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  • I'm arguing against the technology. I believe that the decision to make an arrest should fall to a human being and that individual should be allowed to override a bad call by the shit being billed as AI.

    There's a real possibility that law enforcement agencies may try to foist responsibility for decisions onto software and require officers to abide by the recommendations of said software. That would be a huge mistake.

  • In terms of legal precedent this may be a good thing in the long run.

    The software billed as "AI" these days is half baked. If one or more law enforcement agencies point to the new piece of software the city deployed as their probable cause to make an arrest it won't take long for that to get challenged in court.

    This sets the stage for the legality of the software to be challenged now (in half baked form) and to set a legal standard demanding high accuracy and/or human assessment when making an arrest.

  • Former Civil War reenactor here. The lack of Union reenactors boils down to cost.

    The Union army had specific uniforms and equipment that have to be represented no ifs, ands, or buts. That isn't a problem if you're a single person or a married couple but it gets prohibitively expensive for families with kids.

    The Confederacy had a much more "bring your own gun" kind of approach to the war (given the lack of industry in the South at the time) which allows for greater latitude when it comes to equipment as you can see in the picture. This makes things significantly cheaper for families with teenagers that quickly outgrow their uniforms. My family portrayed Confederates for this exact reason. We could use five or six different colors of wool for our uniforms instead of two and the period accurate guns we could use saved a fortune in the long run.

    Later on after all of us kids stopped growing we ended up getting Union uniforms (or at least coats in the correct dark blue) and "galvanized". Yankees typically win on Sundays (when the crowds tend to be bigger) but having them win outnumbered 4:1 is a little ridiculous. When there weren't enough Yankees we would put on our blue coats and get put as far away from the crowd as possible to bolster their numbers.

  • Running a small amount of water into a nearly empty bottle of shampoo (or body wash, etc.) allows you to get the last little bit out of the bottle. It's basically an austerity measure, a sign that a person is stretching every dollar.

  • Bullshit.

    I'm a parent. The first time my kid catches flak for not having a smart phone he's going to say exactly what we practiced, "my parents are crazy, they won't let me have one. It's so stupid, I hate them".

    The other kids will find something else to pick on even if every kid has a phone. Period. Children are monsters. It's not worth letting your kid's brain rot and have them try to off themselves when they're a teenager because they never had a chance at being well adjusted just to avoid them getting bullied about phones in particular.