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New York City Moves To Create Accountability For Algorithms (propublica.org)
The algorithms that play increasingly central roles in our lives often emanate from Silicon Valley, but the effort to hold them accountable may have another epicenter: New York City. From a report: Last week, the New York City Council unanimously passed a bill to tackle algorithmic discrimination -- the first measure of its kind in the country. The algorithmic accountability bill, waiting to be signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio, establishes a task force that will study how city agencies use algorithms to make decisions that affect New Yorkers' lives, and whether any of the systems appear to discriminate against people based on age, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or citizenship status. The task force's report will also explore how to make these decision-making processes understandable to the public. The bill's sponsor, Council Member James Vacca, said he was inspired by ProPublica's investigation into racially biased algorithms used to assess the criminal risk of defendants. "My ambition here is transparency, as well as accountability," Vacca said.
Official acts are foreign policy. Assuming the policy is legally arrived at, and doesn't violate other law, it's fine.
Personal acts are not foreign policy, and can be illegal.
There are things Trump can legally do for his Russian buddies, now that he's President, that he couldn't do before. He seems to have colluded with them before.
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
Hmm....I guess you're right, as that there had not been a single mass shooting to date prior to the Vegas shooting that seemed to involve bump stocks.
Hmm...I guess we'd better ban fingers and belt loops and sticks that can emulate that bump stock too.....
Strange, we'd not heard of many crimes involving the bump stocks prior to this, even though they have been around for years and year now....hmmm.
Im not a fan of them so much myself, but aside from the special sniper case set up in the Vegas shooting, in general bump fire stocks aren't reliable enough to use in a crime situation or even home defense.
If I were a criminal (you know the ones that DON'T follow the law by definition)....I'd go the route of modifying my gun to truly be full auto....much more effective and reliable.
That being said....this connection to the Vatican is a new one on me....
I'd love to sign up to your newsletter on that one....
As far as conspiracy theories go....and there do seem to be some strange facts around this case for sure...the main thing I see as been at all a suspicious coincidence, was that for the first time in ages, some pro gun legislation was about to go through for votes....including the SHARE act, which I think included one or more of the hearing protection acts that would have relaxed the hoops to jump through to buy and own a suppressor (silencer).....and of course that all got tabled after the nut in Vegas did what he did.
OH well.....like is sure interesting.....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
There are things Trump can legally do for his Russian buddies, now that he's President, that he couldn't do before. He seems to have colluded with them before.
Citation needed.
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