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4MOAisgoodenuf··on How Singapore's government-run dating service works
I’m sorry, are you being facetious or is this a genuinely held belief?
4MOAisgoodenuf··on AI Companies Are Parasites
drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,
4MOAisgoodenuf··on How Singapore's government-run dating service works
looks-matched, ugos, fake #MeToo women, low-mids

I think whatever website you’re getting this jargon from is hurting you

4MOAisgoodenuf··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
In the United States, your example is explicitly protected by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. It is the legal defense of arms manufacturers who's product is sold legally and in good faith but is used by a third-party for illegal actions.

Rather than a vague insinuation that this group has taken some action deserving of economic blackballing, perhaps you could point to some specific action this group has done?

4MOAisgoodenuf··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
How is membership or leadership determined? How is a cell determined in this case?

In the case of the Klan (which you conveniently bracket to only after WW2) it, in fact was an organization with a single "Imperial Wizard" at the helm before being broken up in the 20's. The "distributed chapters" (themselves organizations with membership roles and defined leadership) were only "distributed" after the national organization was dissolved to bow out of a legal battle with the IRS.

There absolutely exist fans of ICP who have coordinated to cause violence, crime, and mayhem. (Though I don't believe that people should be prosecuted or persecuted for enjoying a goofy rap rock band)

4MOAisgoodenuf··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
Who is the leader of Antifa?

Does a charge and conviction mean that this action is good or morally justified? If so then your issue with the feds designating Juggalos as a hybrid gang would be contradicted.

This action follows the administration's established pattern of trying to tie political dissent in the US to unrelated foreign actors (often the Kurdish PKK) so that they can lay the legal footing to prosecute Americans as being actors under the control of "Foreign Terrorist Organizations"

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates
I’m not afraid to say that we can be quite certain that the Flock surveillance network will be detrimental to civil liberties. No doubt.
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets
But is anyone you know going to be within the vicinity of a crime being committed? That'll be 30 years
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets
what difference does it make? He is sentenced to go to jail for nearly half a lifetime for transporting a box of magazines. This is insane.
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets
What is the thing being covered up that is worth 30 years in prison?
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrown, ultra-affordable EV
The limits on range and speed (reported 50kph) would make it a horrible deal for the average American.

150k pesos (~$8.6k) for a brand new wheelchair-accessible city van seems like a killer deal in the Mexican market. That would come on the market for less than a used air-cooled VW beetle (ended production in Mexico in 2003)

4MOAisgoodenuf··on 'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York
The primary negative aspect of Ghost jobs (from the perspective of job applicants) is not simply that it "feels bad" but that it floods the usual channels of seeking work with garbage data.

Assuming a world where there is a set of employers that would actually like to hire someone and a set of workers who are desiring employment, the set of listings that are not seeking to hire (or are only floating a job listing in perpetuity on the off-chance that some overqualified sap will take up their offer for less than they would expect in the market) encourage bad behavior from the other two parties.

It becomes substantially more difficult to parse through a pile of job listings to find what is a real (or realistic) listing and encourage the "shotgun approach" for applicants.

The flood of competing fake listings and the resultant tidal wave of shotgunned-resumes requires employers to spend more time cross-posting openings to reach real applicants and sorting through a greater number of low-effort bad-fit applications

Mild legislation that requires expected hiring dates and requires employers to say if they are just collecting resumes or face fines does not totally fix the issue but it is a welcome change in the right direction.

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass
Google exists to make money and is happy to change their opinions to suit the current force in power.

But that “critique” of gender diversity efforts said that the lack of women in CS was due to some innate difference in women (rather than a social division that is neither innate nor universal across time or cultures) While also decrying the lack of affirmative action for conservatives.

It’s neither the tipping point for Google, nor is it a hill worth dying on

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime
I don’t think someone should be thrown in jail for a month for having polarized windows on their car.

Red is a very popular color for the Giulia and window tint is not an uncommon item.

Any random person on the street could be described as able to be “caught without enough evidence to convict”

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy
Somewhat hard to be neutral when outgrowths of the Israeli state like the NSO Group and Canary Mission start taking a stand against privacy and free speech
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'
When an “Islamic country” starts getting several billions of dollars in aid from the US and begins “quadruple tapping” civilians, then I suppose there will be some outrage.

In the meantime, this outrage appears to be more based in the criminal conduct of a genocidal state than any religious amenity

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'
The house is full of furniture from America and Russia, but it is still bloody filthy
4MOAisgoodenuf··on How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Devices at Airports
Do you not remember life before ICE and TSA or are you not old enough to legally rent a car?
4MOAisgoodenuf··on India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
I don’t think they should have to do those jobs.

My statement is not putting the failure in the individuals who are accepting the work as a means of survival.

My original statement stands, there is plenty of productive work to be done in the world, but industry is funneling labor into man-made horrors for bottom dollar wages

4MOAisgoodenuf··on India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
I don’t believe that human beings should have to eat shit to survive.
4MOAisgoodenuf··on India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
There is plenty of productive work to do in the world that isn’t streaming through the dregs of the internet for hours on end.

This argument is a false dichotomy.

4MOAisgoodenuf··on Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]
His last name being “Langley” is a bit too on the nose. Like something out of a Pynchon novel.
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]
Googling “earth is flat” nets you thousands of results from very passionate people willing to share their experience and expertise. (I just did to verify)
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15
Please allow me to introduce you to the second gen Toyota Yaris
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
“We will be greeted as liberators”

Has not come to fruition for previous US regime change operations.

This kidnapping operation doesn’t give insight one way or the other into the will of the Venezuelan people. It, in fact, completely disregards it.

4MOAisgoodenuf··on How long can it take to become a US citizen?
Until the 1920's it was not a crime to enter and work inside the US without prior authorization.

Staying and working beyond the initial authorization of a visa is a civil violation, not a criminal one in the US.

Laws are created by men with a specific intent not handed down as truth from god. In the case of the US, immigration law has largely been shaped by a racist quota system formed as a reaction of previous immigrants towards the next flight of immigrants. A "fuck you, I've got mine" mentality.

4MOAisgoodenuf··on How long can it take to become a US citizen?
The vast majority of undocumented immigrants arrived legally and are visa overstays, which is NOT a criminal violation but rather a civil violation.

For most of America's history it wasn't even illegal to enter the US without prior authorization. The law that made it a crime to enter the US without authorization (8 U.S.C. § 1325) was specifically created in the 20's to restrict immigration by race. And the violent enforcement of this law has really only ramped up in the last few decades.

It is very strange to see many people in the US (and in this thread) accept the current enforcement framework as simply a set of static rules that just happen to be here, and not a relatively recent phenomenon that was enacted and enforced for a project of racial prejudice.

4MOAisgoodenuf··on How long can it take to become a US citizen?
> "To create new voters"

How do you imagine this working? You do realize that voter registration requires proof of citizenship, correct?

4MOAisgoodenuf··on How long can it take to become a US citizen?
what is the objective criteria for just or unjust laws?
4MOAisgoodenuf··on Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright
In a densely wooded area, no. Your sight line is naturally blocked by trees, so a farther throw of light would be wasted

In more open areas it can be quite helpful to have greater throw and flood illumination.

In the American Midwest, being able to spot ice patches or deer on the interstate with your brights is quite helpful.

Normal driving lights have no need for the intensity they have today though

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