I don't think he's ever heard of "fragging", "mutiny" and the extreme disdain the enlisted already have for REMFs.
Orders already routinely get ignored, it just doesn't get reported or logged. Maintenance isn't actually done as written, or in the periodicity specified. Corrective maintenance isn't actually done correctly, substitutions aren't actually authorized properly. Gauges aren't actually read, valves aren't actually checked, and the sentries are neither alert nor roving. The IDs aren't actually checked and the guard just waves people through unless there's an inspection going on and the supervisor is there.
That's not even getting to the officers sweeping all this under the rug to look good on evals. Or the commanding officers ignoring stuff to get the ball rolling faster than the next commanding officer, to get that promotion. Equipment failures don't get reported, personnel issues are just covered up - especially when everyone knows that so-and-so technician is doing this unauthorized vice, but we need said technician so nobody says anything, including back in Don't Ask Don't Tell. No, sir, I don't know where the flamboyant individual is, probably doing the extremely essential maintenance only they are qualified for, sir. Definitely not in the parts locker with another individual of the same sex, which I'm standing in front of to prevent you from entering.
Whoops, looks like the gender and sex record of the individual had a glitch at some point, must have been IT and Admin again, amirite? Well, the system says he is and has always been a man, sir, says it right there in the computer.
Ask the women that got arrested for miscarrying their own baby, or were allowed to die after 40 hours of a half-born miscarried fetus hanging from them because doctors were unwilling to do anything that might be construed as aiding and abetting abortion.
You mean most of it isn't already?
He doesn't understand just how decentralized the military command structure is, and the enlisted-officer relationship that has existed for a very, very long time. Just because anything is written in a regulation and a high-ranking officer with a good idea fairy perched on his shoulder says something or orders something doesn't mean it happens. Or that the report back from down below is actually true. Officers that actually rise up through the ranks understand that they, too, should sleep with one eye open if the enlisted do not approve.
I suppose, then, that when "Palestinian" is only applicable in the past tense, it won't be a worse end-state, only exactly the same as the current state? That when people, like yourself and your entire family, are rounded up, that it "literally" won't be any worse than it is right now when you can still walk freely and aren't being literally tortured?
Joining mutual aid groups, coops, triple-checking that you don't have any subscriptions you don't absolutely need and doing your best to just use FOSS (it's free!) instead for the sake of your own limited paycheck, triple-check that you're taking advantage of the free programs and resources available to you like libraries and buy-nothing collectives, try growing a bit of your own food in used jars and buckets, encourage your children to also take advantage of the free resources they might not even know are available to them and ways to save even more by simply reusing every last bit they can if they aren't already? Get to know your neighbors if you have any time left in your day, parents of your kids' classmates? I don't know your situation - none of these might be realistic for you - but those are some of the free ways I could think of off the top of my head for preparing.
what kind of person
A billionaire. Especially an old billionaire, who doesn't give a shit about what happens to the planet because he won't see the consequences. A psychopath narcissist who doesn't care about anything except money - but I repeat myself.
I wonder how long the judge will maintain his sanity after disappearing into solitary as an "enemy of the state", and whether this will give him any comfort as he is beaten and waterboarded for funsies.
So what you're saying is, if there new federal government says to round up the Hispanics, Muslims, gays and trans people and put them in camps, States should comply, because there shouldn't be exceptions?
Why not, in this reality we live in? Not in the ideal make-believe reality, in the current reality. Why shouldn't we aim for it, especially when it comes to this, knowing that all three branches of the federal government are going to go a particular way? Even if it sets a bad precedence, screw it. Save lives now, rather than chase an ideal.
Tell that to the states that have legalized recreational marijuana, while marijuana is still a federally Class 1 controlled substance
So what's your solution? Or should we just shrug and start reporting each other for "leftist behavior" to the secret police?
Unfortunately it still is the 18th century in some places in America, and women are afraid of their own lives if their husbands found out who they voted for.
If there's one solace, it's that "AI" is so broad a category that the Pentagon can just point at something like computer assisted target acquisition and go "done".
Cool, you first. Go ahead. When the Trump Gestapo start marching down the steer in broad daylight, go out and riot. We'll be right behind you.
Which country? You're gonna have to be a bit more specific.
Yeah, how was that working out for you until they started turning up the heat? How was "when they go low, we go high" doing, in terms of actual election results?
The United States Military and the US Strategic Forces stand ready to fulfill our oaths to the Constitution. The Strategic Forces, in particular, stand ready to launch upon the receipt of a valid and authentic order to do so. And those of us who still take our oaths seriously stand ready to respond with whatever force is necessary to stop those traitors within our ranks who would defy or threaten the Constitution, in accordance with all rules and regulations set forth. Hooyah.
'Cause I'm the one with access to the toggle switch to make my fantasies happen, civilian. Sweet dreams.
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The stolen information included email and postal addresses.
> Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT customer records.
The stolen information included email and postal addresses.
> Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT customer records.
The stolen information included email and postal addresses.
> Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT customer records.
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15368924
> A direct quote from the finance minister of Israel today: "Nobody will let us cause 2 million civilians to die of hunger, even though it might be justified and moral, until our hostages are returned."
> It was about 2 p.m. on a Thursday in May when Mitch Carroll pulled up to an apartment building with teal trim in Madison County, Ind. > > He was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and pristine white sneakers. But to the middle-aged woman who opened the door, it was obvious he was in law enforcement. He had a badge and a Glock 9 mm pistol at his waist. > > “Hi, you Sharon?” Carroll asked. > > “Yeah,” the woman replied. > > “Sharon, I’m Mitch Carroll. I’m with the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office,” he said. “Deep breath. You’re not in trouble.”
Google researchers have come out with a new paper that warns that generative AI is ruining vast swaths of the internet with fake content.
> Google researchers have come out with a new paper that warns that generative AI is ruining vast swaths of the internet with fake content — which is painfully ironic because Google has been hard at work pushing the same technology to its enormous user base.
Amazon creator and former CEO's client-forward mentality began decades ago.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32365414
> cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32365208 > > > > Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least.
Edit: Courtesy of @CatZoomies@lemmy.world : > Here’s the archived version to bypass the paywall: > > https://archive.is/Uh2yl
Amazon creator and former CEO's client-forward mentality began decades ago.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32365208
> > Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least.
Edit: Courtesy of @CatZoomies@lemmy.world : > Here’s the archived version to bypass the paywall: > > https://archive.is/Uh2yl
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos believes that fear can motivate employees, helping them push their limits even in good times, learning new ways to work harder and smarter.
> Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least.
Edit: Courtesy of @CatZoomies@lemmy.world : > Here’s the archived version to bypass the paywall: > > https://archive.is/Uh2yl
It’s almost laughable that these two stories happened so close to one another. The Australian government has just announced a pilot program to test an online age verification system: And then, just…
> It’s almost laughable that these two stories happened so close to one another. The Australian government has just announced a pilot program to test an online age verification system > > And then, just hours later, it was reported that law enforcement is investigating an apparent breach of club and bar patrons’ personal data, which the venues are required to collect by law for people entering such establishments. > > When we talk about the privacy and data risks of age verification, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about. When you’re collecting that much sensitive private data, you become a target.
Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much "work around the work" as he laid off 17% of the group's workforce in December.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/30272690
> > When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be. > > > > The music streamer enjoyed record quarterly profits of €168 million ($179 million) in the first three months of 2024, enjoying double-digit revenue growth to €3.6 billion ($3.8 billion) in the process. > > > > However, the company failed to hit its guidance on profitability and monthly active user growth.
Edit: Thanks to @Zerlyna@lemmy.world for the paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/wdyDS
Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much "work around the work" as he laid off 17% of the group's workforce in December.
> When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be. > > The music streamer enjoyed record quarterly profits of €168 million ($179 million) in the first three months of 2024, enjoying double-digit revenue growth to €3.6 billion ($3.8 billion) in the process. > > However, the company failed to hit its guidance on profitability and monthly active user growth.
Edit: Thanks to @Zerlyna@lemmy.world for the paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/wdyDS
Originally from @mikemathia@ioc.exchange
Description: Top text: The packing insert for our robot vacuum looks like it should be guarding a temple somewhere. Image: A cardboard packing insert that is shaped like a stereotypical Mesoamerican temple guardian mural.
The New York Times reports the tech has mistakenly identified people as connected to Hamas.
> Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.
A good summary of the current classes and their meta. I would note that the guide seems geared towards players in the US, EU, AU, and other wealthier regions, so depending on your starting location some or all of the best classes might not be available for you to spec into. Note: doesn't cover multiclassing or dive very deep into each category's subclasses.
OpenAI could be fined up to $150,000 for each piece of infringing content.
cross-posted from: https://nom.mom/post/121481
> OpenAI could be fined up to $150,000 for each piece of infringing content.https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/report-potential-nyt-lawsuit-could-force-openai-to-wipe-chatgpt-and-start-over/#comments