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  • On the post: Elon Admits His Content Moderation Council Was Always A Sham To Keep Advertisers On The Site

    discussitlive ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2022 @ 02:15pm

    Diverse Viewpoints

    The nebulous domain of "diverse". Don't define that too closely. That entails setting, then meeting expectations and we can't have that now,can we.

  • On the post: Does Twitter Have Any Employees Left Who Remember That The Company Is Under A Strict Consent Decree With The FTC?

    discussitlive ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2022 @ 02:58pm

    Re: Lol (Dorian)

    “heard Alex Spiro (current head of Legal) say that Elon is willing to take on a huge amount of risk in relation to this company and its users, because ‘Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.’” And “Musk’s new legal department is now asking engineers to “self-certify” compliance with FTC rules and other privacy laws, according to the lawyer’s note” Yeah, I’m a software and hardware engineer. No, I am not an attorney. I don’t play one on TV or the internet. Yes, I own a copy of Black’s Law Dictionary. In it, it says many things I don’t logically understand with my $MANY years of university education in electronics, electrical, and software engineering. Therefore, I don’t understand anything about the law other than it will be up to me, with an imperfect understanding of how the law fucking works to keep my own ass out of jail. Let me give that some careful, considered adult rumination. Ok, that’s done. “Oh, Hell no!"

  • On the post: Louisiana Cops Sued After Dash Cam Video Showed They Lied About Why They Performed A Pretextual Stop

    discussitlive ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2022 @ 09:29pm

    Just once I would love to see a city actually fire these idiots for having cost citizens millions, believing themselves above the law. There in lies the crux of the matter. I'd like to see it every single damned time. What is the legal term for suing someone not as a government employee, but in their own person? In Pro Persona or something doesn't seem correct. I'm a geek, not a lawyer; I have to deal with lawyers and LEO constantly. I buy scratchy underwear and shirts to practice my ability to tolerate useless annoyances. (no offense - The attorneys aren't too bad, it's the LEO that hangs a steering wheel on my belt buckle. Drives me nuts.)

  • On the post: Microsoft, Staring Down Regulators, Promises To Keep CoD On PlayStation

    discussitlive ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2022 @ 05:33pm

    From the "Promises, Promises" department

    The chief reason I stopped gaming wasn't because I am an old fart, but because I got tired of the games the producers play to make profit. I'm not disinclined to profit mind you, but 100,000% returns on investment are... irritating. So much so it's even put me off of open source games. That being said, Microsoft keeping a promise occurs approximately at the same rate cell phone networks and cable monopolies keep theirs. EG: none to speak of.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2022 @ 09:47am

    The bigger question is why does the Sectary of State require a phone number for you to vote. Mine doesn't and I'm in a blood red state. Of course, it might be because they don't want me voting at all.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2022 @ 09:40am

    Then get your Parler spam er, EMAIL, delivered to another service. If you get Gmail, you can get Yahoo! AOL, and about a bazillion others, all for no monetary price to them.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2022 @ 04:15pm

    a) Where does the RNC hire someone with enough tech chops to pull off an e-mail service?? lol! Depends on how much they want to spend. Hell, even I have a price starting around 5 million for violating my personal ethics to work for dishonest people, and up from there for spamming. Actual criminality, though, that price is not money. b) As you note, e-mail has horrific security properties that won’t be changing for the better anytime soon. Suppose I want better, what technical solution would you suggest?? Depends on a number of factors. Casual threats are easily shrugged off with simple and available means, PGP for instance - encrypt the payload if you aren't bothered by signals intelligence. (The frequency, location, and timing of messages sans the content.) State threats, however, are an entirely different kit and kabootle. I couldn't shoot from the hip for an answer there, keeping in mind it will change with time as well as frequency. "Someone" set up a system where it sent nonsense every X minutes even if there was no actual message, and never on command, only by the schedule. Failing to receive a scheduled message was in itself a message.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2022 @ 06:40pm

    Point was the RNC could set their own mail service up and ask folks to sign up for a mail box. I do that for businesses that don't want to allow sensitive emails out into the wild when I can't convince them that email is neither secure, nor time sensitive, nor non-reputiable. Oddly, it's mostly attorneys that ask for it. Apologies for being less than clear.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2022 @ 04:13pm

    bust out the small violin

    I mean I could see that they might have an argument if their emails were just dropped completely, Not really. The sender has no standing with Alphabet. They neither agreed to the Terms of Service nor consume the service themself. They are attempting to use a service someone else owns, they don't pay, and have no relationship with. Almost as if the RNC want to nationalize Alphabet. Alphabet is not the government, therefore has no duty to the 1st amendment. If I don't want to accept a package from USPS, I can file a form 2500 for that sender. No more packages or letters from that person. If I put a "UPS: NO TRESPASSING" sign up, I don't get UPS packages. It's not up to either of those to force me to change my mind. but they do get delivered to the recipient, just sorted into one particular folder. What’s so special about the “inbox”? Irrelevant. The sender has no standing, only the recipient. And GMail does silently and completely drop some senders, the Usual Suspects (ROKSO spammers, dynamic space, announced consumer IP space, and and and.) Which is why I have a mail server I control personally. If I don't want email from BRNIC, APNIC, LATNIC, it's in the firewall. If I do need one, I can turn off the firewall, make an exception, or find a business not in infested spammer space with unresponsive ISPs. I'm a tech, not an attorney, so I don't know why a simple request to drop the suit vis-a-vi "failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted" isn't a slam dunk here. Or standing.

  • On the post: Republicans Sue Google To Try To Force Spam Into Your Inbox

    discussitlive ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2022 @ 03:56pm

    Worlds smallest violin

    I'm a tech person. I've an Ansible script to set up MTA's, I've tested it to 250 servers (servers, about 5,000 email boxes per server for office, likely 10,000-25,000 for home, off and on use). Domain name: $25 Virtual Server: $3 per month per each Software: All but the Ansible script is open source and free to use. Time to execute: Once the planning and all is done, about 15 minutes (tested) Planning time: Depends on what you want to do, 2 hours to 2 months for 3 to 10 people, depending if you also want to do the graphics design differently or use what you already have and how much effort to keep the other party's spammers from slamming your mail boxes, along with the rest of the dross.

  • On the post: ‘Matter’ Standard Hopes To Clean Up The Messy Smart Home Space

    discussitlive ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2022 @ 08:31am

    But every one of them THINKS they have a protocol that wont interfere with others. THEY DO. I've been around this block a few times. (I know a few things because I've seen a few.) That is absolutely, with no doubt, slap yo face, 120% intentional. Prime example is how Microsoft corrupted KERBROS when there was already a widely accepted standard. Corporations HATE standards, unless they are their standards, and can charge everyone else a toll to use them. Off hand, I know of several protocols that are currently defined that would serve. The issue isn't that they aren't known, the issue is they are not proprietary.

  • On the post: DOJ, Senate Leader Continue To Stoke Irrational Fear That Drug Dealers Are Targeting Kids With Multicolored Fentanyl

    discussitlive ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2022 @ 12:00am

    Mrph

    I see our politicians are getting their exercise in. Jumping to conclusions Flying off the handle (Broom control anyone?) Carrying things too far Flipping their wigs Pushing their luck Dodging responsibility Moral panic? Must be another election year. Always telling us what we need to be afraid, who is to blame, and how to not fix it. Times past, we could always count on the politicians doing the right thing after they've tried every thing else. They've seem to have lost that last though. I pine for the old days at times.

  • On the post: No One Has Any Clue How Texas’ Social Media Law Can Actually Work (Because It Can’t Work)

    discussitlive ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2022 @ 02:11pm

    Unworkable?

    When you come and tag my garage door and I scrub it off it doesn't prevent you from tagging your own garage door provided you have one. To extend that metaphor to the Internet, a virtual server costs about USD $3 a month, and you can get a domain name for around USD $20 a year. Pony up, tag your own server. Or grab a cardboard box, rip it up, and burn a stick to write with. Once again, will feeling! We aren't saying you can't say that, we're saying you can't say that here.

  • On the post: Belly Buttons And Napolean Poses: Google Play Flags Android Game For Inappropriate Content

    discussitlive ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2022 @ 12:13pm

    There are some people stupid enough to conflate “tech support” with “position of power”. "Hello. Tech Support. I'm the guy that sits next to the router between you and the rest of the world. How would you like to annoy me today?"

  • On the post: Belly Buttons And Napolean Poses: Google Play Flags Android Game For Inappropriate Content

    discussitlive ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2022 @ 11:46pm

    TOS enforcement

    From personal observation over many years, TOS enforcement after 3 months does not nice things to people's minds. After 6 months, it's time to move them on to unrelated tasks for their own mental health. "What has been seen cannot be unseen." The two personality types that gave the most issues were those that seemed to like delving into it. Those with strong moral convictions are also unsuited and should not be placed in this type of role for their own good. And of course anyone that actively seeks this kind of position should be kept as far away from it as possible.

  • On the post: Google Tries To Fend Off Telecom Backed ‘Big Tech Tax’ In EU

    discussitlive ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2022 @ 08:18am

    Have to wonder

    did they forget robots.txt? If they are so damned concerned someone is making money sending them traffic, it's a simple robots.txt file to stop it. I had cause to test it a bit ago. It took Google about 10 hours to fully de-index the site from search results and it was only crawled twice a day.

  • On the post: CBP Branch Retweets Disgraced, Bigoted Trump Advisor, Gets Account Locked Down By CBP Commissioner

    discussitlive ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2022 @ 04:45pm

    I could reason with you; you are not amenable to reason. I can quote fact to you; you don't deal in fact. I may ask to invoke your human compassion for the many that are simply running from lethal violence in their countries, often as a result of US policy; you don't seem to have any. I have sometimes wondered "Why?" when considering the words of those of your brethren. While I tend to not be Theist in public, the only words fit are: "Jesus wept." Let us not invite Kali to dance.

  • On the post: Calls For Violence Against The Press Have Paid Off: Politician Accused Of Murdering Investigative Reporter

    discussitlive ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 11:53am

    On Thursday, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters Telles had been charged with murder after authorities found a positive match for Telles’ DNA with the genetic material found underneath German’s fingernails. The DNA under the fingernails might be considered "probative" don't you think?

  • On the post: Court: Yeah, No One’s Going To Feel They’re Free To Go When Cops Are Firing Bullets Through Their Front Door

    discussitlive ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2022 @ 11:11pm

    Sorry, I only recall that it looked like cherry at this point. It was about 20 years ago.

  • On the post: Court: Yeah, No One’s Going To Feel They’re Free To Go When Cops Are Firing Bullets Through Their Front Door

    discussitlive ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2022 @ 04:14am

    "Do Not Eat" signs

    A woman sued a property owner over a bush with two, very clearly displayed "DO NOT EAT - POISON!" signs on a bush. The plaintiff contended that the signs were a clear intent to prevent causal theft of delicious non-poisonous fruit. It's not clear why she was suing for poisoning despite the clear indication that the fruit was, in fact, poisonous, and the plaintiff's actions were, in fact, theft. I am not an Attorney. IF you require legal advice, please see a licensed professional and purchase one. Your mileage may vary. Part of this complete breakfast. Batteries not included. Offer not valid in some states. Must be a legal US Citizen to win. Prepared in a facility using nuts. May contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer. WARNING: May cause choking, keep away from young children. Some settling may occur. Do not operate heavy machinery while using this product. Past performance is not an indication of future conditions, investment may lose value. You agree to binding arbitration with an employee arbiter of our choice. Cash payments refused, no personal checks or credit cards. Not responsible for damage, theft, injury or death. Use or enter at your own risk.

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