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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by woolvalley » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 12:29 AM UTC

userbinator wrote: post #750

pasbesoin wrote: post #544

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I was burgled some years ago. The officers who responded, when I got home and found this, were attentive. The detective subsequently assigned the case? Not much. Even though, in warning my neighbors, I discovered that there was then a rash of burglaries occurring in the neighborhood. In part, I understood this. While the personal loss was significant to me, the dollar amount was only a few thousands that insurance co…

"Do you have any guns?" This reminds me of the "hack" I've seen posted here before about preventing the TSA from going through your luggage --- pack it with a gun.

If your stolen gun was used in a future crime and they don't have a record of it being stolen, and can trace the gun to you, your in a world of hurt. They are doing you a favor to make sure to register the gun as stolen.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by King-Aaron » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 12:35 AM UTC

rconti wrote: post #872

King-Aaron wrote: post #828

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America: "It's a real problem! There is no solution!" Overseas viewer: "This literally never happens here. Try solution (a), (b), or maybe (c) and see if that helps?" America: "Yep there is no solution in the entire universe" Substitute "package theft" for: Gun crime / public healthcare / public education / insert social issue here

I agree with all of your points except for the package theft one. The package theft "solutions" proposed really are insanely inconvenient and unworkable* in most suburban environments. I've seen all of the reasons listed many places here, so I won't bother rehashing them. If I'm at work on Tuesday, for example, a redelivery attempt on Wednesday doesn't really help, does it? * unworkable in the sense that they're less…

My local Caltex/7-11/Fuel Stations all do package holding here in Aus, I honestly had similar thoughts until they started doing it. In the last 12 - 18 months I'd say I've had completely seamless package delivery because of it.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by Something1234 » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 1:14 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #800

manigandham wrote: post #778

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If you're a lawyer then this seems like a personally targeted situation. What happened to the police who ignored you? All of these interactions should be recorded so do you have a civil suit against the police department?

You cannot sue police for most things without permission from the government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity Additionally, police have no legal duty or obligation to protect or investigate.

Then what is the duty of the police?

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by greenleafjacob » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 2:55 AM UTC

Amezarak wrote: post #603

jakelarkin wrote: post #555

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it's a non-violent crime of opportunity. police time is $150/hour at least. all your loses seem to be covered by the banks, aside from the car window, which um happens to people all the time. its the kind of thing they pursue occasionally in realtime or with a sting, but not each individual case. change your key, open a new checking account & close old, lock your credit. and that ends your exposure. you won't get the…

Society is broken badly if getting robbed happens “all the time” without repercussion. It is absolutely not acceptable or normal for your car windows to be broken and your stuff stolen. If I lived in a place where it happened “all the time” I would get out ASAP. This is major dysfunction. Crime certainly happens everywhere, no place is immune altogether, but it should never be an everyday occurrence.

San Francisco has an "epidemic" of car break-ins. [1]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/The-Scanner-San-Fr...

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by sneak » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 4:28 AM UTC

Something1234 wrote: post #893

sneak wrote: post #800

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You cannot sue police for most things without permission from the government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity Additionally, police have no legal duty or obligation to protect or investigate.

Then what is the duty of the police?

Historically, the very first regular police patrols on this continent after settlement were for the express purpose of protecting the property interests of large landholders: escaped slave patrols, estate protection duty to keep angry/hungry working class from breaking/burning down mansions, et c.

Unless you own a lot of property, you still can’t expect much from the police in the USA.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by tokyodude » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #767

tokyodude wrote: post #765

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Get out of your bubble? I used to think the USA was a "safe" place. Maybe it is compared to Somalia but it isn't compared to Japan or Singapore. Once I got used to the safety of these places I never feel safe in the USA anymore. I used just take it for granted there were bad parts of town and that even in the good parts of town I should be leery of people, avoid dark alleys etc. Don't walk alone at night, etc. Then I…

> Get out of your bubble? Swipes like that break the HN guidelines. Can you please edit them out of what you post here? Your comment would be better without that sentence, and maybe also the patronizing bit at the end ("these kinds of posts always illicit irrelevant responses"). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Sorry, I didn't mean it an insult, hence the question mark.

Maybe I should have left it out or maybe written something else like "Is it possible you're experiencing the world in a bubble?". In any case too late to edit (the option does not appear)

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by mdpopescu » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 6:55 AM UTC

pargon wrote: post #763

fiatjaf wrote: post #682

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That would be more reasonable than hiring a gigantic mercenary State that turns against you, takes you money and laughs at your requests for help.

And if your mercenaries incorrectly target the wrong (innocent) person?

And if your cops incorrectly target the wrong person? How is that different? You're still the one paying them.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 8:42 AM UTC

iamdave wrote: post #880

dang wrote: post #878

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That all makes sense. I called it a swipe because it was a personal ("your") pejorative ("bubble"). It's not necessary to do that—posts get better without it—and it routinely has negative side effects.

I called it a swipe because it was a personal ("your") pejorative ("bubble") Matter of perspective, no, Dan? Would it have been less of a pejorative to borrow a phrase from the latest incantation of our discussions of race and culture in the US to say "check your privilege?" Granted this isn't the place for a protracted discussion on dialogue here, I just find the strong reaction to what is a very important clarion c…

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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by dang » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 8:44 AM UTC

tokyodude wrote: post #896

dang wrote: post #767

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> Get out of your bubble? Swipes like that break the HN guidelines. Can you please edit them out of what you post here? Your comment would be better without that sentence, and maybe also the patronizing bit at the end ("these kinds of posts always illicit irrelevant responses"). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Sorry, I didn't mean it an insult, hence the question mark. Maybe I should have left it out or maybe written something else like "Is it possible you're experiencing the world in a bubble?". In any case too late to edit (the option does not appear)

I did notice the mitigating question mark!

It's definitely a matter of interpretation. But the online medium is fragile, and if one person (me in this case) reads it as a swipe, usually a lot do.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by 0898 » Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 9:27 AM UTC

MrStonedOne wrote: post #629

0898 wrote: post #96

I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but glitter is a microplastic – I hope we'll see it being used less in the future.

You have no idea what the fuck that glitter is made of in the video. Don't assume. And for the love of god, do not start comments out with "I know i'm going to get downvoted for this" I flagged you just for that.

Thanks for that.