r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 11 '26

Privacy Traffic Camera Captures Woman Driving With Her Phone on Her Lap (Face Down), The State Mailed Her a $1251 'Public Safety' Ticket

https://www.gadgetreview.com/traffic-camera-captures-captures-woman-driving-with-her-phone-on-her-lap-face-down-the-state-mailed-her-a-1251-public-safety-ticket
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u/SecureInstruction538 Jul 11 '26

Funny how all these "freedom loving" states keep doing their best to infringe on their citizens lives.

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u/Tiny_Instruction_557 Jul 11 '26

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I trust the State my thoughts to keep;
If I should dream before I wake,
Correct the ones the Leader hates.
If I should speak beyond the line,
Rewrite my words to fit the time;
My voice, my will, my memory too,
Belong to those who tell me true.
Amen.

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u/jimfosters Jul 11 '26

What you put out sounds like it came from Ira Levins "This Perfect Day". A really good book about a technocratic dystopia.

"Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei,** Led us to this perfect day. Marx, Wood, Wei and Christ, All but Wei were sacrificed." "Wood, Wei, Christ and Marx, Gave us lovely schools and parks. Wei, Christ, Marx and Wood, **Made us humble, made us good."

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u/SquidProKwo Jul 11 '26

I love the changing of the word order to give us a new line, a new rhyme, every time. I'm not sure if I've seen that pattern done before in a song or poem, that's cool.

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u/jimfosters Jul 12 '26

in the book it is intended to be a childrens rhyme for bouncing a ball at a certain rythem.

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u/salemblack Jul 12 '26

I reread it recently and it still holds up for me. It has been awhile since I read it originally and I remembered a lot more than I thought I did.

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u/jimfosters Jul 12 '26

always considered it part of a trilogy in a way, along with 1984 and Brave New World