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Waste Of The Day: Mismanagement At SF Zoo
Waste Of The Day: Mismanagement At SF Zoo
Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,
Topline: The taxpayer-funded San Francisco Zoo "does not have a healthy or stable financial condition," according to a city audit released in May. The zoo has no written plans or budgets to guide its construction projects, and spent $12 million on them without city approval. Employees are also allegedly hiring their friends and relatives as contractors.
Key facts: The zoo is required to get approval from San Francisco's Recreation and Park Commission before paying more than $50,000 for...
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UK Police Log One-Year-Old Baby As Crime Suspect; Hundreds Of Kids Flagged For Offences
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Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,
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This isn't some isolated bureaucratic error. It's the latest symptom of a system that treats tiny children as miniature criminals or budding bigots while real threats from failed integration and...
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Meta Tests Robots That Can Swap Cables And Reset Servers At Its Data Centers
Meta Tests Robots That Can Swap Cables And Reset Servers At Its Data Centers
Kiss those data center technician jobs goodbye...
Meta is testing robots that can swap network cables, restart servers, reseat components, and perform other physical tasks traditionally handled by data center technicians. The experiments come as the company rapidly expands its AI infrastructure and seeks to operate facilities more efficiently, according to Wired.
Some employees worry about job security. One Meta worker estimated that a successful cable swapping robot could eventually take over as much as 80 percent of...
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