They cut the corner because a lack of regulation allowed them to, in order to produce a cheaper model.

It’s a mandatory feature in some other countries.

What’s the P stand for?

You’re right to question the article, which is thin on facts in a very specific area - which better presents the person it is about. Joe Average would probably see “had some weed” rather than “was involved in a cross-state trafficking operation” by the way it is written.

The question could have been better presented. If race was removed from the equation, and the US wasn’t deporting masses of people like it is now - then you probably wouldn’t have had such a strong reaction.

The mod that removed your comment for “misinformation” is following popular opinion rather than fact. “Marijuana-related charge” is vague and can imply anything alongside - including violence.

Regardless, I think they were wrong to deport. Reasonable people will commit crime when pushed to, which represents a failing of the state more than a failing of the individual.

Regardless of the circumstances - if you’re accepted & given the right to stay, you should stay. Even as a criminal.

There shouldn’t be take-backsies on that.

Better article with more detail.

During the pandemic, the family moved into a house that prosecutors say was part of a marijuana trafficking operation.

Yang was among 26 people indicted in a sweeping federal case in 2020. It alleged Yang helped count and package cash that was mailed to marijuana suppliers in California. Prosecutors found bags of cash taped between pages of magazines, according to a complaint.

She took a plea deal and served 2 1/2 years in prison. She said her attorney incorrectly told her the plea deal would not affect her immigration status as a green card holder. But her legal permanent residency was revoked.

At the end of her sentence, Yang was transferred to an ICE detention facility in Minnesota. There, at the advice of another attorney, she signed a document agreeing that a deportation order would be entered against her in exchange for being released from detention.

Despite agreeing to be deported, she and her attorney believed it wouldn’t happen, since only a small handful of people are deported to Laos each year

Sounds like she got involved with something she shouldn’t have as a green card holder, and then took some crap legal advice that didn’t account for an aggressive change in administration/policy.

Alfred Henry Lewis

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.

There was a special time in the XP heyday before WiFi routers (hell, just routers even) were common for home users. Without some kind of AV, loads of folk were basically just rawdogging the Internet with ADSL modems.

Simply being connected this way long enough at the height of the MS Blaster worm would almost guarantee a drive-by infection.

Give Librewolf a try. It’s Firefox without the crap.

Just tune down (or don’t) the privacy settings to your level of acceptance. It’s very strict by default.

I have settled on Mullvad, for their simplicity and payment methods.

I run a split environment. Main router is set up ‘normally’ with what other people in the house and visitors would expect.

Attached to that is a Pi running an OpenVPN client and a hostapd server that broadcasts a separate WiFi network. Iptables on the Pi are set to only ever allow Internet traffic through the VPN as a killswitch (except for OpenVPN, to prevent a chicken-egg situation), and any wifi clients connected via hostapd are routed through it.

A script occasionally changes the VPN endpoint to keep it interesting. This Pi also acts as a qbitorrent client that stores downloads to a local NAS.

It’s a best of both setup that has been stable for over 5 years now.

The more services that lock out my country, the better.

Even my home instance has done it.

Direct consequences are the only way to get it into the thick skulls of the people that This Is Bad.

Has gone suprisingly well.

Tesseract failed in some places, making some of the sub-headings come out in what looks like Klingon. HF have varied their paper stock dimensions as well, which caused a few things to be clipped.

Acceptable output for manual corrections.

Preview:

Expect a DM soon-ish.

Good news, they went through the ADF without too much trouble. Images just need a little contrast adjustment.

The copier used also OCR’d the whole lot, so they’ll be searchable.

Welcome.

Didn’t realise just how many I had - a whole box file full and overflow from that.

I’ve had a nice morning so far sorting, de-duping and remembering the time I coated half the kitchen in sesame seeds…

Been meaning to do it for ages so cheers for the incentive!

Python, Tesseract, OpenAI and my 3 remaining brain cells have now combined to form a working script that will rename the scan file names to whatever it reads in a certain section of the card.

Doing them by hand would be a nightmare 😅

Now I am wondering the same.

And looking down the rabbithole of Tesseract OCR haha.

I’ve done less useful things with a Monday morning before. PDFs, and I will try to suss a way to set the file names programatically.

A handful may come with ‘pre-printed accidents’ but all will be legible :)

As long as the scanner can handle the slightly thicker paper stock they use, we should be golden.

If you don’t mind them auf Englisch, I’ve got a hoard of them and time with a duplex scanner.

I’ve had some decent results with this:

https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist

You joke, but GPT comes up with some bangers for UK politicians…

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UK Politicians Trading Card Game

A satirical take on British politics, styled like a mix between trading cards and Cards Against Humanity.

John Prescott – Trading Card

Card Title: “Two Jags, One Punch”
Type: Labour Tank

• Power: 9/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Policy Success: 6/10
• Scandal Factor: 7/10
• Verbal Clarity: 2/10

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Special Ability: “The Left Hook of Justice”

Once per game, if an opponent plays a hostile media card, Prescott may respond with a Swift Uppercut, instantly negating the attack and leaving journalists dazed.

Quote:

“The Green Belt is a Labour initiative and we intend to build on it.”

Flavour Text:
A heavyweight in both politics and physical altercations, Prescott served as Tony Blair’s deputy and made headlines for his blunt approach to diplomacy—particularly when it involved egg-wielding protesters. He was famous for his commitment to public transport… while owning two Jaguars. :::

Tony Blair – Trading Card

Card Title: “Cool Britannia’s War Criminal”
Type: Labour Messiah (Corrupted Form)

• Power: 8/10
• Charisma: 10/10
• Policy Success: 9/10
• Scandal Factor: 9/10
• Trustworthiness: -3/10

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Special Ability: “Weapons of Mass Distraction”

If an opponent plays a Bad Press or Public Inquiry card, Blair may redirect all attention onto a vague existential threat, completely avoiding consequences for one turn.

Quote:

"Look, what we have to understand is… (proceeds to dodge the question for 15 minutes)"

Flavour Text:
Once hailed as the saviour of the Labour Party, Blair modernised Britain with a grin, a soundbite, and a suspiciously close friendship with George W. Bush. His legacy is a cocktail of public service reforms, spin-doctoring, and a certain little invasion that we swear was justified at the time.

David Cameron – Trading Card

Card Title: “The Pig Whisperer”
Type: Tory Toff

• Power: 6/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Policy Success: 5/10
• Scandal Factor: 8/10
• Competence: 4/10

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Special Ability: “Referendumb”

If Cameron is forced into a difficult decision, he may trigger a National Vote, shifting responsibility onto the public. However, if the outcome is catastrophic, Cameron immediately Resigns to a Nice Cottage in the Cotswolds.

Quote:

“We’re all in this together—well, apart from my friends in the City.”

Flavour Text:
The man who gave the UK its most chaotic decade since World War II, Cameron’s legacy is austerity, that referendum, and that alleged incident with a pig. Thought he could handle populism—turns out he couldn’t even handle Boris Johnson.