Okay, the cross platform part makes it make a little sense. They're trying to push everything over to arm (again!) and having something easy to cross compile would help..... But, you know .... The start menu is small potatoes compared to gestures at the rest of Windows ...
MystikIncarnate
joined 2 years ago
Can we be real? Police do not reduce crime.
Police punish criminals, or rather, they punish those that they think are criminals, since everyone is innocent until proven guilty (also the reason you shouldn't argue, fight with, nor run from cops.... They can charge you with crimes like evading arrest, even if the arrest is unlawful, resisting arrest, or assault on a "peace officer"... Justice does not come from police action, it comes from the actions of the court)...
Police usually show up, and/or take action after crimes have been committed, not before.
If you want effective crime prevention, there are plenty of good studies that prove what works, and putting more police on the streets, and giving them better and better arsenals is not on that list.
From social programs to "handouts" for healthcare and basics like food and shelter, among so many more proven tactics, can significantly reduce crime rates.
Giving the police money under the guise of reducing crime or being tough on crime is just political spin. What they're trying to do is funnel public dollars to their friends who make the equipment that the police use. Vests, weapons, radios, vehicles, you name it. More police means that police departments need more equipment to supply everyone.
These fuckers in government are serving themselves and their fat cat friends, not the public interest. The worst part is, that many believe their shit and think that it's for the public good to give the police more money.
That's the real problem here, ignorance. But again, that's what the fat cats want. The majority to be just stupid enough to believe whatever they're told and do no further investigation.... To have faith in liars, thieves and cheats.
I'll say this: a lot of people using AI, are not thinking or making decisions.
They create a scenario in their mind that they think happened, then look for evidence and suspects that fit the story.
Happens far too often.
I gave up on Facebook when they banned my account for the second time after providing evidence that I exist in both cases.
Technically, my account is still "under review", for the past 8 years.
I used this name, Mystik Incarnate, because, believe it or not, there are more people who know me by this name, compared to how many know me by my legal name.
I remember that Facebook challenged my name back in the day, like 10+ years ago. I took a form of ID and made it say "Mystik Incarnate" as my name, sent that in, and they unblocked my account for a while. A few years later and they did it again. By then, I was already on the fence whether or not I wanted to maintain a Facebook account... But I submitted basically the same thing and..... Well... It's still "being reviewed".
I do have an account under my legal name, mainly as a collector of messages for people that know me professionally or something that are trying to reach out. I check it every few months at most; but that account has no friends, no connections, nothing. I only keep it so people can message me. I don't use their apps or anything, I only log in on the website and usually incognito so that they can't track me across the web.
Every time I see someone's logged in Facebook account, I'm disgusted by how cancerous it has become. Anyone who reaches out to me on that platform I usually try to have them connect with me by email, or some other chat program that's more trustworthy.
Fuck Meta.
I'm pretty sure that they're frequently creating crime.
Whether making it up on the fly, or accusing perfectly innocent people of wrongdoing, or... There's a long list...
Your experience with rural bike riding is very familiar. I've heard it before.
I would argue that there's no good answer to rural "mass transit". At least not currently. So if you live in a rural area, you're pretty much going to need a motor vehicle, likely a car, as a minimum to maintain mobility beyond your immediate neighbourhood.
In my rural community, we have a bank branch or two, a couple of pizza shops, one grocery store, and a handful of other stores including a dollar store, a few pharmacies, etc. Not a lot, but enough for the essentials. Anything beyond that for work or shopping, you're leaving the local town and driving at least 10-15 minutes through farmland to the next town over.
It's just impractical to live in this kind of place and not own a vehicle. Not if you need to work somewhere that isn't directly in town.
There's a hundred+ other places just like where I live, in my country and it's not changing. Not quickly at least.
Covering the massive distances with public/mass transit options just isn't feasible.
Inside any Metro, or any city with 100k+ people, yeah, it works, but out where I am with our relatively densely populated town (compared to the surrounding areas), having less than 10k people.... It doesn't work so well.
IDK. I do everything in my power to ensure the safety of cyclists when I see them, but it's rare to see any cyclists out this far.
My mother's maiden name was Smith, we had a family dog when I was young, the dogs name was spot, oh, and interestingly the last four of my SSN is 678. Weird right?
As long as they're paying me for the time, I see this as a win.
In general, you're allowed to refuse treatment. That's bodily autonomy in action.
They'll want you to sign a form saying you're leaving AMA (against medical advice), but other than that and arguing with the nurses and doctors about leaving vs staying for treatment, they really can't keep you.... Unless you're under arrest, which, it does not sound like you were.
In any case, it's your life and your body, you can choose to, or refuse to, do whatever you want with it, provided that you're not breaking any laws by doing so.