kfet

kfet, 3 months ago

False.

The pedestrian in that accident was struck by a human driver, hit and run, THEN they hit the Waymo, which did a pull-over maneuver. It did drag the victim (of the HUMAN) in error. It did not strike them at all.

In fact the actual real issue was the C-suite trying to cover it up, intead of being upfront with the DMV. THAT’S what got Waymo in trouble. All fired now, as expected, the shitheads.

kfet, 3 months ago

There is no contradiction in anything you just said. To defend agains Hamas is a necessity. To try and help humans in pain as well.

kfet, 4 months ago

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

kfet, 4 months ago

I have different experience with Vivaldi, been using it for years, and it’s amazing.

kfet, 4 months ago

The proper question is “why not?”.

Someone was motivated and capable enough and there you have it :)

kfet, 4 months ago

WTH kind of a word sallad is this shit

kfet, 4 months ago

A bit misleading title of this article, the judge did not rule that the act is unconstitutional, instead they ruled that there are enough serious issues with it to suspend it until those issues can be tried.

IANAL but the injunction seems to be granted mostly because of the OD crisis, which is a worsening public health emergency, i.e. the risks of keeping the act in effect, before it is tried, are too great.

kfet, 6 months ago

To save you a click, this is about union members voting for general strike in Quebec over wages.

kfet, 6 months ago

Almost like it is not a for-profit company, and the investors interests are not a priority…

kfet, 6 months ago

Hamas is an internationally recognized terrorist organization, which just executed a bunch of civilians on a music fest. There is no grey area and no room for interpretation.

kfet, 7 months ago

Al Jazeera has lost all credibility over their reporting the last couple of weeks. They actually express support for Hamas after the music fest massacre, and lately they were quick to publish falsehoods (proven as such by their own videos!) about the hospital tragedy. I used to follow them, hoping for unbiased view. No more, won’t be missed.

kfet, 7 months ago

Hamas people literally shot-up a music fest, murdering a whole lot of civilians, kidnaping even more. Where would you draw the line before calling them terrorists?

kfet, 7 months ago

by shooting-up a music fest? really?

kfet, 8 months ago

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kfet, 8 months ago

Some trans support rallies in BC tomorrow:

bcfed.ca/statement/no-space-for-trans-hate

kfet, 9 months ago

Oh, it’s a TLDR of the article, not my opinion.

The grocery stores record profits make it obvious they have more than enough room to absorb a lot of the upstream pressure for price increases. They don’t feel compelled to do so in any way though :/