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• On the post: Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, And A Bunch Of Other Trump-Loving Lawyers Hit With Sanctions In Michigan

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2021 @ 07:00pm

  Re: Time to change your wording

  Good job completely ignoring the fact that one set of protesters was angry about you know...all the murders committed by the people they are angry about, and the other is angry that their orange wanna be king lost an election.

• On the post: Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, And A Bunch Of Other Trump-Loving Lawyers Hit With Sanctions In Michigan

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2021 @ 06:58am

  The Unfortunate Reality

  The sad truth is that these sanctions only really hurt their legal careers--but since they've chosen the new career of being MAGA-hat wearing conspiracy spreaders, they can grift that gravy train as long as anyone will listen to them.

• On the post: California Regulators Say T-Mobile Lied To Gain Sprint Merger Approval

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2021 @ 03:13pm

  Here's their mistake

  The deal said that Dish would have "up to three years to complete the migration". I mean c'mon, technically one day could be included in "up to three years", so I don't know what they're bitching about.

• On the post: California Regulators Say T-Mobile Lied To Gain Sprint Merger Approval

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2021 @ 03:13pm

  Here's their mistake

  The deal said that Dish would have "up to three years to complete the migration". I mean c'mon, technically one day could be included in "up to three years", so I don't know what they're bitching about.

• On the post: Australian Court Ridiculously Says That AI Can Be An Inventor, Get Patents

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2021 @ 08:35am

  Ima gonna make meeliions

  Just need to program an AI to scrape patent databases, train it to add " on the internet" or "with a computer" in the correct places, file the patents, then sit back and collect the royalties.

• On the post: As Everyone Rushes To Change Section 230, New GAO Report Points Out That FOSTA Hasn't Lived Up To Any Of Its Promises

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2021 @ 03:11pm

  Re: What Section 230 Does Not Protect

  Umm...you do know that the 1st amendment only covers actions by state actors (the government) not private entities, right? So explain to us how a privately owned social media company can violate the 1st amendment. So yes a private company can remove your speech, the 1st amendment doesn't apply to them--you know that whole... Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. That's it, that's the 1st amendment. I don't see how you can twist some very clear wording to think that this applies anyone other than those it says it applies to--congress. Nowhere in there is any text saying that any private entity has to give you a place to speak. Social Media sites, like any other private property retain the right to throw you out for saying or doing things they don't like. Don't want to get thrown out--don't be an asshole. pretty simple rule.

• On the post: Twitch Yanks Advertising Revenue From Popular 'Hot Tub Streamer' With No Warning Or Dialogue

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 20 May, 2021 @ 06:29am

  The 50,000 dollar question.

  Is Twitch still running ads on her channel? I'd be willing to bet they are. If they are they're profiting off their creators and not paying them for their work, which in any other industry would be an illegal contact violation.

• On the post: How Do You Debate Section 230 When One Side Constantly Lies About It?

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2021 @ 11:54am

  I've come to the realization that the problem that they have with social media is that all their lies are almost immediately called out. They've never had to deal with that before. Mainstream media has usually bent over backwards to not call them out on their lies due to the risk of being cut off.

• On the post: North Carolina State Senators Read Section 230 Completely Backwards, Introduces Laughably Confused Bill In Response

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2021 @ 04:49pm

  Re: Re: Getting called a Nazi...

  Which is what happens when you align yourself with white supremacists and Nazis.

• On the post: Parler Forced To Explain The First Amendment To Its Users After They Complain About Parler Turning Over Info To The FBI

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2021 @ 11:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action" Hmm... Looks like the Supreme Court and I are on the same page to me.

• On the post: Parler Forced To Explain The First Amendment To Its Users After They Complain About Parler Turning Over Info To The FBI

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2021 @ 02:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  If you knowingly let those whackjobs discuss their massacre you are very much liable both criminally and civily. Which it seems is what Parker was reporting to the FBI, posts calling for violence that were reported by other users.

• On the post: Parler Forced To Explain The First Amendment To Its Users After They Complain About Parler Turning Over Info To The FBI

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2021 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Re:

  Umm how not? Any speech that is calling for or planning violence is not protected under the first amendment. It doesn't matter how it's distributed -- in person, in a book, through the mail, on the phone, a flyer, a social media post, a YouTube video, or bloody smoke signals -- it's illegal. Speech that is illegal is illegal, regardless of the method of distribution.

• On the post: Parler Forced To Explain The First Amendment To Its Users After They Complain About Parler Turning Over Info To The FBI

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2021 @ 11:49am

  Re: Re: Re:

  They could be held liable by anyone harmed by the violence that was called for and planned in those posts.l

• On the post: Parler Forced To Explain The First Amendment To Its Users After They Complain About Parler Turning Over Info To The FBI

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2021 @ 11:47am

  Re:

  "Violent content" in this case refers to posts calling for and planning a violent protest, which is very much illegal and not protected speech under the first amendment. Not taking it down and reporting it to the authorities would leave Parker open to criminal charges from the government and potential civil liability from anyone harmed.

• On the post: Annoyance Builds At Elon Musk Getting A Billion In Subsidies For Starlink Broadband

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2021 @ 12:07pm

  Re: Re:

  Nope, not a theory. Cryptocurrency mining consumes a ton of electricity, contributing to climate change. Plus it burns through a lot of computer hardware that we now have to dispose of.

• On the post: Just As #DiaperDon Starts Trending, Trump Claims That Twitter Uses 'Fake' Trends, Calls For 'Termination' Of Section 230

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2020 @ 12:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: $35 000 per vote

  That's the whole point. Keep the court cases going while begging for donations, the majority of which do not go to the defense fund--but into his own leadership PAC. Trump's whole carreer has been just one big grift. Any success is just happenstance and not needed for the grift to be profitable.

• On the post: Like The Rest Of The Internet Of Things, Most 'Smart' Locks Are Easily Hacked

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2016 @ 08:22am

  Re:

  Yes, Bluetooth sniffers are relatively expensive now. What happens when any yokel can order one off alibaba.com for 5 bucks.

• On the post: Like The Rest Of The Internet Of Things, Most 'Smart' Locks Are Easily Hacked

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2016 @ 08:25am

  Interesting legal dilemma here. If any other manufacturer had a product that they knowingly could cause damage or loss, they'd get sued. What about that company that said 'We know it's a problem, but we're not gonna fix it.'" ?

• On the post: Stung By Yelp Reviews, Health Providers Spill Patient Secrets

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2016 @ 06:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Nope. A customer service review is by its very nature subjective, and is correct in the point of view of the customer giving it. A review site is an inappropriate venue to engage in a dispute with a dissatisfied customer, regardless of the merits (or lack thereof) of the complaint. The only good outcome you can get by engaging in these reviews is by apologizing, reiterating your desire to provide good service, and leaving it at that.
  
  If the review is from a lying troll, do you really think the doctor would or could fix anything by arguing about it?

• On the post: Stung By Yelp Reviews, Health Providers Spill Patient Secrets

  

  Keroberos ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2016 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Grammar nitpicking

  Hmm...I would say any agency that has the responsibility to take and investigate complaints--while somehow not having the ability to analyze them, is pretty f'n historic.

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