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  • It's funny as a quip in a Rick and Morty episode, not coming from the CEO of a large corporation specializing in surveillance technology.

  • I'm not saying there's nothing we should do to limit Presidential powers, just that the best thing we can so is not put the worst people in that office. Rules can only do so much. All of them have some kind of loophole. At some point you have to blame the voters for putting people who would abuse those powers in the position to do so.

  • Pardons aren't the problem. They exist to provide an avenue for reprieve in cases where the law was applied in an unjust or unintended manner, which is not uncommon. The issue is that we let a corrupt, narcissistic piece of shit become President. Obviously he's going to do terrible things with all the power available to him. It doesn't mean the powers of the office are inherently bad, it means he is.

  • I didn't do anything different in my response to you than you did to me but OK

  • I don't disagree with anything you said, except your classification of those actions as rational. I think framing the world and responding to it the way you described is completely irrational.

  • That last sentence could be true, but if the US can't keep national cohesion together the EU probably can't either. One of our big problems is cultural diversity providing avenues for division to take root. The US is infinitely more homogeneous than the EU. I don't think Europeans are prepared to act like a unified society outside of a few common interests. I still think they should try, but I also think that means something vastly different to citizens in the different nations of the EU.

  • Rich people don't give poor people stuff, even if it means they get more stuff too. They aren't rational actors. They have what should be already, and will one day be, classified as a mental illness.

  • I found myself in ItalyThey said we could have condoms freeAll partnered up by two or threeEveryone partook with gleeBut now none are left for me

    So hearken friendsMy luck portendsThis story endsFor me unfortunately

    I skied directly into a treeThen rolled the dice in the dormitoryIt now burns badly when I peeI hope my mom is proud of meI only brought home an STD

  • Along those lines, there's no technical reason we need representative governments anymore either. The reason representation was necessary was because it was clearly impractical for multiple reasons for all citizens to travel to the same place, debate the merits of proposed legislation, and vote on implementation. The internet solves those problems. The system hasn't changed because we're coasting on institutional momentum.

    Now, that is not to say that I trust any current government to implement such a system in a fair and impartial manner. However, all the technology needed to do so has existed for a long time now. The only things stopping us are entrenched power structures and a lack of imagination.

  • I'm a man and I'm not laughing.

    You don't have to say it, I was already leaving.

  • There are people here and other places on the internet who can make a difference in enterprise contracts as well. I am part of an AI pilot program to roll out ChatGPT at my company right now. You can be sure that I am actively pointing out that, among other things, OpenAI is being sued by several entities for stealing data when their primary promise to us is "we won't use your data". That feedback matters and some of us learn about that stuff from places like this.

  • I know, the article says specifically "sampled his DNA". That is not biometrics unless this author has no idea what those words mean.

  • I understand the context but I like to imagine Bondi thought she was looking at that lady's internet search history and not her search of the Epstein files. It's funny to picture Bondi sitting there waiting for her to say something about pedophiles so she could respond "oh yeah, if you're so concerned about pedophiles why were you Googling this:"

    Then reading the first item in that list which seems to say

    "New Brazilian just arrived. Sexy and cute. 13 yo"

  • I can't say that's surprising but I have only heard of smart TVs having been confirmed to do that

  • Sampled his DNA? WTF is that for? Nobody has a DNA lock on their phone.

  • Same.

    Pam Bondi should die in a fire.

    Maybe that will help?

  • I am enjoying this same combo as well. Going on about 2 weeks now and it's pretty smooth sailing.

    Out of curiosity what is the issue with those two apps? I don't have any interest in using either one but I am curious why they don't function for you.

  • Theoretically they wouldn't have internet access if a previous occupant set them up unless one of your neighbors has an unsecured AP. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding you and you're saying you set them up on your wireless network after you moved in. Still a good move to get rid of them but I wouldn't be as concerned about them if the only AP they were set up to use was no longer present.

  • I suppose that's true but it does seem like it would be more effective to spend the effort tying her failures directly to Trump rather than letting him offer her up as the sacrificial lamb. People seem to think he's good at delegation and "business stuff" so hammer him with the mistakes his people make and force voters to remember how highly he once spoke of them.