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orcrist ,

Maybe you’re making an apples to oranges comparison. But anyway, nobody I know thinks Apple has good intentions with regard to their data.

orcrist ,

Oh my God oh my God if the landlords have to sell, that would be… Check notes… That would be really good for people who want to buy houses.

orcrist ,

If you’re talking about a government that is ignoring other factors, which is not true in this situation. Go read the article.

But even in general, if you’re trying to argue that the government can’t possibly solve the problem of mega corporations buying up tons of property, making tons of money, and screwing over millions of Americans, then you might be right but I sure hope you’re wrong.

orcrist ,

I think you’ve backed yourself into a corner that’s hard to support. Originally you were saying that they didn’t take into account enough factors, and I pointed out that in fact they had researched the issue extensively. Now you’re claiming that they didn’t take into account all possible factors… I agree with you on this claim, but I don’t agree with your conclusion. Because if the claim is that failure to take into account all possible factors will lead legislation to fail, then we have thousands of examples to the contrary. Many laws have succeeded throughout history across hundreds of countries around the world. And not once had the lawmakers considered all possibilities and all implications of the laws that they were creating.

What is the best approach to fixing housing prices? I don’t know. Will this method succeed? Maybe. But if you’re assuming that it’s going to fail because the issue is complex, then history says your assumption is unwarranted.

orcrist ,

And you did not write it, not before, and not now. So it’s hard to give more insightful feedback than what everyone here already wrote.

That’s not a great way to get good information from the community.

Japanese hospitality wears thin as overtourism takes toll (www.thetimes.com)

From one point of view, it is a remarkable success story. In 2000 Japan had 4.7 million foreign tourists a year. The government of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe set an ambitious goal of 20 million foreign visitors a year by 2020, and achieved it five years ahead of schedule....

orcrist ,

Sure, and if there were discussions of reducing all tourists, that would be great. But it’s just racism. Meh.

orcrist ,

Depends when and where. Avoid summer or winter vacation. If you’re doing Kyoto, visit temples very early in the day to avoid crowds. Or perhaps find slightly less famous places.

orcrist ,

If the streaming services are opaque, don’t watch anything on them! DVDs from the library, or YouTube or whatever, those are transparent. Not to praise YT, because it has other issues.

orcrist ,

How many hours did you practice? What did you practice? These are fundamental questions for any new instrumental hobby.

If you are doing everything solo, it’s easy to have misplaced expectations or a bad practice menu, or even worse, no solid practice menu at all. Screwing around is cool once you have a basic level of proficiency.

But also, it’s OK to try it and later realize that you don’t like it.

Don't you all get tired of the constant negativity?

Despite not subscribing to political communities and having a large number of content filters based on keywords, my feed here is still for a large part all negative articles and ragebait. Elon Musk this and Israel that. Microsoft ruining windows, AI ruining internet, right wingers and capitalism ruining the world, police being...

orcrist ,

That’s a risk of reading the news in general. For many people, it’s helpful to log in less frequently. Remember, people write about things important to them, and that includes bad situations, of which there were and will always be tons of.

orcrist ,

It’s an interesting story, but the writing quality is terrible. A “clerical error” caused the issue … No. Actually, a person or some people didn’t do their jobs. Human beings acted improperly, presumably accidentally, but their specific actions caused this problem.

This is important because he got in trouble for his actions. Someone else made a mistake, but they aren’t named, blamed, or even held responsible, whereas he got locked up when he didn’t make any mistakes.

orcrist ,

Bankruptcy law is complicated, and certain types of criminal debt do not go away even if you file for bankruptcy.

So it’s quite possible that if his supporters tried to fund him, either now or later, that some or all of the money could go to his victims.

orcrist ,

It tastes the same if you close your eyes.

orcrist ,

That is a Fund the Police position. More training doesn’t fix a lack of consequences. You have to take money and/or freedom away from them for doing bad things, or you’ll never see positive change.

orcrist ,

Exactly. You were talking about the creation of large bureaucratic entities that would work hand in hand with police departments. What happens when police departments want to recruit. Maybe they can offer cheap loans to people who go to those universities. Maybe when officers retire, they can go work for those independent organizations that you’re talking about.

All of the above is expensive, all of it makes large law enforcement even more entrenched in society despite value or lack thereof, and none of it has anything to do with accountability or oversight. You’re proposing a solution that doesn’t even address the real problem.

New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances (apnews.com)

Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable....

orcrist ,

I don’t suppose the law will actually go into effect August 1st. We already have cases like Turner v Driver that have clearly established the right to record officers in the performance of their duties. So then this law would need to be narrowly tailored to infringe upon 1A as minimally as necessary, and it doesn’t.

After what happened in arizona, I think the governor is just wasting everyone’s time, or perhaps he’s trying to take advantage of the crazy results that come out of the appeals courts down there. But on issues like this, the courts have not been on the side of the pigs.

orcrist ,

It wasn’t a mistake. Did they make money? … Checks notes … lots of it.

orcrist ,

StarCraft Chrono Trigger Tetris Super Mario World Super Mario Bros 3 Wolfenstein 3D Doom 2 Skyrim Minesweeper 百万人の漢検

That’s eight. Not to recommend them, only to note what made my life exciting

Why do people throw out old motors, bicycles, anything metal into rivers and lakes instead of a junk yard or the trash system?

I have been watching magnet fishing and people love to toss stuff over bridges without a second thought on the environmental impact. Hiding evidence I can almost understand but not lawnmowers, car batteries, etc....

orcrist ,

I notice how you didn’t write what country you’re from. That suggests a lack of confidence, that you are expecting people to call you out on it.

But I could be wrong. I’ve been long before. What country?

orcrist ,

Oh dear, you’ve already forgotten about Fukushima, and it was only 13 years ago. It was a safe power plant, until it wasn’t, and then the city was destroyed.

Oh well, nobody could have predicted it. (Except for all of those people who did predict it. But let’s not worry about them. Let’s just forget about the whole event.)

1,000 Harvard Students Walk Out of Commencement to Support 13 Seniors Barred from Graduation over Gaza (www.democracynow.org)

More than a thousand Harvard students walked out of their commencement ceremony yesterday to support 13 undergraduates who were barred from graduating after they participated in the Gaza solidarity encampment in Harvard Yard....

orcrist ,

Of course they are, because now you have this whole affair to write about. You were good enough to graduate from Harvard, so good that you got famous because of your just actions, and then you got a degree from somewhere else.

If you want to work at some unethical company, they might not take you, but if if it’s a place that has some semblance of integrity, then your resume is rock solid.

‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice (www.theguardian.com)

Scientists have warned that a court decision to block the growing of the genetically modified (GM) crop Golden Rice in the Philippines could have catastrophic consequences. Tens of thousands of children could die in the wake of the ruling, they argue....

orcrist ,

What a terrible article. A polarized solution: either the dangerous rice or nothing… As if no other possible food sources could exist or could ever have been considered. And nobody saw this coming, and nobody had any backup plans.

The backup plan was to blame Greenpeace and throw their hands in the air, magically absolved of any responsibility. Jesus.

orcrist ,

It could be dementia. He is getting on in age.

Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho (ktvz.com)

On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.

orcrist ,

If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you can’t afford to move. You can’t afford the moving van, you certainly can’t afford a week or two without work, and you can’t afford to go to job interviews in the place where you want to live.

But if you don’t have to move, and instead you work with people around you to change the current geopolitical structure, that’s something that you can help be a part of by signing a petition or driving down to your town hall it’s a month for a meeting.

I agree with you that overall it would make sense for people to move, but logistically many of them can’t. And even if they could, maybe they like the place they live. Maybe they’re lucky enough to own property, and the problem they have is not with their neighborhood, so they’d rather not replace it.

orcrist OP ,

Thank you, and it does!

orcrist OP ,

There are libraries full of articles, but only a fraction of a percent of those are actually exciting. I’m looking for ones that catch the reader’s attention.

orcrist ,

I’m not sure why you’re picking this situation for an anti-AI rant. Of course there are a lot of ways that large companies will try to use AI that will harm society. But this is a situation where we already have laws on the books to lock up the people who are specifically doing terrible things. Good.

If you want to try to stand up and tell us about how AI is going to damage society, pick an area where people are using it legally and show us the harms there. Find something that’s legal but immoral and unethical, and then you’ll get a lot of support.

orcrist ,

Right. Which brings prices up. Which decreases sales.

orcrist ,

There are not two sides here. Try ten, or twenty, or some large number.

orcrist ,

Go pull the other one. Of course it will have an impact on violence. You can argue that the risk is not worth the rewards, but clearly raising prices will deter purchases, and in turn reduce gun violence incidents.

orcrist ,

That’s not an issue. Reduction is the goal, not elimination.

orcrist ,

Class warfare is a serious issue, but I’m not seeing the huge threat that emerges from wealthy people having guns when less wealthy people don’t, because the police are already going to support the wealthy people.

If you want to talk about class warfare, let’s talk about wage theft. Let’s talk about taxing the rich. Let’s talk about universal health care. Let’s talk about inheritance tax and systemic racism. In other words, let’s talk about the big ticket items, not a $200 gun.

orcrist ,

So let me get this straight. You think that if guns are taxed more, all of those poor people in California who are getting ready to violently overthrow the state and national government will be unable to do so. I’m curious when exactly you think they are going to do this. I’m also curious why you think that if they’re going to overthrow the government, they will be incapable of looting a gun shop in order to get their weapons.

orcrist ,

I love how Fortune always deflects from the actual issue: wages aren’t matching prices, which means the average American is getting screwed by company owners and wealthy investors, at work, at the bank, at university.

It’s not about interest rates or inflation, although those are both relevant. If inflation were evenly balanced, it wouldn’t hurt most people, right? That is definitional. And high interest rates block house purchases, but in theory they also benefit house owners who have fixed interest rates. So again, if people were able to afford houses in the yhr past few decades, this wouldn’t be such a big issue.

orcrist ,

Oh you sweet old-timer, things have changed in the past half century. Except in Texas and Alaska and probably Montana or something, but nobody goes there anyway.

orcrist ,

Maybe TSA didn’t miss the bullets, at least from what I read. They don’t care if you have bullets in checked luggage, and they don’t care about foreign laws on ammo. And customs only gets serious when you’re entering the country.

Many countries check your checked lugage at immigration, when you enter. Again it is not clear from the article, but I could easily imagine folks getting busted at immigration upon entering the Turks and Caicos. Also, some countries check bags on departure, to cut down on smuggling of turtles or artifacts or whatever.

orcrist ,

Can I go somewhere where the irresponsible gun freaks don’t feel appreciated? Sign me up!

(I respect responsible gun owners, within reason. If you can’t even keep your bullets under control before flying abroad, shame on you.)

orcrist ,

Of course he had bombshells to drop. All of the things that he had done through the legal system were done in the hopes of achieving legal victory. When that process ended, the next step would be the court of public opinion. There’s an awfully big difference in impact on the general public versus reading what someone wrote and hearing them talk about it live on TV or the internet. When you can ask them questions and get detailed answers, that adds a greater level of weight to the entire issue.

It’s interesting that you would bring up half of the timeline and ignore the other half. You know, the part where problems happening to airplanes in the very recent past connects with actions that happened 7 years ago. When people want explanations for what’s going wrong now, of course they’re going to want to talk to people who were around when it started to go awry.

And I’m not saying you’re right or wrong about the accuracy of the police investigation. But I do think your analysis of the pressures on him and the current public climate is inaccurate.

orcrist ,

I don’t want to spin anything, and I’ve been wrong about a lot, but it’s kind of sad that you went into attack dog mode and then completely overlooked the important details. Please do better.

You keep focusing on how John worked for them 7 years ago and totally ignore the present. People today are worried about Boeing now, and when they want to learn more about how things went wrong, they will look to people who used to work for Boeing. Retired whistleblowers are excellent candidates for talk show TV, YouTube, podcasts. That type of negative exposure could easily turn the general public, lawmakers, government oversight employees, against the company.

Gigantic companies don’t care about wrongful termination lawsuits. That’s chump change. But potentially losing lucrative government contracts, or potentially seeing your executives locked up because now public pressure is strong enough that regulators are forced to investigate, that type of stuff scares the big bosses.

I’m not saying that shady actions happened in this situation. I haven’t looked into it. The police did, and in theory they did a proper job, but we’ve seen the police botch investigations in the past, too. That brings up an interesting tangential issue, which is that when your investigators have a long history of incompetence, it’s harder to rule out conspiracy theories.

orcrist ,

That’s why the police exist. That’s why they were created. No big surprise here.

orcrist ,

Allies like Qatar and Saudi Arabia? … But even if there were no US allies in the region, then what?

orcrist ,

“There is not much the US could do.” … I can think of several things the US could easily do that would screw over the Israeli military quickly enough. You can too, so I’m confused why you wrote this.

orcrist ,

State lawmakers knew this would happen when they passed the law. It’s so obviously predictable, and the fix was and is so simple.

orcrist ,

My friend, you can define words however you like, but the numbers of dead bodies won’t change because of it.

orcrist ,

It’s clear that Israel has bigger guns. Why would you even mention that? The question here is morality, not munitions.

By the way, how many of the dead actually wished for all Jews to die? Of course most of them didn’t. Of course most of them just wanted to live their lives in peace. Sigh.

orcrist ,

Oh this is getting interesting. Now you’re telling me there’s some massive Iranian propaganda machine that’s getting all around the globe, and somehow it’s magically stronger than the U.S. propaganda machine. If that’s true, can we just fire all of the top brass in the Pentagon because they’re basically incompetent?

If what you’re saying is accurate, but seems like people ought to lose their jobs.

orcrist ,

It’s only a surprising observation if you never thought about the not so distant past, when each town had its own time. Even now, if you spend a week or a month hiking or living off the grid out in nature, although your watch or cell phone might have a clock on it, you learn quite soon that what really matters is when the sun goes up and goes down.

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