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• On the post: Twitter’s Former Top Execs All Sue Elon Over Missing Severance

  

  JMT ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2024 @ 01:24pm

  You simply can't become a billionaire without shitting on a lot of people on the way up. Some form of sociopathy is pretty much a requirement, no one gets that rich by being nice.

• On the post: Meta Has Had Enough Of Australia’s Link Tax Shakedown; Says It Will Not Renew Any Deals

  

  JMT ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2024 @ 12:20pm

  ...Newscorp was arguing that society needs this money because journalists are a bulwark against the flood of misinformation on Facebook.

  They're not wrong, they're just massive flaming hypocrites who should not count themselves as journalists.

• On the post: Meta Has Had Enough Of Australia’s Link Tax Shakedown; Says It Will Not Renew Any Deals

  

  JMT ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2024 @ 07:12pm

  I see you only managed to digest the first dozen or so words of that paragraph before farting out your nonsense reply.

• On the post: Elon Sues OpenAI For Breach Of Contract Over A Contract That Doesn’t Exist, Because It’s Not Acting The Way He Wants It To

  

  JMT ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2024 @ 03:06pm

  You could've just said "Yeah, you're right", but ok...

• On the post: Elon Sues OpenAI For Breach Of Contract Over A Contract That Doesn’t Exist, Because It’s Not Acting The Way He Wants It To

  

  JMT ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2024 @ 02:22pm

  You understand he hires really expensive lawyers, right?

  And then he tells them what to do. You understand that's what clients do right? The lawyers may have explained how unlikely he is to succeed, but unless he wants them to do something that breaks the law or risks their law license, they can choose to take the money and do what he wants regardless of the likely outcome.

• On the post: Elon Sues OpenAI For Breach Of Contract Over A Contract That Doesn’t Exist, Because It’s Not Acting The Way He Wants It To

  

  JMT ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2024 @ 02:15pm

  Abso-fricking-lutely.

• On the post: Elon Sues OpenAI For Breach Of Contract Over A Contract That Doesn’t Exist, Because It’s Not Acting The Way He Wants It To

  

  JMT ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2024 @ 07:34pm

  I own you guys...

  Ooh, is that little NPD slipping through there? That would explain so much!

• On the post: We Can’t Have Serious Discussions About Section 230 If People Keep Misrepresenting It

  

  JMT ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2024 @ 08:07pm

  Going to university means spending upwards of tens of thousands of dollars to study the law in an environment dedicated to that (and other educational) purpose...

  And it also gives you access to Harvard's time machine, which is how Gorsuch took those classes on S230 as Matty explained. Worth every penny.

• On the post: We Can’t Have Serious Discussions About Section 230 If People Keep Misrepresenting It

  

  JMT ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2024 @ 08:01pm

  Yeah, you’re right, Gorsuch went to Harvard Law before 230 existed. He still went to harvard law and you did not. He is still a legal expert, and you are not. You are not even an expert on section 230. You are actually legally barred from claiming that you are.

  Oof, that's pathetic Matty, even for you. It literally sounds like a butthurt teenager.

  Con men get REAL offended when you point out the snake oils is, y’know.

  That definitely explains the para above.

• On the post: The Net Neutrality Fight Will Soon Return, And The Bickering Will Be As Stupid As Ever

  

  JMT ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2024 @ 06:03pm

  There you are complete fuucking wrong. I assure you they will affect the internet a great deal...

  Why don't you explain to us how curbing the anti-consumer behaviors of monopolistic ISP's is going to effect the entire worldwide network that is The Internet. Don't just make wild claims, explain yourself.

• On the post: The Net Neutrality Fight Will Soon Return, And The Bickering Will Be As Stupid As Ever

  

  JMT ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2024 @ 05:57pm

  I'm genuinely interested to know who exactly you think are on those two tiers. I'm confident most here would see it as rich vs. poor or 'elites' vs the masses, but I think you'll have a different take...

• On the post: The Net Neutrality Fight Will Soon Return, And The Bickering Will Be As Stupid As Ever

  

  JMT ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2024 @ 01:38pm

  “Net neutrality” is just an excuse for more government interference in the internet which is almost never a good idea.

  Net neutrality is the default natural state of the broadband market in every country with a effective competition, i.e. where customers can chose from multiple providers and easily change between them, and as a result providers don't take every opportunity to fuck over their customers for a buck. NN regulations are not required in these countries. NN regs are not "government interference in the internet", they don't affect The Internet at all. They are consumer protections against corporate abuse.

• On the post: Meta’s Plans To Downplay Political Content Is, Itself, A Political Decision

  

  JMT ( profile ), 29 Feb, 2024 @ 01:21pm

  Absolutely not true. Simply using a platform never implies full, unqualified support of everything the platform does or says.

• On the post: Sir, This Is A Supreme Court (Not A Wendy’s)

  

  JMT ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2024 @ 06:14pm

  I'm sure the fact that I used almost the exact same words in a reply to you just a few days ago is a complete coincidence. You also seem to have missed the topical humor.

• On the post: Sir, This Is A Supreme Court (Not A Wendy’s)

  

  JMT ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2024 @ 04:24pm

  Yeah, next you’re gonna tell me North Korea is a democratic republic cuz it’s in the name.

  Nice plagiarism Matty ;)

• On the post: Sir, This Is A Supreme Court (Not A Wendy’s)

  

  JMT ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2024 @ 03:49pm

  The constitution doesn't tell anybody anything, it's a bit of paper. It's the SC that tells you what to do, based on their own personal interpretation of the constitution, which depends on a number of varying factors apparently including how sick that RV would be to have.

• On the post: FTC Reveals That Twitter’s Old Security Team Prevented Elon From Violating FTC Consent Decree With Twitter Files Access

  

  JMT ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2024 @ 02:26pm

  Oh, yeah, govt. should cancel all govt. contracts w/ Elmo

  They can't, they're in too deep and have no good alternatives.

• On the post: FTC Reveals That Twitter’s Old Security Team Prevented Elon From Violating FTC Consent Decree With Twitter Files Access

  

  JMT ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2024 @ 02:22pm

  There's plenty of anecdotal evidence from former Tesla and SpaceX employees that most of the time he is protected from his own worst ideas by the much smarter people he employs. When he gets his own way we get an overgrown Hot Wheels truck or a crater blasted into Boca Chica. That layer of protection seems to be missing at exTwitter.

• On the post: No One Cares That Bill Ackman’s Wife May Have Plagiarized; They Care About Ackman’s Hypocritical Double Standard

  

  JMT ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2024 @ 07:22pm

  Media matters created a controversy, by engineering a problem that they designed themselves...

  Doing a thing that anybody could do, just doing it quicker than normal, is not "engineering a problem". And I'm pretty sure it's the Nazi content that should be considered controversial, not the people finding it.

• On the post: Surprise: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board (Correctly) Explains Why Florida’s & Texas’ Social Media Laws Are Horrible And Unconstitutional

  

  JMT ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2024 @ 01:39pm

  More whining about 'censorship'

  Republicans are rightly frustrated by censorship that often tilts against conservatives, including us.

  Moderation on SM sites often tilts against abusive assholes who can't follow a set of rules put in place to maximise the number of satisfied users and advertisers. The fact that there is a disproportionate overlap between Republicans/conservatives and said assholes is a YOU problem.

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