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1651.
by cudgy 6y ago
I’m guessing these clauses in the TOS that allow companies to immediately cancel a dependent relationship are going to be a sticking point during the sales cycle at these and many other companies going forward. Does Netflix (or other stream
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by cudgy 6y ago
On what platform will his app appear? Apple and Google will ban any app associated with Trump.
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by cudgy 6y ago
So, ignore evidence of fraud (including eyewitness testimony from dozens of witnesses sworn under oath) because you and others summarily deem it not widespread or systematic? However, Congress spends years investigating sketchy, anonymous c
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by cudgy 6y ago
The recent presidential race was won by extremely narrow margins with a few cities (Atlanta, Philadelphia, Phoenix, etc) effectively determining the outcome. Given that, why does the fraud have to be widespread and systematic in order to be
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by cudgy 6y ago
This is a good example of feature bloat that hampers Google’s search product, making them less competitive. Of course, Google’s dominance allows them to do this without much damage ... for now.
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by cudgy 6y ago
What a horrible job it must be to work as a journalist for many of these news organizations. The pressure to please their editors and stoke their viewer base with a consistent narrative must be immense. Surely, these journalists (pundits) m
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by cudgy 6y ago
Basically, a link to the lawsuit and a tired recap of preceding events. Here is a link to the lawsuit https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29095511/1/parler-llc-v...
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by cudgy 6y ago
This was considered and known by the framers of the Constitution. House of Representatives was designed to allow for direct election and therefore allow for the “stupid” (as you call it) common man to influence government. Most of the othe
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by cudgy 6y ago
Humans are incredibly biased in making judgements like this. How do you “train” a person to enforce a standard that goes against their inherent biases? Seems like the more objective the process can be shifted (by moving away from human deci
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by cudgy 6y ago
NPR is not government-funded ... it is funded mostly by donations from wealthy listeners and corporations “Only 4 percent of funding in fiscal year 2017 came from federal, state and local governments ...” https://www.newsweek.com
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by cudgy 6y ago
The Donna Brazile issue did highlight how callous the media has become. It seems there was no fallout from her making such a dishonest act ... basically openly cheating the election process. Ironically, she now works for Fox News.
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by cudgy 6y ago
“I’m surprised Parler can find lawyers willing to bring it to court on their behalf, or banks willing to process transactions to pay said lawyers.” Personally, I am surprised at the opposite. That a company cannot find lawyers to defend the
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by cudgy 6y ago
Good point, but it is not scalable. “Five million people were active on Parler on Monday, which Mr. Matze wrote was an 8-fold increase in user engagement from the previous week.” https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020&
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by cudgy 6y ago
If that is so, why would any company that has a critical business utilize these cloud services? For example, a 911 emergency software provider, a law enforcement agency, a hospital or other medical organization, political organizations, rel
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by cudgy 6y ago
“Twitter and Facebook have extensive systems for keeping the various horrors in check. They are not as good as I think they should be. But they're miles better than what Parler had, which was more of a fig leaf.” If Twitter and Faceboo
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by cudgy 6y ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election/biden-wins-u... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mexico-amlo/...
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Different authors, different articles but essentially the same paragraph
5 points by cudgy 6y ago|4 comments