This isn't about Flock, but public surveillance in general: I've always been interested in the IDEA of something like CCTV used in some other countries. I see the value, but then i fear shit like this. I just can't say "yes let's do it".

But I recently saw something I found interesting. Last week the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office announced their new program to send drones to locations when they dispatch officers to that location. Given it's direct and in the air, it naturally arrives early, giving them a visual, and doesn't just stand somewhere collecting data on the public constantly. Seems like a good way to cut out many of the concerns.

I suppose there's the risk of crashes? Maybe even hacking? But barring that, anything come to mind?

I've seen a few Discord servers I'm on use some bot that creates a honeypot channel. It immediately bans anyone that posts in it. It's so low tech that it perfectly handled the weird problem of people getting their account taken and posting spam in every channel. I can't help but wonder if honeypots could appeal to the "loose with rules" nature of modern LLMs/AI tools.

I get that. I'm still chugging away in the 1080 got in 2017, already behind the curve.

Don't even get me started on Facebook's "everyone's pivoting to Facebook video! Don't be left behind!"... "Oh, we lied about your views repeatedly. Sorry."

Nine Inch Nails released a new remix project album a few months ago called Nine Inch Noize. It's with a German DJ called Boys Noize. They fine tuned it during their last tour by playing together, and released it with a couple of live performances at Coachella. You can find the album anywhere you stream music, and here's the concerts if you're curious: https://archive.org/details/nine-inch-noize-live-coachella-archive

Also, been on a lot of Paris Texas lately. They're a rap duo with some heavy guitar usage, and punk/grunge/alt influences. Their most recent releases have been two EPs, of which I generally prefer They Left Me With the Sword. (but They Left Me With A Gun is good too.)

Also? I went back to Flobots too. And a little Czarface.

I'm not defending tipping. The business should pay them a livable wage. But if I'm going to go out to eat, which I have occasionally done, I'm not going to lecture the server about capitalism. They're relying on tips. They get it.

Damn, you're grumpy, huh?

I remember long ago someone broke down the math for me and it became simple. If the bill is $53.27, for example, then 10% is $5.33, just by moving the decimal over one spot. A quick estimate tells me half of that is $2.50 (5 halved) + $0.15 (33 is close to 30 and that halved), so $2.65-ish. Add them together and 15% is close to $8. 20% is that initial $5.33 doubled to $10.66. Roughly between that is my tip on average service, probably rounded.

... Is that weird written out like that?

Before anyone skips over this, consider a show with the charm of Lost, with horror instead of sci-fi, but it feels like a much tighter long-term plan. And justice for Harold Perrineau, who is used pretty damn well in this! From is a really good show.

I'd love to piggy back on this (great) list and add that the Netflix Daredevil show's subsequent seasons are lesser, but if you enjoyed the first A LOT, then you'll probably enjoy the offers and at least Jessica Jones' first season as well. It was also pretty great. Subsequent seasons, Punisher, and the first half of Luke Cage were also "good" to me, but clearly not on DD & JJ s1's levels. (But I thought most of the Marvel Netflix shows save Iron Fist were worth the watch on rewatches.)

And I love to see that the first season of Westworld is still being recommended. Yes later seasons are very disliked, but I found SOME enjoyment in them. Not enough to give a blanket recommendation to anyone even if I rewatched them, but damn, that first season delivered.

Also I hadn't heard of Scavengers' Reign. Thanks.

I like this take. More shit needs to be not funny.

El-P's remix of the Nine Inch Nails song Only.

https://youtu.be/2yW31N-F4Yg