battery_cowboy

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Comment · 6 years ago
Honestly, when I was in the Navy training in a security squadron, we were basically taught to deescalate, use the lowest force we could, be it hands, mace, a baton, a pistol, the machine gun, etc. We were drilled never to use deadly force unless it was very clear we were in danger, were told to shoot second, because it's better to risk ourselves than risk killing an innocent person, that our backup would ensure the security of the ship or base so we didn't need to get trigger happy. I remember, strongly, the great fear I had about accidentally hurting the wrong person whenever we had live security events and i had to unholster my pistol.

I just don't get the way police are trained, they are there to risk themselves to ensure others are safe, even the criminals. Instead, they're trained to treat them worse than i was trained to treat literal terrorists.

Comment · 6 years ago
Pop!_OS is like Ubuntu (it's based on it), but easier to install and use and doesn't use snaps, it has flatpaks and the usual apt.
Comment · 6 years ago
Hold down the power button for newer Android builds and press "Lockdown".
Comment · 6 years ago
Not everyone likes to work on code in their free time, though, and code from work is often not public. How do you suggest people like that get jobs then?
Comment · 6 years ago
You're saying some people exclude others from their friends group because of fucking smiley faces on a message? God that would be stupid if true.
Comment · 6 years ago
> This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts

FYI, I read the whole article without JS fine, thanks for making the site work without it even if it says it doesn't.

Comment · 6 years ago
My point is more that this seems like a feature that no phone company would install without a law requiring it, if it's really in there, this feature would be really, really dangerous because any criminal could then just use the same equipment to disable cameras. It's also pretty bad to be depriving people of the use of their property against the 4th amendment and probably the 1st as well considering it's limiting photography and free expression as such.
Comment · 6 years ago
Australia is already taking steps to eliminate negative pricing and some of the volatility, which will make it harder to profit on this type of installation as quickly. Most of the profit was made in ways that won't be as available in the future. Batteries are still important for other reasons, but don't think another 10 of these batteries will get the same returns.

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