has illegality been proven? From what I could find they performed surveillance under FISA warrants. There are obviously greater conspiracy theories, but are they supported by evidence?
that being said, in 2020:
The panel held that the government may have violated the Fourth Amendment when it collected the telephony metadata of millions of Americans ... pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
> perhaps unsurprisingly it is still being fought in court, because the US government is very slow to investigate itself.
Perhaps, it is slow because it is complicated topic, which is not clearly described in constitution: where to draw the line for personal privacy.
What government programs unrelated to Snowden's disclosure collect millions of Americans telephony metadata?
Check page 13. They directly reference Snowden. I'm getting a strong sense that you are a troll.
I sometimes make mistakes, I was not aware that Snowden leaked this program too.
Anyway, illegality of this program is not proven yet, all collection happened under FISA warrants as I initially said, I think this was the topic?
> Your understanding, based on ignoring the linked document?
I obviously didn't go through all 60 pages of court document, I believe it was your burden to provide exact citation to support of your point for the sake of discussion.
I remember hearing research about these in 2012. I went to school right next to the Air Force Research Laboratory which controls a $2B+ budget, and there were research projects around biomimicry, etc. As your link shows, miniature drones that look like birds and mimic actual bird movements definitely exist.
IIRC, there has been similar research devoted to small burrowing ground animals as well.
How prevalent these are in the wild, and where and what they are used for is a whole other topic, but their existence is crystal clear. I wonder how many people outside of engineering fields actually know about this vs think it is some sort of science fiction.
That does kind of sound like a punishment of the future: you have to do 'manual labour' - which people are so unwilling to do, that it also happens to be the highest paid.
White collar workers make TikToks for lattes, Blue Collar workers are the high income earners.
It's already kind of happening.
Alberta Oil workers are 1% 'petrochemical' Engineers. They are 'everything else'. Cooks, drivers, daycare workers, maintenance, carpenters, electricians, managers, team leads etc. etc. and earn about $120-200K, and while at the camp everything is provided for them in quantity (food is amazing if you like 'Denny's' kind of food).
I can say, anecdotally, when I lived in Silicon Valley the blue-collar guy down the street had his own house painting business and did alright as near as I could tell. I know he got in a few hours of golf during most days.
Also on the golf course, realtors in the area.
Another is if you take millionaire to mean “feel well off or rich” then being in a lower wealth industry will help that vs having everyone around you also be wealthy.