You got lucky. A person I was in a HS class did a prank in college that was a break in to get something for a frat. He did get jail. I expect that 17 saved you. Barely. But I think jail is required here. Nothing less is going to stop this insanity. I expect fear of jail would be a very good deterrent for the cohort doing ai. All of these things are text book criminal, breaking in for monetary gain. My HS mate got jail and I doubt it even qualified as monetary gain.

I saw another story about booz allen running some tests on infrastructure. Except they bothered to setup a completely isolated environment to see what happened. I'm sure it cost them some money to setup process controllers etc, but they did the right thing. They did not release a potentially deadly ai out in the open.

Or if it costs flock more money to send moving images, throw up some displays with old movie chase scenes or something that will trigger the ALPR to send back to HQ. Extra processing costs for flock.

It can often feel like everyone is really invested in ICE vs EV culture wars. But that’s a very Anglo perspective on things. There’s tons of noisy comment in the Anglosphere, a fair amount in non-Anglo European countries (eg Germany, Italy) and in Japan. Outside that, people in SE Asia, Africa and S America largely don’t give a shit. They are not invested in ICE as a part of their soul. They are interested in buying cheap cars (and two and three wheelers) that meet their needs, which include low running costs. And if they can get a cheap EV that delivers those low running costs and charging is relatively feasible, they are not going to start banging on about a “lack of soul” or “microwave on wheels”. And the upfront costs are rapidly reaching parity too.

There was a time when GM etc understood what it took to win in, say Colombia or Thailand. Not so much any more. Which is why they sold their factory in Thailand in 2020 to GWM (natch) and shut in Colombia in 2024. And it’s why new car sales looked like this in the following markets in 2025:
Vietnam: nearly 40%
Thailand: Nearly 25%.
Indonesia: 15%, having more than doubled in a year.
Uruguay: Nearly 30%.
Costa Rica: 17%.

thingan has it right. The contract is worded as if too good to be true. And so the admins go sure why not, next to free and solves our problem. It is not unlike the deal I just got offered from base here in austin. It sounds good, we'll put a giant battery on your property that you can use in a blackout. What they don't say is they'll discharge that sucker down to as little as I think 6KWH from its capacity of 40 if they can make money from it. So when you likely need it most, it could be nearly exhausted, giving you no benefit. But they don't hilite that. Worse, you've given them an easement, so now they have the right to come onto your property whenevr the thing needs service. And don't even think about selling your house without disclosing the 20 year lease. But on the surface, looks like a great deal. 13 grand battery for 695 + 20/mo.

As much of the blame falls on the audiences, they just don't care most of the time but they are out there:

Original Movies in 2025: Oops, All Flops!

Sure but that applies to everything, I now live in a state with a lax driving test and no ice or snow and there are multiple accidents a day one does not supplant the need for the other.

Winter tires don't replace good driving but a good driver is also dangerous with the wrong tires even if they drive "correctly".

Perhaps you should try using an LLM.

Or simply join some news groups / mailing lists.

Most modern coding LLMs can code from random Jira (inert your issue tracker) tickets, better or on par with a human.

I guess once long ago you learned how to use a compiler, it is time to learn how to use an LLM, or stay using a compiler.

Well, perhaps the parent was thinking about green houses :D

Processors, does not matter what kind: do not need/use cheap labour.

They need sophisticated factories and PhDs.

Half agree, I think so long as there are a certain threshold of days below freezing or number of snow days per season then a requirement for proper tires is common sense. I saw a lot of skids and slides when it was icy out. I mean winter tires exist for a reason, rubber loses grip when it gets cold

If there is, go back to covering them up, setup motion triggers near the cameras with a hose that activates a nice water spray with that stuff they stick on money that explodes and leaves a nice permanent mark and also alerts campus police. Have police take the people uncovering the cameras for vandalism. Should be easy to identify them. They are the ones that are purple.

As someone who lives in a no-inspection state and grew up driving in a yearly safety inspections state I can say that yes, periodic safety inspections for vehicles should be a standard practice across the country, not even just for headlights but in most parking lots I can spot one or two totally bald tires. Just hope it doesn't rain too bad when we're both on the same road!

And even then up north there wasn't a requirement to have winter tires in the winter so there is even room for improvement there.

This smacks of both-sides-ism. There are systemic differences in culture and governance across countries, and itâ(TM)s just silly not to acknowledge them, especially if the pushback is âoelook, Iâ(TM)ve found some anecdata that shows the problem exists in your continent too!â

Itâ(TM)s like claiming that because gun crime exists in European countries, itâ(TM)s not meaningfully worse in the US.

Meanwhile the average truck payment for 2023 was $913.

Making big trucks more difficult to buy is probably just good for society in general, Americans clearly cannot be trusted to make responsible vehicle decisions. This would be for their own good.

The world isn’t a fricking binary. There can be problems in country A and *worse* problems in country B. ANPR cameras in the UK are still abused by the police, but it’s materially more difficult and there’s materially lower levels of abuse. And Europe isn’t a country where things are all done the same way, anyway.