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• On the post: ‘Right To Repair’ Reform Passes CA State Senate, 38-0

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2023 @ 04:22pm

  Jealousy

  Now as a New Yorker, I am envious of not only Colorado, but California as well? If only our state's legislature wasn't so corrupt.😢

• On the post: Only 8% Of Netflix Password Moochers Plan To Pay For Their Own Subscription

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2023 @ 11:32am

  There’s gotta be another way to get enough investor $$ so that you can expand your company without selling out to Wall St.

  I'm sure Valve was able to crack that code…

• On the post: A Deeper Look At The Surgeon General’s Report On Kids & Social Media: It’s Not What You Heard

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 May, 2023 @ 05:09pm

  Hot Coffee? Rings a bell…

  Not only do I remember Hot Coffee, but I showed it to my dad, who laughed. Full Disclosure: This was long before I worked at Take-Two Interactive. Also, I don't work there anymore; I got laid off because PlayDots in NYC got closed down. That being said, I'm still on good terms with Take-Two

• On the post: FTC Gives Fertility App $200k Wrist Slap For Sharing Sensitive Medical Info

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 May, 2023 @ 04:55pm

  who is someone who doesn't understand §230. We're saying the same thing.

• On the post: FTC Gives Fertility App $200k Wrist Slap For Sharing Sensitive Medical Info

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 May, 2023 @ 08:32am

  Do you know who you sound like? You sound like someone who doesn't understand section 230.

• On the post: FTC Gives Fertility App $200k Wrist Slap For Sharing Sensitive Medical Info

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 May, 2023 @ 07:49am

  Only 1/5 of $1M?

  That's even less than a wrist slap; that's a frickin' business expense.

• On the post: Monster Energy Opposes A Fitness Trainer’s Trademark Because Of Course It Did

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 May, 2023 @ 04:55am

  To be fair...

  To be fair, maybe Monster Energy drinks wants to be the only one who are truly being monsters when it comes to trademarks...

• On the post: Public Housing Contractors Are Using Federal Money To Inflict Biometric Surveillance Misery On Their Tenants

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 24 May, 2023 @ 05:30am

  all sorts of surveillance equipment should be installed in the halls of government; wht hse, congress, supreme court …

  To be fair, Congress has cameras (C-SPAN is proof of this).

• On the post: Apparently Elon Doesn’t Think He Needs To Pay Rent Because SF Is A ‘Shithole’; So Why Should We Pay For Twitter?

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 24 May, 2023 @ 05:28am

  And yet…

  …And yet I think Jello Biafra would have run San Francisco better than Elon Musk is running Twitter.

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

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 22 May, 2023 @ 09:16am

  It is possible to disagree with the actions (and consequences of those actions) of George Soros and also not hate the entire Jewish people.

  If the right-wing is able to express it without bringing up classical anti-Semitic stereotypes, I wouldn't mind it at all, let alone call it anti-Semitic. But they either can't or won't. Pick one.

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

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 22 May, 2023 @ 01:58am

  This part:

  In the United States, a "commode" is a colloquial synonym for a flush toilet[11] particularly in the American South.

  The Alamo Drafthouse originated in Austin, Texas, which is in the American South, so it tracks.

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

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 21 May, 2023 @ 05:24pm

  That trans person should never be allowed to force their way into single-sex spaces for which their body disqualifies them

  There's an incredibly simple way to solve this, and the Lower Manhattan Alamo Drafthouse has done so: there are two bathrooms named "Urinals" and "Commodes", and nobody raises a fuss, because what goes on in the commode or whether someone has to use a urinal is none of our fucking business.

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

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 21 May, 2023 @ 03:48pm

  Woke gender ideologues

  You were doing good until you went there, Hyman.

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

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 21 May, 2023 @ 03:32pm

  Considering that there’s an actual criminal in the Republican Party known as Donald J Trump

  Not to mention George Santos (if that is his real name)...

• On the post: Twenty Years Ago Today: Barbra Streisand Sued A Photographer And The Streisand Effect Was Born

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 21 May, 2023 @ 01:21am

  This calls for a celebration!

  Barbra Streisand

• On the post: TV Industry’s Idea Of Innovation: A Free TV With A Second Small TV That Constantly Shows You Ads

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 20 May, 2023 @ 07:30am

  if you’re mainly streaming you still need something that does that

  I have Roku express boxes that do the trick. For the TV in my room, it's also hooked up to modern, HDMI-compatible clones of Chiptune Video Game Systems, such as the Analogue Mega SG for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and the Retro-USB AVS for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom. I also have a PS3 and docks for a Nintendo Switch in two TVs as well as a Super NES Mini. So I'm good.

• On the post: Automakers Are Making Basic Car Functions A Costly Subscription Service… Whether You Like It Or Not

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 20 May, 2023 @ 05:38am

  NYC still does.

• On the post: TV Industry’s Idea Of Innovation: A Free TV With A Second Small TV That Constantly Shows You Ads

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 19 May, 2023 @ 07:22am

  Well, this TV doesn't cost any money, so...

• On the post: TV Industry’s Idea Of Innovation: A Free TV With A Second Small TV That Constantly Shows You Ads

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 19 May, 2023 @ 05:35am

  Doctorovian Idea

  This idea seriously looks like something out of a Cory Doctorow nightmarish dystopia, except it's real. I'm also totally in agreement with you that I want a TV that's dumber than Donald Trump. Luckily, I haven't upgraded my TV sets even if they're still 1080p. I'm happy I haven't found a need to switch to 4K yet.

• On the post: Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 19 May, 2023 @ 05:02am

  I was thinking the same thing

  I mean for real, Clarence Thomas being extremely reasonable? Am I in the right universe?

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