At the risk of sounding uneducated, I wasn’t to say I don’t think I’ve ever read a 45 minute article.

I mean most days I would spend at least that much time reading technical advice or commentary, but not an “article”.

Who will do all the things though? ChatGPT can’t clean my toilet or wash my dishes.

Also, what is the point of being wealthy and powerful if there’s no one to rule over?

Yeah mine takes forever to boot.

Australia’s freedom score is better than the US.

There are a myriad of social issues faced by First Australians (Aboriginals) including police brutality. Any summation I would try to give would be reductive given the complex history and various mitigation strategies that have occurred.

However, as I pointed out earlier it’s the prevalence of misbehavior amongst officers that determines whether it’s possible to be a police officer without passively condoning that sort of behavior.

Perhaps the behavior of Australian Police warrants the ACAB label in your view, it doesn’t in mine.

“Take away a year of your life” is hyperbole.

It’s not like you’re dropped into 70s Vietnamese jungle with a garrot wire and some amphetamines.

It’s more like a year long summer camp. Learn basic soldiering, learn some kind of speciality whether it’s catering, logistics, or mechanics, and earn a good salary.

Most people go backpacking for a few years afterwards to spend the money they earned.

If you’d rather play games instead it’s pretty easy to get an exemption.

The US has ever been a fickle bed fellow.

No, it’s not a “guilty by association” type argument.

I don’t necessarily subscribe to the ACAB argument. It seems that way in the US, but I don’t have any direct experience with that. In Australia I’ve never encountered a bastard cop, nor even heard of an experience like that, aside from a few instances I’ve heard of in the media.

I think it comes down to the prevalence of misconduct.

In some police services there may indeed be just one or two officers who are bastards and in that case you’re obviously not a bastard just because you work in the same service provided you’re not actively covering up their behavior.

In other services where there’s a culture of violence and cronyism et cetera, it would become impossible to serve the community without at least passively condoning the misbehavior of others. This is the situation where one could like at the entire service and say, that all of them are bastards even if they’re not directly perpetrating violence.

Wow, that’s so amazing.

I think it’s a response to the common “a few bad apples” excuse.

The assertion being that to be a cop you have to overlook so many bad apples that at best, you’re a bastard for enabling the bad apples.

Perhaps another way to say the same thing, at times in any profession, if you’re unable to improve whatever situation then you’re only recourse is to resign because being involved would compromise you.

I don’t understand why people don’t just choose not to put toxins in their body.

It’s because it’s addictive.

There’s a firefox extension I still don’t care about cookies that deals with these.

Since firefox rolled out total cookie protection the risks to privacy are minimal anyway.

I think everyone everywhere knows the world over is sliding to the right.

This is for the oil and gas industry.

Ain’t nobody paying for an underwater habitat for researchers when all researchers do at depth is take photos and samples, which can be done by an ROV.

Oil and Gas OTOH need deep see divers to do welding and other maintenance all the time.

I think that an obvious bot can still manipulate users. Fb has infinite resources with which to test this stuff prior to roll out. They skittish do it if it didn’t work for them.

I hadn’t heard of CBC. I consume a lot of BBC content. Also maybe check out ABC (Australia). These public broadcasters produce some great journalism IMO.

I get this type of intrusive thought. I think there’s a french phrase for this “l’appel du vide” or call of the void. I think it’s quite common actually.

No. There’s a reason cheap apartments in China have enclosed balconies.

I’m in Australia. We’re not any better than the US or Britain though. Sliding to the right, no climate action, concentration of wealth, et cetera. We didn’t just elect Trump, but I fear that time is coming.

I think in these troubled times you just have to focus on the things you can control and practice tolerance and serenity for the rest.

In practice this means investing your time and effort in performing the ideals you want to uphold. Whether that’s saying hello to a neighbor donating to a charity, or regularly volunteering for a cause you care about.

At this point, it’s strong charities and community groups that will mitigate the challenges that will emerge in the coming years.

This is my understanding, and rightly or wrongly it’s the theory underlying the artistic license supporting popular fiction like the star trek and star wars universes.

Obviously my views are supported by confirmation bias, but in the only ecosystem we know of the hominid body plan is the most successful.

Things would be different in different environments, like higher gravity or ocean planets, but in the absence of any data about those the safe bet is that most intelligent life looks similar to us.

Yeah noongar.