Ordinary people do not decide about the pay of others in actual reality.

Yes they do. Management/employers are not some special class of person.

So your reply has nothing do do with the pot it was replying to then. So why reply then?

Interesting that you immediately jumped to censorship. Why is that?

The muh freeze peach crowd are about the worst defenders of free speech I've ever met.

Speech is powerful and dangerous, which is why it is important and needs to be free. Pretending otherwise is to diminish it and erase the need for it to be protected.

Some people call it a "bike shed", others call it "Covered bike parking", and still others call it a "Bike cage". See products here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcyclesafe.com%2F

Anything that challenges your assumptions must be a joke. Therefore you never need to change your mind on anything!

Coll story bro. Got a citation for that "fact"?

They have been trained to view language as a tool that can cause real, psychological harm.

It absolutely 100% is.

In modern youth culture, the prevailing ethical rule is that the impact on the listener matters more than the intent of the speaker.

If you run over someone with a car by accident, they're just as dead whether you intended to or not. That's the thing really, harm is independent of intent and intent is not readily apparent.

WTF is a Joule anyway?

A unit of torque, obviously.

It's the Parkinson's Law of Triviality: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Basically, people simply accept the complex stuff from experts because they know they won't be able to understand it. However, they will waste ridiculous amounts of time on minutia because that's the stuff they personally can relate to. (Uh, ya, sure. Put in a nuclear power plant.... but I've painted things before and I have a strong opinion on the color of the bike shed!).

Changing the clocks aren't the problem. Changing your sleep habits (and maybe those of your household) is the hard part.

Public records requests are essential for establishing cases of malfeasance. However, with the rise of AI making giving every person the ability to make unlimited Public Records requests, the burden can be extreme.

I work for a major public university and we are absolutely drowning in PR requests. Anyone who does something that pisses off another person gets hit with a PR request... or 30. There are hundreds in queue and it's preventing actual work from being done. Where I live, there are not protections against malicious, repeat, or unjustifiable requests. There have been no adjustments for AI. There is no requirement to submit to a specific location or in a particular format.

Our campus certainly spends over $1M on PR responses given the time it takes for qualified people to seek and prepare the data and communication.

Of the MANY PR requests I've fulfilled, only two have been for decent reasons. The rest have been to satisfy vendettas and nothing has ever come of the data provided-- even for the good reasons.

How does this relate to the obvious issues around the use of Flock cameras? I'm willing to bet that the PR requests have gone something like this:

1. All records of all license plate scans since the inception of the program
2. All communication (digital, printed, or otherwise) from every employee discussing the system be it emails, text messages, written notes, etc.
3. All documents related to the purchase/contracting process that resulted in the Flock vendor being selected
4. All reports ... etc.

And it's very likely multiple requesters submitting requests for information in different formats. This takes worker time to aggregate.

Proper Implementation:

* Parking access systems: A TON of places, public and private.
* SFMTA's bus-mounted ALPR that automatically sends parking citations to vehicle owners whose vehicles are parked transit-only and bike-only lanes.
* Speed cameras: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iihs.org%2Fresearch-...
* Red light cameras: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iihs.org%2Fresearch-...

Trustworthy People: Literally almost everyone hired to operate the systems because checks and balances exist for most people with access. All we have to do is actually apply the existing laws to punish those who abuse the systems. Punishing COPS has always been difficult, of course, but the lack of effort to punish only makes the illegitimate actions welcoming.

ALPR cameras properly implemented and used by trustworthy people can do the public good. They can track stolen vehicles, follow hit-and-run suspects, help search for missing persons, and remove armed police from some enforcement actions (speeding, parking in transit lanes, etc.). The problem is when UNtrustworthy people have access to that data, be they demented police officers or ICE, the actual utility of the technology is overshadowed by the infringements by the shitheads.

Any ALPR vendor could have participated and so long as SFPD put the same boots-on-the-ground effort in, vehicle crime would have decreased. "Flock" the company did nothing particularly unique except share data with federal agencies, contrary to State law.

False dichotomy!