Sen. Alex Padilla snapped back at JD Vance Saturday, calling him “petty and unserious” after Vance referred to the senator as “Jose” during a press conference in Los Angeles the previous evening.
The squabble between Padilla and Vance is the latest clash between Trump administration officials and California Democrats as hostilities brew over Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration in the city, which has seen numerous ICE sweeps and significant counterprotests in recent weeks.
“He knows my name,” Padilla told MSNBC Saturday morning. “Look, sadly it’s just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is. He’s the vice president of the United States. You’d think he’d take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously.”
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So for Friday night, myself and my friends got rather board. And as the resident "Things collector" i got 2 Maxtor touch sense 2 external hardrives. However those who were alive in 2000's know Maxtor went bankrupt and haven't made hardrives for a very long time. One of these drive i got BRAND NEW, in box at a flea market. sadly time got to the platters first, i spent a few hours trying to reformat or partition them and all i got was write errors. I tried different utility's with no avail and decided to cut my losses, so i asked the boys what we should do with them? Immediately my friend had an idea, to bring out his 9mm and see how a hardrive would fair! We all took turns and they were pretty hard to hit (we made the mistake of drink soda before hand). We eventually landed some shots on the center of the drives and MAN it actually stopped 2 bullets!!! going into this we all expected the disk to be unreadable after the fact, but didnt think the hardrives would stop a 9mm bullet!!
We then took the hdd's apart after are volley of bullets, and alot of the chips were damaged and all the platters were bent. But when we took off the top case, it looked so freakin cool i had to keep it
This proposed tax only applies to the ultra ultra ultra rich. Like it only applies to about 2000 people in the entirety of switzerland, which is a billionaire haven.
Both chambers of Swiss parliament plus the executive branch rejected it by large margins (unsurprisingly, parliament has a bourgeois majority).
(Also this financial times article is ludicrously biased, but it’s the financial times so no suprises there…)
NFC is an increasingly useful technology in the modern world, and now it’s getting a range boost as the standard will now operate at 2cm away, nearly four times the previous requirement in a change aimed at improving the reliability of actions such as tap to pay.
सोशल मीडिया धमकी: हिमाचल पुलिस ने डिप्टी सीएम और विधायक को धमकी देने वाला युवक गिरफ्तार
Himachal News: हिमाचल पुलिस ने सोशल मीडिया धमकी मामले में एक युवक को गिरफ्तार किया है। उसने फेसबुक पर डिप्टी सीएम मुकेश अग्निहोत्री और गगरेट विधायक राकेश कालिया को धमकी दी थी। हरोली यूथ कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष शुभम जोशी की शिकायत पर हरोली थाने में एफआईआर दर्ज हुई। डीएसपी मोहन रावत ने बताया कि युवक इंजीनियरिंग स्नातक है। पुलिस ने उसे हिरासत में लेकर जांच शुरू की।
धमकी की शुरुआत
पुलिस के अनुसार, युवक ने गैंगस्टर अमरीश राणा की गिरफ्तारी पर फेसबुक पोस्ट के कमेंट में धमकी दी। उसने लिखा, “लोग फिर से तलवार मांग रहे हैं,” और जवाब में कहा, “इस बार इसका इस्तेमाल राजनेता पर होगा।” सोशल मीडिया धमकी ने स्थानीय लोगों में दहशत पैदा की। हरोली निवासी अरुण कुमार ने पुलिस को सूचित किया, जिसके बाद कार्रवाई हुई।
पुलिस की त्वरित कार्रवाई
डीएसपी हरोली मोहन रावत ने बताया कि शिकायत के आधार पर युवक की पहचान की गई। उसे सरेंडर करने को कहा गया, जिसके बाद वह हरोली थाने पहुंचा। पुलिस ने उसे हिरासत में लिया। सोशल मीडिया धमकी की जांच में पुलिस यह पता लगा रही है कि क्या इसके पीछे कोई साजिश है। हिमाचल पुलिस इस मामले में गहन छानबीन कर रही है।
युवक ने मांगी माफी
गिरफ्तारी के बाद युवक ने फेसबुक पर माफी मांगी। उसने “शार्प शूटर नबाही वाला” नाम के अकाउंट से कहा कि उसने गलत टिप्पणी की थी। हालांकि, पुलिस ने पहले ही एफआईआर दर्ज कर ली थी। सोशल मीडिया धमकी ने हिमाचल में राजनेताओं की सुरक्षा पर सवाल उठाए। पुलिस अब यह जांच रही है कि युवक का कोई आपराधिक संबंध तो नहीं।
जांच में गहराई
पुलिस यह पता लगा रही है कि युवक ने धमकी स्वतंत्र रूप से दी या किसी साजिश का हिस्सा था। उसका गैंगस्टर अमरीश राणा से कोई संबंध है या नहीं, इसकी भी जांच हो रही है। हिमाचल में ऐसी घटनाएं चिंता का विषय बनी हैं। पुलिस ने कहा कि वह इस मामले को गंभीरता से ले रही है और जल्द पूरी सच्चाई सामने आएगी।
A youth has apologised for making threatening comments on his Facebook page against Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and Congress MLA Rakesh Kalia.
Magenta RealTimeToday, we’re happy to share a research preview of Magenta RealTime (Magenta RT), an open-weights live music model that allows you to interact...
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I want to put together a stack for hobbyist midi music composition. I understand there are a few more components to it than one might expect, but I think VMPK and Qtracer are going to be part of it?
Here is my software set up for open source music making (I often use midi and audio input):
Core software: - Ardour as my DAW. - Liquid SFZ as my SFZ player. - SurgeXT as my soft synth.
For SFZ instruments: - Virtual Playing Orchesta (free full orchestra) - Versilion freeware instruments (mostly orchestra) - Blonde Bop drumkit
Raw samples: - samples.kb6.de for drum machine samples
For effects: - LSP plugins for my basics (eq, compression, etc) - Airwindows Plugins for fun effects (and some basics)
Ardour is supposed to have a midi related update for its next big release, so stay tuned.
From my perspective, the simplest set up would be Ardour and SFZ instruments. Mainly because I'm quite used to those two.
For set up you'd just open Ardour, make a new midi track, place liquidsfz as the first plugin on the track, then open liquidsfz and browse to the SFZ file you want to use.
Then you just draw in the midi notes you want using either the edit or draw tool.
I come from fl studio prod but I want to use ardour since I am trying to keep everything within linux now. What are the best synth instruments for ardour?
Whatever you end up using, have JACK sync 'em up. I used to have two Macs, one for recording with Nuendo and one for doing MIDI sequencing and programming. They synced via MIDI sync and there was always issues. Now I have everything on one Linux machine (Ardour records and mixes, Reaper sequences MIDI and Renoise does beats and other sampling related stuff) and with JACK the sync is seamless ❤
The new analysis contradicts the social media platform’s claims that exposure to hate speech and bot-like activity decreased during Elon Musk’s tenure.
Speaking about AI-cheat students, Gary Ward, a teacher at Brookes Westshore High School in Victoria, British Columbia, told Business Insider, Some of the ones that I see...
New York City on Friday announced new minimum-pay rules for rideshare drivers, settling on a smaller-than-proposed 5% increase following pushback from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.
The ice that makes up glaciers isn't 100% solid – it's actually full of air bubbles, some of which formed centuries ago. Inspired by this fact, scientists have developed a method of using bubbles to store coded data in ice. The technology could actually have some practical applications.
"I worry that the fuel industry's gain comes at a reputational cost for this court, which is already viewed by many as being overly sympathetic to corporate interests," wrote Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent.
Voters described universal healthcare, affordable childcare, and higher taxes on the rich as top priorities in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. But they were less likely to believe that party leaders shared those priorities.
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Sydney (AFP) – Australia's world-leading ban on under-16s joining social media sites cleared a big hurdle Friday as a trial found digital age checks can work "robustly and effectively".
Sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok and X could face fines of up to Aus$50 million (US$32 million) for failing to comply with the legislation, which was passed in November.
They have described the law -- which is due to come into effect by the end of this year -- as vague, rushed and "problematic".
There has been widespread concern over children's use of online platforms as evidence shows that social media can have negative effects on children's mental and physical health.
Digital age verification systems -- which would be critical to the ban -- can work, said the interim findings of an independent Age Assurance Technology Trial, conducted for the government.
"These preliminary findings indicate that age assurance can be done in Australia privately, robustly and effectively," it said.
There are "no significant technological barriers" to deploying age checking systems in Australia, said the trial's project director, Tony Allen.
"These solutions are technically feasible, can be integrated flexibly into existing services and can support the safety and rights of children online," he said in a statement.
In a separate interview with Australia's Nine Network, Allen said preventing children circumventing age verification tools was a "big challenge", however.
"I don't think anything is completely foolproof," he said.
There are a "plethora" of approaches to age verification but no single solution to suit all cases, said the trial report, in which 53 organisations took part.
Australia's legislation is being closely monitored by other countries, with many weighing whether to implement similar bans.
Greece spearheaded a proposal this month for the European Union to limit children's use of online platforms by setting an age of digital adulthood -- barring children from social media without parental consent.
The issue was never preventing childen from using it. Parental controls baked into every operating systems could do that for decades. But since that's not the real goal, you ignore that.
The issue is and always was collecting data from everyone to prevent children from using it. Then there are privacy issues, use of proprietary software, and inevitable data leaks. Will government take responsibility for each data leak due to their incompetence forcing this on everyone?
So while it's cool it "<...> can support the safety and rights of children online <...>", fuck off with your surveillance bill.
I was gonna post this on Ask Lemmy, but then I thought maybe Technology would be a better fit for the theme. But then I saw it's mostly news, so I thought perhaps Ask Lemmy would indeed be a better fit. If this is not the case, please point me to the right direction.
As a heads-up, I am not 'Murican, and never been to 'Murica, so keep that in mind.
Seeing the recent news with France trying to age-restrict pornographic material online, I was wondering and have sort of an idea, that I wonder if it is actually doable and actually good.
Hear me out: the gobermint likely already has your data, right? At least stuff like name, date of birth, etc. The gobirment could have a private and secure service, which websites and services could use to confirm certain requirements.
For instance: A website wants to confirm if you're over 18. The website essentially asks the official gob. service, "is this user at least 18 years of age?". The official gob. service essentially has to answer "yes, your requirements are met" or "no, your requirements are not met", without giving away information on a person. The user gets prompted, being told what information is being required and whether they wish to share that. The official service wouldn't know where the request is coming from, but the original website requesting the information generates and shows a temporary code, which is not related to the website at all and is sent to the gob. service, so that the user can confirm it is indeed the website they were using that is requesting this, and not a hijack of some kind. The gob. service, if allowed by the user, sends out this confirmation to the original website, without the gob. service knowing the website and without the website knowing the user's info. The website then knows whether their requirements are met and can then act accordingly, such as by not allowing someone to access adult material if they do not meet the age requirement.
Does this make sense? Is it doable? Could it be a potential private and secure way of confirming user information without either party having access to the other's information? Obviously, the idea could be worked on and polished, but as a starting point.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer put off issuing any additional rulings and instead asked for briefings from both sides by noon Monday on whether the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil, is being violated in Los Angeles.
The hearing happened the day after the 9th Circuit appellate panel allowed the president to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed in response to protests over immigration raids.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in his complaint that “violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is imminent, if not already underway” but Breyer last week postponed considering that allegation.
The alleged officers detaining hundreds if not thousands of people each day in California and across the country are often masked. They sometimes refuse to answer questions, including which agency they represent. They threaten force — and even use it to make arrests of bystanders — when they are challenged.
In the first video I watched, a man in an unmarked car detains another man sitting on a bus bench in Pasadena. The man presumed to be a federal agent has on a vest that simply says “Police” and a cheap black ski mask that covers every bit of his face — the kind that looks like it was purchased on Amazon and that we have previously most associated with criminals such as robbers and rapists. A few of his colleagues are in the background, some also seemingly masked.
If these men approached me or one of my kids dressed like that, I would run. I would fight. I would certainly not take his word that he was “police” and had the right to force me into his car.
In the second video, another presumed federal agent jumps out of his unmarked vehicle and draws his weapon on a civilian attempting to take a photo of the license plate.
Yes — he points his gun at a civilian who is not threatening him or committing a crime. Folks, maybe you consider it a bad idea to try to photograph what may or may not be a legitimate police operation, but it is not illegal. This alleged officer appears to have simply not liked what was happening, and threatened to shoot the person upsetting him. The man taking the photo ran away, but what would have happened had he not?
These actions by alleged authorities are examples of impunity, and it is what happens when accountability is lost.
Federal authorities are increasingly hiding their identities, refusing to answer basic questions about their affiliations and deceiving the public to make arrests.
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Despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites and services, Italy's new anti-piracy law and the related 'Piracy Shield' blocking system have a limited effect on piracy rates. Meanwhile, new data shows that the damages suffered by sports rightsholders continue to soar. On the positive side, public awareness of the new anti-piracy law is widespread.
LOS ANGELES—Confirming that doctors had performed the procedure successfully, sources reported Friday that Sabrina Carpenter had undergone a state-mandated lobotomy to cure her medically diagnosed nymphomania.
Why do people give this woman such a hard time for being sex positive? She's cute, she's funny, and she can sing, and yet all I read about is how she happens to love to fuck. gasp *clutches pearls*
PS: I'm not a fan of her music. I just despise how women get ostracized for something many men are praised for.
The U.S. Department of Commerce requires that all exportable GPS products contain performance limitations so that they cannot be used in a manner that could threaten the security of the United States.
Domestic GPS is plenty accurate to use in weapons. It must be accurate to <1M to be useful for navigation. If google maps can find your iphone in your house a missile can too.
I suspect that the Government has plans to make the signal less accurate or even turn it off in the case of an emergency.
GPS is also trivial to jam or spoof since the signals are weak anyway. In Ukraine the EW space is so flooded that they use wired drones, and old rockets with inertial navigation are popular.
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in reply to misk • • •This proposed tax only applies to the ultra ultra ultra rich. Like it only applies to about 2000 people in the entirety of switzerland, which is a billionaire haven.
Both chambers of Swiss parliament plus the executive branch rejected it by large margins (unsurprisingly, parliament has a bourgeois majority).
(Also this financial times article is ludicrously biased, but it’s the financial times so no suprises there…)