Former stoner. Multiple times a day every day for years. Never thought I could imagine life without weed, but eventually it turned into a personal little hell that I couldn't escape. I kept smoking even long after I stopped enjoying it, long after I knew I needed to stop, and even long after I wanted to stop.
One day I woke up and decided I didn't need it anymore. It was still challenging to toss my stash and equipment (which I had done dozens of times over the years), but eventually I did and it was the start of a T-break that will never end. I haven't looked back since, and life still isn't perfect now but I'm grateful to be able to approach it with a clear head, and a body which actually listens when I tell it to get up and go do something.
Skinny Gary said you need to send that message to Gay Skinny Gary (there are too many fucking Garys around here) because he's not quite fully functional
OMG, Gary! I was told you died! But here you are, on my phone, asking me for my crypto wallet password. Anything for you, Skinny Alive Gary!
It's W4teV3r18uy!5G0iN9UPmYBu77
Steel toolboxes work even better, plus you can cosplay as a repair tech and wear a hard hat and reflective vest. Don’t forget your clip board and osha gloves!
They're really fucked up, and it's my stance that the CEO of the company and any of the employees watching footage without consent should be criminally charged for espionage, and defrauding the public, among other things.
Aww that's disappointing but not surprising. I saw the headline of your third link and I was like "Damn cool move by wildlife conservation police, they're helping people identify and track ICE agents and raids". But of course that's not what "monitoring for ICE" means, it means they're helping ICE by monitoring the cameras for protestors.
They don't just read plated. They'll recognize scratches and dents on specific vehicles and also facial recognition. Basically complete human and machine tracking. Cities with flock cameras everywhere can track every move you make.
To add to the great info already here, Flock is a private company. Think like Ring doorbells but for "Traffic Cameras". They are mainly used to bypass laws and constitutional rights because its a for profit business. They have weaseled their way into entire cities. They not only provide back door access to any agency that pays, but they are actively building profiles on everyone they record. They know where you live, what you drive, when you work, where you work, how many people are in your family. They store all this without our consent or even notifying anyone.
Here's a site that explains more and has an interactive map that shows where the cameras are located. https://deflock.org/
Yes but in UK GDPR protects the footage and information it captures from being sold. Your parking lot can only use it to fine for parking, if government wants it, "in theory" they need a Warrent.
Not a whole lot. Only around $5 a pound. If there really is 3 grams of gold and you got the chemicals to dissolve and collect it safely, that's worth waaay more. 3g of gold would be worth around $500.
58 Comments
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe · 112 pts · 128d
Pounds and grams in a single sentence! Who are you trying to confuse? Everyone?!
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 42 pts · 128d
28 grams in an ounce, ask me how I know...
UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 128d
It's weed, man.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 128d
Really? Cool, man!
dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 127d
smelts you
percent@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 128d
Not in a troy ounce though
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 127d
Hey I think I know troy. That bastard shorts you every time. His ounces certainly don't weigh 28 grams, you're right about that!
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 127d
Stoner? Or very heavy coke user 😂
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 127d
Former stoner. Multiple times a day every day for years. Never thought I could imagine life without weed, but eventually it turned into a personal little hell that I couldn't escape. I kept smoking even long after I stopped enjoying it, long after I knew I needed to stop, and even long after I wanted to stop.
One day I woke up and decided I didn't need it anymore. It was still challenging to toss my stash and equipment (which I had done dozens of times over the years), but eventually I did and it was the start of a T-break that will never end. I haven't looked back since, and life still isn't perfect now but I'm grateful to be able to approach it with a clear head, and a body which actually listens when I tell it to get up and go do something.
Technoworcester@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 127d
Well done man and congrats.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 127d
The people who would care about this likely are accustomed to using grams for some measurements
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 127d
We ain’t out here buying drugs by the pound. It’s grams and ounces unless you’re a shotter but even then you buying in ounces and kilos.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 128d
Well you wouldn't say 0.006613868 lbs of gold would you?
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 127d
No, but I would say "just shy of 1kg of copper"!
joan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 128d
i thought america uses grams for gold
CapOnBackwards@fedinsfw.app · 80 pts · 128d
skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 128d
New phone, who dis
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 128d
Skinny Gary. Now pass it on.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d
Well fuck you, Gary!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 127d
Skinny Gary said you need to send that message to Gay Skinny Gary (there are too many fucking Garys around here) because he's not quite fully functional
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
OMG, Gary! I was told you died! But here you are, on my phone, asking me for my crypto wallet password. Anything for you, Skinny Alive Gary!
It's
W4teV3r18uy!5G0iN9UPmYBu77HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
I said it's Skinny Gary, not Skinny Alive Gary. That's someone else
fartographer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 128d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
Yeah, my crack cocaine guy? He died shooting up a huge rock of crack. Has the best cocaine prices. What about him?
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
I enjoy knowing that, while this conversation is happening publicly on the Internet, we are the only two people laughing at this right now.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 70 pts · 128d
Fuck copper there's literally two pounds of lithium in each one
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 128d
::: spoiler two pounds of lithium? how many pounds of ions? i might know a guy :::
Agent641@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 128d
That should keep the depressions at bay for a week or so.
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 128d
Probably a geolocation device as well. Be careful out there.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 128d
Don’t forget your wire mesh bags folks!
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 128d
Steel toolboxes work even better, plus you can cosplay as a repair tech and wear a hard hat and reflective vest. Don’t forget your clip board and osha gloves!
zeejoo@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 128d
Alternatively, smash them to bits to help your local crackhead access the components more easily!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 127d
Just a reminder that ICE vans do have catalytic converters.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 32 pts · 128d
I kinda doubt that is true but steal em anyways
errer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 128d
I mean when they look like this I don’t doubt it
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 128d
Ya that would be more than $400 of gold. But there's only one way to find out...
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 22 pts · 128d
What is a flock camera? Is it like ANPR (Automatic number plate recognition) in the UK?
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 73 pts · 128d
We call 'em ALPRs (Automated License Plate Readers) here, but yeah it's essentially the same thing.
Their cameras are regularly abused by police officers to stalk ex's, have begun to be used outside their original scope, can be used illegally by one agency on behalf of another that shouldn't have access, and have been used by Flock employees to, without permission from local authorities and against their own public statements, watch children in a gym for hours while partially erasing audit logs.
They also use Flock to monitor protestors, and track abortion seekers, all while lying about their effectiveness in preventing crime, threatening people who follow their actions, and leaving countless cameras publicly exposed without password protection, covering up vulnerabilities, and lying to city officials about Flock officials watching cameras, like the ones spying on children.
They're really fucked up, and it's my stance that the CEO of the company and any of the employees watching footage without consent should be criminally charged for espionage, and defrauding the public, among other things.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 35 pts · 128d
Referencing claims is the Lord's work.
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 128d
Aww that's disappointing but not surprising. I saw the headline of your third link and I was like "Damn cool move by wildlife conservation police, they're helping people identify and track ICE agents and raids". But of course that's not what "monitoring for ICE" means, it means they're helping ICE by monitoring the cameras for protestors.
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 1 pts · 127d
I thought the same thing when I first read it!
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 128d
Yes, but with AI and evilness
beveradb@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 128d
And built, deployed and controlled by a private company with no accountability and plenty of bribery/corruption
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 128d
They don't just read plated. They'll recognize scratches and dents on specific vehicles and also facial recognition. Basically complete human and machine tracking. Cities with flock cameras everywhere can track every move you make.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 128d
To add to the great info already here, Flock is a private company. Think like Ring doorbells but for "Traffic Cameras". They are mainly used to bypass laws and constitutional rights because its a for profit business. They have weaseled their way into entire cities. They not only provide back door access to any agency that pays, but they are actively building profiles on everyone they record. They know where you live, what you drive, when you work, where you work, how many people are in your family. They store all this without our consent or even notifying anyone.
Here's a site that explains more and has an interactive map that shows where the cameras are located. https://deflock.org/
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 128d
Looking forward to the headlines when some unknown heros burn these datacenters to the ground like that warehouse in California.
Or maybe some hackers wipe all the data.
It's like the Ring of Power, it can't be used for good. The power itself will corrupt anyone who tries to use it. It must be destroyed.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 127d
Yes but in UK GDPR protects the footage and information it captures from being sold. Your parking lot can only use it to fine for parking, if government wants it, "in theory" they need a Warrent.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 127d
This isn't even remotely true, but I'm not bothered with anyone trying to convince crack heads to tear down surveillance state equipment.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 127d
Does this come in bumper sticker?
altphoto@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 128d
Could we also remind people of the price of copper per pound?
restingOface@quokk.au · 7 pts · 128d
Too volatile. Look it up yourself for your region at the given moment.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 128d
Not a whole lot. Only around $5 a pound. If there really is 3 grams of gold and you got the chemicals to dissolve and collect it safely, that's worth waaay more. 3g of gold would be worth around $500.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 128d
Based on this we should be able to get a live scrap value for each Flock camera.
krispyavuz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
There are 2 apples and 3 bananas. Wait. That doesn’t add up does it? 🙃😝
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 128d
Is X including full timestamps in its posts now, or is this some special setting?
dan69@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 127d
The stoopid in me read 3gigs of gold 🤦
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 128d
Ok boomer
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 128d
Not sure how I feel about your downvotes. Do that many people just automatically downvotes at a joke without even realizing it's a joke on the name?
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 127d
Reading is hard for some people I guess haha