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FBI has much stricter rules of engagement...

The CIA operates abroad and historically can do whatever they want including but not limited to full on government coups.

But yeah, since 9/11 we've got like 3x the security agencies. People can go anywhere now

Isn't that just the police?

FBI almost always have a criminology or psychology degree and know way before applying to the FBI that the test doesn't work.

But the type of person to join the FBI would 100% Google it first and read studies. At least wikipedia.

Jocks go CIA, nerds go FBI.

It's not as true as it used to be, especially with so many new agencies over the last 20 years, but it's generally true.

I mean. They're FBI agents....

They all have already had to take at least one to get in, even though they all would have looked into them first and know they don't work. That's still not as bad as the guy having to administer the tests who definitely knows it's bullshit.

It's my favorite example of what happens when we let politicians set rules to govern bureaucrats.

The only reason it's still given is no one high enough in the FBI to be listened to has managed to explain to a president why it's stupid.

A lot of our government is shit because high ranking bureaucrats are shitty are explaining things to idiots

Polygraph measures nervousness, not lies.

So innocent people fail them. And guilty people pass them.

All this does is make remaing people hate him

In an actual free market all the corporations would act like this, because shit like this is what people want out of a business they patronize.

You will recall that there was a bit of a fuss a month or so ago when an undoubtedly-harried GameStop employee stapled some customer receipts directly to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes—and through the boxes, and into the Switch 2 units themselves. It was all quickly resolved, without lawsuits or fistfights, and with the ugliness now behind it GameStop is looking to make some proverbial lemonade by auctioning off the Switch 2 killer for charity.

No lawsuits, no fight required by affected consumers

The company made it right and turned a bad situation into a PR move that helps a charity.

I really thought we'd see some kind of ethical capitalism out of the whole GameStop thing but it never really spread.

Dean Cain has been a bitch for years...

He drank the maga Kool aid a long time ago

I'm almost positive outlook can be set up to do it on its own, I was just too lazy to Google how to set it up

It's called a dead man's switch and there's not really anything complicated about it.

The thing is, it's so so simple I doubt anyone has made a full on app to do it.

Like, the people who do that stuff aren't the type to require an app to do everything for them.

Microsoft flat out said it in an investor meeting years ago...

It's not exactly a secret

Nothing instills investors with confidence more than a nervous employee with a death grip on the door ~~handle~~ button.

Not so. The Tesla safety operators appear to always have their thumb on the “Open Door” button of their door, which is sort of weird to see. It’s like every safety operator is getting ready to say the Irish goodbye to their passengers at any given moment.

Turns out, Full Self Driving disengages if you open the door. So that is probably being used as a janky, factory-standard kill switch for the autonomous driving system that causes the vehicle to come to controlled stop.

There is absolutely nothing stopping the human employee from sitting behind the wheel except optics...

Like, if there's three passengers, does the employee keep shotgun?

Does a passenger get the driver's seat? Or do they all have to sit in the backseat so people can see it's driving itself?

Is the plan for highspeed situations really just opening a fucking door at speed?

The level of stupidity is, as always, fascinating...

This study explores the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and workers’ well-being and health using longitudinal survey data from Germany (2000–2020).

It's crazy the AI bros will say that this means AI is safe...

But then ask them how much AI has improved since 2020 and without a shred of realization they'll tell you only an idiot would compare 2020 AI to 2025 AI...

Like, it's not the study's fault. It's the fault of anyone trying to apply it to modern AI.