wrkng

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by wrkng 5y ago
There was an earlier version of this back in the early 2000s, and I was a subscriber then: https://thoughtbot.com/blog/umbrella-today
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by wrkng 11y ago
(author of the post here) Sure, that's true But what's also true is that we will continue to see things -- things that are perfectly acceptable to society, or at least will come to be that way -- that are out of sync with current
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by wrkng 11y ago
The trick to releasing data is to provide the right incentives. For example, relaxing the traditional regulation in exchange for data. Or, releasing the platforms for some types of intermediary liability in exchange for the data Agree that
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by wrkng 11y ago
(author of the post here) There are issues on a number of levels. One is "public safety" which is essentially the licensing issue. Another is externalities like traffic, which aren't about licensing for safety but more about
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by wrkng 11y ago
I like the way Kim-Mai Cutler ties them together: techcrunch.com/2015/07/22/uber-airbnb-and-the-conflict-between-policys-ratchet-effect-and-techs-accelerating-speed/ -- the connection being the strain they both put
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by wrkng 12y ago
For folks who really want to dive into the technical arguments here, I highly recommend this paper by the new FCC CTO (and UCI CS prof) Scott Jordan: http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/168/8
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by wrkng 12y ago
that is true for sure i like to believe that competition can solve this particular problem, but the honest truth is that real competition in broadband internet access is a distant distant idea, regardless of what policies we put in place (w
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by wrkng 12y ago
yes exactly this point is at the heart of the misleading rhetoric of the anti-NN crowd
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by wrkng 12y ago
yep that's right -- it was the de-facto state of affairs basically from the beginning of time until now
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Regulate the Internet like the real world or the real world like the Internet?(nickgrossman.is)
27 points by wrkng 13y ago|20 comments
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Why It’s Expensive to be Poor (And Why It Shouldn’t Be)(nickgrossman.is)
1 points by wrkng 13y ago|0 comments
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Copyright Reform, Peer Progressives, and the New GOP(theslowhunch.net)
2 points by wrkng 14y ago|0 comments