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You don't need to techsplain this in hackernews of all places, it's cringey. You must be a perpetual contrarian, it makes you special. There is a direct line b

You don't need to techsplain this in hackernews of all places, it's cringey. You must be a perpetual contrarian, it makes you special. There is a direct line between police use of Rekognition and the pretence to squash the freedom to protest. But you knew that, you just purposely have your blinders on to protect your worldview. Enjoy your leather sandwich.

easytiger 6y ago
For a start police in the UK have been videoing crowds with Handy Cams and mounted specialist mobile CCTV for decades for manual review. They have proved invaluable in NI for example in securing convictions of violent persons. No one is saying there isn't a right to protest. The police have a duty to enforce the law and when protests turn violent they have the support of the majority to enforce that. This method means minimal engagement with the crowd.
- smashah 6y ago
  Minimal engagement with the crowd? Are you serious? I'm just gonna end this here. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Byee
  - easytiger 6y ago
    There was widespread violence and damage of public space. That you were outplayed by the police in exercising your little tantrum, it has no bearing on a discussion about police using video technology effectively to make policing safer and making finding culprits more reliable.
    - smashah 6y ago
      The same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing.
      - easytiger 6y ago
        > The same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing. You are a cartoon
        dang 6y ago
        It's not ok to break the site guidelines even if another account was behaving badly. That only makes this place even worse and contributes to its self-destruction. I know it's not always easy, but if you'd please not do that, we'd appreciate it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 6y ago
You broke the site guidelines extremely badly in this thread. We ban accounts that do that. You've posted some substantive comments in previous threads, though (as well as some unsubstantive ones—please don't do that). I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and not ban you, but if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- smashah 6y ago
  Just saw this. Sorry I got heated that day. Didn't have any time for these type of comments. Going forward I'm just gonna ignore and move on. Or just say what I need to say within the confines of the rules. Thanks.

easytiger 6y ago

For a start police in the UK have been videoing crowds with Handy Cams and mounted specialist mobile CCTV for decades for manual review. They have proved invaluable in NI for example in securing convictions of violent persons. No one is saying there isn't a right to protest. The police have a duty to enforce the law and when protests turn violent they have the support of the majority to enforce that. This method means minimal engagement with the crowd.

smashah 6y ago
Minimal engagement with the crowd? Are you serious? I'm just gonna end this here. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Byee
- easytiger 6y ago
  There was widespread violence and damage of public space. That you were outplayed by the police in exercising your little tantrum, it has no bearing on a discussion about police using video technology effectively to make policing safer and making finding culprits more reliable.
  - smashah 6y ago
    The same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing.
    - easytiger 6y ago
      > The same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing. You are a cartoon
      - dang 6y ago
        It's not ok to break the site guidelines even if another account was behaving badly. That only makes this place even worse and contributes to its self-destruction. I know it's not always easy, but if you'd please not do that, we'd appreciate it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang 6y ago

You broke the site guidelines extremely badly in this thread. We ban accounts that do that. You've posted some substantive comments in previous threads, though (as well as some unsubstantive ones—please don't do that). I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and not ban you, but if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

smashah 6y ago
Just saw this. Sorry I got heated that day. Didn't have any time for these type of comments. Going forward I'm just gonna ignore and move on. Or just say what I need to say within the confines of the rules. Thanks.