stealing the car would be more difficult due to size/weight. the drone would be easier. You could conceivably get the delivery vehicle down to 500lb ( not much more than those motorized wheelchairs) and make them just big enough to be difficult to put into a vehicle/truck/etc. A drone big enough to avoid the same thing probably becomes a safety issue with the rotating propeller.
I really dont give a shit. Im really not pro choice, Im definitely not anti-abortion. Im a libertarian and dont really give a shit what someone does or doesnt do to themselves. All I really ask is that I don't have to pay for someone else's mistake. If someone needs a suction DNC for heath reasons/complications, or because they got raped, sure. I don't even mind paying for Plan-B or that shot that works the first 12 weeks because its relatively inexpensive. Outpatient surgery with anesthesia and a medical staff in an operating room because someone was not responsible enough to take the pill and/or use Plan-B, or even get the shot after they found out they were pregnant, should probably have to pay for that mistake. This can run into several thousand dollars. If I get drunk and trash a few tables in a bar, I would be expected to pay for that mistake. I dont see how this is different. By most 'pro choice' groups, they would most likely put me on a list for anti-abortion too. The truth is I just dont give a shit and never question legality, only who needs to foot the bill for their circumstances. "You made your bed, now lie in it" used to be an expression at one point in time. Erasing any and all consequences, including financial, really doesn't prevent them from being more careful the next time. But one thing I won't do, as a libertarian, is make business choices of who I pay based on whatever personal beliefs they have. Its their damn right to be anti-abortion as much as its my right to be 'dont give a shit'. As long as they sell me a reasonable product at a reasonable price, and arent putting dead fetus' on the damn pizza, why should I care? If you use this same metric to hold EVERYONE accountable for any sort of ethics you disagree with you'll find that not only would you not buy service from anyone, you probably wouldn't work for anyone either. There hasn't been a single candidate for ANY political office in the last 50 years that has not been some sort of son-of-a-bitch in one fashion or another. If you've cast a vote, by your own account, your a hypocrite.
By the way the link you provided says FALSE, that they dont contribute to that group, only the founder has. Guess what? I eat unbreaded chicken patties from chick-fil-a too! Why? did I mention I really dont give a shit? If you're going to cite a reference wouldn't it make sense that you cite one that supports your argument instead of contradicting it?
I thought they did away with plots? waay waay back in the 80s the type of porn out there was a spoof on a real movie. It was full length, had a story line, bad acting, multiple sex scenes. Fast forward a few decades and the scenes practically start out undressed and end just as soon as the facial is over.
the final version will likely be a very lightweight, all electric, and some sort of plug-in or hot-swap for power source. It will not have have to meet any of the NHTSA regulations beyond lights and signals since there are no passengers to keep alive. This cuts weight considerably. Essentially its an all electric go-cart with an onboard computer, warming oven, and access code vending module, all wrapped in a skin. This could be done under 500lb. Therefore its plausable that the delivery charge could go from $2.50 to something much lower since the 'fuel surcharge' amounts to electricity and maintenance. Whether a corporation decides to do this or not simply pocket the profits remains to be seen. Im sure the cities with legal cannabis will gladly still pay $2.50 and avoid any DUI charges. Quite possibly their largest customer base =)
Pretty sure this is just a warming oven, therefore under 200F. Quoted from a vendor that makes equipment:
"To do this, companies such as FWE / Food Warming Equipment have figured out the ideal temperature and humidity settings specifically for pizza. FWE has found that maintaining and holding pizza at 150F – 160F with a relative humidity* of 15% – 20% will keep the pizza at an optimal serving quality."
At 160F you aren't going to get an immediate contact burn. Eons ago I worked as a dishwasher for a restaurant. The machine had a 180F rinse cycle to be considered sterilized. The entire time from pressing start to pulling out the rack was around 5 min. There was not a lot of time to let the rack cool down before emptying. Basically you let them air cool while you were spraying off the dishes going into the next rack (basically 2 -3 minutes). The shit was hot but I never got burned. Water at 150 burns much faster than conductive contact. Such as the famous McDonalds coffee incident, because they insist of serving their coffee at 160F (that way its ready to drink 45min from now, instead of right now)
The car cost is unknown because we do not know exactly what the final vehicle will look like. If its driverless it will essentially be a warming oven with 4 wheels, a motor, a battery, gps, and driving software. Probably something smaller and lighter than a SMART car (no NHTSA requirements) but yet big enough people cant pick it up and run off with it to scrap for parts. What if it only costs $3k? Domino's was the first major chain to roll out delivery and for a while they purchased a fleet of chevy s-10's for the drivers to use. Drivers using their own cars came about later.
you tip the driver, not the people working the counter. If you tip a driverless car by adding a tip to your credit card order, Domino's is going to keep 100% of that extra money and not tell the employee's about it. It's not like a restaurant where the waitress tips the busboy for turning over her tables faster. I've only ever heard of a few mom+pop places where the tips are community property divided equally among employees. You can bet your ass Domino's isn't one.
the tip is not for the company, its for the driver specifically. They companies started throwing extra delivery charges more than 15yrs ago. Before then there was no price difference between ordering for delivery or picking it up at the store, aside from a $1 or $2 tip to the driver.
Anyone tipping 20% is retarded. You tip a waitress or waiter 15-20% because he brings your drinks, brings your food, refills your drinks, makes sure if the food has an issue he/she gets it fixed, cleans up after you, does the dishes, etc. Plus she is paid $2.13/hr so the tips ARE her income. Its purely commission based. IF all they did was drop your food off it would be free. There are plenty of fast-food restaurants that take your order at the counter, give you a numbered sign, and then bring you your food. None of them are tipped for that. That's like giving the drive-thru attendant a tip when she hands you a bag of food, or tells you to pull forward and later brings it to your car. I used to tip more for delivery when they had to pay their own gas. Now the company charges a $2.50 delivery charge to recover fuel costs. The driver makes a full wages anywhere between $5/hr and $9/hr, depending on location. Because its not classified as a tipped employee, and a lot of times the tip is cash, its typically tax-free. The only exception would be ordering a lot of pies, and then tip proportional to the number of pizza's ordered. If I was tipping a driver because the office did a big order and ended up getting 6 or 7 delivered, I'd probably tip $10.
when I was in the navy and stationed in dorms on base, the drivers were only allowed to come as close as the parking lot. This was even before you could get a text that the driver was waiting, so sometimes they waited a good 10min. I believe college dorms have similar issues. They can't just stroll into a dorm anymore, not after all the reaction to a girl getting raped about 20yrs ago.
one reason to keep a heavier autonomous vehicle of moderate size is theft. If they used a drone not much bigger than your order, and it sat around waiting for a code to be input to ensure the right person retrieved the order, whats to stop someone from stealing that drone? The drone would be worth more than the pie, even if it were just sold for parts. Theres been a huge uptick in theft lately, to such a degree that even with positive ID of car theft, they are not prosecuting, should the car be recovered later. Insurance companies dont want to pay for lawsuits and the DA office isnt charging the felonies. Its hard to steal a vehicle, even one as small as a SMART car.
guide data is included as part of the Plex monthly subscription, so if you're already running plex and paying $5/mo so you can stream from a lot of devices, its essentially free.
dont use the software, just use the tuner with your DVR. It worked fine with mythTV when I used that. It works great with Plex DVR. I think the PS3 connects directly as part of its multimedia discovery instead of trying to run the HDHomerun app. I have the app on the firetv but If i want to see something live, I just watch it on the television (splitter) and leave the silicondust box to interface with my Plex media server.
Amazon prime looks fine on the FireTV (it better right?) and Roku devices. I'd find it difficult to believe the only streaming box anybody has is on a old Wii. I haven't seen the Fire stick in action (being a diminutive processor compared to the fireTV), but then again its $30 and I'm sure they made the amazon prime interface look good. I know some people just use their PC to watch this stuff, but for me sound is everything. I spent a lot of work building my 7.1 surround system a while back, and I really want to hear the shows in full surround as intended.
What about the software that conveniently scraps TV shows off the newsgroups and then conveniently places them into your Plex streaming folders for playback? Not exactly 100% legit, but still cannot be discounted. Unless you need to see something Live as its aired; such as a sports game, needing to vote for your next favorite washed-up american idol, or whatever, a DVR setup + antenna + Plex + these scraping tools cut the cost down to $5/mo for Plex.
you should downgrade your connection. The only thing you're getting at 150mbps is your speed test. The damn equipment has a SFP (not SFP+) port in it which means the 48 other customers are ALSO bottle-necked by the same 1gig uplink. Even 4k streaming only consumes 10-15Mbps. Thats still 4 simultaneous 4k streams at one time. Do you actually own 4 separate 4k screens and simultaneously watch actual 4k content on all 4 screens? Spectrum is doing 60Mbps for around $50/mo
Exactly. I dont give two retarded shits about toddlers & Tiera's, the bachelor(ette), people fighting over abandoned storage rentals, pawn shops, or any other fucktarded reality show. I refuse to pay these fucktard's salary. Wonder why the fuck these assholes make $10,000 per episode? Because cable subscribers are FORCED to pay their salary, even if they don't agree with it. I would rather pay MORE and get LESS for the mere pleasure of putting that Fat PIG of a mom (honey boobo) out of a fucking job. Thats how much I cant stand the very concept of that crotch-rotten, Tasmanian, gutter-slut. I pay for sling just to get AMC because I cant just buy AMC by itself. The only thing we really needed was walking dead. Sure my wife watches that stupid fixup home shows but it wasnt a must-have.
I already have Amazon Prime (have had it since 2000) because I buy a lot of shit on amazon and love the free shipping, the music streaming isnt too bad either. Therefore I do not include this as an expense. I pay for Netflix for kids to have a lot of cartoons, and Hulu to keep up with most shows we watch. CBS is another matter, no way they're worth their own streaming subscription. But the wife is obsessed with Blue Bloods (don't ask). So I own a Silicon Dust HDHomerun box and my Plex server DVRs my Over The Air shows to watch when I have time. Does this in theory cost more than cable? Maybe, if you only compare their first 12mo introductory rate not their time-to-screw-you rate they hit you with later.
Without a DVR (something cable wants another $15/mo for) cable is pretty much dead. Very few people make time to be a slave to the clock and watch their shows as they air. In our house its only walking dead shows that we watch as they air. Everything else I either DVR or catch the next day on Hulu.
I was having similar issues due to living in suburbs where houses are built 8 - 10 ft apart. I was about to throw in the towel and look for an exterior antenna when I took it off the wall and placed it on the floor (concrete slab foundation). To my amazement I've never had so good reception. It rarely glitches these days.
Everyone has their dark ages.. apparently they're going through theirs with their own book burnings and heretic burnings. But yes, at one time they were the center of technology, astronomy, and science. Its amazing what a little fear of the unknown can do to a mass of people, especially when it's the spiritual leaders succumb to it.
the police in my city are required to turn on body cam any time they are running lights/siren as well as any time they respond to a call. The only scenario that would fall out of that scope is if a crime were to happen right in front of them without foreknowledge and their reaction required an immediate response whereby its reasonable to conclude that such a reaction is a trained and automatic response whereby stopping to process thoughts like 'turn on body cam, draw weapon' etc are unrealistic.
I've personally read incident reports and saw body camera feed where an officer was responding to someone shot, heard more shots in the nextdoor house; entered said house (weapon drawn); saw a body go flying past his face across a hallway after being shot with a 12-guage; applied almost half of the 8lb of pressure to overcome the trigger; and still manage to talk the guy into dropping the shotgun and coming into custody. Most people would have shot the assailant, esp those without advance levels of training. The bodycams are actually revealing the opposite of what was perceived. Its revealing that the officers are often pleading, you can hear it in their voice, almost begging the suspect to surrender, often well beyond the levels of acceptable safety to the officer.
A very large percentage of officers that are found justified in a lethal-force encounter, eventually quit or take early retirement because of the psychological toll the encounter had on them. Most officers would prefer not to have to shoot anyone. Lethal force aside, its one of the few remaining jobs where you get to work a somewhat reasonable schedule and retire after 20yrs with a full pension. As a military veteran who didn't do 20yrs, I can say that being depolyed away from family, friends, society, for an average of 9mos out of the year, never home more than 2 weeks at a time, is no where close to the same thing, even though the pension is nearly identical. Making it 20yrs without having to do more violent than take a few punches and restrain/book suspects is the ultimate goal.
I wouldn't put too much faith in any article WAPO writes unless its corroborated by at least 7 other news outlets. You cant just rely on NYT and CNN since they tend to trust each other and re-run the same story without verification. After-all they ran that rediculous story about blackmail and golden showers in a hotel room for a couple days before 4chan admitted the faked the entire story.
The american public is getting robbed by economic policies, a congress too willing to tax-and-spend-like-the-world's-gonna-end, and special legislative 'regulations' that really do more to protect a single corporate interest than serve the publics best interest. Forfeiture isn't even going to make a dent.
no the photo database is Facebook. Thats why they and google combined, had more Oval Office meetings with Obummer than all other lobbyist, advisors, and corporations combined. Did you really think it was so Obummer could update his profile status to 'its complicated' ? Facebook gets people to voluntarily upload countless images (not just a single face-on DMV photo) to the database and by way of 'tagging' profiles to the pictures can eventually determine which recurring images belong to which people.
I believe its already been deemed a violation of the 4th amendment that protects against illegal search, for a cop to randomly stop someone and take fingerprints to run against a database. They will most likely see this as an extension of the same thing. Its one thing for a human to recognize someone from a stack of APBs or sketches. Its entirely different for AI to perform facial recognition. Even wearing a disguise the AI can identify the correct person with an alarmingly high rate of accuracy. Forcing someone to submit DNA, fingerprints, retina scans, or any other uniquely identifiable genetic marker, without already being suspect of a crime, is not constitutional. Facial recognition needs to be limited to booking, processing, and interview rooms. It should not, and currently cannot, be used as a fishing expedition of the general public.
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stealing the car would be more difficult due to size/weight. the drone would be easier. You could conceivably get the delivery vehicle down to 500lb ( not much more than those motorized wheelchairs) and make them just big enough to be difficult to put into a vehicle/truck/etc. A drone big enough to avoid the same thing probably becomes a safety issue with the rotating propeller.
I really dont give a shit. Im really not pro choice, Im definitely not anti-abortion. Im a libertarian and dont really give a shit what someone does or doesnt do to themselves. All I really ask is that I don't have to pay for someone else's mistake. If someone needs a suction DNC for heath reasons/complications, or because they got raped, sure. I don't even mind paying for Plan-B or that shot that works the first 12 weeks because its relatively inexpensive. Outpatient surgery with anesthesia and a medical staff in an operating room because someone was not responsible enough to take the pill and/or use Plan-B, or even get the shot after they found out they were pregnant, should probably have to pay for that mistake. This can run into several thousand dollars. If I get drunk and trash a few tables in a bar, I would be expected to pay for that mistake. I dont see how this is different. By most 'pro choice' groups, they would most likely put me on a list for anti-abortion too. The truth is I just dont give a shit and never question legality, only who needs to foot the bill for their circumstances. "You made your bed, now lie in it" used to be an expression at one point in time. Erasing any and all consequences, including financial, really doesn't prevent them from being more careful the next time. But one thing I won't do, as a libertarian, is make business choices of who I pay based on whatever personal beliefs they have. Its their damn right to be anti-abortion as much as its my right to be 'dont give a shit'. As long as they sell me a reasonable product at a reasonable price, and arent putting dead fetus' on the damn pizza, why should I care? If you use this same metric to hold EVERYONE accountable for any sort of ethics you disagree with you'll find that not only would you not buy service from anyone, you probably wouldn't work for anyone either. There hasn't been a single candidate for ANY political office in the last 50 years that has not been some sort of son-of-a-bitch in one fashion or another. If you've cast a vote, by your own account, your a hypocrite.
By the way the link you provided says FALSE, that they dont contribute to that group, only the founder has. Guess what? I eat unbreaded chicken patties from chick-fil-a too! Why? did I mention I really dont give a shit? If you're going to cite a reference wouldn't it make sense that you cite one that supports your argument instead of contradicting it?
I thought they did away with plots? waay waay back in the 80s the type of porn out there was a spoof on a real movie. It was full length, had a story line, bad acting, multiple sex scenes. Fast forward a few decades and the scenes practically start out undressed and end just as soon as the facial is over.
for an additional fee they will send a sex robot.
the final version will likely be a very lightweight, all electric, and some sort of plug-in or hot-swap for power source. It will not have have to meet any of the NHTSA regulations beyond lights and signals since there are no passengers to keep alive. This cuts weight considerably. Essentially its an all electric go-cart with an onboard computer, warming oven, and access code vending module, all wrapped in a skin. This could be done under 500lb. Therefore its plausable that the delivery charge could go from $2.50 to something much lower since the 'fuel surcharge' amounts to electricity and maintenance. Whether a corporation decides to do this or not simply pocket the profits remains to be seen. Im sure the cities with legal cannabis will gladly still pay $2.50 and avoid any DUI charges. Quite possibly their largest customer base =)
Pretty sure this is just a warming oven, therefore under 200F. Quoted from a vendor that makes equipment:
"To do this, companies such as FWE / Food Warming Equipment have figured out the ideal temperature and humidity settings specifically for pizza. FWE has found that maintaining and holding pizza at 150F – 160F with a relative humidity* of 15% – 20% will keep the pizza at an optimal serving quality."
At 160F you aren't going to get an immediate contact burn. Eons ago I worked as a dishwasher for a restaurant. The machine had a 180F rinse cycle to be considered sterilized. The entire time from pressing start to pulling out the rack was around 5 min. There was not a lot of time to let the rack cool down before emptying. Basically you let them air cool while you were spraying off the dishes going into the next rack (basically 2 -3 minutes). The shit was hot but I never got burned. Water at 150 burns much faster than conductive contact. Such as the famous McDonalds coffee incident, because they insist of serving their coffee at 160F (that way its ready to drink 45min from now, instead of right now)
The car cost is unknown because we do not know exactly what the final vehicle will look like. If its driverless it will essentially be a warming oven with 4 wheels, a motor, a battery, gps, and driving software. Probably something smaller and lighter than a SMART car (no NHTSA requirements) but yet big enough people cant pick it up and run off with it to scrap for parts. What if it only costs $3k? Domino's was the first major chain to roll out delivery and for a while they purchased a fleet of chevy s-10's for the drivers to use. Drivers using their own cars came about later.
you tip the driver, not the people working the counter. If you tip a driverless car by adding a tip to your credit card order, Domino's is going to keep 100% of that extra money and not tell the employee's about it. It's not like a restaurant where the waitress tips the busboy for turning over her tables faster. I've only ever heard of a few mom+pop places where the tips are community property divided equally among employees. You can bet your ass Domino's isn't one.
the tip is not for the company, its for the driver specifically. They companies started throwing extra delivery charges more than 15yrs ago. Before then there was no price difference between ordering for delivery or picking it up at the store, aside from a $1 or $2 tip to the driver.
Anyone tipping 20% is retarded. You tip a waitress or waiter 15-20% because he brings your drinks, brings your food, refills your drinks, makes sure if the food has an issue he/she gets it fixed, cleans up after you, does the dishes, etc. Plus she is paid $2.13/hr so the tips ARE her income. Its purely commission based. IF all they did was drop your food off it would be free. There are plenty of fast-food restaurants that take your order at the counter, give you a numbered sign, and then bring you your food. None of them are tipped for that. That's like giving the drive-thru attendant a tip when she hands you a bag of food, or tells you to pull forward and later brings it to your car. I used to tip more for delivery when they had to pay their own gas. Now the company charges a $2.50 delivery charge to recover fuel costs. The driver makes a full wages anywhere between $5/hr and $9/hr, depending on location. Because its not classified as a tipped employee, and a lot of times the tip is cash, its typically tax-free. The only exception would be ordering a lot of pies, and then tip proportional to the number of pizza's ordered. If I was tipping a driver because the office did a big order and ended up getting 6 or 7 delivered, I'd probably tip $10.
when I was in the navy and stationed in dorms on base, the drivers were only allowed to come as close as the parking lot. This was even before you could get a text that the driver was waiting, so sometimes they waited a good 10min. I believe college dorms have similar issues. They can't just stroll into a dorm anymore, not after all the reaction to a girl getting raped about 20yrs ago.
are you calling the engineer fat? LOL.
one reason to keep a heavier autonomous vehicle of moderate size is theft. If they used a drone not much bigger than your order, and it sat around waiting for a code to be input to ensure the right person retrieved the order, whats to stop someone from stealing that drone? The drone would be worth more than the pie, even if it were just sold for parts. Theres been a huge uptick in theft lately, to such a degree that even with positive ID of car theft, they are not prosecuting, should the car be recovered later. Insurance companies dont want to pay for lawsuits and the DA office isnt charging the felonies. Its hard to steal a vehicle, even one as small as a SMART car.
It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
guide data is included as part of the Plex monthly subscription, so if you're already running plex and paying $5/mo so you can stream from a lot of devices, its essentially free.
dont use the software, just use the tuner with your DVR. It worked fine with mythTV when I used that. It works great with Plex DVR. I think the PS3 connects directly as part of its multimedia discovery instead of trying to run the HDHomerun app. I have the app on the firetv but If i want to see something live, I just watch it on the television (splitter) and leave the silicondust box to interface with my Plex media server.
Amazon prime looks fine on the FireTV (it better right?) and Roku devices. I'd find it difficult to believe the only streaming box anybody has is on a old Wii. I haven't seen the Fire stick in action (being a diminutive processor compared to the fireTV), but then again its $30 and I'm sure they made the amazon prime interface look good. I know some people just use their PC to watch this stuff, but for me sound is everything. I spent a lot of work building my 7.1 surround system a while back, and I really want to hear the shows in full surround as intended.
What about the software that conveniently scraps TV shows off the newsgroups and then conveniently places them into your Plex streaming folders for playback? Not exactly 100% legit, but still cannot be discounted. Unless you need to see something Live as its aired; such as a sports game, needing to vote for your next favorite washed-up american idol, or whatever, a DVR setup + antenna + Plex + these scraping tools cut the cost down to $5/mo for Plex.
you should downgrade your connection. The only thing you're getting at 150mbps is your speed test. The damn equipment has a SFP (not SFP+) port in it which means the 48 other customers are ALSO bottle-necked by the same 1gig uplink. Even 4k streaming only consumes 10-15Mbps. Thats still 4 simultaneous 4k streams at one time. Do you actually own 4 separate 4k screens and simultaneously watch actual 4k content on all 4 screens? Spectrum is doing 60Mbps for around $50/mo
Exactly. I dont give two retarded shits about toddlers & Tiera's, the bachelor(ette), people fighting over abandoned storage rentals, pawn shops, or any other fucktarded reality show. I refuse to pay these fucktard's salary. Wonder why the fuck these assholes make $10,000 per episode? Because cable subscribers are FORCED to pay their salary, even if they don't agree with it. I would rather pay MORE and get LESS for the mere pleasure of putting that Fat PIG of a mom (honey boobo) out of a fucking job. Thats how much I cant stand the very concept of that crotch-rotten, Tasmanian, gutter-slut. I pay for sling just to get AMC because I cant just buy AMC by itself. The only thing we really needed was walking dead. Sure my wife watches that stupid fixup home shows but it wasnt a must-have.
I already have Amazon Prime (have had it since 2000) because I buy a lot of shit on amazon and love the free shipping, the music streaming isnt too bad either. Therefore I do not include this as an expense. I pay for Netflix for kids to have a lot of cartoons, and Hulu to keep up with most shows we watch. CBS is another matter, no way they're worth their own streaming subscription. But the wife is obsessed with Blue Bloods (don't ask). So I own a Silicon Dust HDHomerun box and my Plex server DVRs my Over The Air shows to watch when I have time. Does this in theory cost more than cable? Maybe, if you only compare their first 12mo introductory rate not their time-to-screw-you rate they hit you with later.
Without a DVR (something cable wants another $15/mo for) cable is pretty much dead. Very few people make time to be a slave to the clock and watch their shows as they air. In our house its only walking dead shows that we watch as they air. Everything else I either DVR or catch the next day on Hulu.
I was having similar issues due to living in suburbs where houses are built 8 - 10 ft apart. I was about to throw in the towel and look for an exterior antenna when I took it off the wall and placed it on the floor (concrete slab foundation). To my amazement I've never had so good reception. It rarely glitches these days.
Everyone has their dark ages.. apparently they're going through theirs with their own book burnings and heretic burnings. But yes, at one time they were the center of technology, astronomy, and science. Its amazing what a little fear of the unknown can do to a mass of people, especially when it's the spiritual leaders succumb to it.
So Jihad is the arabic word for Kung Fu?
http://www.kungfutoday.com/fea...
the police in my city are required to turn on body cam any time they are running lights/siren as well as any time they respond to a call. The only scenario that would fall out of that scope is if a crime were to happen right in front of them without foreknowledge and their reaction required an immediate response whereby its reasonable to conclude that such a reaction is a trained and automatic response whereby stopping to process thoughts like 'turn on body cam, draw weapon' etc are unrealistic.
I've personally read incident reports and saw body camera feed where an officer was responding to someone shot, heard more shots in the nextdoor house; entered said house (weapon drawn); saw a body go flying past his face across a hallway after being shot with a 12-guage; applied almost half of the 8lb of pressure to overcome the trigger; and still manage to talk the guy into dropping the shotgun and coming into custody. Most people would have shot the assailant, esp those without advance levels of training. The bodycams are actually revealing the opposite of what was perceived. Its revealing that the officers are often pleading, you can hear it in their voice, almost begging the suspect to surrender, often well beyond the levels of acceptable safety to the officer.
A very large percentage of officers that are found justified in a lethal-force encounter, eventually quit or take early retirement because of the psychological toll the encounter had on them. Most officers would prefer not to have to shoot anyone. Lethal force aside, its one of the few remaining jobs where you get to work a somewhat reasonable schedule and retire after 20yrs with a full pension. As a military veteran who didn't do 20yrs, I can say that being depolyed away from family, friends, society, for an average of 9mos out of the year, never home more than 2 weeks at a time, is no where close to the same thing, even though the pension is nearly identical. Making it 20yrs without having to do more violent than take a few punches and restrain/book suspects is the ultimate goal.
I wouldn't put too much faith in any article WAPO writes unless its corroborated by at least 7 other news outlets. You cant just rely on NYT and CNN since they tend to trust each other and re-run the same story without verification. After-all they ran that rediculous story about blackmail and golden showers in a hotel room for a couple days before 4chan admitted the faked the entire story.
The american public is getting robbed by economic policies, a congress too willing to tax-and-spend-like-the-world's-gonna-end, and special legislative 'regulations' that really do more to protect a single corporate interest than serve the publics best interest. Forfeiture isn't even going to make a dent.
no the photo database is Facebook. Thats why they and google combined, had more Oval Office meetings with Obummer than all other lobbyist, advisors, and corporations combined. Did you really think it was so Obummer could update his profile status to 'its complicated' ? Facebook gets people to voluntarily upload countless images (not just a single face-on DMV photo) to the database and by way of 'tagging' profiles to the pictures can eventually determine which recurring images belong to which people.
I believe its already been deemed a violation of the 4th amendment that protects against illegal search, for a cop to randomly stop someone and take fingerprints to run against a database. They will most likely see this as an extension of the same thing. Its one thing for a human to recognize someone from a stack of APBs or sketches. Its entirely different for AI to perform facial recognition. Even wearing a disguise the AI can identify the correct person with an alarmingly high rate of accuracy. Forcing someone to submit DNA, fingerprints, retina scans, or any other uniquely identifiable genetic marker, without already being suspect of a crime, is not constitutional. Facial recognition needs to be limited to booking, processing, and interview rooms. It should not, and currently cannot, be used as a fishing expedition of the general public.