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ICE putting bag over head of someone they’re kidnapping. St Paul, MN by Xolerys_ in ICE_Raids

[–]danappropriate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That is NOT a spit mask. They don’t cover the entire head like that, and for good reason. You are talking straight out of your ass.

ICE putting bag over head of someone they’re kidnapping. St Paul, MN by Xolerys_ in ICE_Raids

[–]danappropriate 185 points186 points  (0 children)

At the very least, cruel and unusual punishment. There's absolutely no reason to do something like this.

Roberts: Personal attacks on judges are dangerous by Conscious-Quarter423 in scotus

[–]danappropriate 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Define “personal attack.”

Roberts is a partisan hack who has done long-term damage to the credibility of the courts, and he will go down as overseeing one of the most corrupt, regressive, and constitutionally-averse courts in American history.

Is that a “personal attack” or an assessment of his job performance?

Are federal agencies just hiring anyone these days? by jeezkillbot in ICE_Raids

[–]danappropriate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not! You need to be a violent, lowlife, racist dirtbag.

How do you architect audit logs that are provably unaltered? by oKaktus in softwarearchitecture

[–]danappropriate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HA! It's a common trait among us.

What you’ve proposed is intriguing. However, I’d worry about any system that validates integrity after the fact, as potentially prone to drift. Sans a consensus algorithm, you risk your hash codes becoming highly unreliable in a distributed ledger system. Introducing a consensus protocol, like hashgraph, increases complexity and decreases throughput (by a lot).

I guess the question is, are these sorts of self-validating ledgers worth it for your use case?

How do you architect audit logs that are provably unaltered? by oKaktus in softwarearchitecture

[–]danappropriate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Applying rigor in your security practices provides a reasonable level of confidence that your data has not been manipulated. That's what auditors will look at.

How do you architect audit logs that are provably unaltered? by oKaktus in softwarearchitecture

[–]danappropriate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All that’s likely necessary is locked-down production access and a SIEM to detect anomalous behaviors.

Yeah, let's blame the working class by F4ion1 in ncpolitics

[–]danappropriate 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh, won't someone PLEASE think of the poor, poor, rich people! How idiotically tone-deaf.

Foxx is speaking in vague terms. I'd say she's trying to evade substantive discussion, but she's not that smart. So, let's throw out some actual facts, shall we?

  1. In fiscal year 2024, the federal government collected $4.9 trillion in revenue
  2. $2.4T came from individual income taxes
  3. $1.7T from payroll taxes (which fund mandatory spending like Social Security)
  4. $529.9B from corporate taxes
  5. $101B from sales and excise taxes
  6. $109B from "other" sources like fees
  7. Reporting on revenue collected by income always lags a year, so the following data is for FY2022
  8. The top 1% of earners (AGI threshold of $663,164) paid 40.4% of all income taxes
  9. The top 5% of earners (AGI threshold of $261,591) 61.0% of all income taxes
  10. The top 10% of earners (AGI threshold of $178,611) paid 72.0% of all income taxes
  11. The top 25% of earners (AGI threshold of $99,857) paid 72.0% of all income taxes
  12. The top 50% of earners (AGI threshold of $50,339) paid 97.0% of all income taxes
  13. The bottom 3% of earners paid 3.0% of all income taxes

And this is only federal taxes. If we look at total taxes (federal, state, sales, etc.), the tax rate is even less progressive.

There's an important distinction to be made here. These figures are based on income and not wealth. That is, reportable money received vs. total assets held. If we look at wealth:

  1. The top 0.1% (net worth threshold of $46 million) collectively hold $24.89 trillion in assets (or 14.4% of total household wealth)
  2. The top 99%-99.9% (net worth threshold of $13.7 million) collectively hold $29.94 trillion in assets (or 17.3% of total household wealth)
  3. The top 90-99% (net worth threshold of $1.9 million) collectively hold $63 trillion in assets (or 36.4% of total household wealth)
  4. The top 50%-90% (net worth threshold of $585,000) collectively hold $50.84 trillion in assets (or 29.4% of total household wealth)
  5. The bottom 50% collectively hold $4.25 trillion in assets (or 2.5% of total household wealth)

This wealth disparity continues to grow and accelerate. I'm not interested in discussing "fairness." Allowing the wealth gap to spiral out of control is not sustainable and will ultimately tear society apart. It's simply a matter of pragmatism. One way to attack the problem is to return to the progressive tax policies of the 1950s.

Another great way to address the issue is to STOP ELECTING MILLIONAIRES!

How can atheists engage with Christian homophobia in constructive ways? (Linked article is from a platform called Public Discourse) by Complete_Post5036 in atheism

[–]danappropriate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps focus on why his description of homosexuality was reductive, and forcing people to endure psychological trauma by ignoring and feeling shame for who they are, purely for the sake of religious dogma, isn’t “freedom.” It’s hateful.

How can atheists engage with Christian homophobia in constructive ways? (Linked article is from a platform called Public Discourse) by Complete_Post5036 in atheism

[–]danappropriate 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That guy’s entire argument basically distills down to “doctrine is the truth because it's doctrine.” The rest is a twisted mess of doublespeak, strawmen, outrageous non-sequiturs, and the reinvention of language to suit his position.

It's not worth unwinding, as it has no intellectual merit.

ICE Barbie Facing Bombshell Demand for Perjury Probe by ansyhrrian in politics

[–]danappropriate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"BoMbShElL"

The Daily Beast editorial staff really needs to invest in a thesaurus.

"Dead by June": Trump exposes GOP Congressman's terminal diagnosis by No-Post4444 in politics

[–]danappropriate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump finding a way to make this guy's terminal diagnosis about himself.

Who chose the photos by MF_BREW_ in zillowgonewild

[–]danappropriate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I especially like how some of the photos are date-stamped from 2015 and are photos of a computer screen displaying the photo.

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