Literally in my first paragraph I said it was a volunteer program

If you want to argue about forced inmate labor being the modern day slavery sure but that’s not related to this program at all

That’s reasonable. It’ll take a long time, they’ll have to dismantle and rebuild almost the entirety of the prison system, but that’s a goal we should be working for.

I’d wager all the machine compacting and shredding they do at a landfill would render any harddrive broken. Maybe it survived, but after all these years, I highly doubt it survived being expoded to the elements anyways

It’s also a futile attempt. In the off chance they even find it, that hard drive would be toast by then. In a landfill, that hard drive would prob be shattered and in pieces, not to mention probably corroded and unreadable.

Pirating adobe will always be morally correct

I’ve already stated that I think this volunteer position should have better benefits and pay. Despite that, I will stand behind this program being a step towards the right direction. This program is far from exploitation. It’s not an embarrassment, and one of the few rehabilitation programs that actually attempts to help inmates get back on their feet after prison.

If you really think other states do any similar programs you’re grossly mistaken. Except for a couple other blue states, the other states imprison people in for profit prisons, so they can lease forced labor for pennies. There’s no comparable program in the states, and if you find a problem with the pay, you should be looking at literally everywhere else in the states that uses inmates for farm labor because those states refuse to pay people proper wages. Not to mention the fact that those are involuntary labor.

Everyone’s always quick to attack Cali for literally anything.

The firefighter / emergency reponder program is a volunteer position. Prisoners are not forced to join. They willingly joined, learned about the job, and are expected to help out when needed.

Everyone likes to complain about this as forced slavery, but this is one of the better programs inmates can volunteer in. They get experience, rehabilitation, and work towards emergency certificates that they can then use to get hired once they are released.

The other states have no comparable rehabilitation program. They’ll gladly throw you out to the streets with a criminal record and let you suffer because a criminal record reduces your chance of getting a job by a significant amount.

Are there plenty of issues with the program still? Yes. There’s long, grueling hours that comes with the nature of emergency response, bad pay, and a multitude of other issues, but a lot of it ties with how the prison system works and will take a lot of reform to set things right. I’m confident in Cali working towards those things though. This state has always been working for the people, even if it’s a slow and tedious process.

And for those who actually care, you can read more about the program here:

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/faq-conservation-fire-camp-program/

Public utilities are cheaper than private ones. And it’s not like there aren’t city programs for low income. Cali is far from being the most progressive (in comparison to the rest of the world) and they have plenty of assistance programs for all possible utilities.

They censored certain phrases and words, which they plan on no longer enforcing. I agree that they leave hate speech on the platform (reports rarely do anything) but the looser restrictions mean people can post even more hateful content and that paves the way for discrimatory ideologies

I dont think fact checking was the main reason, moreso that they decided to allow hate speech (e.g. They’re allowing targetted hate against LGBT groups).

Ah yes because wanting to not be discriminated against and censoring hate speech is such a woke thing /s

Broke my nail once because i had my finger where the door hinge was and kid me was the not the brightest tool in the shed

Also I have really bad scarring from when I used shaving cream and whatever I did fucked up my leg enough that I just have a bunch of dot scars now which is partially why I only wear long pants now

I lived by a concrete slide that you needed cardboard to use like a sled in order to go down. Otherwise the slide would burn the everliving shit out of you if you didn’t, but damn it was fun

What? League is consistently the top result of twitch. Even accounting for other regions, league is by far one of the largest games people watch in na. Big na streamers pull in thousands of viewers (doublelift, tyler1 for example)

Eggs are great but the us is back to a shortage bc of the bird flu

I stopped buying eggs the first time this happened and i stopped buying eggs again bc of this. Its like 8 dollars for a dozen…

What use are buildings if they aren’t closed spaces? If they’re open, then you’re open to the elements and/or wild animals, and at that point it’s not a shelter.

https://bitwarden.com/help/what-encryption-is-used/

I don’t know about other password managers, but Bitwarden handles your password pretty well. Of course, if someone has access to your local machine, then it’d fail, but at that point everything is compromised.

Simple solution: turn off rgb. Usually can be done throigh software or theres a dedictaed fn key combination for it

Or you can go down the mech keeb rabbithole and start collecting nice boards

What does childhood memories mean in this context? I’m so confused about that one option

I didn’t know Miku was a textbook definition of a terrorist /s