I don't have much of value to add, but I have met a number of these guys, and I always wonder/wish there was some way we could apply their enthusiasm without giving them the authority to cause real harm.
Many police departments are hiring. It's surprisingly hard to recruit cops, even though the job pays well and offers very early retirement. If someone wants to be a cop, and can't get hired, they probably shouldn't be a cop.
The LAPD even has a "reserve program". "Not ready for full-time yet? But you still want to make a difference... Find out more about our exciting reserves program." This guy probably wouldn't have qualified.
A big parts of software development is like this. Cargo-culting the latest "scalability" and "big-data" practises even though there is zero need, just to feel like a superhero and add stickers to his MBP.
> A big parts of software development is like this.
I believe you, but all I can say is thank god I've never had exposure to someone like that. If anything, for me it's a bit of a red flag when someone is interested in the stack more than the problems to be solved. That just doesn't seem to align well with being adaptable and solving each problem in the best way.
Additionally, they go over this explicitly in the Adam West Batman movie. The press demands to know Batman's identity and credentials, and the commissioner backs him up by saying that Batman's anonymity was for his own safety, and that he had been duly deputized.
Kinda like the subject of this article! It kills me that this country's justice system allows the wealthy to get away with anything they like while anyone else is crushed under its merciless wheels. What was it? 72 felony charges pled down to 3 and 90 days in jail (although from the article maybe he served a year) Imagine if the roles had been reversed. 10 years in prison? 20? Impersonating federal agents? Gun running? Jesus this system is broken.
Slightly off-topic, but popping a paid subscription modal when I'm barely more than a paragraph into a long-form article isn't exactly a good way to get me to stick around.
What I see is not a modal. It is a "hero" image, a sentence, and a button flowed into the normal text of the page. I just kept scrolling down, and it bothered me no more. I'm running uBO, but I doubt that has any effect?
