[-] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago

System is working as intended. Finally a government is not only calling it out but actually has a law to force the issue.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Why would anyone who works for money shill for the benefit of the rent seeker?

Have you seen nearly Facebook America? They regularly vote against their own interests. Wouldn't surprise me at all that the same people are the ones barely making ends meet, are advocating against unions, being pro corporate business, and laughing all the way to bankruptcy and homelessness day by day because it makes them feel superior to just one person.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Then don't open a restaurant if you can't even afford the minimal staff to run it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You know what's cheaper than hiring a cashier and teleconferencing them from the Philippines?

The owner running the cash register. You know, like nearly every non-chain restaurant in the country.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

So it was a successful project as far as the politician is concerned.

I'm sure voters will hold them accountable for their flagrant waste of taxpayer funds that could have been used elsewhere much more effectively.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

True. But that's not how he was being charged. He was being charged because he was the actor firing the weapon. There is a difference.

If he was not a producer would we be talking about him being charged at all in this case?

If the issue is him being a producer, why aren't all the other producers being charged for the same crime? What was different about Baldwin? If the issue isn't that he fired the weapon.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Not quite, you're ignoring the role of the armorer on set in your metaphor.

If you just picked up your car from the mechanic after they were expected to check everything, including the brakes, and the brakes then fail causing you to crash and kill someone... Is it manslaughter? And if so, who is at fault?

You were driving the vehicle, but you would obviously expect the brakes to be in working order since they were supposedly checked immediately before you started driving. The driver would almost certainly not be charged in that case, but the mechanic on the other hand would clearly be negligent, directly leading to the death.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

From the beginning this thing sounded like a politician found out the military had something and trying to find a way to use it regardless of how realistic a solution it would be.

[-] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago

It's basically the same thing. Edge is Chromium based.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Generally, kind of yeah.

But even ignoring inflation, structural safety requirements are dramatically higher now. Most existing bridges wouldn't pass certification to be built now. Which is also a root cause of some of the failures.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Could say the same about any American made truck, except they've had the association with stupid rednecks for decades so it's just not talked about as much.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Bankruptcy filing that include monetary judgements should require them to live off minimum wage with all other funds going to the judgment until it is paid completely.

Rudy's been saying he can't live on $40k/mo.

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