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Wow, the rare double whammy of fuck ups!
I hope the government loses by default on any cases that it can’t respond to in a timely manner.

Government accountability and transparency died on January 20th.

Unsurprisingly, the more specialized and in-demand an officer’s skill-set is, the more likely the military is to lose them to the private sector. Four thousand troops left cyber jobs in 2024, despite DOW facing a 16% cyber position vacancy rate.

Yup. DoD pay sucks, and private sector benefits have pretty much caught up. I know people who left government positions for raises of 15%-33%. Government used to be able to pay less but still keep people due to the promise of stability, but those days are long gone.

Found the guy who doesn’t understand software, especially SaaS!

All this actually does is push people to porn sites outside of Missouri’s jurisdiction and/or sites that don’t give a fuck about being “legitimate businesses” or whatever. It’s effectively prohibition and the outcome will be the same.

This shit never actually makes anyone safer, it just draws more normal users to seedier parts of the internet.

I’m gonna go to businesses I don’t like, hop on the Wi-Fi, and pirate from all the most obvious trackers.

as ubiquitous and useful as Microsoft 365

What a line! Directly referenced a hated service that butchers a whole suite of actually ubiquitous products.

I don’t know a single person who pays for M365. Companies pay for it because they’ve been locked in and/or are forced to for government compliance reasons, but no one actually wants that. Fucking ace thing to compare your AI service to, dipshit.

Being a good CEO is 95% about social networking; creating and maintaining trustworthy relationships with others who will provide you with good support. AI can’t do this, as it’s a truly human thing.

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It’s Argo Workflows

Rand Paul agrees. He’s objecting because he doesn’t want the provision.

The senator wants to strip a section from the bill that would prevent the sale of hemp-derived products like Delta-8 at gas stations, corner stores, or online without federal regulation.

Paul defended his stance as part of his duty to Kentucky. “Just to be clear: I am not delaying this bill. The timing is already fixed under Senate procedure. But there is extraneous language in this package that has nothing to do with reopening the government and would harm Kentucky’s hemp farmers and small businesses,” he said in a statement posted on X. “Standing up for Kentucky jobs is part of my job,” he added.

Here’s the track for the curious.

It’s pretty basic with lyrics that are pretty pandering. Not exactly a good song, but here we are.

Fuck, we are nothing but a banana republic now. These shit stains are blatantly lining their own pockets and they will face zero consequences for it. We’re cooked.

I’m super excited to watch as they are subjected to the pain of zero consequences for this.

I mean, at this point, why wouldn’t they do that? They just saw how much the party cleaned up during the election, so naturally they want to reap similar benefits ar a larger scale next year.

Oh, I mean, yeah… It’ll force actual people to go through similar stress and pain again, but think of the personal political gains!

Rise and grind, fellow cogs in the machine!

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So look, this is just gonna happen. It’s legal to film people in public (in the US) and we all know stores, etc. are already using facial recognition.

The real problem here is the (apparent, though almost certainly assured) lack of responsible use of the data. Scanning faces means you also get time, place, and event/activity, and the citizens then have zero control of what the govt does with this, who they share it with (e.g. Palantir), etc. All prior collection of US person data required appropriate approval, limited scope of access, and timely adjudication/disposal. But ICE is (again, apparently) operating outside the law.

Okay

Honest question here: does this actually matter given that the House has been on recess for like a month? Like, could she do anything if she were sworn in during this time?