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• On the post: Feds Now Adding Dragnet Searches Of YouTube Users’ Video Watching To Their Investigative Arsenal

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2024 @ 07:33am

  Well cops for the most part don't go after cops no matter what.

• On the post: Snap Sues USPTO Over Generic Trademark Denied For Being Generic

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2024 @ 04:11am

  Judges

  Well judges are just lawyers in funny dresses. In this week's court case news, water isnt wet, darkness is bright, dead people aren't dead, the blind can differentiate colors, and a preschooler get held in contempt for calling the judge a dum dum.

• On the post: State Lawmaker Tries To Ratf*ck Community-Owned Broadband Effort In Frankfort, Kentucky

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2024 @ 11:18am

  As an alternative I suggest a slab of concrete. It would be the only one with a solid platform.

• On the post: Court Shuts Down Union’s Assertion That NYPD Officers Should Be Allowed To Choke People To Death

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2023 @ 01:33pm

  As has already been documented on this site, cops in the states have a maximum allowable level of intelligence (80) and a minimal amount of training (8 weeks) Civilian security training is a two year college program where they have to know the laws that apply to their industry. In Europe it's a two to three year university program that includes background and psych checks as well as the usualfirearms competency and emergencyfirst aid..

• On the post: Judge Allows Major ‘Right To Repair’ Lawsuit Against John Deere To Move Forward

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2023 @ 01:23pm

  Really either make fines actually financially hurt or send the whole board out for a decade of hard labor in an Alaskan mine.

• On the post: State Of Iowa Sued By Pretty Much Everyone After Codifying Hatred With A LGBTQ-Targeting Book Ban

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00am

  I have one better. They call themselves zathras ZAthas zathrAS zaTHRas Zathraaas zaathraas So zathras? No zathras. The other one.

• On the post: Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2023 @ 07:36am

  You want Cyberpunk? This how you get your dystopian Cyberpunk. And here we thought Max Headroom was a tongue in cheek dystopia.

• On the post: Our Ongoing Refusal To Regulate Data Brokers Is Going To Bite Us On The Ass

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2023 @ 06:06am

  1984

  Not a warning but a how-to book for dummies. Added to such classics as Machiavelli and Suntzu.

• On the post: Sports Illustrated The Latest To Bare Its Entire Ass Thanks To Laziness, Greed, And Half-Cooked ‘AI’

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2023 @ 07:22am

  Well duh

  They could have gotten away with it if they had an editor on staff. Oh wait, those cost money.

• On the post: Oversight Report Finds Several Federal Agencies Are Still Using Clearview’s Facial Recognition Tech

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 11:07am

  Maybe they need to repurpose one of the old gold mines in Alaska into a long stay resort first. Everyone could then get a private room. Windows would be XP. If they build it, they can then fill it.

• On the post: Sorry, No, AI Girlfriends Are Not Destroying The Birthrate Or Killing Medicare & Social Security

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 10:58am

  Well men as a whole are a lot less picky(?) Not sure if that's the correct term. As for maturity as defined by some is letting go of everything that brought joy into your life. As Arthas was quoted "Suffer well." As well men don't gossip about being ensnared in a bad relationship. The final nail is that men come out as the big loosers more times than not. In the final equation, modern men are avoiding the minefields altogether.

• On the post: Sorry, No, AI Girlfriends Are Not Destroying The Birthrate Or Killing Medicare & Social Security

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 10:48am

  Only Sith deal in absolutes.....

• On the post: Sorry, No, AI Girlfriends Are Not Destroying The Birthrate Or Killing Medicare & Social Security

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 10:44am

  Oh really? I remember a very simple mathematical study placing every human being in one place and not even covering an area the size of Manhattan.

• On the post: The Group Claiming To Have Hacked Sony Is Using GDPR As A Weapon For Demanding Ransoms

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 10:21am

  Well that's just the thing. Are they bluffing? I liken it to one group of crooks finding evidence on another group of crooks and asking for payment for the evidence. Knowing SONY they most likely found the intrusion after the ransom demand, traced what was looked at, and erased all the evidence. It would explain their smug reply. Then again they did brick hundreds of PCs with their root kit loaded audio CDs and denied everything.

• On the post: The Group Claiming To Have Hacked Sony Is Using GDPR As A Weapon For Demanding Ransoms

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 10:13am

  Comparing the two is like comparing a Mackintosh to an iPhone.

• On the post: Minnesota’s Top Court The Latest To Say The Smell Of (Legal) Marijuana Can’t Justify A Warrantless Search

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 09:46am

  The answer is turpentine. Carry a small container in a properly sealed container with a good airtight seal. Glass is best for container and lid. When the cops spouts their BS say "no, oh wait, I know what you're smelling". Pull out the container, pop the lid under their nose and they will be smelling turpentine for the rest of the day. Even better, have it discolored with some old artists oil paints. Maybe Cadmium if they want to do a taste test.

• On the post: Feds Probing Tesla For Lying About EV Ranges, Bullshitting Customers Who Complained

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 09:36am

  Meanwhile at the FTA their Boeing inspectors who are employed by Boeing have confirmed that there are zero issues with any of the flight controls or saftey systems on their production aircraft.

• On the post: Feds Probing Tesla For Lying About EV Ranges, Bullshitting Customers Who Complained

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2023 @ 09:33am

  Well that's still a heftier overall fine then what has been handed to the big three over the decades.

• On the post: Bloomberg Lazily Helps Telecom Lobby Seed The Press With Bullshit Claims About Net Neutrality

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2023 @ 08:03am

  I remember reading somewhere SCOTUS creating laws from whole cloth without anything like a bill being created. Qualified Immunity A LEO Not needing to protect the public Women not actually being people Non-citizens not having rights or was that some of the other branches?

• On the post: 5th Circuit Does It Again: Puts Yet Another Law Already Deemed Unconstitutional Into Effect With No Explanation

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2023 @ 07:53am

  I vote for suspension. That form of punishment is still available in some states isn't it?

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