hours on end effectively.
s2g··on Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
people do get charged if they run down pedestrians due to negligence.
s2g··on Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Your Cellphone
I agree that it's ridiculous, since even considering a "conservative" idea makes you the enemy.

But if you vote republican, I do very much agree with the first 2 points.

s2g··on Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Your Cellphone
Disgusting that it only passed 5-4.
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