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Comment on Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: 'So much sympathy' in ~society
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Comment on Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: 'So much sympathy' in ~society
l_one Link ParentYep. And then it (potentially) goes down the rabbit hole of 'well, we've put him through 4 trials so far with a hung jury every time, how many times can we try him and fail to convict without...It doesn't take much to cause a hung jury.
I doubt a full panel will exonerate him, but they would have to exclude a lot of context to get twelve to agree to convict him IMHO.
Yep. And then it (potentially) goes down the rabbit hole of 'well, we've put him through 4 trials so far with a hung jury every time, how many times can we try him and fail to convict without further stripping away the perceived legitimacy of the justice system'?
What I'm worried about is Luigi being Epstein'd.
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Comment on Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: 'So much sympathy' in ~society
l_one Link Parent... Yes. Agreed. Unfortunately, it seems the overwhelming reaction has been "use propaganda to tell people the injustices they have endured for decades are fine and dandy and don't ask for better"...So it better start offering some justice and fair dealing to people, before things get any uglier.
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Yes. Agreed.
Unfortunately, it seems the overwhelming reaction has been "use propaganda to tell people the injustices they have endured for decades are fine and dandy and don't ask for better" and "use force to cow the masses". With the utterly unprecedented amount of unity I am seeing from this event, I don't see the path they have chosen as one that will end in a good place for our society.
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Comment on Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: 'So much sympathy' in ~society
l_one Link ParentI don't think it is reasonably possible to assemble a jury of his peers with no bias and no exposure to the underlying factors of the case that could influence them. "Have you ever had to interact...Their struggle to get a proper neutral jury alone is an indication of how bad it is.
I don't think it is reasonably possible to assemble a jury of his peers with no bias and no exposure to the underlying factors of the case that could influence them.
"Have you ever had to interact with healthcare in the USA?"
"Have you ever had a medical claim denied?"
"Has anyone you know ever had any negative interaction with health insurance in the USA?"
"Have you ever resented paying out of pocket for medical care?"
"Do you have any awareness of the health statistics and life expectancy of other countries?"
...I end up darkly imagining the prosecution having the defense ushered out of the courtroom, then asking "Do we have those 12 jurors in yet who are worth over $10 Million USD each and have pledged to vote guilty on all charges?"
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one Link ParentAbout the issue with the 6th monitor: can you provide details on your computer? What operating system do you use? Any details about what hardware (motherboard / video card(s)) is in the computer?...About the issue with the 6th monitor: can you provide details on your computer?
What operating system do you use? Any details about what hardware (motherboard / video card(s)) is in the computer?
Long long ago I started off in IT support, I'm willing to throw my hat in the ring for a fellow Tilde'r.... Tilder? Tildiddlydidly? Tilditor? Ok I simply have no idea how to associativity label a fellow Tildes user.
Also your drawing is a masterpiece.
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one Link ParentVery pretty! Thank you for sharing it. I like how much art you have integrated into your space.Very pretty! Thank you for sharing it. I like how much art you have integrated into your space.
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one Link ParentThat is a very pretty monitor setup, thank you for sharing it!That is a very pretty monitor setup, thank you for sharing it!
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Comment on Tenant unions are coming. US landlords aren't ready. in ~life
l_one Link ParentThe common citizen of this country has experienced nothing but take take take for far too long. I agree, this and other efforts of a similar vein are overdue.The common citizen of this country has experienced nothing but take take take for far too long. I agree, this and other efforts of a similar vein are overdue.
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one Link ParentThis might be a weird thing to comment on, but I really like that your set of drawers is perfect in height to fit exactly below the lip of your desk. It makes the OCD in me happy.This might be a weird thing to comment on, but I really like that your set of drawers is perfect in height to fit exactly below the lip of your desk. It makes the OCD in me happy.
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one Link ParentPictures so we can appreciate the beauty? I love seeing cool setups.Pictures so we can appreciate the beauty? I love seeing cool setups.
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Comment on What does your computer setup look like? in ~tech
l_one (edited )LinkOh sweet! A classic 'Battlestations' post. I'm having such nostalgia right now. Ok. My home computer setup. Here is my primary desktop workstation. Screenshot The computer is a Boxx Apexx E3_03...Oh sweet! A classic 'Battlestations' post. I'm having such nostalgia right now.
Ok. My home computer setup.
Here is my primary desktop workstation.
ScreenshotThe computer is a Boxx Apexx E3_03 workstation originally meant for CAD modeling and engineering design. ASRock H570 Phantom Gaming 4 motherboard, Intel 11th gen i9-11900K 8-core/16-thread, liquid cooled CPU, 64GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 RAM, Nvidia RTX A2000 12GB workstation graphics card, Samsung 980 Pro 500GB NVMe system drive, Seagate 18TB SATA storage drive.
I run a triple monitor setup that's kind of hodge-podged together, all TVs. Left screen is an old 19" Insignia, middle is a Samsung 43" 4K, and the right is a Toshiba 43". I went with all TVs in part for price / size ratio and also I can turn them all on/off with a single custom command on my Flipper Zero (I recorded each remote on/off IR sequence and chained them together). Logitech MX Keys S keyboard and Logitech M590 silent mouse. Bose soundbar below the monitor, unseen behind everything is my CyberPower 1500VA UPS unit, laser printer, several USB external drives for backups and one of my Netgear Gigabit switches. The mic is the Samson CO1U Pro USB and the headphones I use for monitoring are the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm.
Oh. Steelcase Leap V2 office chair. Very important component of the workstation. So much better than my previous chair.
I run Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon on this one. It gets used for anything from video recording and editing for YouTube, to playing Magic Arena, to processing documentation for some of the contract tech work I do.
Now we move on to my Lab Bench workstation and computer.
The actual computer hardware here is much less impressive, this is a HP Elitedesk 800 G4 mini PC. Its main purpose is to let me bring up schematic PDFs while I'm working on something. It runs MX Linux 23.4 Libretto XFCE. I have it set up with a 4 port KVM to switch between it, my RisingCam RT5109 4K microscope camera, the Rigol DHO914 oscilloscope and the cable bundle you see hanging on the left edge of the picture which is a 10ft computer cable bundle for hooking up other computers when I work on them.
I also have a kind of sandboxed wifi setup for the bench using a Netgear Nighthawk XR700 gaming router. I like it since it has a visual network map that I can log into and see a connection map of every device connected to it with device details, it's good for setting up single-use wifi networks to connect an untrusted device to that might have MDM / corporate device management & security crap on it. Happens sometimes with the devices I get at auction, more often with tablets.
Next we move on to my field computers.
The laptop is an ASUS ROG STRIX G17 17.3", Ryzen 7 4800H 8-core, 32GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, Kingston 1TB NVMe system drive. I set this computer up to dual-boot between Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon and Windows 11 for field tech work so I could make sure to be able to run whatever software a contract job called for. It is the only reason I still have anything running Windows and I still slightly resent the need.
The tablet is slightly on the older side: a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro running Android 11. I got this for field survey work and chose it as it meets a number of Milspec durability and environmental requirements. I needed something that would work in extreme cold and heat (outdoor work at all times of the year) and would survive trudging through brush, woods, going over barbed wire, etc... It has worked very well for me. I keep it in a RAM mount case which lets me easily mount it in my van workstation.
Speaking of my van workstation, may as well include that. Pretty minimal, though I may do more with it in the future. I just have a bit of minor deskspace set up with a mouse and keyboard, and the RAM mount set up on my spool carrier with a multifunction USB hub attached by magnet and wire routed with zip ties. Powered from my van inverter setup. Since the tablet has Samsung DEX functionality I can switch it to 'Desktop Mode' and that lets me use the Android tablet with a regular USB keyboard and mouse easily.
Next up we have the home server project I'm working on. Pic 1 and pic 2 for that.
The server is a Dell Precision 7910 Tower Server, dual Xeon E5-2690 V4 CPUs, 14-core each, 28-core/56-thread system, 128GB ECC RAM, Nvidia Quadro M2000 graphics card, Samsung 980 NVMe 500GB system drive installed with a M.2 riser card, quad 14TB SAS drives for storage. This is an in-process project that will be my primary home server running NAS, PLEX server and FTP to start with, probably some virtual machine hosting to test different Linux distros, possibly being used for CPU-heavy tasks, though these days more and more compute tasks are being optimized for running on GPU compute architecture, so we'll see. Might mess around with locally hosted AI but I'd need to upgrade the graphics for that, or maybe pick up some surplus Nvidia Tesla cards, though from my research getting those to get utilized properly is a giant pain.
So that's me, I'm a giant tech nerd as you can see.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
l_one Link ParentOh, I remember that one! It had a great discussion on self-hosting.Oh, I remember that one! It had a great discussion on self-hosting.
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Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk
l_one Link ParentAwww!! I feel unreasonably happy and appreciated right now. Thank you u/chocobean!Awww!!
I feel unreasonably happy and appreciated right now. Thank you u/chocobean!
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Comment on How to pass the time when you have nothing to do at work and just your phone? in ~talk
l_one LinkAudiobooks. I have literally thousands of hours of audiobooks I keep on my phone - I get constant reading time in while having my hands free and being able to do other things.Audiobooks.
I have literally thousands of hours of audiobooks I keep on my phone - I get constant reading time in while having my hands free and being able to do other things.
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Comment on Is there a way for Donald Trump to run for US presidency for a third time? in ~society
l_one Link ParentYes. The threat of civil war has gone from laughable conspiracy theory, to noted minuscule possibility on the horizon, to (in my view) serious near-to-mid-term concern. I am utterly unable to...I'm telling you that this one is different. The 22nd Amendment together with Article II is explicit and clear, and while I have no doubt some would try to twist the language to suit their aims, that is a crossing of the Rubicon that millions of Americans–including many that've sworn to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic–would recognize.
It would mean civil war.
Yes. The threat of civil war has gone from laughable conspiracy theory, to noted minuscule possibility on the horizon, to (in my view) serious near-to-mid-term concern. I am utterly unable to express in words the depth of 'please I don't want this' when I consider that future permutation.
I do not believe it is a coincidence he has publicly stated he will engage in 'loyalty purges' of the top leadership of the branches of our military.
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Comment on Is there a way for Donald Trump to run for US presidency for a third time? in ~society
l_one Link ParentThere are a number of routes he could take. A standard play in the autocrat playbook is declare a state of emergency over... whatever you want to manufacture as an emergency, then declare martial...No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice...
There are a number of routes he could take.
A standard play in the autocrat playbook is declare a state of emergency over... whatever you want to manufacture as an emergency, then declare martial law and suspend elections 'for the duration of the emergency'.
@gpl mentioned another: run as VP, win, have the 'elected president' resign immediately, shifting trump into the office via chain of succession.
He could lean harder into the 'cheating' theme he is so fond of, spend a year touting conspiracies about deep state dems engagning in a massive effort to rig our election system and suspend elections (until some nebulous 'fixed everything' date) 'to keep the dems from cheating'.
I'm not saying whatever ploy would succeed, just that I expect him to try.
Hell, he's not even back in office yet and he's already hard at work degrading the power of the press: intimidation, lawsuits, threat of using the FBI and DOJ (after suitably Project-2025'ing them into loyalty) to charge them criminally and jail them.
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Comment on Is there a way for Donald Trump to run for US presidency for a third time? in ~society
l_one Link ParentA common play in the playbook is declare a state of emergency over... whatever you want to manufacture as an emergency... declare martial law and suspend elections 'for the duration of the emergency'.A common play in the playbook is declare a state of emergency over... whatever you want to manufacture as an emergency... declare martial law and suspend elections 'for the duration of the emergency'.
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Comment on Medicare for all would save 68,000 US lives per year and reduce costs by $450 billion in ~health
l_one Link ParentOh, agreed. I would argue however that it accounts for... roughly half, or a bit more? I'd probably put Private Equity (the bits that don't go under the umbrella of private health insurance) as...Healthcare in the United States is exorbitantly expensive and some of that blame rests on the shoulders of for-profit health insurance. But not all of it.
Oh, agreed. I would argue however that it accounts for... roughly half, or a bit more? I'd probably put Private Equity (the bits that don't go under the umbrella of private health insurance) as the 2nd worst offender - but PE is also kinda/sorta private health insurance so it gets a bit murky..., then 3rd would probably be Pharma drug pricing. Just off the top of my head. Still, single-payer only would give Medicare ENORMOUS bargaining power regarding drug prices.
But it's all moot anyway. I've lost any faith whatsoever that we will enact any real reform of healthcare in the United States.
So... it really could happen. A LOT of positive change could happen, possibly quite soon... for the worst possible reasons.
We tend to see the collective will to make sweeping changes for the good of all in the wake of the worst of tragedies. Trump takes office in a month. Things will get bad. Things... ...MAY... get bad enough, fast enough, to shock this nation into a wakeup call that instills the political will to recognize the evils around us, for our representatives and lawmakers to be willing to acknowledge them directly and damn the campaign funding consequences, have politicians actually say 'Fuck You' to lobbyist money (probably for a very brief window of time if it happens), and push forward real, positive change addressing some of the worst aspects of our nation: wealth inequality, healthcare-as-wealth-generation, money-buying-politics AKA Citizens United, our Supreme Court...
Maybe. But again, likely for the worst of reasons, or aftermath thereof.
I looked it up. There is no defined 'hard limit - it's situationally subjective.
From: https://fija.org/library-and-resources/library/jury-nullification-faq/what-is-a-speedy-trial.html
Under the United States Constitution, the accused in all criminal cases has the right to a speedy trial. The general concept is easy enough to understand, but the particular details of what this means can be difficult to pin down.
In general, the speedy trial guarantee means that the accused must be brought to trial or released within a reasonable amount of time. The government is not legally permitted to lock people up indefinitely without trying them.
What specifically constitutes a "reasonable" timeframe is a matter of debate, litigation, and legislation. There is not just a simple, firm time limit for what is considered reasonable and then anything after that is considered unreasonable. Rather, the current legal framework for what constitutes a "speedy" trial consists of precedent set by the Supreme Court as well as statutory federal and state law.
In Barker v. Wingo (1972), the United States Supreme Court held that under the Constitution:
"A defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial cannot be established by any inflexible rule, but can be determined only on an ad hoc balancing basis in which the conduct of the prosecution and that of the defendant are weighed."
With that opinion, the Court established a four-part test in which courts are left to assess this right on a case-by-case basis, weighing:
the length of the delay
the reason for the delay,
whether or not the defendant asserted their right to a speedy trial, and
prejudice to the defendant
This leaves the situation quite nebulous and is particularly unsatisfying to people whose understanding of rights is that they are not something that ought to be left to the whims of government officials to determine as they like. However, the Supreme Court provides only a baseline for determining speedy trial violations, with federal and state legislators allowed to provide additional protections above it. Indeed, there are additional boundaries to the concept of a speedy trial in federal and state laws.
With respect to federal trials, the Speedy Trial Act provides additional definition. 18 U.S. Code § 3161 generally allows 30 days from the time someone is arrested or served with a summons for their arrest for the federal government to charge them with a crime and, if they plead not guilty, an additional 70 days beyond that or beyond the date the defendant has appeared before a judicial officer of the court in which such charge is pending (whichever is later) for a trial against them to commence. It further specifies extensive details applying to other scenarios, circumstance with allow for permissible modifications of these time limits in this scenario, and more.
Additionally, many states impose similar numerically-defined limits on various stages of the process from arrest to trial as well as details such as what time does and does not count toward those limits, etc.