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• On the post: Canadian Court Upholds ‘God Given Right’ To Give Your Obnoxious Neighbor The Finger

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2023 @ 11:01am

  Well, the court did show the middle finger to Naccache. A big, fat metaphorical big finger in the form of a sentence. Beautiful.

• On the post: Canadian Court Upholds ‘God Given Right’ To Give Your Obnoxious Neighbor The Finger

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2023 @ 11:00am

  I'm kind of interested in what in the Episteins triggered so much hatred in the Naccache. I mean, what god forbidden trait, action or whatever justifies wasting so much time and energy hating and trying to harm your average suburban family. I have this feeling it involves being too black/arabic/[insert non-white minority here] because I've seen this happening here because skin color.

• On the post: In Final Act Of Mindless Megadeal Stupidity, Warner Bros. Discovery Execs Kill The HBO Brand

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2023 @ 03:47am

  Well, they killed the Discovery brand so why not try a second swing eh?

• On the post: French Legislators Think Hosting 2024 Olympics Justifies Massive Domestic Surveillance Expansion

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2023 @ 03:42am

  Happened here too. They enacted a very problematic terrorism law for the 2014 Olympics (and the Panamerican games before it that was later abused by authoritarian president (Bolsonaro). Receiving World Cups (soccer) and Olympic games almost always isn't worth it and leave a trail of bad legislation and debts/losses behind.

• On the post: Stalkerware Purveyor Hit With $410,000 Fine By New York Attorney General But Will Still Be Allowed To Sell Spyware

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2023 @ 10:18am

  Here, pay this laughable sum of money as "punishment" for selling privacy invading software to stalkers, harassers and other criminal activity and keep doing business as usual. Yours truly, NY attorney general.

• On the post: Verizon, T-Mobile Overstate Wireless Coverage To Nab Billions In Undeserved Subsidies

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2023 @ 07:27am

  So whats the punishment for this kind of fraud? Because it's fraud. And what's the govt doing in terms of auditing the companies claims? Of course, with so much money on the table they are doing proper auditing of the information provided by the carriers, right? RIGHT?

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 10:00am

  I must say that I too fell for this genius perception, I just snapped out of it earlier because of a very similar case that happened with a billionaire here in my country that managed to burn his reputation and empire to the ground even inheriting a large fortune from daddy's spoliation of public money during our recent dictatorship. He's still very rich but quite far from being billionaire or relevant nowadays.

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 09:57am

  Marxism intensifies

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 09:53am

  Omg I understood the reference..

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 09:53am

  That was some fast dick sitting eh? Are you being paid for it at the very least?

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 09:52am

  I honestly didn’t think Musk could possibly be that vain and that petty. But I guess I was wrong.

  Naïve are we? I believe you, like many others, have fallen for the illusion he is a genius because Space X and Tesla are successful. He isn't. He is a dumb, narcissistic man child that happened to inherit a ton of money from daddy's exploitation of precarious labor in Africa and happened to hire really smart people that put up with his tantrums because they were thrilled with what they were doing. But at some point tiredness kicks in. Seems Tesla is starting to feel the burden of the Elongated Muskrat. But I honestly thought Twitter would stop functioning earlier. These engineers have done an amazing job not only making the system but keeping it working in spite of the atrocious management. But again, human limits are kicking in. From here on it's a nosedive. Also, meritocracy is one of the most naturalized, accepted capitalist lie.

• On the post: Report Shows Comcast Continues To Lie About Its Broadband Coverage

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 08:34am

  I'm fairly sure it was unfathomable to Bohr that his contribution to science would help describe American ISP behavior.

• On the post: Report Shows Comcast Continues To Lie About Its Broadband Coverage

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 07:47am

  Schrodinger ISP

  Amazing! Comcast has achieved quantum coverage! You can't possibly know whether it covers a certain address or not. Either you know where or you know when, never both at the same time. Comcastic!

• On the post: Twitter’s Remaining Engineers Appear To Solve Elon Musk’s Complaint That His Tweets Aren’t Getting Enough Views By… Making The Algorithm Forcefeed All Of Elon’s Tweets To Everyone

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2023 @ 10:58am

  Elon before buying: I'm going to be the Twitter Jesus and save you from all these problems that exist only in my mind because FREE SPEECH! Elon after buying and failing spectacularly drawing much deserved criticism: YOU WILL LOVE ME!

• On the post: The Microsoft Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Gets Major UK Pushback

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2023 @ 06:07am

  This would probably be good for Act/Blizz future but the FTC is probably right. Sadly it isn't weighting in in other consolidation movements that need attention as well.

• On the post: A Look Into What Advertisers Elon’s Twitter Has In Its Future

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2023 @ 06:03am

  I'm in the wrong business. I should start scamming people with ads on far-right platforms, including Twitter. Seems there's a significantly higher amount of idiots willing to be parted from their money in these places.

  Everyday a smart idiot and a smart ass go out. Magic happens when they meet.

• On the post: New Report Shows How 2016 ‘DNC Hacked Itself’ Story Was Fabricated Garbage And The Nation Ran With It Anyway

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2023 @ 07:09am

  We have some Brits here and I heard BBC has governmental funds on them and I honestly think their content is quite good generally speaking. Is this correct?

• On the post: Amid More Game Shutdowns Occurring, John Carmack Weighs In On Preservation

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2023 @ 07:08am

  Good point. People often ask me to remove environmental monitoring points where we don't see pollutants and altered parameters but the absence of problems is also a result and it provides information if something happens to the area. I stand corrected.

• On the post: New Report Shows How 2016 ‘DNC Hacked Itself’ Story Was Fabricated Garbage And The Nation Ran With It Anyway

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2023 @ 07:03am

  He's gonna be shouting "COMMUNIST!" at you any moment now.

• On the post: New Report Shows How 2016 ‘DNC Hacked Itself’ Story Was Fabricated Garbage And The Nation Ran With It Anyway

  

  Ninja ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2023 @ 07:02am

  The news landscape as it is now is not sustainable. To function they need money, to get money they need eyeballs and clicks. And fast. There's little encouragement to properly check sources and information and a lot of encouragement towards releasing the largest volume of 'news' with the biggest impact possible traffic-wise (clickbaits). That along with news outfits being bought by a handful of filthy rich people because they don't make enough money and becoming propaganda outlets for those few people and their own agendas. I'm not entirely sure how this can be fixed. One thing would be to take the editorial power out of the hands of those few and placing it into committees or similar with participation of people representing diverse sectors of society. Possibly elected? This along with public funding directed towards good journalistic work, again with plenty of society controls. This idea veers hard towards a socialist model (I'm firmly in the progressive field, leaning towards socialism) but the current model doesn't work.. Maybe try something different? Hybrid at least? Food for thought.

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