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by wooter 11y ago
what a dumb law
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by wooter 11y ago
i just want to point out that the fail-safe was abandoned due to sanctions against Iraq. I hope people remember things like this when they openly promote sanctions against countries whose leaders we disagree with. We aren't hurting the
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by wooter 11y ago
i would credit private industry for those private endeavours. hes "stop and frisk" guy to me. pure authoritarian.
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by wooter 11y ago
the fact that the government is creating so many cases, hoping one sticks, isn't a good sign to me. lavabit didn't fare so well.
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by wooter 11y ago
in the US at least, Snowden revealed they were even intercepting newly purchased hardware while in-transit and introducing corrupt hardware.
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by wooter 11y ago
> Complying with the FBI's request does not make it easier for terrorists and foreign hackers to access data on American phones. You're disagreeing with every cyber security researcher I know, as well as the EFF, with no source
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by wooter 11y ago
inequality as part of the definition of capitalism? talk about intellectual dishonesty. has inequality gone up or down since when China had more "communist elements"?
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by wooter 11y ago
noise, biases, collisions, etc. due to imperfect or insufficient data, representational space issues, etc.
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by wooter 11y ago
Is it not still perjury? http://www.hasjamesclapperbeenindictedyet.com
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by wooter 11y ago
Your comment, in context, seemed to imply that customers making bad decisions due to imperfect (mis)information could be corrected by censorship.
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by wooter 11y ago
Also, tying health insurance to employment is a direct result of the Feds wage and price controls of the past. Business couldn't compete in cash, so they went for the next biggest benefit.
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by wooter 11y ago
I wonder how much data there is against the First Amendment. I'm not saying the ads aren't a problem, I'm saying censorship isn't the solution.
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by wooter 11y ago
except they presumably pay for their own PR and don't have a monopoly of force, unlike the Gov.
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by wooter 11y ago
Not to be mean, but this is still all false conjecture and no source. The top 1% earn 19% of income yet pay 35% of all Fed Income Tax. The top 10%, 12% of earned, 12% of paid. The bottom 50% earn 12% but pay 3%. And thats at the federal lev
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by wooter 11y ago
Your conjecture isn't true though. In the US, the top 10% pay 68% of all federal taxes - the top 1%, 35%. So how are they effectively paying the lowest band?
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by wooter 11y ago
None of them can enforce any of this. Its government. The institution we all have to give money to. Also, the impression the EFF articles gave was that big tech was against much of the same clauses the tech community is.
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by wooter 12y ago
Not that I disagree, but which are the "most states-rights-rah-rah righties trying to make use of federal prohibitions and requirements when they thought that the national Zeitgeist was flowing in their direction"?
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by wooter 12y ago
> Only voice and SMS mattered until 2007(iPhone launch). So the areas in which regulated are the ones which stagnated and became dramatically less relevant? It seems to me like you're suffering the distortion field.
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The Bad Argument Behind the FCC’s Move to Regulate the Internet Like a Utility(reason.com)
1 points by wooter 12y ago|0 comments
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by wooter 12y ago
Good. Why people want the government's hand's deeper in the internet than now is beyond me. Look at mobile data (exempt from title II) versus "broadband"/cable speeds. Wheeler actually points to the success of titl
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by wooter 12y ago
definitely not a gain for start ups considering the legal climate towards things like ride share. > In this context, "lawful" is probably... If I've learned anything about law and politics, its that you can practically tos
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by wooter 12y ago
Not trying to be a dick, but he pretty concisely and clearly proved your proposal to be unviable and relatively unsubstantiated. So the "bit much" would literally be the actual reasoning or if it has any empirical backing what-so-
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by wooter 12y ago
> subpar foodstuffs because fruits and vegetables cost way more than dollar menu cheeseburgers per calorie. what? not even remotely true. i frequently buy 6 lb bags of frozen broccoli/cauliflower/carrot for 8 bucks. There is ch
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by wooter 12y ago
- Glenn Fine, Dept. of Justice Inspector General ...seems like there could be some bias with that source.
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by wooter 12y ago
They're not bypassing security.
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by wooter 12y ago
That may be true and I'm glad that (at least some of us) in the US we strive to make driving accessible to everyone, lower their cost of living, and allowing them to take that money and feed their kids - all by allowing personal respon
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by wooter 12y ago
you have clearly never used Uber.
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by wooter 12y ago
How are you demonizing profit? to paraphrase: "they aren't practicing civil disobedience because they have a profit motive" Truth to power is exactly what it is. You brought up the 1.5 B that Uber got. What is the guaranteed
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by wooter 12y ago
whereas a negative review for a driver has an immediate, measurable effect. when can we throw out this old BS 'regulation authority' mentality
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by wooter 12y ago
Well Uber provides insurance during the ride, but anyways... Why are people in favor of using tax dollars preemptively to defend extremely-profitable insurance companies? If their customers aren't following their contracts, the burden

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