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Post by hydrogen7800 »

rlt wrote: post #476
hydrogen7800 wrote: post #414

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Well, that's an interesting take. Even if a holstered weapon did discharge (no idea how likely this is for the specific weapon in question), why would someone suspect they are being fired at by a person with a holstered weapon? Poor/no training is the most charitable explanation. I suppose enough people will grasp at this take.

Poor training seems plausible, if not likely. But then it's not murder / "extrajudicial killing".

Incredulity, like sarcasm, does not convey well in text.

Re: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

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Post by daveguy »

hackable_sand wrote: post #435
lvl155 wrote: post #231

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I actually think it’s best that HN flags and removes them because we are quickly entering a stage in this country where you will be flagged by the government monitoring the internet. I would caution people to start using VPN and continuously flush your IPs. I would even go as far as to recommend removing face ID from your devices which basically offers zero protection once you’re detained (or have a quick way to disa…

You want us to hide in our own country?

Or get in the streets to peacefully protest before you have to.

Re: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

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Post by itsamario »

simonw wrote: post #2

Any time I see people say "I don't see why I should care about my privacy, I've got nothing to hide" I think about how badly things can go if the wrong people end up in positions of power. The classic example here is what happens when someone is being stalked by an abusive ex-partner who works in law enforcement and has access to those databases. This ICE stuff is that scaled up to a multi-billion dollar federal agen…

If ice only goes after undocumented or expelled immigrants, why are they in the medicade system?

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Post by bigyabai »

hackable_sand wrote: post #488
halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #74

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The US cannot afford, demographically, to curtail immigration, illegal or otherwise. Simple fact is the US needs more people because we’re under the replacement rate.

Cat-brained response

If you have any better sources of minimum wage labor, now's your chance to say it.

Re: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

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Post by sgc »

jorts wrote: post #507
neilv wrote: post #287

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That questionable-sounding stunt by the media outlet wasn't comparable: Google/Alphabet knows much more about individuals than addresses, salary, and political donations. Google/Alphabet knows quite a lot about your sentiments, what information you've seen, your relationships, who can get to you, who you can get to, your hopes and fears, your economic situation, your health conditions, assorted kompromat, your moveme…

It was probably a decade ago and I recall using something within Google that would tell you about who they thought you were. It profiled me as a middle eastern middle aged man or something like that which was… way off.

If I were extremely cynical, I would suspect they might have intentionally falsified that response to make it seem like they were more naive than they actually were.

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Post by RickJWagner »

ambicapter wrote: post #282
iso1631 wrote: post #258

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In the US if you make a social media post threatening the president you are breaking the law and can be sent to jail just as much as if you said it

Link?

Here are a few.

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118565/documents/...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...

https://winslowlawyers.com/uk-man-arrested-for-malicious-com...

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Post by direwolf20 »

ahallock wrote: post #478
jfyi wrote: post #155

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This is a slippery slope argument at best and jingoist rhetoric at worst.

It's really not. It takes many generations to assimilate. You cannot just invite a huge influx of people and not expect a major cultural shift.

Different people are different. Any change in demographics — such as an increase in wealth inequality or number of smartphones — causes a major cultural shift. What is the evidence that this particular cultural shift is very bad?

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Post by RickJWagner »

direwolf20 wrote: post #455
RickJWagner wrote: post #230

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Don’t forget about social media posts. In the UK, people are being jailed for those today . Imagine if they used your past post history against you.

Which posts are people being jailed for?

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Re: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

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Post by rlt »

hydrogen7800 wrote: post #511
rlt wrote: post #476

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Poor training seems plausible, if not likely. But then it's not murder / "extrajudicial killing".

Incredulity, like sarcasm, does not convey well in text.

No, really, the Sig Sauer P320 is known for unintentionally discharging: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46759664

Re: ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #102
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #75

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> how badly things can go if the wrong people end up in positions of power This is why there shouldn’t be any organization that has that much power. Full stop. What you described is the whole raison dêtre of Anarchism; irrespective of whether you think there’s an alternative or not* “No gods No Masters” isn’t just a slogan it’s a demand *my personal view is that there is no possible stable human organization https://…

Have you read Graeber & Wengrow?

Of course. All of Graeber is fantastic and I’m trying to get an audience with Wengrow
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