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  • On the post: Subreddit Discriminates Against Anyone Who Doesn’t Call Texas Governor Greg Abbott ‘A Little Piss Baby’ To Highlight Absurdity Of Content Moderation Law

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2022 @ 11:47am

    As an actual factual Texian, I can tell you that Greg Abbott is indeed a little piss baby and only the engineered 'majority' likes his drippy, fake-texanish ways. Don't Mess With Texas is an anti-littering slogan, so please, Mess With Abbott and take him to the nearest trash receptacle.

  • On the post: Law Firm, Families Send Texas School Districts C&D Over ‘God’ Posters

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2022 @ 08:45am

    As a little blue dot in texas, let me assure that there is no amount of tax payer money too great, no ridiculous law too obviously unconstitutional (on a state and federal level) to keep the governor et al from fighting to defend it in the most demonstrative and politicized and expensive way. They will burn the state to the ground if it means 'owning the libs' in front of at least a single surviving red-hat wearing magacrat who will vote for them and insure GOP power in the state forever.

  • On the post: Trump Doesn’t Want To Get Back On Twitter So Badly, He’s Appealing His Case To Get Back On Twitter

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2022 @ 05:40am

    Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that kind of restraint and chastisement is handled by lawyers and judges who were/are lawyers, so the bar is set in the stratosphere.

  • On the post: $1-2 Billion In Streaming Ads A Year Aren’t Being Watched Because The TV Is Off

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2022 @ 08:26am

    Some new, or at least new to me as I never watch it, Hulu ads are multiple-bad-choice. It rolls an ad, then demands you pick a follow-up portion of that ad. There is no skip, you can only choose your punishment from a selection of pains, or wait out the very long timer and have the machine pick for you. BECAUSE ENGAGEMENT METRICS

  • On the post: New Report Offers Solutions For Our Never Ending Robocall Hell

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2022 @ 12:20pm

    Any 'real' communication coming my way knows to not bother leaving a voicemail. I'm not fumbling through that system, so send me a text, email or just give up.

  • On the post: Appeals Court Says It’s Perfectly Fine For Cops To Unreasonably Extend Traffic Stops

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2022 @ 11:32am

    I guess if all cops everywhere are suddenly not "proactive" (which I assume is code for 'they are sulking because some few situations have suggested they have any accountability at all for committing actual crimes') then they should easily be fired. We can start fresh without "warrior mentality" training and grizzled old sergeants who insist that "we can't change how we do things or the criminals win" And all the crybabies are free to find new jobs outside the law enforcement profession they apparently can't stand. Everyone comes out on top I guess

  • On the post: Daily Deal: Complete Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2016 @ 05:16pm

    Put around sixty bucks worth of hardware into a box. Find something popular, something in the tech news recently.
    Add some ebooks.. the quality of their content is not important.

    "Price" the whole thing at the better part of three hundred dollars, though it never has and never will be sold at that price.

    "Discount" the whole thing to merely twice the cost of the materials included, plus shipping, and congratulate yourself for the amazing deal being offered.

  • On the post: FBI Publishes Clinton Email Investigation Documents; More Bad News On Documents Mishandling, FOIA Compliance

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2016 @ 09:02pm

    Re: Federal; Records Act

    Well, golly, now that You've said it and gone to the trouble of looking up legal terminology in latin, it Must be true.

    Nevermind that the people who investigated the matter don't agree, just string her up! Mob justice with a side of far-right hysteria! huzzah! Things are so simple this way!

  • On the post: Is The DNC Hacking A New Cold War… Or Just The Continuation Of What Every Intelligence Agency Does?

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2016 @ 05:22pm

    Re:

    a sea of sanity in an ocean of clickbait robots and people who seem to be unable to read anything but headlines. Thanks a million.

  • On the post: Is The DNC Hacking A New Cold War… Or Just The Continuation Of What Every Intelligence Agency Does?

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2016 @ 05:21pm

    Re: The Hack is a Distraction to "Hide" the Email Content

    Exactly which things were disgraceful?

    I would love to see something specific, with citations, instead of "Oh, those emails revealed all the evil vote fraud and puppy-theft, it's soooooo vile" without anything behind it.

  • On the post: Tesla Fan 'Incivility' Forces Indiana To Back Off Direct Sales Ban… For Now

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2016 @ 12:08pm

    Re:

    There is a whole snakepit of laws in different states that make that difficult/impossible to implement. Tesla would run into everything from draconian franchise laws to regulators (who are beholden to the dealers) refusing to actually give them a license. IIRC Ford tried stepping into this fight in the nineties and was clobbered on a state and federal level.

  • On the post: Bill Gates Is Confused About Apple FBI Fight, Makes Everyone More Confused

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 09:48pm

    Re: Apple lies

    So the FBI can already access the phone, because surely if John Q. Randomguy (one of those critically thinking programmers) can make such broad statements it follows that the bottomless funding and experience of a world superpower investigation bureau can already find and use the "security flaws and secret little backdoors" freely.

    They are working on this advertising campaign with Apple, portraying themselves as bad guy statists, good guy patriots and technically inept liars (going from one to another easily) just.. because they thought it would be fun?

  • On the post: FTC Dings ASUS For Selling 'Secure' Routers That Shipped With Default Admin/Admin Login (And Other Flaws)

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2016 @ 09:54pm

    They can ding a company for being a bit rubbish on devices that come in a box labeled "secure" but the FTC is too busy to notice the massive crater strewn with broken and misused claims by internet providers?

  • On the post: The Wil Wheaton Effect Is Why Video Game Makers Should Embrace Let's Play Videos

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2016 @ 11:46pm

    I can provide anecdotal backup to the idea of the Wheaton Effect (aka The Tabletop Influence Field aka Play More Games Theory). Tabletop has introduced/encouraged my tabletop game habits and acts as a handy infection vector. Being able to point to a youtube series to show a game being played with a maximum of clarity and minimum jargon helps.

    Well-produced (lighting, camera work, graphics, editing) video of games being played is a big plus as well. Where video existed before it was too often a mess. The addition of a moderately famous person showing something they are passionate about to other moderately famous people who are enthusiastic about the idea (if often not specifically familiar with the game in question) usually comes across with a strong encouraging vibe. There will always be some grognards complaining about "mainstreaming" but a rising tide indeed raises all ships.

  • On the post: DOJ Says Body Camera-Wearing Cops Aren't Allowed To Partner Up With Federal Agencies

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2015 @ 03:32pm

    Re: Cams

    You are totally right. All solutions are entirely binary. Either you have no cameras at all or you have cameras everywhere, especially in the tiny minority of sensitive locations where a camera would be a direct problem.

    Binary solution, yes or no, a vote for cameras is a vote for killing USSS protectees you monster.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: CompTIA Exam Prep Bundle

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2015 @ 07:35pm

    I would love to know who was paying the "normal" price of $4,099

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Still No Mr. Fusion Generators in 2015…

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2015 @ 12:20am

    Fusion keeps getting stuck "10 to 20 years away" no matter how often we get "promising results" or even "breakthroughs"

  • On the post: Daily Deal: Last Chance For Raspberry Pi Deals

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2015 @ 02:55pm

    Re: Re: Utter BS

    Magical

    People read an article (/ad) and responded to it's content (visibly and right below where the original material was posted) and that created a reaction by someone responsible for that content.

    This is groundbreaking, just wait 'till all the newspapers and news sites get in on this, it will really enhance their content

  • On the post: 3 California Cities Blocking Parking Ticket App For Being, Like, Way Too Useful

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 03:43pm

    Re: A third of the tickets were disputed?

    No one actually wants to pay.
    The point is that we (all citizens) have a reasonable expectation for the government to handle things according to the proper rules. ( or at least rules written down somewhere)

    If a proper parking ticket requires certain information filled out and you receive nothing but a scrap of paper with "F U pay mony" scribbled on it then you should have it dismissed instantly. If it's supposed to have a reason filled out and the traffic enforcer left it blank then you should have it dismissed instantly.

  • On the post: RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales

    Tek'a R ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2015 @ 02:20pm

    Re:

    Unless they are already a known megastar (and not always then) the artists themselves are not making the decisions and choices that eat up that massive chunk of cash. They are not asked "hey, do you want to book time at the thousand-an-hour studio or at the 20-an-hour studio" or "Do you want to employ this big-name producer we lined up or someone who wants half as much and has a better track record with bands like you?"

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