July Current Event: unhappy Canada Day

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CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

boop the snoot posted:

We need a new uniform for the army.

Space force.

Space force needs new uniforms. There's a new sponge in town to absorb tax dollars.

I haven't kept up with space force, so this is all presumptuous.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 00:52

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 06:22

Lake of Methane: Oct 29, 2011

Notahippie posted:

It's a weird story - Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who is a decidedly chuddy Catholic Bishop and Secretary of the UCCB got outed earlier this week by a right-wing tradcath website as being on Grindr. I don't know how they found him specifically, but there's been some buzz in tradcath circles about basically doing open-source intelligence stuff to find gay priests.

If you have purchased a data set of user locations (thanks Verizon!), it would be relatively trivial to identify each unique identifiers' most-frequented landmarks and then go fishing to see who's in the middle of the Venn diagram of church facilities vs. dens of iniquity. Translating from an identifier to a person is theoretically impossible, unless they ever go home.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 00:53

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Flikken posted:

Maybe since we are leaving Afghanistan in 2021 we don't need as much spending in 2022???

Gotta start stockpiling for the resource wars.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 01:12

Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

quote:

Commercially available app signal data, The Pillar said, "does not identify the names of app users, but instead correlates a unique numerical identifier to each mobile device using particular apps."

"Signal data, collected by apps after users consent to data collection, is aggregated and sold by data vendors. It can be analyzed to provide timestamped location data and usage information for each numbered device," The Pillar added.

Well this will make a handy example to point to in privacy discussions.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 01:19

Zamujasa: Oct 27, 2010; Bread Liar

Lake of Methane posted:

If you have purchased a data set of user locations (thanks Verizon!), it would be relatively trivial to identify each unique identifiers' most-frequented landmarks and then go fishing to see who's in the middle of the Venn diagram of church facilities vs. dens of iniquity. Translating from an identifier to a person is theoretically impossible, unless they ever go home.

Remember back when AOL released a huge amount of :airquote:

anonymized :airquote:

search logs, and the internet more or less instantly de-anonymized a lot of it?

# ? Jul 23, 2021 01:32

Loden Taylor: Aug 11, 2003

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Space force.

Space force needs new uniforms. There's a new sponge in town to absorb tax dollars.

I haven't kept up with space force, so this is all presumptuous.

Space Force is currently using the Army OCP ACUs just like the Air Force, so yeah probably

gonna make a lovely space themed MARPAT knockoff or maybe some tiger striped nonsense then quietly switch back to OCP again a few years later

# ? Jul 23, 2021 01:45

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Zamujasa posted:

Remember back when AOL released a huge amount of anonymized search logs, and the internet more or less instantly de-anonymized a lot of it?

lol no but I dont doubt it. When was this

# ? Jul 23, 2021 01:57

davecrazy: Nov 25, 2004; I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

Worthleast posted:

Do you know of a decent thread or journalist covering this?

This is a trade magazine, but it's pretty even handed.

https://www.freightwaves.com/

# ? Jul 23, 2021 02:22

Zamujasa: Oct 27, 2010; Bread Liar

Milo and POTUS posted:

lol no but I dont doubt it. When was this

2006

# ? Jul 23, 2021 02:47

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHLKHL_whs

Pretty sure this will be the conservative outrage for the next couple of days

# ? Jul 23, 2021 05:21

GD_American: Jul 21, 2004; LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!

God bless Nas X. It's that old dril tweet about turning the racism dial up and looking back for approval, except he keeps turning the gay dial up and looking back and cackling at the increasing amount of hair-rending

# ? Jul 23, 2021 05:58

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

Flikken posted:

Maybe since we are leaving Afghanistan in 2021 we don't need as much spending in 2022???

It�s fascinating to read how post-Cold War there was a brief window when the US defense budget did decrease. Wonder if there�s any connection with the government running surpluses and speculation pre-2001 the debt was going to be paid off.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 06:06

US Berder Patrol: Jul 11, 2006; oorah

https://twitter.com/BW/status/1418229455911260161

Tommy Fisher posted:

“If I only did 1,000 or 2,000 feet, everyone’s going to make fun,” he says. “No one can really make fun of this.”

lol

# ? Jul 23, 2021 08:03

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

https://cdn.fro.wtf/reddit/publicfreakout/opurqy.mp4

# ? Jul 23, 2021 10:00

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

US Berder Patrol posted:

https://twitter.com/BW/status/1418229455911260161

lol

I dunno I'm laughing at him.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 11:29

mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004; Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration; Nap Ghost

Current Event: Mil and veterans with honorable discharge can stream Olympics for free on NBC or via nbc app using Exchange login.

May not be available if you live oversees, other than on a military base.

Free way to watch live and choose sports to watch vs US broadcast primetime edits.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 11:40

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Wasabi the J posted:

https://cdn.fro.wtf/reddit/publicfreakout/opurqy.mp4

I do appreciate that he likes to call them out on their dumb poo poo.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 11:50

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

Alabama's governor is pissed at the unvaccinated people:

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1418409503578632195

# ? Jul 23, 2021 12:11

Sacrist65: Mar 24, 2007; Frunnkiss

Watching an old republican from Alabama do something right evokes the same feeling I get from watching crows figuring out doorknobs or w/e.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 12:57

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

US Berder Patrol posted:

https://twitter.com/BW/status/1418229455911260161

lol

Before you start laughing, for anyone who didn't read the article, it's this guy

quote:

When Tommy Fisher decided he wanted to build his own private border wall in Texas, he said he wanted to keep out trouble from Mexico.

Now that wall has created its own set of troubles on the U.S. side of the border: Engineers warn the structure will wash away in a flood, neighbors want it dismantled, and Fisher is embroiled in lawsuits.

Nonetheless, Fisher and his North Dakota construction company have landed more than $2 billion in contracts to build President Trump's official wall.

Fisher, who supports Trump and regularly promoted himself on Fox News, erected the iron barrier 18 feet high and 3 miles long along the highly regulated Rio Grande as his personal project.

Opponents say it has since fallen into disrepair and could exacerbate flooding because it's too close to the international river. Locals are dumbfounded by the project.

For critics, the greatest puzzlement about the private wall is its pointlessness. Trump's massive and expensive border barrier that's under construction just a mile to the north negates the need for Fisher's wall.

Moreover, Fisher's wall sits right next to the winding river, not on top of the levee that is outside of the flood plain, where the Trump administration is building its own controversial barrier.

"This thing that the Fisher group did, it's way too close to the water. And it's in an area where we would never be allowed to build at the federal government level," says Ron Vitiello, retired chief of the Border Patrol who oversaw some of the federal wall construction.

Over the summer, heavy rains revealed just how precarious the wall is. Water erosion scoured deep trenches under the foundation. The U.S. attorney representing the IBWC described it as "severe."

Wright's lawyer, Javier Pe�a, went along with an inspection team after the rains passed.

"People can actually fit and just crawl under the foundation of the wall, and it's months old," Pe�a said incredulously. "This thing was supposed to last a hundred years, and it can't even last a year."

Meanwhile, Fisher has received four border wall construction contracts from the Homeland Security Department valued at $2.25 billion � more than any other federal contractor.

Democrats in Congress suspect favoritism, and now the Pentagon's inspector general is auditing a $400 million contract to his company, Fisher Sand & Gravel.

These days, Fisher is busy in Arizona with his mega-contracts building the official border wall � to the government's specifications, not his own. But he did return to Texas in early August to answer complaints of erosion under his prototype wall.

He says the fixes are simple: Fill in the eroded gullies with more dirt, pile gravel on and seed the area with grass. That, he claims, will stand up to Mother Nature.

But experts remain deeply dubious.

A forensic report prepared by engineers hired by the Butterfly Center warns the private wall is in danger of toppling over because of a poor foundation and continuing erosion.

Jude Benavides, an associate professor of hydrology and environmental science at the University of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, has studied flooding on the international river. He says while it appears placid to outsiders, it can become fierce, as in, el Rio Bravo � Mexico's name for the river.

"And so to build, not only in the flood plain, but essentially in the floodway, it's going to have repercussions when [the river] decides to wake up and rage again," Benavides said.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 13:08

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHLKHL_whs

Pretty sure this will be the conservative outrage for the next couple of days

I love his videos. The music is catchy, the visuals are bright, the costumes are nuts. I hope he continues loving with the conservative's with his art.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 13:20

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Mr. Nice! posted:

Alabama's governor is pissed at the unvaccinated people:

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1418409503578632195

Oh my god I was wrong
It was real all along

Oh I�ve finally made a monkey
Yes I�ve finally made a monkey
Yes I�ve finally made a monkey out of me!

I love you Dr Fauci!

# ? Jul 23, 2021 13:21

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

Can I play the piano anymore?

# ? Jul 23, 2021 13:26

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Stultus Maximus posted:

Before you start laughing, for anyone who didn't read the article, it's this guy

Ah yes you see the solution for erosion in a structure in the desert is to plant grass seed on it and let the grass grow.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 13:57

Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

mlmp08 posted:

Current Event: Mil and veterans with honorable discharge can stream Olympics for free on NBC or via nbc app using Exchange login.

May not be available if you live oversees, other than on a military base.

Free way to watch live and choose sports to watch vs US broadcast primetime edits.

Neat! Here's an article that shows how to do it: https://www.military.com/off-duty/t...mpics-free.html

Takes like two minutes to make an Exchange account, super easy.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 14:32

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Mr. Nice! posted:

Alabama's governor is pissed at the unvaccinated people:

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1418409503578632195

She is against masking in schools

# ? Jul 23, 2021 14:37

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

lightpole posted:

She is against masking in schools

I'm not handing it to her. She's garbage for a lot of reasons. It's just funny seeing republicans get frustrated with the monster they created.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 14:40

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

ASAPI posted:

I love his videos. The music is catchy, the visuals are bright, the costumes are nuts. I hope he continues loving with the conservative's with his art.

I hope history views him as an activist instead of just a musical artist. Dude is doing work.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 14:51

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1418574083634171907?s=19

https://twitter.com/ValerieInsinna/status/1418573195679043587?s=19

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:13

GD_American: Jul 21, 2004; LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!

Sacrist65 posted:

Watching an old republican from Alabama do something right evokes the same feeling I get from watching crows figuring out doorknobs or w/e.

I can assure you that Kay Ivey does not care about us being buck naked last in vaccinations. She has repeatedly told us this, and refuses to make any policy changes to push vaccinations or to increase masking.

Her sole improvement over usual occupants of the Governor�s mansion is that the stupidity is mostly below the surface, and there�s just the normal background radiation level of corruption.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:18

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

boop the snoot posted:

I hope history views him as an activist instead of just a musical artist. Dude is doing work.

I'm with you on that. Hopefully he has a long career and becomes known for being an "activist artist".

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:25

UP THE BUM NO BABY: Sep 1, 2011; by Hand Knit

boop the snoot posted:

I hope history views him as an activist instead of just a musical artist. Dude is doing work.

The Industry Baby video is a fundraiser for The Bail Project, which is real cool

So far it's up to $15k raised

UP THE BUM NO BABY fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jul 23, 2021

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:30

Hekk: Oct 12, 2012; 'smeper fi

facialimpediment posted:

https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1418574083634171907?s=19

https://twitter.com/ValerieInsinna/status/1418573195679043587?s=19

What the hell is a Guardian? They should have gone with Cleveland Commodores or Cleveland Burning Rivers or something.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:45

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Hekk posted:

What the hell is a Guardian? They should have gone with Cleveland Commodores or Cleveland Burning Rivers or something.

https://twitter.com/spaceforcedod/status/1340054052894326785

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:47

My Spirit Otter: Jun 15, 2006; CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

SKILCRAFT KREW Reppin' Quality Blind Made American Products. Bitch.

Oh my god, as if the name space force didnt already make me want to wedgie anyone who joined that branch

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:52

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Hekk posted:

What the hell is a Guardian? They should have gone with Cleveland Commodores or Cleveland Burning Rivers or something.

I thought it was just bullshit and not being creative, but:

https://twitter.com/wxbrad/status/1418578993348030468?s=19

But look at how awesome it could've been:

https://twitter.com/BaseballBros/status/1418582739482288134?s=19

# ? Jul 23, 2021 15:59

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

Stultus Maximus posted:

https://twitter.com/spaceforcedod/status/1340054052894326785

Space marines was right there.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 16:01

Hekk: Oct 12, 2012; 'smeper fi

Defenestrategy posted:

Space marines was right there.

Space marines would need to be their own special branch under the Dept of the Space Force.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 16:33

RFC2324: Jun 7, 2012; http 418

Defenestrategy posted:

Space marines was right there.

Doesn't Games Workshop own the term Space Marine?

# ? Jul 23, 2021 16:34

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 06:22

Lemniscate Blue: Apr 21, 2006; Here we go again.

RFC2324 posted:

Doesn't Games Workshop own the term Space Marine?

They sure want people to think so.

# ? Jul 23, 2021 16:43

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