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• On the post: Court Awards Qualified Immunity To Florida Deputy Who Arrested A Driver For An 'I EAT ASS' Window Decal

  

  Ed ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2021 @ 08:04am

  ACAB

  And corrupt judges make sure they stay that way.

• On the post: Tesla 'Self-Driving' NDA Hopes To Hide The Reality Of An Unfinished Product

  

  Ed ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2021 @ 08:18am

  Re: Re:

  Teslas are supposedly so advanced, yet their ironically-named "Autopilot" can't detect stationary objects? The assist system in my Ford Escape has no problem detecting stationary objects, or people, or dogs. It has stopped for those objects numerous times in my use.

• On the post: Tesla 'Self-Driving' NDA Hopes To Hide The Reality Of An Unfinished Product

  

  Ed ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2021 @ 08:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Oddly enough, though, my Ford Escape with cameras and radar can and does see non-moving objects in the roadway just fine and slows/stops accordingly. It isn't advertised or referred to as Full Self Driving but simply an "assist", which it is. Yet in thousands of miles of using it to drive across the country several times, it hasn't hit a stopped vehicle or a pedestrian, or even come close to doing so. Funny that.

• On the post: Hacked Data Exposes Law Enforcement Officers Who Joined Far-Right Oath Keepers Group

  

  Ed ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2021 @ 07:57am

  ACAB

  It's not just an acronym, it is fact.

• On the post: Southwest's Bizarrely Antagonistic Lawsuit To Stop Consumers From Finding Better Deals

  

  Ed ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2021 @ 11:12am

  F Southwest

  Southwest began service to Palm Springs. They've added nonstop flights between Palm Springs and Las Vegas. We wanted to have a long weekend in Vegas and thought we'd enjoy the quick flights. However, the cheapest flights on Southwest, for a flight that is less than 1 hour, is $500 round trip per person. It's only a 4 hour drive, which is likely just a few minutes more than what the flight would end up requiring once you consider Lyft to the airport, security, waiting, taxiing, flying, etc.

  So, we're just going to drive to Vegas and enjoy the savings.

• On the post: Survey Suggests Eager Starlink Users Don't Understand Service Will Have Limited Reach

  

  Ed ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2021 @ 11:04am

  Not a panacea...

  Where my parents live, in rural south Virginia (Blue Ridge Mountains), the only internet service they have available is CenturyLink DSL that maxes out at 1.5Mbps/256Kbps. That's when it actually works. Most of the time it is down, or the speeds are so slow as to make even email or web browsing impossible. They tried to get StarLink but were told that due to the hills and trees, there wasn't a good enough line-of-sight to the satellites to make it feasible. To use StarLink they'd need to move to a more treeless and flatter locale. So, how much of the country does that negate from using Starlink?

• On the post: Chinese Government Decides It's Done Fucking Around, Forces Hong Kong To Engage In 'Patriot-Only' Elections

  

  Ed ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2021 @ 03:39pm

  It is sad

  I've loved visiting and living in China and Hong Kong. But, no more. I cannot stomach what the CCP has done to both places. The best thing that could happen is Western businesses completely abandon Hong Kong and China. Starve the beast! But, no, companies like Apple will always bend over and say, "Take me, Xi!" as long as they get to sell their wares there.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says The First Amendment Protects Minnesota Woman's Right To Be Super-Shitty About Nearby Islamic School

  

  Ed ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2021 @ 08:56am

  Start going after her in the same way

  Someone in the Muslim community should begin filming HER. Every step she takes outside her home should be posted on a "blog". And as someone else pointed out, get a parabolic mic and record these "mumblings" of hers and post them, too. Fire with fire.

• On the post: California Legislators Continue To Anger Cops By Introducing Legislation Demanding More Transparency And Accountability

  

  Ed ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2021 @ 08:35am

  Stick it to 'em

  The more oversight and light shown on these cops, the better for everyone else. How about a law to make their unions liable? How about a law to make suing them as individuals and attacking their pensions possible, instead of causing taxpayers to fund their misdeeds.

• On the post: Cop Who Killed A Suicidal Man Less Than 11 Seconds After Entering His House Convicted Of Murder

  

  Ed ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2021 @ 08:26am

  The best outcome...

  ...would be for Darby to die in prison. Hopefully by violent actions. Sic Semper Tyrannis.

• On the post: Body Cam Video Shows Cop Killing A Harmless Dog Within 15 Seconds Of Arriving At The Scene

  

  Ed ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2021 @ 03:37pm

  I've never harmed anyone...

  ... but reading cops obituaries sure does make me smile. There is no bigger and more dangerous scum on the planet than American police.

• On the post: PSA: Universal Music Group Has Copyrighted The Moon. That is All.

  

  Ed ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2021 @ 09:08am

  The reverse...

  Why not file DCMA notices against UMG, Sony, and all the other bast**** that so frequently abuse the system? Force them to confront their own monster.

• On the post: California's 'Open Access' Fiber Broadband Plan Is Making Telecom Giants Like AT&T Nervous

  

  Ed ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2021 @ 08:16am

  The first thing we do is cripple AT&T and Comcast...

  Until the "incumbent" ISPs are decisively dealt with permanently, nothing will ever be accomplished to make things better for everyone. AT&T needs to be broken up yet again, so does Comcast and Spectrum. And this time make it so they can't rise back up to threaten us again.

• On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Twitter Temporarily Locks Account Of Indian Technology Minister For Copyright Violations (2021)

  

  Ed ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2021 @ 08:01am

  Twitter in Modi's pocket

  This incident might come across as Twitter being overreactive, but it is just a piece of the bigger picture. Twitter is taking sides in India and is decidedly backing the Modi government to silence opposition. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58196793

• On the post: Not-So-Anonymous Cop Continues To Argue Courts Should Violate The First Amendment To Protect Him From The Consequences Of His Actions

  

  Ed ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2021 @ 08:20am

  Again...

  ACAB. Always and forever.

• On the post: Oklahoma Deputies Steal $141,500 From Men Trying To Buy Land, Manage To Make $10,000 Of It Disappear

  

  Ed ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2021 @ 07:41am

  Criminals

  The biggest criminal organization on the planet is law enforcement in the USA. There is no such thing as "a good cop". ACAB.

• On the post: New York Congresswoman Thinks It's Too Hard To Be A Good Cop, Offers Up Bill That Would Codify Qualified Immunity

  

  Ed ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2021 @ 09:26am

  Corrected:

  "White woman is afraid the police don't have enough authority to kill all those dark people that scare her"

• On the post: Israel, Ice Cream, Trademarks: This Year's Dumbest Controversy Results In Trademark Skullduggery

  

  Ed ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2021 @ 09:23am

  F Israel

  I have nothing against the Israeli people except for the fact that they keep voting for extremist politicians who are running a South African-style Apartheid government. The government of Israel is sh*t, criticism of the government is NOT "anti-Semitic". Their claims that any criticism is "anti-Semitic" is absurd. The gov't of Israel needs a major smackdown from the rest of the civilized world. They've been allowed to metastasize like a cancer for far too long.

• On the post: Florida Sheriff's Office Now Notifying People It Will Be Inflicting Its Pre-Crime Program On Them

  

  Ed ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2021 @ 07:52am

  Oxymoron

  There is no "intelligence" in law enforcement.

• On the post: Broadband Portion Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Appears Watered Down But Still Helpful

  

  Ed ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2021 @ 07:50am

  And the result...

  ... will be $billions going to incumbent ISPs with nothing to show for it other than stock buybacks, shareholder dividends, and CEO compensation increases.

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