I love the “but I don’t use that so I shouldn’t pay for it” argument. Like come on, my dude, that’s what a society is about. If you don’t want to live in society, move to Siberia.

Is? It’s done already. But the bots got there years ago, so who really cares about now.

The article itself didn’t do a good job of explaining, but judges can punish the prosecution for false arrests. There are several issues.

The state claims he wasn’t detained, he voluntarily presented a fake ID, and then they arrested him for that. Later they held him for murder. That’s their claim… The defense is saying no, they detained him first (i.e., for murder), and he unwillingly gave them a fake ID and spoke to them.

One possible outcome: The judge sides with the prosecution that he wasn’t detained at first.

Another possible outcome: The judge sides with the defense and says that the prosecution needs to justify the initial detention, because the fake ID happened later. Then presumably the prosecution says that the cops were arresting him for murder. If they had probable cause or an arrest warrant, they could do that. So they’ll have to show evidence of that in court. If they can’t, then probably anything he said will be thrown out (no Miranda) and any evidence seized from his backpack will be inadmissible in any court case (unlawful search and seizure). Even if they can, then anything he said will still be thrown out (no Miranda).

There are some less likely outcomes as well, if somehow the defense could show that the pigs were acting with malice or something, but based on what we’ve seen so far, let’s suppose one of the above is what usually happens in situations like this. And usually the judge sides with the prosecutors.

Thanks for explaining. The article alone didn’t make it sound like the defense had a leg to stand on, but your wording shows that maybe they can get something here…

If he wasn’t detained, why was he blocked in, and why would he have given ID to the pigs? I think we would want to see body camera footage on this, and so would the judge, and depending on the details it’s quite possible that the fake ID charge and evidence could all be suppressed. Judges tend to be overly kind to the pigs, but not always.

And it doesn’t even matter if the pigs said or didn’t say “You’re detained.” If they asked him for ID but a reasonable person in his view would not have felt like they were free to leave, that was a detention, and the legal questions would need to be addressed.

That means there’s more money to be made by other more obscure countries, right?

I disagree. That would encourage more VPN companies to open up abroad. Two hundred countries and many don’t care what others think.

Right right, block the VPNs and destroy corporate infrastructure and WfH, and then everyone will just use more torrent clients or stream from international servers. It’s all good, my friend.

Organized? You mean like The Pirate Bay? We have had the tools for decades, my friend.

Haha not if you use a VPN or international websites or pirate that shit.

The war crimes don’t get pardons and have no statute of limitations.

Sorry, but you’re wrong here. Discussing the obvious implications (if CostCo wins, so does every other import company) is a natural thing to do in this location. If you don’t like it, don’t follow those threads.

That isn’t what most LLMs were designed for, though. It’s just one possible use case.

Privacy protects us from scammers and other criminals, right? Why are you pro-crime? That’s weird.

A whole roll of athletic tape is always a good choice. If you have to splint things or affix larger bandages, it makes the task far easier. Also, throw in an emergency blanket. And if this is in the glove box, more pills.

You think they haven’t started that?

Quality? Timely? … I disagree, but to each their own.

You always have to think like a scammer. Sure, OpenAI isn’t public yet. But there are many other industries that are piggybacking on OpenAI and related services. So you can invest in them instead.

Well, the stock market on the whole is about gambling. Legalized gambling that fucks over small-time investors. So … why should long-term viability matter? The gamblers want their cash, that’s what they’re there for, and they don’t care about bankruptcy or mass economic collapse.

You could always play the foreign exchange market. It’s an interesting idea, usually quite stupid, but if you get the timing of the USD collapse right, there’s money to be made.

Well that’s not true, is it. The values are insane, but sometimes insane situations occur, for a while, until the bubble bursts. Until it does, money is money, and people will spend it on things.