https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit#Table

OH, 82.69%

and they elected a Black President to help them out

"The move was welcomed by those advocating for improved gender balance in the male-dominated top ranks of tech and VC firms. "This is a great way to have the private and public sector partnering to advance diversity," said Jodi Kovitz, founder of #movethedial, a Toronto organization dedicated to fixing the gender gap in Canadian tech."

I think, mr (((kovitz))) what you mean to say is, "This is a great way to have the public sector _force_ the private sector to advance an agenda that noone can prove has any positive effects on productivity."

it's effectively a $400 million diversity tax

except, I didn't include the salaries of the nutjobs they'll have to hire, or their potential negative effects on companies productivity

Wasnt the reason they did not test the kits because that wouldnt prove anything if the man argued it was consensual sex?

yes, and probably many other good reasons as well - it's like "we can just increase the rigorousness of our vetting process for immigrants, and then we can let in people from yemen"

a "rape kit" is not a magic unicorn, and neither is the "vetting process"

"They just closed cases, even cases where I think they believed the victim ... They closed cases because the women had worked as prostitutes or had mental illness issues or had substance abuse."

I mean, it's a blanket statement, but I don't doubt that it happened, and I also don't doubt that these police officers - at least in some of the cases - knew what they were doing

they're probably on a first-name basis with these hookers

not to mention if the rape kit gets done at the hospital and the women does not press charges

they are still required to keep the kit for some time but will not test unless charges are brought as i understand it

yeah, this is a very complex issue, but what I initially reacted to in the story is _not_ complicated

"One of the reasons we have these untested rape kits ... and I can use Detroit as an example, 86% of our victims in these untested kits are people of color. You're not going to find too many blond-haired, blue eyed white women ... Because their kits are treated differently, their cases are solved. That's just the way it is in this country."

in a city where the population is 83% black

seems a bit dumb

Do they write down on the kit if it came from a black vajayjay?

dude they can just read the names on the vials

Keisha

Leshaniqua

Sharqueffa

rofl

>We started off with an 18-month pilot program with UPS. We knew that if you could track a package, when you order something online, you ought to be able to track a rape kit in your own state.

That sounds ingenious and stupid.

<:makes_you_think:382980749780844554>

I mean, you shouldn't need UPS to provide you with a tracking system.

you put a bar code on it and scan it as it goes through the process <:think_hang:378717098903470080>

Regarding WordPress... you shouldn't run/operate any PHP-based system.

Specially WP, phpBB, and others that are well-known for being full of security holes.

while I agree with that, I have inherited one that I maintain for my uncles business, which he has been meaning to sell for the past 2 years, so every time I ask him if I can do some work on the site he just says "naaah we'll probably sell it soon"

so I'm stuck with that crap until he does

Well, you can run those shitty softwares, but you need to be on top of them. As in, subscribe to security mailing lists, do frequent backups, and audit the system regularly.

yes, I do, which is why I read that article at all

By the time an article is written, it's probably too late.

HMMM

I'm not sure what you're saying

but it seems to me you're complaining that I tried to warn other potential site operators

I know it's too late for many, but not everyone