Put data on the internet and anyone (thing) can take it and do whatever they (it) want. Put data in a paperback book (analog) and AI will have no access to it. Someone buys that book. When they’re done with the book they give it away to someone else to read - for free. That person takes the book and scans it to the internet, regardless of legal ramifications. Now analog has become digital. AI takes the author’s work - for free. The point is, why does it matter if AI uses any data in any way? I mean, all data really is are 1s and 0s. That is the dichotomy of digital. Or, should I say commodity? It used to be a book. Now it’s just data. AI is simply an effort to use all that data faster, better, for all humanity, and probably for profit. Analog is just a leftover way of thinking these days.
Things all officers know, and learn later, after taking the job (in no order):
This is a thankless job because most of the time you will be punishing real people for victimless crimes.
Word of mouth travels quickly.
Your main reason for enforcement is to bring in revenue for the government you are employed by.
You are employed, not granted or contracted. Remember that.
By-proxy, you will be a tool for the highest powers of your state government. Take your time and think about that pension you could lose. (I don’t get one).
Expect to die, but don't plan every incident as if you're going to die. Sometimes a running dog is just a running dog you don't need to shoot in the head and then yell at the owners like it's their fault. It's yours because you handled the situation as an ambush, not enforcement.
History has proven that officers who assume everyone has an AK47 or will "resist" tend to enforce the law by breaking the law.
If you enforce the law by breaking the law, you are a criminal.
You are entitled, as required by law, a certain level of immunity while enforcing the law. Killing innocent people, pets, stealing their money and misreporting information is, apparently, all allowed under this immunity.
Having this immunity does not mean it is acceptable to enforce the law by breaking the law.
You have no more civil rights as an officer than you do a citizen. Murder, animal abuse, theft, stalking, rape are still crimes. We hope you can reign in your power. We don't want to do it for you. By then, it's too late, for us. You don’t count at that point.
We will evaluate all available evidence during incidents of firearm discharge, officer involved injury of any person, death, and media coverage of a police-involved incident. Sorry, we meant "only" media coverage of a police-involved incident. Please make sure you know when to activate your body camera (or not to).
Also, please fire a warning shot at everyone with a smartphone who is live streaming if, after ordering them to stop recording, they do not immediately throw their smartphone onto some pavement and completely destroy it. The constitution is their problem, not ours. I mean, it will be yours. It’s not ours for sure. We ams the Gov’t and shit. You, just Pickle.
People have become intolerant of law enforcement for the sake of "law enforcement". Try thinking like you are poor, addicted, minority, simply unlucky and then think "what would you do if you were them"? Would you feel like it mattered or that you had a choice to follow the law? Chances are, “No”. Wait for (good) backup before acting, if you feel threatened, then put your best foot forward for the person, the community.
You, as an officer of the law, are not the complete solution. You are only "part" of the solution. Compassion and understanding are the other components. Unfortunately, those both require government evolution and tax money. Officers have an opportunity to teach compassion and understanding. Some do. They offer their lives for the job. That should mean an enormous amount. Instead, the few made this something completely overlooked (for good reason). Their fault? Theirs, yours, ours. "Enforce the law at all costs" mentality has lived its life. Help us all get to the next stage. Help get the ones who shouldn’t be enforcing law out of that capacity. Supporting them takes us all backwards.
Mega ISP: “Oh yeah, our State plan includes 98 million in rural high speed internet over the next 5 years! We want to roll this out but we need some concessions because 98 million isn’t really enough to cover the costs.”
State: “What concessions?”
Mega ISP: “We just need the State to follow current FCC requirements”
State: “I thought that’s what we are doing.”
Mega ISP: “Well if that’s what you thought, I believe we can make a deal. I also have bridge I think I can get you a good deal on.”
State: “Oh dude! A two-fer! I love a two-fer!”
Mega ISP: Oh no, it’s not a two-fer, it’s a five-fer. All I need to do is get back to Legal with how stupid you are and I might even be able to turn this into a ten-fer!”
State: “Well that sounds too good to be true. You know what they say about that, right?”
State: “Wait. Did you just call me stupid?”
Mega ISP: “Me? No, no, no! I said “Cupid”. You know, like “I love the way this State thinks!” Cupid! That’s the ticket. I said I’d get back to Legal with how “Cupid” you are.”
State: Ah. “Well don’t expect chocolates and flowers on Valentine’s day.”
Mega ISP: “Of course not! Just don’t expect chocolates and flowers eith…. Wait. You’re messing with me now, right? You knew we weren’t going to do shit except get you to legalize the languishing of rural America until it expanded enough for us to make money off of.”
State: “You nailed it! In the meantime all these elected officials are desperate to show our constituents they care. Well, “care”, but not really. Government job, you know. Can’t care about plain mashed potatoes until you get the gravy? Know what I’m saying’?”
Mega ISP: “Damn, dude. You and me are going to get along just fine. Almost makes me regret that Cupid backtrack.”
State: “And you should. If they can’t get re-elected by lying to the constituents, how do they get re-elected? Oh yeah! Bitches like you! Let’s just package up this dog shit like it’s solid gold! Gold gravy! You = Gravy”
Mega ISP: “Wait, what?”
State: “Look, Mega ISP loser, the State is here to get shit DONE. Not for Mildred on Rural route 88 in the back-ass woods of Who Gives A Shit county, for the elected officials who wheel and deal this garbage. You’re my bitch now. Make me some pie!”
Mega ISP: “You should have just started with that info.”
State: “Well, I didn’t trust you back then.”
Mega ISP: “Not really sure I trust you now.”
State: “Makes sense. We write the laws you want in the books. What do you do?”
Mega ISP: “Just kidding. If that’s what you think then I totally trust you.”
State: “Wait. What?”
Mega ISP: “I said “Cupid”.”
If you outlaw guns = only criminals will have guns. If you outlaw drugs = only criminals will have drugs. If you outlaw encryption = only criminals will have encryption. If you outlaw food = only criminals will have food. If you outlaw freedom = only criminals will have freedom.
Food for thought: standard def is no longer "standard". You can't buy an SD tv anywhere anymore. HD is now the standard (but you still have to pay extra to Comcast to get an HD receiver from them). Just like SD, 4k will replace HD and that means streaming 4k video will make most households use more data in the future. Eventually, Comcast's stance of "most households don't use 1024 Gigs a month and its a very small percentage that use more" (I'm paraphrasing, not a direct quote) will no longer be the case. When that happns they're either going to have to come clean (because their network won't explode in a huge public specticle of mass 4k streaming) or fire up another line of bullshit, like "most households routinely use 3 Terabytes of data per month but we couldn't care less and intend on making sure the internet party's like it's 2010 forever... or you can get your 4k content from us". But really, when MOST homes use more than 1024 Gigs a month what do they say? Right now, I can't stream Sling in 3 rooms for 30 days without going over 1 Terabyte in a month but for an extra 50 bucks a month i could just get TV from comcast so I don't have that problem. Or, I could just pay an extra $50 a month and not have that problem either. Obviously, Comcast is simply using their monopoly to compensate for lost TV revenue - rather than discounting their prices to compete. I want to say the data caps are a brilliant strategy but the way they justify them is certified bullshit. Hopefully 5g will make them feel more like trying and less like placating.
I think the line "we can't control how fast the rest of the internet goes" is a flat out lie on the part of any ISP that would say this. While they do not have control over the equipment, network lines and total traffic of off net and transport providers, they sure as hell do negotiate peering with these providers. If you offer a 50Mbps product knowing full well that the peering agreements upstream will generally mean you will not get 50Mbps, you are selling snake oil. My company spends $1200 a month for 50Mbps service but average about 5 - 10Mbps. I did a speed test using a well known Ookla server in Chigago and managed to pull 11 down and 6 up. I did the same speed test on my 25Mbps service at home and got 28 down and 5 up, actually faster than my rated speed. Then I did a traceroute over both connections and found that each ISP offloaded to Level 3 at the same point. Before that, the traffic was on-net which means that someone is full of shit. If traffic at the office is on-net until it gets to level 3, and I know that the level 3 segment can push 28Mbps with ease, and I'm only getting 11Mbps, then they only possible sources of the bottleneck are either their own network or their peering agreement with Level 3. I would love to see the numbers on that agreement!
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Digital vs Analog
Put data on the internet and anyone (thing) can take it and do whatever they (it) want. Put data in a paperback book (analog) and AI will have no access to it. Someone buys that book. When they’re done with the book they give it away to someone else to read - for free. That person takes the book and scans it to the internet, regardless of legal ramifications. Now analog has become digital. AI takes the author’s work - for free. The point is, why does it matter if AI uses any data in any way? I mean, all data really is are 1s and 0s. That is the dichotomy of digital. Or, should I say commodity? It used to be a book. Now it’s just data. AI is simply an effort to use all that data faster, better, for all humanity, and probably for profit. Analog is just a leftover way of thinking these days.
The few still drag us down.
Things all officers know, and learn later, after taking the job (in no order):
How it works
Mega ISP: “Oh yeah, our State plan includes 98 million in rural high speed internet over the next 5 years! We want to roll this out but we need some concessions because 98 million isn’t really enough to cover the costs.”
State: “What concessions?”
Mega ISP: “We just need the State to follow current FCC requirements”
State: “I thought that’s what we are doing.”
Mega ISP: “Well if that’s what you thought, I believe we can make a deal. I also have bridge I think I can get you a good deal on.”
State: “Oh dude! A two-fer! I love a two-fer!”
Mega ISP: Oh no, it’s not a two-fer, it’s a five-fer. All I need to do is get back to Legal with how stupid you are and I might even be able to turn this into a ten-fer!”
State: “Well that sounds too good to be true. You know what they say about that, right?”
State: “Wait. Did you just call me stupid?”
Mega ISP: “Me? No, no, no! I said “Cupid”. You know, like “I love the way this State thinks!” Cupid! That’s the ticket. I said I’d get back to Legal with how “Cupid” you are.”
State: Ah. “Well don’t expect chocolates and flowers on Valentine’s day.”
Mega ISP: “Of course not! Just don’t expect chocolates and flowers eith…. Wait. You’re messing with me now, right? You knew we weren’t going to do shit except get you to legalize the languishing of rural America until it expanded enough for us to make money off of.”
State: “You nailed it! In the meantime all these elected officials are desperate to show our constituents they care. Well, “care”, but not really. Government job, you know. Can’t care about plain mashed potatoes until you get the gravy? Know what I’m saying’?”
Mega ISP: “Damn, dude. You and me are going to get along just fine. Almost makes me regret that Cupid backtrack.”
State: “And you should. If they can’t get re-elected by lying to the constituents, how do they get re-elected? Oh yeah! Bitches like you! Let’s just package up this dog shit like it’s solid gold! Gold gravy! You = Gravy”
Mega ISP: “Wait, what?”
State: “Look, Mega ISP loser, the State is here to get shit DONE. Not for Mildred on Rural route 88 in the back-ass woods of Who Gives A Shit county, for the elected officials who wheel and deal this garbage. You’re my bitch now. Make me some pie!”
Mega ISP: “You should have just started with that info.”
State: “Well, I didn’t trust you back then.”
Mega ISP: “Not really sure I trust you now.”
State: “Makes sense. We write the laws you want in the books. What do you do?”
Mega ISP: “Just kidding. If that’s what you think then I totally trust you.”
State: “Wait. What?”
Mega ISP: “I said “Cupid”.”
Age Old Wisdom break-down
If you outlaw guns = only criminals will have guns. If you outlaw drugs = only criminals will have drugs. If you outlaw encryption = only criminals will have encryption. If you outlaw food = only criminals will have food. If you outlaw freedom = only criminals will have freedom.
Re:
Food for thought: standard def is no longer "standard". You can't buy an SD tv anywhere anymore. HD is now the standard (but you still have to pay extra to Comcast to get an HD receiver from them). Just like SD, 4k will replace HD and that means streaming 4k video will make most households use more data in the future. Eventually, Comcast's stance of "most households don't use 1024 Gigs a month and its a very small percentage that use more" (I'm paraphrasing, not a direct quote) will no longer be the case. When that happns they're either going to have to come clean (because their network won't explode in a huge public specticle of mass 4k streaming) or fire up another line of bullshit, like "most households routinely use 3 Terabytes of data per month but we couldn't care less and intend on making sure the internet party's like it's 2010 forever... or you can get your 4k content from us". But really, when MOST homes use more than 1024 Gigs a month what do they say? Right now, I can't stream Sling in 3 rooms for 30 days without going over 1 Terabyte in a month but for an extra 50 bucks a month i could just get TV from comcast so I don't have that problem. Or, I could just pay an extra $50 a month and not have that problem either. Obviously, Comcast is simply using their monopoly to compensate for lost TV revenue - rather than discounting their prices to compete. I want to say the data caps are a brilliant strategy but the way they justify them is certified bullshit. Hopefully 5g will make them feel more like trying and less like placating.
No control of speeds?
I think the line "we can't control how fast the rest of the internet goes" is a flat out lie on the part of any ISP that would say this. While they do not have control over the equipment, network lines and total traffic of off net and transport providers, they sure as hell do negotiate peering with these providers. If you offer a 50Mbps product knowing full well that the peering agreements upstream will generally mean you will not get 50Mbps, you are selling snake oil. My company spends $1200 a month for 50Mbps service but average about 5 - 10Mbps. I did a speed test using a well known Ookla server in Chigago and managed to pull 11 down and 6 up. I did the same speed test on my 25Mbps service at home and got 28 down and 5 up, actually faster than my rated speed. Then I did a traceroute over both connections and found that each ISP offloaded to Level 3 at the same point. Before that, the traffic was on-net which means that someone is full of shit. If traffic at the office is on-net until it gets to level 3, and I know that the level 3 segment can push 28Mbps with ease, and I'm only getting 11Mbps, then they only possible sources of the bottleneck are either their own network or their peering agreement with Level 3. I would love to see the numbers on that agreement!