medgremlin

joined 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I was very grateful that none of the cadavers we had at my medical school were John/Jane Does, and that we have a memorial service for the cadavers every year and invite the families to express gratitude.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

I worked as a scribe and as an ER tech in a Level 1 peds hospital. I'm not even done with med school and I've already punched that card more times than I care to remember.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the thing though...I think it is part of their due diligence to know what's going on in their own business. If they can't guarantee that it's safe, they shouldn't release it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The c-suites have the ultimate power and therefore ultimate responsibility for whatever happens in their organization. Similar to how parents can be held criminally liable for their children's actions. It's just that much more incentive for them to make sure things are in order in their organization.

Also, Citizen's United ruled that corporations are people, so they can be held to the same standards of responsibility as other people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I think the threshold for proving the "reasonable person" standard for companies should be extremely low. They are a complex organization that is supposed to have internal checks and reviews, so it should be very difficult for them to squirm out of liability. The C-suite should be first on the list for criminal liability so that they have a vested interest in ensuring that their products are actually safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I'd accept that if the makers of the self-driving cars can be tried for vehicular manslaughter the same way a human would be. Humans carry civil and criminal liability, and at the moment, the companies that produce these things only have nominal civil liability. If Musk can go to prison for his self-driving cars killing people the same way a regular driver would, I'd be willing to lower the standard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The nuclear industry is heavily regulated by the government via the NRC, but they impose even stricter regulations upon themselves. Solar and wind are cheaper, but they are less reliable. A grid comprised of a mix of solar and wind, bolstered by nuclear is the most effective and least environmentally harmful option that we currently have.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The emissions are negligible on the grand scheme of things, especially compared to fossil fuels. The manufacturing of solar panels isn't the cleanest either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They require the certificate to be installed to have access to the network.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I use Proton when I'm on my university's campus because they switched to using EDUroam for the campus wifi. I used to be a Sys Admin at a different university a while back, and from what I know, EDUroam allows the IT department to monitor basically all of the traffic over the network. I don't know exactly how deep that stuff goes, but if I was doing anything personal or sensitive like banking or whatever, I'd flip on the VPN on my personal computer. I also don't have any personal accounts logged in on the school issued laptop because they have it loaded with institutional spyware. Once I graduate, I'll blank the drive and reinstall the OS to have a decent Lenovo laptop on hand as a spare.

Edit to add: I use Proton because it was the least shady service that I could get for a reasonable price as a student. It is also helpful for finding textbooks. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That is a deeply unfortunate genetic mutation. As if life weren't hard enough for them already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Humans kind of have that with HPV. Get your vaccines!

 

A friend of mine is helping me with setting up a Linux-based homebrew security system set up. He's currently using Wyze cameras, but they are faulty and have ads on them, so I'd like to find something more open-source/closed system that I can control completely. Any recommendations or pointers in the right direction would be great.

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