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• On the post: Prince Harry Pines For Fictional, Pre-Social Media, Olden Days When Parents Had Full Control Over Their Children

  

  nasch ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2024 @ 07:06am

  Presumably it's the not being the case part that is unfortunate, not the us knowing about it part.

• On the post: Breton Wields DSA As Censorship Tool, Musk Tells Him To ‘Go Fuck His Own Face’

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2024 @ 07:32am

  Law

  Elon said 'By “free speech”, I simply mean that which matches the law.' So this is exactly what he said he wanted. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376?lang=en

• On the post: Court: Your 1st Amendment Rights End Where A Cop’s Horse’s Ears Begin

  

  nasch ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2024 @ 09:32am

  I might have to side with the cops due to the perps sounding like complete jerks.

  That's a horrible rationale. If complete jerks don't have rights, then none of us do.

• On the post: Court: Your 1st Amendment Rights End Where A Cop’s Horse’s Ears Begin

  

  nasch ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2024 @ 09:29am

  I wouldn’t trust them to use one of the most expensive and bulky animals with a modicum of safety.

  That's fair, but if they don't have horses they may use riot shields and batons, which I think would be worse.

• On the post: Australian Police Open Snitch Portal For Drivers To Upload Dash Cam Footage Of Moving Violations

  

  nasch ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2024 @ 11:04am

  Most of those depicted I would personally have no problem with those drivers being fined. If they're issuing tickets on a small percentage of submissions, it sounds like they're being judicious and just fining the worst violations. I would be interested to see some kind of randomized study on whether this improves road safety. If everyone just keeps doing stupid dangerous things anyway, then it's just more ticket revenue without actually doing any good.

• On the post: Michigan’s Top Court Says It’s OK To Run From The Cops If They Have No Legitimate Reason To Stop You

  

  nasch ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2024 @ 07:21am

  which they won’t want to do.

  You are really rolling the dice with this one. They may be perfectly happy to do it.

• On the post: Minnesota Law Says Cops Can’t Ask Drivers Why They’ve Been Pulled Over, But Ensures Cops Can Totally Do That Very Thing All The Time

  

  nasch ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2024 @ 07:22am

  If the officer thinks that you made a moving violation then you can’t talk your way out of an arrest or a citation.

  You might be able to talk yourself into one by aggravating the cop though. IMO giving brief polite answers to most questions is the best approach. I wouldn't go the fifth amendment route unless things are already going downhill anyway.

• On the post: Elon Says ExTwitter Will Sue The Group ExTwitter ‘Excitedly’ Joined Just Last Week

  

  nasch ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2024 @ 08:23am

  How about Phoebe and Joey? https://imgflip.com/i/8wvv4g

• On the post: Didn’t We Already Do This? Twenty Years After Supreme Court Rejected Age Verification Law, It Takes Up New Case

  

  nasch ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2024 @ 04:47pm

  She may write a concurrence or discurrence

  The word is "dissent".

• On the post: Homebuilder Tries To Get Home Inspectors Social Media Videos Taken Down, Streisanding Them

  

  nasch ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2024 @ 07:36am

  It comes down to property rights. The builder owns the house, and can decide what happens there. The buyer can forgo the inspection, or decide not to buy the home.

• On the post: Ukraine Turns To Flying Machine Guns And Autonomous AI-Controlled Drone Swarms To Counter Russian Numbers

  

  nasch ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2024 @ 12:32pm

  Are you seriously stupid enough to think that Putin will be satisfied with a bit of Ukraine and that’ll be the end of it?

  Stupidity or Russian propaganda? Hard to tell but I'm leaning toward the latter.

• On the post: Ukraine Turns To Flying Machine Guns And Autonomous AI-Controlled Drone Swarms To Counter Russian Numbers

  

  nasch ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2024 @ 10:27am

  I don’t see how Ukraine will ever win this war without being able to attack inside Russia.

  They are attacking inside Russia. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-weapons-biden-kharkiv-c46c3ca0f0f4893c8c3b0ef53e974438

• On the post: 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

  

  nasch ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2024 @ 06:08am

  But price controls are not the answer, reforming copyright is.

• On the post: Publisher Of ‘Carcassonne’ Sends C&D Notices Over Use Of The Word ‘Meeple’

  

  nasch ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2024 @ 09:07am

  Shape?

  they have registered the word (and the shape) as an intellectual property in the EU.

  If true, that would be the most concerning part. Meeples (at least in Carcassone) are a simplified human shape. Nobody should be able to trademark that.

• On the post: It’s The 21st Century And County Sheriffs Are Still A Law Unto Themselves

  

  nasch ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2024 @ 08:34am

  Nothing against bikers, but I’ve known a lot of them, and I’m not sure that’s who I want policing my neighborhood.

  Sounds like you do have something against bikers.

• On the post: DC Court Smacks Feds For Going Judge Shopping After Their Warrant Request Was Denied

  

  nasch ( profile ), 31 May, 2024 @ 09:02am

  most of us knew from the very beginning the were going to have a guilty verdict in that case.

  In case you were somehow not aware rather than just lying, the guilty verdict was returned by the jury, not the judge.

• On the post: UK Indian Restaurant Seeking To Invalidate ‘Ruby Murray’ Trademark For Curry

  

  nasch ( profile ), 31 May, 2024 @ 07:39am

  Actually, that’s a description of Cockney rhyming slang from one city in one country in particular, not British slang from all four countries in general.

  Akshually, since that city is part of Britain, Cockney rhyming slang is British slang.

• On the post: British Comic Artist Petitions USPTO To Cancel ‘Super Hero’ Trademark Held By DC, Marvel

  

  nasch ( profile ), 24 May, 2024 @ 07:59am

  We speak of tie-wraps

  "Tie-wrap" (or "tie wrap") is generic; the trademarked term is "Ty-Rap". Or as the mark owner calls it, Ty-Rap®. Though of course when speaking there's no difference, just thought it was interesting because I'd never heard of the brand. https://www.wkk-europe.com/news/post/the-history-of-cable-ties-and-why-we-use-the-term-ty-rapr/

• On the post: Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 May, 2024 @ 07:43am

  Editing

  Good piece, but repetitive - could have used another editing pass.

• On the post: Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It

  

  nasch ( profile ), 14 May, 2024 @ 07:35am

  no impetus to ever build a user base large enough to make them useful.

  Why do you say that?

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