Until relatively recent “voter ID” laws pushed by Republicans as a way of disenfranchising blocs of voters who typically vote Democratic, there was no verification of identity at the polls in the US. Because that was done when the citizen registered to vote. And it worked great as in-person voter fraud is essentially non-existent, and like the four times it happened, the perpetrators got caught and charged (and almost invariably Republican voters, but the projection shouldn’t surprise anyone).

Many (most?) places in the US still do not verify voter identity at the polls.

When I vote, I walk into my polling place, I get into the correct line (usually 3 lines, based on address). When I get to the front of the line, I give the volunteer my first and last name, they page through a book and find my name, next to which is an area for my signature (I could be wrong, but a copy of my signature from the previous time I voted might also be printed next to it). I sign my name, and they give me my ballot and point me in the direction of the next person (feeds the ballot into the machine and I get into the booth).

That’s it. No ID because I provided everything needed when I registered, and maybe I don’t currently have one of the specific types of ID these laws generally list (tied to things like employment and home or car ownership weirdly enough. Curious). Oh the IDs are never free either. And if you don’t have a permanent address to have that ID sent to, then I guess you’re SOL.

A solution to a made up problem, where the “solution” just so happens to demographically help the Republican party by suppressing the vote. Curious.

If you have any actual question that these voter ID laws exist to disenfranchise certain voters, I recommend taking like 30 seconds to Google it. Republicans themselves have admitted that it’s the entire point.

Yeah same. For me, the alternate is to just not use YouTube so I usually give it a few tries with freetube before giving up

Probably by signing their name in a book like literally everyone else?

She got 100% fully naked in The Wolf of Wall Street fyi

definitely industrial-scale automation systems. Mostly PLCs, but also SCADA for monitoring. Lots of 20-30 year-old tech. Those networks have no reason to be connected to the internet.

You’re talking a massive nation with more systems like this than you could ever imagine. Probably more than all of Europe combined.

They are in every state of repair and disrepair that you could imagine, and many have been receiving government funding for at least at decade now (def more, but I can only speak to the last ten years or so) to replace these systems, including SCADA and PLCs.

So you have a patchwork of countless systems, in every level of tech modernity that you can imagine.

The newer systems usually have an internal network of sorts, and they might have a portal for someone outside the network to log in to remotely monitor.

The problem seems to be that these idiots kept the default credentials, etc.

But to answer you’re question, they’re not all 20-30 years old, and network connectivity (without being open to the outside internet, obviously), is a very useful feature when replacing those old systems with newer ones.

That’s why.

Not only that but it said many of them were using the default login credentials

I wonder if Sikhs are ever warned ahead of time that they’re entering a life full of catching strays

They’d just leave the city because it would become unprofitable.

It would need to be subsidized somehow if you want drivers to make a living wage while also implementing price controls and eliminating tipping. At that point, just have it be a city-owned public service.

Turns out that it costs a lot of money to transport people around for a living wage.

NYC already has more protections for contract workers (rideshare drivers) than most cities on the planet.

They wouldn’t even need to pull out, they’d pass the increase in costs to the consumers (the riders), and they’ll make it very clear that it’s Mamdani’s fault their ride is so expensive now.

you could probably force them do double every salary overnight and they would still be able to afford it.

They’d crank the prices up for the end user, and make it very clear that it’s Mamdani’s fault your ride home from the club is 3x what it usually is (because you know they would increase it more than they actually need).

How do you think that would work out for Zohran?

It wouldn’t be the left without constant, self-sabotaging, infighting.

Sometimes I wonder what people here think the mayor of NYC actually does

No it’s worse than 8.

8 just looked bad, but it still functioned just like 7 in the background if I recall.

11 is just vibecoded trash through and through

No doubt about it.

And they are not the only ones.

Because Cletus has a tiny dick

This is censorship manifest!

What is the charge, causing a DDOS? A succulent Chinese DDOS?

It’s Windows. It’s all drawback.

Yay, im blocked

Liberals are a kind of conservative

It’s funny because a statement like this would simply break the brains of my Fox News drip-fed parents lol