Berkeley Professor's Camera Caught Student Allegedly Sabotaging Another Student
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Don't Bernie me
I found a song called “Bernie smells a rat”[1], is that it or is it something different?
[1]: https://genius.com/Sarah-lynch-bernie-smells-a-rat-lyrics
A society that abides by its own laws should require police to keep their bodycams operative, under severe penalty.
We aren't that good, but being videotaped by civilians is moving the needle slightly, making them more accountable. It's the reason George Floyd's murders were (surprisingly) convicted.
I’m instantly suspicious when I see a random phone charger plugged in a common area.
AR glasses are perpetually just around the corner. Everyone will be streaming video all the time.
> trying to beat the other student to the punch w.r.t publication, this is my highest suspicion. Why is anxiety. Deep anxiety. Anxiety about failing. Anxiety about the other guy beating you. Sabotaging other guys's computer alleviates the anxiety so thusly becomes a repeat pattern. Anxiety can be quite insidious and nasty and is more pervasive in more ways than many are aware.
> good ol' schizophrenic delusions that the person's work needs to be stopped possible but more rare
I would assume it was to interfere with the other student's research. That other person almost certainly had data on the destroyed computers that he either lost completely, or had to do extra work to recover.
Trying to understand the root cause motivation of people with mental illness is usually futile and almost always fruitless
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