They did know there was a threat. That is completely true.

Problem is there were lots of threats.

They couldn’t separate the real threat from the noise.

No, it wasn’t deliberate, but it was a failure of the intelligence community.

Yeah like those “terrorists” that undercover agents encourage in online forums to do radical things, then those agents “bust” them with a random assortment of pipe bombs or something.

I don’t think it was fake.

I think they knew it (or something dramatic) was going to happen with plenty of warning and deliberately allowed it to play out for dramatic effect. That was unenthusiastic and unhurried securing of the leadership.

Ah, the blameless AI got people killed. Sue the company, then whittle it down because no raindrop programmer was responsible for the flood that killed hundreds, then wait for people to give up in appeals while the lawyers get rich.

When nobody stops you…

Pretty much the same plan as the Republicans, right? They were all about burning it down but plenty of them are arriving at the “Dude!” stage.

“Hypocrisy.”

Icanhas and Failblog were hilarious back in the day. I think that CEO Ben whatshisname wrecked it by commercializing it.

*Actively maneuvering into…

“Descent” sounds passive.

Still collecting that paycheck and not rocking the boat.

The same people that say the economy is shit because life’s hard and they can’t get ahead are the same ones that point out that the president says the economy is doing great whenever someone criticizes him.

Fix the American government, education system, and legal system.

Thanklessly.

It won’t be fixed in one term, probably not two, maybe see it start to work a decade after they leave office.

It’s going to take years to earn back trust, but no matter what happens, America will never have the power it used to have.

SMH

What the fuck is he on about.

Ooh, I don’t know about that. Maybe if everyone’s on the same page. ND can’t help but interrupt, but really dislike being interrupted. I gotta finish my thought sometimes.

Interestingly, statistics reveal that over 95 percent of passengers involved in a plane crash survive, underscoring the importance of preparation and awareness in ensuring safety during flights.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/engineering/plane-crash-survival

Wrong again, genius. You need to stop, now.

I’m sure they’re the same self-centered people exiting the burning aircraft with their carry-on bags.

I work with people like this. They’re not interested in a conversation, only talking at you.

A name I never thought I’d know, and will now try to forget.

I was into anime cartoons in the ‘80s, read Fantasy, D&D, and Sci-Fi, was into computers and gaming since the Atari, and a dose of neurospicy did absolutely no favors. Likely the ND drove me to the hobbies I enjoyed because they were escapes from the shittiness of the world outside of them. Yeah, I absolutely got bullied and pushed to the fringes.

At any rate, I don’t dwell on it, but the “mainstreaming” of things like IT and gaming has filled them up with assholes and jocks using them as dick measuring contests. It’s now a power play to be a CTO or IT coder or some kind of popular game streamer instead of a geek playing with computers.

It’s not the same world anymore. Probably why I haven’t used VoIP chat in any game for near a decade now. Too many assholes.

Wrong on all counts.

You have no clue how little some people fly, and some may only fly a few times in a lifetime. The safety briefing is for them, not jaded geniuses that don’t count the seat rows to the nearest emergency exit.