MikeUt

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by MikeUt 6y ago
> If give someone enough constraints almost any patent will seem obvious. In the one-click case, it's like getting a patent on the idea of conversion of heat to mechanical motion, then demanding payment from James Watt for his steam
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> nonpartisan outlets [..] like [..] The New York Times The New York Times is so nonpartisan that they remove race references from a title if the incident turns out to be a hoax: A Black Virginia Girl Says White Classmates Cut Her Dr
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The last time was in 2020, when the exclusively-Black NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) held armed marches: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/25/us/nfac-black-armed-group... "Could you even imagine
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"There's a camera in your bathroom, but how do you know it's recording?"
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The analogy is flawed. Saying there are no monopoly issues as long as there are at least two competitors is even more flawed. If major cinema chains (Twitter, Facebook..) refuse to show a movie, but you can still rent the back of Moe's
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by MikeUt 6y ago
You live in a town with no fresh water, and the only drinks available are sold by the local store. This store does not sell bottled water, wine, orange juice, milk, or tea. The only drinks it sells are Coca-Cola and Pepsi. But if you don&
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by MikeUt 6y ago
The Guardian is very careful in which statistics it will report.
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> walk right up to the limit of the law and greatly antagonize Such as by blocking roads? Or surrounding diners?
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For example?
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> most popular entertainment on prisons downplays how bad it really gets [..] Why don't we have more outrage against this outdated institution created out of 1600 era values? You answered your own question.
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Suppose he was corrupt - does that justify censorship? Does everyone that is corrupt get censored, or is it selectively applied?
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China Inc will recycle used white guys(reuters.com)
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That part of the law was written by and for corporations.
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> How many people have been arrested correctly based on this tech? How does that compare to people looking at photos/suspects? The New York Times does not consider that information relevant.
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Yes, spyware is at the 'whims' of software security. If only computers obeyed Facebook and other 3rd parties, instead of their users (and supposed owners), so many exciting new business models could thrive!
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It's the only evidence presented so far. And how else would you test this, if not by correlation? Persuasive narratives? Anecdotes?
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Evidence Mounts: More Porn, Less Sexual Assault: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601... How the Web Prevents Rape: All that Internet porn reduces sex crimes. Really: https:/&#x2
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> To people in the movie business, piracy is like that. It threatens to shut down the entire industry and put hundreds of thousands of good honest people out of work. I appreciate the different point of view, but the people in the movie
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That's how the media industry wants to frame it - that unless you're a developer working in this specific field, you're unaffected. But you are very affected - you are denied the use of software that this law prevents a small
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That's why the homicide rate is used for such comparisons. It's unaffected by overpolicing, and can't be swept under the rug either.