"In Maine, lawmakers have been trying to convince Republican and Democratic lawmakers..."
I believe it should be "In Maine, LOBBYISTS have been trying to convince Republican and Democratic lawmakers..."
You mean, I suppose, baseless EXCEPT for all of the actual pictures showing products using those error messages, and discussion of same. What part of the article do you specifically reject as a hit piece? The time and date??
Watching a lot of court videos lately, along with live commentary from lawyers and subject matter experts. Some, not all, of the officers we've seen testifying appear to be poorly trained, have poor understanding of basic police procedures, improper evidence handling processes, and generally seemed to be making up rules as they go. It was... disturbing.
For one example take a look at the NM v. Dean Cummings (Extreme Skier On Trial) coverage on the YT: Lokificant's Lair, Law Talk with Mike, J Robine Law all had excellent streams.
I like asking specifically which services they think should be eliminated. I'll even helpfully make some suggestions:
Medicare
Medicaid
Veterans Administration health care
FEMA sponsored flood insurance
Veterans educational benefits
Interstate highway & bridge construction and maintenance
And of course they freak, because THEY (or people they know) rely on those programs.
Sometimes they'll mention the IRS, but then I point out that's how their special programs are funded.
The conversation often devolves from there as they realize they can't list the programs they don't use without sounding like racist, entitled pricks: Welfare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food for children), Headstart, School Lunch, Low Income Home Energy Assistance (heat in winter), Housing for Persons with Disabilities (HUD), Housing for the Elderly (HUD), Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Child Care Food Program, WIC Women, Infant and Children Food Program, etc.
I wish I'd had a chance to chat with you at the table on Friday, Karl. We had a good chat with Mike and the gang.
I will say I'm a little disappointed, Karl. It isn't like to drop a random stat in an article and then point at it as if it were meaningful:
"SUVs and pickups account for 38 percent of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities"
I found a 2020 (I think) stat indicating the percentage of SUVs and pickups is actually slightly below your 38% figure.
'Pickup trucks accounted for 20.57 percent of all vehicles in operation and SUVs 11.42 percent'
I'm not saying it is GOOD that these large vehicles are killing people, just that the number seems to align with the relative percentage of vehicles on the road so perhaps that statistic isn't as relevant to the discussion as one might thing if they just see the absolute number.
Source: Experian Automotive’s AutoCount Vehicles in Operation database as cited by Aftermarketnews.com
The public MUST be allowed to determine what confidential data was in those empty folders and what HumInt assets might have been exposed (sold/traded) by Trump to foreign entities. This isn't idle or leftist talk, these are men and women who pledged their lives to protect this country and, in some cases, may have paid the ultimate price. Every American should be worried about this.
Now, we need to see penalties for these frivolous lawsuits, something that actually deters bullying instead of the slap-on-the-wrist judgements to cover legal fees. GDPR can hit you for up to 4% of your annual revenue, that sounds about right to me.
All of this fantastic, reasoned discourse and nobody has mentioned how completely whack that legislative map is? When I started aligning states to neighbors I realized it has only a passing resemblance to reality.
Confusing typo in the 3rd paragraph
"In Maine, lawmakers have been trying to convince Republican and Democratic lawmakers..." I believe it should be "In Maine, LOBBYISTS have been trying to convince Republican and Democratic lawmakers..."
A baseless hit piece?
You mean, I suppose, baseless EXCEPT for all of the actual pictures showing products using those error messages, and discussion of same. What part of the article do you specifically reject as a hit piece? The time and date??
I enjoy it when Mike posts
The snark is strong with this one.
Are you certain?
I see Jeep, Ram, Chrysler in the main list from Mozilla. Those are all brands from that company.
+1 to Timothy Geigner
For this BRILLIANT sentence: "building in more hyphenated adjectives than a Tim Cushing Techdirt article"
Really, Tim?
The sentence beginning "It can’t just undo those..." could have used a term that didn't incite a chuckle when used in this context.
We support TechDirt!
Keep fighting the good fight, Mike and gang. And consider another AMA Zoom session.
Lawyers forging documents?
How is this not an automatic disbarment? Do not pass Go, do not collect $200 dollars. Good luck paying your law school bills without a job.
Wow, that was the comment of the day!
And so out of left field that it generated a genuine laugh. Thank you @Strawb.
We've seen similar lax attitudes about following procedures
Watching a lot of court videos lately, along with live commentary from lawyers and subject matter experts. Some, not all, of the officers we've seen testifying appear to be poorly trained, have poor understanding of basic police procedures, improper evidence handling processes, and generally seemed to be making up rules as they go. It was... disturbing. For one example take a look at the NM v. Dean Cummings (Extreme Skier On Trial) coverage on the YT: Lokificant's Lair, Law Talk with Mike, J Robine Law all had excellent streams.
I support libraries
And I support libraries obtaining material directly from the authors and creators themselves, instead of from publishers.
Government services
I like asking specifically which services they think should be eliminated. I'll even helpfully make some suggestions:
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Veterans Administration health care
- FEMA sponsored flood insurance
- Veterans educational benefits
- Interstate highway & bridge construction and maintenance
And of course they freak, because THEY (or people they know) rely on those programs. Sometimes they'll mention the IRS, but then I point out that's how their special programs are funded. The conversation often devolves from there as they realize they can't list the programs they don't use without sounding like racist, entitled pricks: Welfare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food for children), Headstart, School Lunch, Low Income Home Energy Assistance (heat in winter), Housing for Persons with Disabilities (HUD), Housing for the Elderly (HUD), Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Child Care Food Program, WIC Women, Infant and Children Food Program, etc.That Tan Cushions guy should get a raise
I like reading his stuff.
38% of fatalities?
I wish I'd had a chance to chat with you at the table on Friday, Karl. We had a good chat with Mike and the gang. I will say I'm a little disappointed, Karl. It isn't like to drop a random stat in an article and then point at it as if it were meaningful: "SUVs and pickups account for 38 percent of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities" I found a 2020 (I think) stat indicating the percentage of SUVs and pickups is actually slightly below your 38% figure. 'Pickup trucks accounted for 20.57 percent of all vehicles in operation and SUVs 11.42 percent' I'm not saying it is GOOD that these large vehicles are killing people, just that the number seems to align with the relative percentage of vehicles on the road so perhaps that statistic isn't as relevant to the discussion as one might thing if they just see the absolute number. Source: Experian Automotive’s AutoCount Vehicles in Operation database as cited by Aftermarketnews.com
This - the empty folders
The public MUST be allowed to determine what confidential data was in those empty folders and what HumInt assets might have been exposed (sold/traded) by Trump to foreign entities. This isn't idle or leftist talk, these are men and women who pledged their lives to protect this country and, in some cases, may have paid the ultimate price. Every American should be worried about this.
But back to the reason he keeps doing this
Is that he wants his AI to generate a billion patent applications algorithmically, so step 3 is Profit.
Big win for the little guy (gal)
Now, we need to see penalties for these frivolous lawsuits, something that actually deters bullying instead of the slap-on-the-wrist judgements to cover legal fees. GDPR can hit you for up to 4% of your annual revenue, that sounds about right to me.
What about the map?!?!
All of this fantastic, reasoned discourse and nobody has mentioned how completely whack that legislative map is? When I started aligning states to neighbors I realized it has only a passing resemblance to reality.
Why the Trending Post flag on the right?
One on-topic AC post from May 13th and two pieces of spam from May 24th. The relatively small number of comments are from 2021. What gives, TD?
Hilarious
Almost made me choke on my breakfast. Nice comment, thank you.