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Shapiro's bio is hilarious. "The Hon. Mary Schapiro was chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2009 to 2012, capping a distinguished career in government and private-sector regulation. Ms. Schapiro advises c
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See "Beijing / air quality of" to understand why the little-to-no-regulation crowd finds so little traction with the general public.
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The worst tech-related legislation was SOPA/PIPA, and that had less to do with ignorance on the part of regulators and more to do with a full-court press by IP holders deliberately trying to break the internet to preserve their lock on
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Have you ever heard the expression "He was being economical with the facts"? Court of law certainly have. It's why they expect people to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. "I said some things t
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I don't know, is it preferable to have cops who are ex-Mafia on the grounds that they "just know more about crime"? "Regulation" is a polite word, so it's easy to lose track of what it really means. But what it
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"Regulators and public officlas who spent years earning little pay and doing public service also want to monetize their experience and finally get a good paycheck after leaving office." Do you really think any company is going t
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Haven't read Snow Crash, but really enjoyed RP1. Though it's set in the semi-near future, it's got a plot device that means the (very well constructed) story packed with pop culture references from the early 80s to early 90s.
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Fair points, duly noted.
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Sorry. For what it's worth, it wasn't his poor grasp of journalistic ethics that attracted my opprobrium. The sharply negative reaction was prompted by the general dishonesty of his remarks and specifically his tendency to reframe
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No fajitas, it did not occur to me that you were incapable of interpreting a basic English sentence with a clearly defined subject and modifier, and that you'd resolve your confusion by fishing around for words scattered elsewhere in t
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This is exactly correct. As Bob Dylan so succinctly noted, "To live outside the law you must be honest."
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This maybe true of France, but we're not talking about France. We're talking about America. And in this country, lying to a judge (for instance) will likely get you thrown in jail on perjury charges. Also, the relative permissibil
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And that means the fault (if there is one) is Wolff's, not Ben's. I say "if" because if there's one instance in which it seems like a journalist can permissibly break his word of confidentiality (or conveniently neg
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I wasn't trying to be funny. I was pointing out that it's out of line to accuse BuzzFeedBen of being unethical when he was doing straight and fully by-the-book public interest journalism.
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The problem with your version is that it establishes a degree of equivalency between the players that in no way reflects the actual situation. Cliff's Notes are distillations, not distortions. Big difference.
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It's not just the disregard for customer privacy that's at issue here. It's that the situation with Johana flatly contradicts Uber's subsequent remarks that they would never do...exactly what they did to Johana. Screwi
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BuzzFeedBen was very careful about noting that the organizers failed to indicate that the evening's remarks would be off the record, and that's a point Uber has (wisely) chosen not to dispute. Meaning everything said was fair ga
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Wait, you think people shouldn't post and discuss interesting stuff because you're to cheap to help underwrite the (very reasonable) cost of decent journalism?! I'm sorry, but this is a news site . People come here to read a
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Except the industry as a whole makes itself look bad when it opposes the kind of (admittedly brutal) regulation that would terrify the corner-cutters out of existence. The degree of recklessness and criminality at the fringes of an industry
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So just like the Mafia they're "offering" to sell you protection from...themselves.
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There's also a problem with hardline Conservatives who see Snowden as a out-and-out traitor, don't see a major problem with a heavily police-friendly state, and are generally looking for any means to bash the President for not bei
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The point Jane Jacobs makes about innovation and cities is that old buildings are essential. Basically, you need clusters of places with cheap rent. If all the real estate is new and shiny and impressive and nice, it's only going to be
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"In essence you are saying that you don't agree with Assange so his name should be smeared to keep his opinions from reaching the public." Nope. And even if I did think smearing people was okay, there's no need for disho
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Actually, that's not what I'm saying, but you're certainly entitled to your opinion.
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Except it's not up to you to define the work. It's up to the IRS, and they have a very specific set of tests, none of which these guys would come even remotely close to passing.
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Treble damages is par for the course, from what I understand. And that goes directly to the worker, not the state.
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"Please tell me what part of the source code infringed copyright?" Judging from your question, your confusion about why this is illegal stems from two problems: you're unclear on both the law in general and the charges in par
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Simply calling somebody a nut instead of pointing out the flaws in their argument is a proper example of the ad hominem fallacy. However, taking aim at the argument itself, successfully demonstrating its nuttiness, and concluding that one
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Ironically, he's also making a strong argument for legislation. Inadvertently, of course. But if the point being demonstrated here is that reasoned arguments based on years of experience and plenty of data in areas where the problem is
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Strictly speaking they don't "make money off of you telling them these things." They make money from advertising in a well-targeted fashion, which is actually a much more complicated proposition, and one that has far more t

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