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Alum Kills Over $58,000 in PC Gear With 'USB Killer' Device
The student in question is Vishwanath Akuthota. He graduated from [The College of St. Rose] in Albany, New York back in 2017. Yet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Akuthota "admitted that he intentionally destroyed the computers and recorded himself doing so using his iPhone, including making statements such as 'I'm going to kill this guy' before inserting the USB Killer into a computer's USB port." The video hasn't been published.
Akuthota also recognized that he caused more than $58,000 in damage to The College of St. Rose and has agreed to pay back that amount to the school. (And here we thought people only had to pay that kind of money for their alma mater when their student loans come due.) The DoJ said he "faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to 3 years" after sentencing.
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Also at The Verge.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by darkfeline on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:49PM (1 child)
Not him, but I'm concerned only when it is forced upon me. Identify with whatever you want, I don't care. If you're forcing me to remember dozens of new pronouns because you will throw a hissy fit if I call you he/she based on your appearance, you can go fuck yourself. If you're forcing me to pay tax dollars to fund expensive medical procedures with an ambiguous history of effectiveness, you can go fuck yourself. An individual expecting all of society to cater to their quirks is the epitome of selfishness. For example, people with allergies do not try to force all restaurants to serve only food that they are not allergic to. They are very reasonable and take personal responsibility to manage their issues.
I realize that there are many people with alternative gender identities where are reasonable. There are some who are not reasonable, and they give the rest bad publicity. To continue the comparison with people with allergies, I'm sure there are unreasonable allergic folks. They appear to be far fewer in number and are at least less vocal. Rather, the problem is with folks who don't have allergies pretending to do so (gluten sensitivity, anyone?) that give a bad name to the rest.
Basically, the problem is with the glorification of the victim and special snowflake. You get special treatment, so make sure to scream your victim credentials for all to hear, so society can be forced to cater to your needs. This is not exclusive to people with alternative gender identities, but they seem to be the loudest and leading the pack.
And yes, this is a problem of perception. It may be that these people are a very, very, tiny minority, but they are so loud. The larger public has a perception based on what they hear, whether true or not. Instead of fighting for legal/social accommodations, you should probably fight to correct your PR first, or you're setting yourself up for a painful backlash.
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday April 22 2019, @12:45AM
Um...the gender identity thing doesn't concern me directly. I'm gay but cisgender, and struggle to understand what trans* people feel and suffer, because it's literally unthinkable from an existential standpoint to me.
But how hard is it to show some common courtesy? If I'm not sure, I just ask, "hey, how do you prefer to be called?" There's at least two people at work at my pharmacy like this, one who's very early in transition, and it shows. And her face, wide jawline and all, lit up like a halloween pumpkin when I asked.
Back up a moment and ask yourself if any of what you've said could apply to other groups. 20 years ago I bet you'd have been saying the same thing about me, with my uppity wanting-not-to-be-discriminated-against and the whole wishing-I-could-marry-my-girlfriend thing. This, too, shall pass.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...