Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On 1/27/25 3:30 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:01:22 +0100, D wrote:
 

Haha.. nice joke.  Is it actually working during normal circumstances?
I've heard rumours that in some US prisons prisoners make license plates
or stuff. I heard about a prisoner suing a prison for slavery. I hope it
was dismissed.

 There are some prison industries but it's a low percentage. I don't know
if it still applies but the Forest Service was using prison made signs and
some states were using prison labor for road signs and license plates.
 I've seen chain gangs like in Cool Hand Luke in the south in the '50s and
'60s but I don't know if they still exist.
 There are also internal jobs like cooking, laundry, and maintenance that
have a very minimal wage but it's better than nothing.

   "Chain gangs" weren't so generally useful - just
   an excuse for sadistic guards to abuse their charges
   with no official witnesses. Give a little guy, a
   moron, power over others and just watch them run
   amok.
   Also, old USA, likely half the slaves were 'blacks' in
   jail on bullshit charges. Yes, they DID 'solve' crimes
   by beating confessions out of random 'black' men ...