As much as I fear the Orwellian future this could turn into, I think its important to recognize that the burden of preventing that is on lawmakers, not companies.

He explains in the interview that he would love for laws to be passed to create tighter controls over how these systems are used. The problem is that police departments don't want it! Perhaps they can elect to do it themselves, but then they expose themselves to competitors who have "more powerful features".

Something like 70% of homocides go unresolved! I think its cool that Flock is trying to help police departments fight crime. But it's time to yell at your lawmakers. Don't hate the player, hate the game!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYm2nXFDaB0

Perhaps it's irrational, but I have this viceral feeling that refuses to allow me to believe that people don't have agency.

Who is her manager? Tell them how stupid this is! When they say "there's nothing I can do about it", then talk to their manager!

I recently left Chase bank due to this same kind of helpless attitude they have toward you. And then they ask "have I addressed all of your problems today?" lol

It frustrates me how everyone moralizes water use rather than accepting that free markets allow for people who are simply willing to pay for it. For example, if you live in Sacrmanto and don't have a pool, you're just doing it all wrong (in my opinion, of course).

I watched my friend's family farm in Modesto flood their fields to irrigate them. No meter, just a valve off the canal and they pay a flat rate. So it offends me that my shower head is legally required to restrict it's flow. Or that neighbors decide that a pile of rock in the front yard is "better for the environment" as it radiates heat on a 105°F day...

But it seems like you’re making Dan’s point for him. “We need to adapt our lifestyles to climate change” is not an acceptable answer to someone dying of heat stroke who would very much prefer (out of self-interest) air conditioning and a higher standard of living…

20k people died from heat exposure last summer in Europe! That seems crazy to me, though what do I know? What am I missing?

I built this whole thing from scratch with Claude Code. It's my first time trying it and I literally did not write a single line of code...

That said, it still would be hard build this as a novice. I had to guide things along the happy path, but it saved me a ton of time!

The code is open source! Let me know if you run into any issues.

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Whether living in an apartment building in a city or a house in the suburbs, I’m frequently surprised how many people never introduce themselves to their neighbors. And that has nothing to do with cars.

People want some external system to construct a social environment for them and often blame everything but themselves when they could easily arrange a neighborhood get together by passing out some flyers…

This is why I don’t read the news anymore.

The the US dollar safe for now because of the lack of a viable alternative?

Seems like lowering interest rates and raising inflation is the only viable political solution. Sure, it causes issues with people financing our debt. But also, where else would they put their money?

Are there winners and losers here? Or does everyone lose?

How would the world work in an idealized free market without a reserve currency?

It’s also much more similar to how you would take notes on paper or in a notebook.

I just wish some note taking app would have a setting that allows me to open a note at the bottom instead of the top!

Whether those people use facial recognition software or not isn’t exactly relevant to the law because the police didn’t use it. And it’s legal for other people to use it. As far as the police are concerned, they could have just been the person’s neighbor…

They call, they say I can call back and wait in a queue, but that’s stupid.

Also crazy they don’t have a TOTP (e.g. Google Authenticator)based two-factor authentication. It’s just way more secure than email or phone number.

A weird correlation I’ve observed is that many tech savvy designer folks have iPhone mini’s. I think partly because they do their main work on a computer and don’t lean on their phones as much.

What kind of solution you’re proposing? Why can’t we suffice with just regulation?