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• On the post: Law Enforcement Official Claims Citizens Use Better Encryption Than Cops Do

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2020 @ 06:43am

  Sounds like he's just ignorant of the encryption he uses, like many of the people out there similarly ignorant of their use of it. I'd wager most of us trust vendors to leverage best practice security on our behalf. He's only aware of other people's security because he's acting as the adversary being successfully protected against.

• On the post: Can You License A Video You Don't Hold The Copyright Over?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 05:16am

  Re: Re:

  #AccidentalMovieTaglines

• On the post: Can You License A Video You Don't Hold The Copyright Over?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 05:12am

  Re:

  But the problem here, aside from assuming that everything must be owned, is that automatic assumption that there even IS a copyright to own. Almost as if a copyright is a soul that we can't even imagine doesn't intangibly exist alongside some corporeal body. Sometimes things are born without souls.

• On the post: Greyhound Finally Bans CBP, Border Patrol From Suspicionless Searches Of Its Buses And Passengers

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 04:53am

  Blanket Rule

  Can we get that sticker printed 1000x bigger and put it on the country's passenger window? This goes along with the "don't send death squads to my home" opt out. No person in our country should feel pressured to "consent" to search by goon squad of face unknown and terrifying consequence. If you have to ask, the answer is "no".

• On the post: The Next Risk In Buying An IOT Product Is Having It Bricked By A Patent Dispute

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2020 @ 10:07am

  What's Bricked?

  The Flywheel website says the home bike costs $1699 or $1999 for one with a built-in tablet. So it's $300 of bricked hardware since the streaming classes are what's being retired; I assume the bike will still bike. Having to find new videos to watch while you exercise sounds like a pain, but it's not quite as bad as having your bike stolen.

• On the post: The End Of Ownership: Tesla Software Updates Giveth… And Tesla Software Updates Taketh Away…

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2020 @ 04:44am

  Re:

  To own a Tesla, you create a Tesla Account which allows you to manage your car, keys, and payment options. Creating that account accepts the Customer Privacy Policy and Supercharger Fair Use Policy. I guess you could just take the card from the previous owner and not make an account. But then he'd have owner access on your car, which includes remote unlock, start, windows, etc.

• On the post: The End Of Ownership: Tesla Software Updates Giveth… And Tesla Software Updates Taketh Away…

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2020 @ 10:50am

  Dealer Update

  This is a little confusing to me because in the Service Invoice the concern says "now I have Autosteer only". That's Autopilot. Sounds like just his Full-Self Driving upgrade was removed.

  Also, what is the "it disappeared" in this statement from the used car dealer?

  One day, a random message popped up saying your autopilot has been upgraded after a software update. Then it disappeared. I figured it was a glitch. I already had an agreement with Alec to purchase the vehicle.
  He did come and test drive it a few days later, and we both agreed it was a technical difficulty or bug that would be fixed by next software update.

  If "it" is FSD then they both knew the FSD wasn't available, or at least something was wrong with it, when the dealer sold it.

  Still strange that a package was removed after Tesla Auctioned it, but slightly less nefarious timing.

• On the post: Court To Cop: We Don't Need On-Point Precedent To Deny You Immunity For Killing A Dog That Couldn't Hurt You

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2020 @ 11:28am

  Re: Re:

  Drawing your service weapon should be a self-defense last resort, not the big red "Easy" button when something upsets you.

• On the post: Court To Cop: We Don't Need On-Point Precedent To Deny You Immunity For Killing A Dog That Couldn't Hurt You

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2020 @ 04:22am

  Re: Someone invent a cloning machine, it's got some work to do

  Yup. We should expect MORE from those we empower and entrust to serve the public good. The penalty should be more severe when those people are found to have violated that trust.

• On the post: AT&T, Comcast Dramatically Cut Network Spending Despite Net Neutrality Repeal

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2020 @ 10:37am

  Waiting for disruption

  Are they dragging their feet in hopes that wireless advances will supplant all the fiber they're failing to lite? If so it seems like they're gambling that they'll be the ones to install said wireless capacity. Much like content providers now trying to access customers behind Comcast's tollbooth; in the future Comcast may find itself trying to scale the customer access barrier if, for instance, low orbit satellite ISPs become prevalent.

  I'm almost a little excited to hear the Comcast argument on why their competitors need to be bound by common carrier rules in delivering satellites... and the response that Comcast is free to build its own space launch systems if it wants access to that market.

• On the post: Trademark Opposition Stupidly Prevents Indians Pitcher Shane Bieber From Telling Everyone He's 'Not Justin'

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 09:40am

  Re: Correction

  Agreed, this makes it sound like there's no way to have an inside joke with your fans without preventing anyone else from also having a joke.

• On the post: George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue Is In The Public Domain And Gerswhin's Nephew Is Worried Someone Might Turn It Into Hip Hop

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2020 @ 06:41am

  Re: Re: But What About American Airlines?

  Airlines, Hotels, Rental Car agencies: I know that there are different ones, I even know I don't like some of them. But I CANNOT remember which is which.

• On the post: Wyze Breach Leaves Data Of 2.4 Million Users Exposed Online

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2020 @ 07:20am

  My dog is notoriously unreliable in explaining how the bag of treats was removed from the shelf, opened, and emptied.

• On the post: Police Departments Are Using Swatting Registries To Help Protect Swatting Targets From Police Officers

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2019 @ 10:06am

  Default Options

  Kinda seems like "don't send a death squad to my home" shouldn't be an opt-in setting.

• On the post: ICE Says Students Duped By Its Fake College Sting Should Have Known It Was A Sting

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2019 @ 05:20am

  Re: 'We're accredited by X' '... and? So was a known fraud.'

  This was a golden key handed over to the government, issuing fraudulent certificates to ensnare people who were trying to follow the law. Makes you feel safe, doesn't it?

• On the post: ICE Says Students Duped By Its Fake College Sting Should Have Known It Was A Sting

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2019 @ 05:24am

  Double Sting

  Ha! The joke's on these ICE agents; this was actually a sting to ensnare people who would abuse government authority. They should have known this wasn't a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. If they'd really wanted to be law enforcement officers, they would have sought out an agency that abides by our Constitution and laws.

• On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2019 @ 05:58am

  Re: Re: Re: Hotels will love it

  "more practical Earth-to-sat latencies of around 25 to 35 ms, comparable to existing cable and fiber networks"

  I'm gonna assume that the article was edited after I read is and that my reading comprehension skills aren't really that poor. That's the ticket.

• On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2019 @ 05:57am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Apparently... my bad.

• On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2019 @ 08:30am

  Re: Re: Hotels will love it

  Too much.

  "minimum theoretical round-trip latency of at least 477 ms (between user and ground gateway), but in practice, current satellites have latencies of 600 ms or more"

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)

• On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

  

  Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2019 @ 06:10am

  Re: '... why am I not buying the games again?'

  Yeah, data caps are obviously a bottleneck. But it may help bring the issue to a head. Few people currently consume enough to anger their ISP overlords, but as the overages become more widespread people may come to understand how much they're really being charged for internet connection. I haven't used a streaming game yet, but I assume they'll favor downsampling rather than buffering stutter and lag on deficient connections. The game should still be playable at 1080p.

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