Rick Martin
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Flock’s invasive new tool “will certainly help to bring expanded surveillance powers to police departments of all sizes that never needed this much information on any random person who happens to drive by,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton warned @404media.co.
License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.
www.404media.co
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Flock’s invasive new tool “will certainly help to bring expanded surveillance powers to police departments of all sizes that never needed this much information on any random person who happens to drive by,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton warned @404media.co.
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'The Office' was pro-office propaganda whereas 'Severance' is the realistic show about how being at the office makes you go insane
January 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
'The Office' was pro-office propaganda whereas 'Severance' is the realistic show about how being at the office makes you go insane
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All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you have high enough anxiety
December 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
All pleasures are guilty pleasures if you have high enough anxiety
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Me: I got your little nosey, haha. I got your little nosey, Mr. floppy ears. Mr. cutie floppy ears.
My dog, perceiving all collective memories of his kind, hunting an elk with his pack, howling at the moon with his mate: ᵗʷᵒ⁻ˡᵉᵍᵍᵉᵈ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ ⁿᵒʷ. ᵇᶦᵍ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵗᶦᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ. ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ, ᵗᵃˡˡ ᵖᶦᵍ
My dog, perceiving all collective memories of his kind, hunting an elk with his pack, howling at the moon with his mate: ᵗʷᵒ⁻ˡᵉᵍᵍᵉᵈ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ ⁿᵒʷ. ᵇᶦᵍ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵗᶦᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ. ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ, ᵗᵃˡˡ ᵖᶦᵍ
December 16, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Me: I got your little nosey, haha. I got your little nosey, Mr. floppy ears. Mr. cutie floppy ears.
My dog, perceiving all collective memories of his kind, hunting an elk with his pack, howling at the moon with his mate: ᵗʷᵒ⁻ˡᵉᵍᵍᵉᵈ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ ⁿᵒʷ. ᵇᶦᵍ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵗᶦᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ. ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ, ᵗᵃˡˡ ᵖᶦᵍ
My dog, perceiving all collective memories of his kind, hunting an elk with his pack, howling at the moon with his mate: ᵗʷᵒ⁻ˡᵉᵍᵍᵉᵈ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ ⁿᵒʷ. ᵇᶦᵍ ᵖᶦᵍ, ᵗᶦᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ. ᶜʰᵉᵉˢᵉ, ᵗᵃˡˡ ᵖᶦᵍ
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And that's the the crux of the problem. When my computer crashes, it stops working. When there's a render error, I can see it. Hell, if my heat stops working - my heat stopped working.
LLMs appear to "work" all the time, and the failure mode is only experienced later as real-life consequences.
LLMs appear to "work" all the time, and the failure mode is only experienced later as real-life consequences.
December 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM
And that's the the crux of the problem. When my computer crashes, it stops working. When there's a render error, I can see it. Hell, if my heat stops working - my heat stopped working.
LLMs appear to "work" all the time, and the failure mode is only experienced later as real-life consequences.
LLMs appear to "work" all the time, and the failure mode is only experienced later as real-life consequences.
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i am absolutely hooting and hollering like my team won the super bowl
i don't know maybe look at your post and ask yourself "does this make it seem like I'm cheering a human being murdered in the street?" and if the answer is yeah or maybe it could be interpreted like that, then log off.
December 5, 2024 at 12:24 AM
i am absolutely hooting and hollering like my team won the super bowl
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November 18, 2024 at 1:07 AM