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Re:Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about th... by pluto7777 on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:57PM (#27634166)
I live five minutes away from my sister and my house gets cut three seconds the entire time. Meanwhile my sister's family had to huddle around the fireplace in their den for warmth. Does she live in the ghetto? Her neighborhood is nicer than mine. If I were to guess, it's because I live near the local police station and she doesn't. It's no grand mystery here. Stop tying to make it about inequality or some other BS.
Re:Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about th... by moate on Friday June 25, 2021 @02:46PM (#27634772)
Sample size: 2.

Nice neighborhoods were powered down. Poor neighborhoods were powered down. Maybe some had essential infrastructure. Maybe they didn't. There's a possibility that poor or minority majority neighborhoods were unfairly targeted. The inverse is also possible.

The bottom line is, you and I both have NO idea who was affected, how, or how that decision was made. So stop trying to pretend racism or inequality can't exist. There literally is a grand mystery here because the companies responsible won't inform anyone.

And yes, I fully accept that while it can exist that doesn't mean that it does exist in this situation but you have to also accept that with incomplete data you can't prove it doesn't.

Re:Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about th... by pluto7777 on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:25PM (#27635175)
Just because I can't know every variable doesn't mean I'm going to dismiss what I've seen. Inner cities also have some of the best hospitals and infrastructure in the state while containing the most poor. It's just nonsense what you're preaching.
Re:Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about th... by moate on Saturday June 26, 2021 @05:40PM (#27646154)
I mean the whole idea that "I don't know every variable, but I'm going to jump to a singular conclusion while pointing out that a hypothesis I disagree with is nonsense" seems like a bad take to me but I'm a fan of science.