These poor empty warehouses that had all this equipment that was never used. What will we do with this space? Oh I know let’s buy more equipment. Source-Me (a guy that loves military hardware)
For me, it’s worth it. I live next to a forest already, far outside the city center, and there’s still assholes racing at night at the nearby street because it’s quite secluded and straight.
Also, I’m not worried about microphones on busy streets. It’s a public space already, which affects the content of my speech already. Microphones at home should be much more important for anyone worried about privacy.
I agree that it is sad that we have to come to that, but if good procedures are in place to make sure that the cameras and microphones are used for only this purpose, this can really help to have a better living environment.
Ngl would community self-reporting be better? I don’t even know how to report traffic violations etc. in the US. Do they also need proof in order to do something about it? I wonder if being able to record and send video to the police of loud vehicles would be better. Or perhaps that could turn out worse?
If a motorcycle is zooming at Mach 3 in a general vicinity of your house it’s pretty hard to report due to practical issues like getting shoes on, getting to your Mach 4 capable vehicle, locating the offender and catching up with him to get his plates.
I don’t think you want to outsource these kinds of things to the general population. If I have problems with noisy drivers in front of my house, I’d have to stand outside all day waiting for them to take a picture, or I’d have to install a camera. Both aren’t things a private person should have to do.
When adults talk about education, they always think back to when they were in school. Often years ago. Often you'll get someone who brings up that Socrates quote where he complains about the kids being lazy.
But it really is different. Covid, lockdowns and omnipresent social media have changed things. Childhood mental health issues and suicides have spiked in many countries. Sure, that's partly down to increased diagnosis, but you'd expect suicides to go down if we were diagnosing more of them.
When I was a teacher until quite recently, I had kids recording tiktoks in the middle of lessons. When you called them out on it, there'd be physical altercations. They'd have panic attacks. They'd listen to music during classes, then get upset when you told them to switch it off. Throwing literal tantrums, crying because you asked them to switch off their phone. Complaining about not being able to listen to music during a test, that kind of thing.
A teenager who knows the rules, and knows to hide their phone? Normal behaviour. Healthy even.
A teenager who doesn't hide their phone, and cries when you take away their phone? Not normal behaviour. Immature. Maladjusted.
Please sell these cheaply to consumers. I would really love to have one that photographs the plates extremely high pitch 50cc scooters on my street. I would pay $€£ 1000 for the ability to launch rotten eggs when someone uses the horn at 2am.
In the heart of Silicon Valley is a nine-classroom school where employees of tech giants Google, Apple and Yahoo send their children. But despite its location in America’s digital centre, there is not an iPad, smartphone or screen in sight.
I had a young neighbor and friend die a few years ago doing whippets. He had been doing it for a couple of years, on and off. One day he did too much and 'zapped all the oxygen out of his body', as I understand it.
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