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• On the post: Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against Techdirt

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2017 @ 12:14am

  HOORAY!

  CONGRATULATIONS!
  
  Now to shit on that fraud's senate run...

• On the post: NPR Gives Up On News Comments; After All, Who Cares What Your Customers Have To Say?

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2017 @ 08:50pm

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  Nah, I get comments held for moderation too. They always show up eventually, but holding comments for moderation has a similar effect to newspapers deliberately printing false news then burying the retraction on page 27.
  
  In the newspapers' case (or other media) the inmitial lie is what sticks in people's minds, but if called on having their pants on fire they can just claim it was an honest mistake and they printed a retraction on page 39a in the middle of the obituaries.
  
  Likewise when TD holds comments for moderation, it means the initial comments by vetted users shape the discussion and potentially dissenting opinions are buried until after they matter less.
  
  The easy solution to this soft censorship would be to immediately post all comments no matter the source, and rely on the already present and easy to use "flag this post as abusive/trolling/spam" button that's next to literally every single post in the comments.

• On the post: Impostor Sending Out DMCA Notices In Chaturbate's Name Now Targeting Techdirt URLs

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2017 @ 06:59pm

  "Onanism"? Really? We have words for masturbation, including "masturbation" that don't reek of an 80 year old nun with a ruler yelling about hairy palms and spilling your seed on the ground.

• On the post: One Twitter Account's Mission To Make White Supremacists Very, Very Famous

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2017 @ 09:24pm

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  He was driving on a pedestrian mall like the other cars in front of him? Where the cops directed people to drive?

• On the post: London Mayor Fingers The Culprit In Increased Knife Crime: YouTube

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2017 @ 09:55am

  Good ol' Sadiq "terrorism is part and parcel of living in a big city" Khan.
  
  He's not as entertaining as Rob Ford was, but when you have a burning desire to watch a dumpster fire of a mayor, he'll do.

• On the post: Canadian Telcos Lose Their Goddamn Minds Over TVAddons

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2017 @ 06:52pm

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  That has in fact happened https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/02/10/some-justice-in-texas-the-raid-on-henry-magee/

• On the post: North Carolina Passes An Entirely Misguided Restore Campus Free Speech Act

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2017 @ 06:16pm

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  It brings a glow to my heart every time that gets posted.

• On the post: Complaint Filed Over Sketchy VPN Service

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2017 @ 06:06pm

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  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170526/09231437457/daily-deal-vpn-unlimited-subscription.shtml
  
  Check the comments.

• On the post: Daily Deal: Windscribe VPN

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2017 @ 01:28pm

  An actually ok VPN for once?

  I looked this VPN up on thatoneprivacysite.net, and this one actually looks halfway decent. They get dinged on ethics and being in a five eyes country (Canada), but besides that this one is way way better than the usual shit advertised here.
  
  It's still not the best choice of VPN, but it's a heck of a lot closer than usual.

• On the post: UK WiFi Company Uses Overlong TOS To Trick Hotspot Users Into Cleaning Toilets, Hugging Stray Cats

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2017 @ 05:28am

  Tricked?

  They tricked people into it? That just looks like a list of ways to be a better citizen, although I suggest that painting snails is more for our amusement then theirs.
  
  If they really want the TOS to demonstrate just how onerous a TOS can be they should FORBID the hugging of kitties.

• On the post: Capcom Manually DMCAs English Translation Of Ace Attorney Game Not Available In English

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 10:58pm

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  I'm looking forward to mega maker getting some good levels. Right now they all kind of suck.

• On the post: Capcom Manually DMCAs English Translation Of Ace Attorney Game Not Available In English

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 01:06am

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  On the other hand Capcom has been very accepting of fan games, going so far as to promote one themselves in the case of Street Fighter Vs Megaman. (Which was not a very GOOD fangame, but they haven't shut down several which ARE good games.)
  
  http://megamanfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Fan_games has a list of quite a few, of which several directly infringe Capcom's IP and are pretty fun. Megaman Super Fighting Robot and Megaman Unlimited really stand out as examples of such, and haven't received even a peep of protest from Capcom's legal beagles.

• On the post: Appeals Court Tells Lower Court (For The Second Time) To Stop Coddling An Abusive Ex-Deputy

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2017 @ 01:35am

  Given his responsibilities as a piggy to uphold the law, his supposedly greater knowledge of the law due to his training, and his abuses of the power he was given to wield, he should receive an automatic maximum sentence, then double it.
  
  Cops should receive a harsher punishment than your everyday citizen.

• On the post: Proposed DHS Rules May Cause The Deaths They Claim To Prevent

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2017 @ 07:01am

  One theory I've heard, which I lack the technical details to debunk or verify, is that modern planes are vulnerable to hacking. See here https://www.wired.com/2015/05/possible-passengers-hack-commercial-aircraft/ for an article.
  
  OFC, you can hack with a phone too, but that adds difficulty to the task.

• On the post: Daily Deal: VPN Unlimited Subscription

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 28 May, 2017 @ 04:18am

  Hmmm, VPN Unlimited... Let's check thatoneprivacysite.net, the site which the EFF recommends.
  
  They're located in a five eyes country.. that's bad
  
  They log timestamps... this is unacceptable.
  
  They log bandwidth... not cool, Brosephina.
  
  They log IP addresses... Do these chunderchewers even grok the point of a VPN?!
  
  They block some P2P ports... Ahahahaha, how much more useless can a VPN get?
  
  Check for yourselves, https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/
  
  The only people I'd recommend this sad excuse for a VPN to would be Kim Jong Un so the NSA can spy on him a bit easier than with no VPN.
  
  Mike, I'm sad you allow this ad on your site. I know curating ads takes time and effort, but allowing this one is doing a disservice to readers that don't know enough to assess a VPN for themselves.

• On the post: Trump Fires FBI Director Comey

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 10 May, 2017 @ 12:03am

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  What? This is clearly related to tech. Comey was trying to backdoor encryption while fearmongering out the ass all the while.
  
  As someone who voted for Trump, and strongly disagrees with Mike and his posts on subjects such as jihadi immigration, you're plain wrong, man.

• On the post: Daily Deal: TigerVPN Subscription

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2017 @ 06:37pm

  https://thatoneprivacysite.net/
  
  The EFF recommends this site for VPN comparison, according to Brian Krebs. see https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/03/post-fcc-privacy-rules-should-you-vpn/
  
  TigerVPN looks like it's a pretty bad choice.

• On the post: New Filings In Our Ongoing Lawsuit

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2017 @ 11:57am

  I wish all of you the best of luck in your legal fight against this troll.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2017 @ 05:54am

  Re: Re: Traveling in the USA with cash.

  Frighteningly enough, that IS illegal. Making multiple transactions at below the mandatory reporting level is enough for the IRS to seize your money in the "belief" that your were attempting to dodge the reporting requirements. They call it "structuring" Some links:
  
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/irs-structuring-civil-asset-forfeiture_us_573b908de4b0aee7b8e83ae3
  
  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/12/nc-store-owner-on-hook-for-107000-with-irs-over-structuring-laws.html
  
  http://greatlakescustomslaw.com/money-seizures/structuring-31-usc-5324-cash-seizure/

• On the post: Canada Says It Won't Attend Special 301 Hearing Because USTR Prefers Industry Allegations To Facts And Data

  

  GristleMissile ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2017 @ 09:54am

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  Personally I'm looking forward to the salty salty tears when Antigue and Barbuda get their official "pirate" website up and running. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Antigua-gets-WTO-approval-to-become-copyright-haven

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