Truefully, they’ve been cooking the books on these measures since 08. Its just so much more obvious since they have the subtlety of a hammer and all the civil servants who would have helped them do it the normal way left.

Another consideration is the hollowing out of government statisticians and availability of data. Even the massaged nonsense we’ve been fed for years is getting curtailed. Thr economy will be what they say it is. They have optimized to the metrics to make line go up. Reality need not matter to those whose entire wealth is in the markets.

Market manipulation, friend. Tesla stock continues to pump in spite of fundamentals due to hype.

I might have loved it if it didn’t run like a slide show on fairly decent PC hardware. I haven’t been able to even make it on the ship without these huge frame drops. There’s no way to fix it that I can see. It makes it hard to deal with. Also, why is the FOV so close, I can practically smell the commander’s hair? Right, if we back off the FOV, we can barely maintain 30 FPS. It’s another unoptimized game that we are just supposed to enjoy cause Star Trek. I’m tired, boss.

Luckily, it’s a lot easier to train electronics inspectors than decent coders who can follow the whole system or module design. That should help for a bit but, man, to be the QA person looking at that atrocity…

You know its bad when they can’t continue to subsidize beef into the ground to justify the herds. Maybe this will have a net positive like gas prices spiking and forcing more people to change their habits.

Y’all it’s the Spongebob coffin meme.

Dammit, beat me to it.

Yeah, Medtronic is a bunch of assholes for things like that. If you really wanna rage, look at how the company does everything they can to not allow communication between blood sugar live sensors and pump controllers. Biomedical enthusiasts (I loathe the term biohacker) have been working this idea with older, more easily hackable pumps.

That is slightly part of the problem but, no where near the totality of the issue. The broader issue is capitalism only works with the fear of homelessness and being cast out if you dont dance to their tune. Some of the population must be unemployed to keep the working class in fear. If you didnt have to work for housing, food, and healthcare, would you put up with the bullshit we do at a job? I certainly wouldn’t. They know that too.

As much as I was annoyed by the tone of the statement made by previous poster, we have to reach out and lift up. We cannot keep putting the boot down on people just because their life took a path or they are making choices we feel are incomprehensible and must require a defect of some sort.

We have to support each other cause the State ain’t coming over that hill to save the day.

Fair.

I wanna say first that is a tragedy you are homeless and I wish the best for you in finding permanent lodging but your statement raises some questions. How are you preparing these foods? If you are as homeless as you purport, are you using a campfire, or a communal kitchen, or are your meals prepared for you? How are you procuring your groceries?

I disagree with the sentiment that it is perfectly acceptable to be apolitical. Governments can and will legislate your right to exist as you do so it is in your interest to be political.

Peak design. We have strayed from the Holy T9.

You aren’t wrong to suspect the timing. They have been working on a variety of bills to work on the KYC aspect of the business. This major push, along with Android Developer Verification, are the ways the corpos want remove any anonymity.

Sorry, minor correction. Not all the systemd developers. One single dickhead wrote it and two chuds who work at microslop merged the PR made this happen. The git structure got hijacked. People are arguing over the validity and necessity of the PR while ignoring the broader goals this serves.

To be frank, I am so sick of this invasive nonsense. I have a son and you know how I’m going to manage access for him? Not fucking letting him have the damn computer before he knows how to use it safely. I grew up on Web 1 and web 2.0. They were much scarier places back in the day and easier to find.

Moreover, this also follows with the trend of sensationalizing threats to make the pearl clutchers feel this is a good choice. Its no different that how the news screams the US is unsafe with tons of violent crime to justify this kind of bullshit when violent crime has been declining on the whole.

This ginned up controversy serves one interest. Control access to knowledge so you never question the State again.

Good except lifetime ban on LEO work. If you can’t handle the basic requirements of an entry level position in a job that requires a higher standard of care, you shouldnt be allowed back. I feel the same way I would about a nurse or doctor who injures patients.

A group of pan people is a clatter.

This idea is also in the beta canon Star Trek novels. If I remember correctly, it was the Vanguard series with Carol Marcus and James Kirk dissolving their marriage.

You cannot use an unethical mimicry tool in an ethical way. You are asking a theft engine to create for you based on others work.