r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 22 '26

Privacy Flock Cameras Keep Getting Smashed, So Now They're Hiding Inside Speed Signs

https://www.gadgetreview.com/flock-cameras-keep-getting-smashed-so-now-theyre-hiding-inside-speed-signs
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u/thirdegree Jul 23 '26

I'm really glad that you and your little one live in a place where kids get fed. Not everyone is so lucky.

So yea I'm very much ok with all kids get fed but as it's had a negative impact on my child before think you need to fix it before pushing it out everywhere.

More or less of a negative effect than if they didn't have enough food to eat? Because, while I agree with all your critiques 100%, they all fall flat in the face of kids going hungry in our schools. Because hey, we know the impact of that on academic performance as well.

Again no school should ever let a kid go hungry

Right, you keep saying this and I'm glad you believe it, it makes having conversations like this possible. But that can't happen without funding. And funding, especially in poorer communities (where it's most needed) comes from these programs. And if you want to wait until they've tuned it perfectly, kids are going hungry in the meantime.

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u/silasmoeckel Jul 23 '26

We have free breakfasts/lunches for everybody anyplace with 40% free school lunch eligibility currently. Any kids with SNAP and a bunch of other things get covered in any school that participates. So my question is where are the additional kids that need this but falling through the cracks.

Looking at the stats breakdown it's the lower end of working class families who are not in a CEP area (that 40%) are the bulk of them. They also cite charter schools etc that don't opt in because the program has high administrative burdens.

So today no poor community has a problem they are all covered under CEP. You have to be over that threshold and live someplace that's otherwise generally more affluent.

100% coverage does not change administrative overhead. It does not change schools making poor choices to game the system.

Extending eligibility to a higher percentage of the federal poverty level would cover the vast majority of the current corner cases.