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[–] 24 points 7 months ago

They also don’t have GPS. So the service techs have to be careful not to misplace them and then be unable to relocate them. Rather silly, but not my business.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    With the current administration in charge the copper comes from Ea Nasir

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    I said this in a more “anarchist” jabber chat, and a liberal literally fear mongered the law and consequences for not deflocking. Plenty more work needs to be done.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The problem is, I need a bucket truck to get to them

    And copper is like $4/lb

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    There's one I see pretty often on a short pole right by the road. Man, you have no idea how many times I've thought about turning off the road slightly to run it over.

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    [–] 112 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    Pounds and grams in a single sentence! Who are you trying to confuse? Everyone?!

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  • [–] 42 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    28 grams in an ounce, ask me how I know...

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Stoner? Or very heavy coke user 😂

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Former stoner. Multiple times a day every day for years. Never thought I could imagine life without weed, but eventually it turned into a personal little hell that I couldn't escape. I kept smoking even long after I stopped enjoying it, long after I knew I needed to stop, and even long after I wanted to stop.

    One day I woke up and decided I didn't need it anymore. It was still challenging to toss my stash and equipment (which I had done dozens of times over the years), but eventually I did and it was the start of a T-break that will never end. I haven't looked back since, and life still isn't perfect now but I'm grateful to be able to approach it with a clear head, and a body which actually listens when I tell it to get up and go do something.

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  • [+] 81 points 7 months ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    OMG, Gary! I was told you died! But here you are, on my phone, asking me for my crypto wallet password. Anything for you, Skinny Alive Gary!
    It's W4teV3r18uy!5G0iN9UPmYBu77

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I said it's Skinny Gary, not Skinny Alive Gary. That's someone else

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  • [–] 70 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Fuck copper there's literally two pounds of lithium in each one

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  • [–] 44 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Probably a geolocation device as well. Be careful out there.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Don’t forget your wire mesh bags folks!

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago

    Just a reminder that ICE vans do have catalytic converters.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I kinda doubt that is true but steal em anyways

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    This isn't even remotely true, but I'm not bothered with anyone trying to convince crack heads to tear down surveillance state equipment.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

    What is a flock camera? Is it like ANPR (Automatic number plate recognition) in the UK?

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  • [–] 73 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    We call 'em ALPRs (Automated License Plate Readers) here, but yeah it's essentially the same thing.

    Their cameras are regularly abused by police officers to stalk ex's, have begun to be used outside their original scope, can be used illegally by one agency on behalf of another that shouldn't have access, and have been used by Flock employees to, without permission from local authorities and against their own public statements, watch children in a gym for hours while partially erasing audit logs.

    They also use Flock to monitor protestors, and track abortion seekers, all while lying about their effectiveness in preventing crime, threatening people who follow their actions, and leaving countless cameras publicly exposed without password protection, covering up vulnerabilities, and lying to city officials about Flock officials watching cameras, like the ones spying on children.

    They're really fucked up, and it's my stance that the CEO of the company and any of the employees watching footage without consent should be criminally charged for espionage, and defrauding the public, among other things.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Aww that's disappointing but not surprising. I saw the headline of your third link and I was like "Damn cool move by wildlife conservation police, they're helping people identify and track ICE agents and raids". But of course that's not what "monitoring for ICE" means, it means they're helping ICE by monitoring the cameras for protestors.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    They don't just read plated. They'll recognize scratches and dents on specific vehicles and also facial recognition. Basically complete human and machine tracking. Cities with flock cameras everywhere can track every move you make.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    To add to the great info already here, Flock is a private company. Think like Ring doorbells but for "Traffic Cameras". They are mainly used to bypass laws and constitutional rights because its a for profit business. They have weaseled their way into entire cities. They not only provide back door access to any agency that pays, but they are actively building profiles on everyone they record. They know where you live, what you drive, when you work, where you work, how many people are in your family. They store all this without our consent or even notifying anyone.
    Here's a site that explains more and has an interactive map that shows where the cameras are located. https://deflock.org/

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Looking forward to the headlines when some unknown heros burn these datacenters to the ground like that warehouse in California.

    Or maybe some hackers wipe all the data.

    It's like the Ring of Power, it can't be used for good. The power itself will corrupt anyone who tries to use it. It must be destroyed.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Does this come in bumper sticker?

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    Based on this we should be able to get a live scrap value for each Flock camera.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    There are 2 apples and 3 bananas. Wait. That doesn’t add up does it? 🙃😝

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Is X including full timestamps in its posts now, or is this some special setting?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    The stoopid in me read 3gigs of gold 🤦

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)