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• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  nasch ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2022 @ 08:30am

  Censor means "to suppress or delete as objectionable". If Twitter deletes a tweet because they find it objectionable, in what way does that not qualify as censorship?

• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  nasch ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2022 @ 08:28am

  Now as an electrical engineer Facebook censoring a post I made about electrical power as false is a direct aback on my professional reputation and libel.

  You should definitely sue them!

• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  nasch ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2022 @ 09:15am

  Citations needed for just all of that.

• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  nasch ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2022 @ 07:19am

  charge a defendant class

  I don't think that's how class action lawsuits work...

• On the post: 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate

  

  nasch ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2022 @ 07:15am

  The only way it would be censorship is if Twitter were to somehow prevent that speech from showing up any- and everywhere else.

  Are there any dictionaries that specify that censor means to suppress everywhere?

• On the post: Court To Public University: Yeah, It’s A 1st Amendment Problem When You Delete Comments You Don’t Like

  

  nasch ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2022 @ 10:07am

  What in the world could she get into trouble for?

  "Ex-NY assemblyman suing Ocasio-Cortez for blocking him on Twitter cites Trump case" https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/10/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sued-twitter-user

• On the post: Legacy News Orgs’ Hatred Of Google Runs So Deep They’re Willing To Give Up Fair Use To Punish Google

  

  nasch ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2022 @ 08:52am

  As we’ve seen many times, some people think that they deserve to be paid money just by having a product.

  A certain Techdirt commenter comes to mind.

• On the post: Court To Public University: Yeah, It’s A 1st Amendment Problem When You Delete Comments You Don’t Like

  

  nasch ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2022 @ 09:58am

  Settlement

  PETA claims the settlement still allows the university to violate its First Amendment rights.

  Why did PETA agree to the settlement in the first place if they didn't think it was adequate?

  This isn’t to say PETA will win. But it does definitely say Texas A&M can’t win

  Might it be a tie then?

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Fucks Over The Open Internet, Signs Disastrously Stupid Age Appropriate Design Code

  

  nasch ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2022 @ 09:47am

  Created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1996

  Depending on what you count, 1989, 1990, or 1991. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web#History

• On the post: Colorado Residents Lose Control Of Their ‘Smart’ Thermostats, Swelter In 88 Degree Heat

  

  nasch ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2022 @ 07:51am

  The article says the thermostat was locked to 78 degrees. If your house is 88 when the thermostat is set to 78, your problem is not the energy saving program.

  "On social media, dozens of Xcel customers complained of similar experiences — some reporting home temperatures as high as 88 degrees."

• On the post: Colorado Residents Lose Control Of Their ‘Smart’ Thermostats, Swelter In 88 Degree Heat

  

  nasch ( profile ), 16 Sep, 2022 @ 07:50am

  Well as it was done when they lost a whole section of their grid

  In Denver?

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Signs Hugely Problematic ‘Transparency’ Bill Into Law

  

  nasch ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2022 @ 04:19pm

  ‘We will be impacted by this’ would provide enough standing to sue without platforms needing to be sued under the law before being able to.

  Apparently it's easier to demonstrate standing in California than in federal court. Maybe. https://www.dailyjournal.com/mcle/374-the-exact-nature-of-california-s-standing-doctrine

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Signs Hugely Problematic ‘Transparency’ Bill Into Law

  

  nasch ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2022 @ 01:53pm

  Has there been any lawsuits filed to fight this bill?

  It just got signed, and before anyone can have standing to sue, they have to have been harmed by the law. IANAL but I think it's unusual to have standing before any enforcement actions have been taken.

• On the post: The Extreme Weight Of Large Electric Vehicles Is Going To Be A Very Dangerous Problem

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2022 @ 04:06pm

  So because a truck weighing 16,000 pounds

  80,000 pounds.

  that means the damage done by an SUV weighing 40% more than the average car is negligible?

  If heavy trucks do 99% of the damage, then yes, the difference between a 3000 pound car and a 5000 pound car is not going to matter.

• On the post: You’re Living In The True Golden Age Of Television. Enjoy It, Because It’s About To End.

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2022 @ 06:27am

  Your comment is more useful than the descriptions in determining whether a show is good.

• On the post: The Extreme Weight Of Large Electric Vehicles Is Going To Be A Very Dangerous Problem

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2022 @ 06:25am

  Unibody vehicles are often referred to as SUVs,

  So how do you know what Christenson had in mind?

• On the post: Politico’s New Owner Heads To The Fainting Couch Over TikTok

  

  nasch ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 10:20am

  You mean Troth Truth Senchal? https://twitter.com/thedailyshow/status/1525945364578045952

• On the post: The Extreme Weight Of Large Electric Vehicles Is Going To Be A Very Dangerous Problem

  

  nasch ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 10:11am

  I suppose you also missed the bit where an SUV is a car body on a truck chassis

  Unibody vehicles are often referred to as SUVs, and the great majority of the crossover/SUV market is made up of unibody vehicles, and has been for several years.

• On the post: The Extreme Weight Of Large Electric Vehicles Is Going To Be A Very Dangerous Problem

  

  nasch ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 09:59am

  Your source: "But we do not have good tools yet to calculate this effect. It is unclear if we are talking about percentages or thousandths of percentages?" My source: "An off-quoted federal study once found that road damage from one 18-wheeler is equivalent to the impact of 9,600 cars. A fully loaded tractor-trailer weighs 80,000 pounds, 20 times more than a typical passenger car at 4,000 pounds, but the wear and tear caused by the truck is exponentially greater. One analysis contends freight-hauling trucks cause 99 percent of wear-and-tear on US roads, but only pay for 35 percent of the maintenance." https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/06/22/murphys-law-how-trucks-destroy-our-roads/

• On the post: You’re Living In The True Golden Age Of Television. Enjoy It, Because It’s About To End.

  

  nasch ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 09:18am

  How about skip ratings and read the description?

  Can you tell from the description whether these are any good? "After years of imprisonment, Morpheus - the King of Dreams - embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power." "A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost." "As kids vanish throughout town, a group of outcasts must face their biggest fears as well as a murderous, terrifying and seemingly invincible clown." Descriptions will tell you what it's about, but cannot confer how good it is.

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