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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

      I wouldn't walk into the OJ Simpson house and start tromping through blood and then say "yup something has gone down here, dead body, better make sure she's not playing dead - before i call the police"

      I'd then be charged with tampering with evidence.

      I think you are missing the obvious middle ground. As a white person, your responsibility is to NOT CALL. That's the purpose of the law. IF you WANT to report something you think is a crime, then it is your responsibility to prove it. You are free to not report.

      That bold part is patently false, if that's the case than I should also be the person in the courtroom trialing the case as the Judge, jury, DA, and executioner.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        The courts, prove or disprove guilt
        The police, jail and collect evidence of suspects
        The community has no bearing on either of the above two.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          The courts, prove or disprove guilt
          The police, jail and collect evidence of suspects
          The community has no bearing on either of the above two.

          Correct. But that's not really here nor there in the discussion.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

            I wouldn't walk into the OJ Simpson house and start tromping through blood and then say "yup something has gone down here, dead body, better make sure she's not playing dead - before i call the police"

            I'd then be charged with tampering with evidence.

            I think you are missing the obvious middle ground. As a white person, your responsibility is to NOT CALL. That's the purpose of the law. IF you WANT to report something you think is a crime, then it is your responsibility to prove it. You are free to not report.

            That bold part is patently false, if that's the case than I should also be the person in the courtroom trialing the case as the Judge, jury, DA, and executioner.

            It's what the propose new law is. I'm confused where you are missing this. You keep saying "should" and stuff like that. I'm just telling you what the new law is stated as being worded to be (obviously, we are going by how the wording is reported, the law isn't written yet and likely will be changed.) But the stated, proposed law is what it is. ANything "should" isn't relevant. We are just discussing the proposed reality, not an ideal state that doesn't exist or isn't proposed.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

              The courts, prove or disprove guilt
              The police, jail and collect evidence of suspects
              The community has no bearing on either of the above two.

              Correct. But that's not really here nor there in the discussion.

              It absolutely is because and I quote "IF you WANT to report something you think is a crime, then it is your responsibility to prove it".

              It isn't the citizen's responsibility to prove jack-diddly

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                I wouldn't walk into the OJ Simpson house and start tromping through blood and then say "yup something has gone down here, dead body, better make sure she's not playing dead - before i call the police"

                I'd then be charged with tampering with evidence.

                I think you are missing the obvious middle ground. As a white person, your responsibility is to NOT CALL. That's the purpose of the law. IF you WANT to report something you think is a crime, then it is your responsibility to prove it. You are free to not report.

                That bold part is patently false, if that's the case than I should also be the person in the courtroom trialing the case as the Judge, jury, DA, and executioner.

                It's what the propose new law is. I'm confused where you are missing this. You keep saying "should" and stuff like that. I'm just telling you what the new law is stated as being worded to be (obviously, we are going by how the wording is reported, the law isn't written yet and likely will be changed.) But the stated, proposed law is what it is. ANything "should" isn't relevant. We are just discussing the proposed reality, not an ideal state that doesn't exist or isn't proposed.

                If this law passes I assume we are also getting rid of the Judicial system in NYS than. . . because that is what this law would have us do.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  I wouldn't walk into the OJ Simpson house and start tromping through blood and then say "yup something has gone down here, dead body, better make sure she's not playing dead - before i call the police"

                  I'd then be charged with tampering with evidence.

                  I think you are missing the obvious middle ground. As a white person, your responsibility is to NOT CALL. That's the purpose of the law. IF you WANT to report something you think is a crime, then it is your responsibility to prove it. You are free to not report.

                  That bold part is patently false, if that's the case than I should also be the person in the courtroom trialing the case as the Judge, jury, DA, and executioner.

                  It's what the propose new law is. I'm confused where you are missing this. You keep saying "should" and stuff like that. I'm just telling you what the new law is stated as being worded to be (obviously, we are going by how the wording is reported, the law isn't written yet and likely will be changed.) But the stated, proposed law is what it is. ANything "should" isn't relevant. We are just discussing the proposed reality, not an ideal state that doesn't exist or isn't proposed.

                  If this law passes I assume we are also getting rid of the Judicial system in NYS than. . . because that is what this law would have us do.

                  Nothing here is confusing. It's all very wide open and obvious. This simply makes certain citizens responsible for being able to prove a crime for certain circumstances. The judicial system is clearly unaffected as it still applies to normal crimes, and is needed to prove if the reporters are criminal. Nothing weird here. Horribly unethical, sure. But this is a super simple law (as described in the reports) and no reason for all this confusion. It simply does exactly what is stated, no extended changes to other laws.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Netflix testing ads.

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                    • RojoLocoR
                      RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Netflix testing ads.

                      In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite @RojoLoco
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                        @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        Netflix testing ads.

                        In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                        I wounder if the TV shows won't load if something is blocking it?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
                          last edited by

                          @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          Netflix testing ads.

                          In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                          My guess is that Netflix serves them in such a way that they are just another show.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @black3dynamite
                            last edited by

                            @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            Netflix testing ads.

                            In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                            I wounder if the TV shows won't load if something is blocking it?

                            I'm using Netflix right now with Pi Hole and haven't noticed any ads.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              Netflix testing ads.

                              In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                              I wounder if the TV shows won't load if something is blocking it?

                              I'm using Netflix right now with Pi Hole and haven't noticed any ads.

                              That's not suggestive. Only a small number of people see them no matter what right now.

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                              • NashBrydgesN
                                NashBrydges @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                Netflix testing ads.

                                In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                                My guess is that Netflix serves them in such a way that they are just another show.

                                They're not ads in the sense we think of with ad blockers. They're inserting a few seconds of previews for Netflix programming during the 15 second countdown between episodes when you binge a series.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @NashBrydges
                                  last edited by

                                  @nashbrydges said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  Netflix testing ads.

                                  In other news, RojoLoco is testing Pi Hole with a big middle finger pointed at advertisers and Netflix.

                                  My guess is that Netflix serves them in such a way that they are just another show.

                                  They're not ads in the sense we think of with ad blockers. They're inserting a few seconds of previews for Netflix programming during the 15 second countdown between episodes when you binge a series.

                                  Exactly, it's just part of the show. No way, I would think, that an ad blocker could detect them.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    Ah yeah, in that case I wouldn't have seen them anyways.

                                    Just watched a single movie.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-a-cat-to-like-you-1828501761

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                                      • momurdaM
                                        momurda @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-a-cat-to-like-you-1828501761

                                        Good advice for people who don't know about cats.

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                                        • PenguinWranglerP
                                          PenguinWrangler @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          In other news a NY Lawmaker wants to make it a crime to call the police on a person of color who isn't actually doing anything illegal and charge the caller with a hate crime.

                                          Isn't harassment already a crime?

                                          I believe that a lot of laws are passed to try to outlaw people being ASSHOLES. It won't work.

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                                          • momurdaM
                                            momurda
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                                            This Pocket news feature thing on Firefox is really quite good. It just shows a lot of content that i want to read.

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