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On the post: Judge Wants To Know Who's Behind Devin Nunes' Cow's And Mom's Twitter Account

hij ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2019 @ 04:51am

Spartacus!

I am Devin Nunes' Cow

On the post: Facebook's Weird Pointless Auditless Audit Of Political Bias On Its Platform

hij ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2019 @ 05:55am

Putting money where the mouths are

It may help in one way, though. By giving money away to conservatives it will create a conflict of interest. As more money goes into their pockets these same conservatives now have a reason to stay away from the fake conspiracy talk somewhat. At least a little bit, since having some of the controversy blowing around seems to benefit these folks.

For all the good reasons not to use Facebook, some folks seem to go to a lot of trouble to make up false reasons.

On the post: Lawsuit Filed By Victims Of ICE's Fake College Sting Revived By Appeals Court

hij ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2019 @ 07:39am

Re:

They should have known the real money to be made is setting up a fake football team to get money from the university's alumni and boosters. Wonder what the mascot is for the University of Entrapment, probably an angler fish?

On the post: Lawyers Who Sued YouTube For Anti-Conservative Bias Are Suing YouTube Again… For Anti-LGBTQ Bias

hij ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2019 @ 11:44am

Re:

I do not understand your comment about "Google wants to act like it's a bastion of progressive values." I am not personally aware of an instance in which Google has tried to push progressive values. I know that there are google employees who have tried to do so, but The Google itself has always struct me as being a rather rapacious, amoral capitalistic machine. Do you have anything to back your claim?

On the post: Judge Dismisses Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Defamation Lawsuit Against The New York Times

hij ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2019 @ 12:42pm

New York City?

I am still trying to get over the idea that anyone in Arizona would flip their vote based on an article in the NY Times. The former sheriff is not exactly a mystery candidate for the electorate in his home state.

On the post: Fox News Commentator Calls For A 'Backlash' Against Big Tech… Because Wikileaks Released His Phone Number

hij ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2019 @ 10:50am

Citizens United for what now?

All those people who celebrated the Citizens United decision that says corporations have first amendment rights are probably fighting tooth and nail against these initiatives to curtail how big tech expresses themselves.

Oh wait....

On the post: Top University Of California Scientists Tell Elsevier They'll No Longer Work On Elsevier Journals

hij ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2019 @ 02:30am

It is worse than that

Unfortunately, it is something worse. The tenure system is completely broken. It is nice that a couple high ranking people have the freedom to take a stance, the vast majority of academics do not have that freedom. The tenure system is supposedly in place to preserve freedom of academics, but in reality the system ensures that those trying to make it to full professor have no recourse to take part in a merry-go-round of publishing small incremental advances in journals ran by unscrupulous and rapacious publishers.

On the post: Yes, The DNC's Debate Format Sucks, And There's An Easy Fix

hij ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2019 @ 05:28am

The party's National Committees cannot be trusted either

The party's National Committees cannot be trusted any more than the broadcast networks. Giving the party's the ability to decide the format and people will only give them even more power to push their preferences forward. The problem is not that the debate formats are dreadful, the problem is the debates themselves.

The notion of a debate to test and expose a candidate is outdated since shortly after the Lincoln-Douglass debates. Given the easy ability to communicate and share information there is no need for a debate. The problem is with a system that rewards candidate who do not provide information and more details. Instead we get soundbites and empty spectacle.

We need something better than the current first past the post system that will allow for a variety of candidates and will reward them for being more open to the electorate.

On the post: Trump Calls On Social Media Companies To Become Pre-Crime Agents

hij ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2019 @ 01:36pm

So much for reducing regulations

The party that says government interference stifles innovation and hinder business wants to shift a huge burden on to business.

On the post: Cord Cutting Is Setting Records In 2019

hij ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2019 @ 01:37pm

Olympic Year

The Summer Olympics will be next year. If this trend holds through next year then it will be a huge problem for local television. NBC has been pushing its streaming coverage in hockey, cycling, and the Olympics. If they can get a boost for their sports app then it will be a big knock against ESPN. Sports has a big impact on television viewing, and it will be interesting to see how this will shift the media influence in sports.

On the post: Unsealed Warrant Shows SFPD Officer Misled Court About Journalist's Occupation

hij ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2019 @ 02:45pm

The Perp Walks Free

No matter what Mr Carmody decides to do Sgt. Obidi will be protected and will likely face few consequences. Even if taxpayers have to foot the bill there will be little in the way of a disincentive for any of the wrong-doers to change their ways.

On the post: William Barr Turns Up The Heat On The DOJ's Anti-Encryption Rhetoric

hij ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2019 @ 11:18am

Society wants this?

So when someone has to pay taxes it is the evil government taking the money. When the government wants to steal your information then all of a sudden it is "society" protecting itself.

On the post: London Metropolitan Police's Facial Recognition System Is Now Only Misidentifying People 81% Of The Time

hij ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 02:51am

Crack'n neural net Gromit!

Cut to a scene with Gromit working on the project with Wallace and reading the book, "Principle Component Analysis For Dogs."

On the post: Senator Graham Spreads A Bunch Of Nonsense About 'Protecting Digital Innocence' Online

hij ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2019 @ 08:12am

Kids are the problem

Sounds like the real issue here is that children are human beings that have rights.

On the post: Why Is The Washington Post Publishing Blatantly False Propaganda About Section 230?

hij ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2019 @ 12:04pm

When will they get it?

Some news organizations still have not figured out the difference between sharing a different point of view and an outright lie. It will probably take a generation before media organizations get over the idea that they are there to simply repeat the lies from two different partisans.

On the post: 'Deep Fake' Legislation Is On The Way, Threatening Free Speech Protections

hij ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2019 @ 08:37am

Anti-FOX News Legistlation

This is going to destroy FOX news. Do the means justify the ends?

On the post: The Streaming TV Sector Still Doesn't Realize Exclusives Will Drive Users Back To Piracy

hij ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2019 @ 07:20am

The Downside to Discovery's Success

Looks like everyone thinks they can repeat CBS's success with Star Trek: Discovery. Unfortunately, it will likely be a short bandwagon.

On the post: Supreme Court Now Says That The Trademark Office Can't Reject 'Immoral Or Scandalous' Trademarks

hij ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2019 @ 02:53pm

how do you express something that is not an idea?

"...vulgar terms that play no real part in the expression of ideas."

Fuck that noise. Apparently Justice Alito thinks it is okay for the government to decide which parts of a person's speech matter in the idea they are expressing. His self professed method of taking a practical approach does not seem consistent with the idea that the courts should be in the business of editing out the minor details of a person's speech as long as the original idea remains.

On the post: Once Again: It's Not Clear The Internet Needs Creepy Targeted Ads

hij ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2019 @ 09:16am

What are the alternatives?

If someone (me) is running a website and does not want to use google adwords or some other pack of creeps, what are the other options?

On the post: After Decades Of Demanding China 'Respect' US Patent Law, Senator Rubio Pushes Law That Says US Can Ignore Huawei Enforcing Patents

hij ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2019 @ 08:17am

The wrong people using the courts against us

Listening to Senator Rubio dictating who should be allowed to use the courts as a weapon is like allowing Cornelius Vanderbilt decide what transportation options people should be allowed to use.

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