Darkness Of Course (profile), 24 May 2021 @ 4:48pm
Re: Burden of proof is on "officials".
You are spamming the site with repeated falsehoods, and lies. Additionally you are insulting TechDirt and everyone in it, quite often because you do not understand the very basics of how networks, the internet, the web, web sites, and web site commenting works.
You generate spam. Many respond via the "spam flag" on the insightful/funny/copy functions/flag <- Spam filter flag.
You are a spammer. And a liar. And a nutjob. See, simple to explain, difficult for an idiot to understand.
My 1st Amend rights align with Mike's. We don't want to be associated with you: Read the 1st, Dummy. The 1st Amendment that is. If you need help, see your doctor.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 24 May 2021 @ 4:38pm
Re: Would it be cheaper to buy a theme park than pay the legal f
In a science fiction story from my youth there was a spaceman that was fighting the good fight, went to a disputed star system and set up a one man spy site inside a comet/asteroid/small something or other.
Took him to trial for spying. His reply: I wasn't spying, I was establishing a colony.
Colony being the trigger, as that was the other side's justification for occupying a different system.
How big is a theme park?
I'm sure I could set one up in a parking spot. They log in to the special website and see the entire theme. Outside of the actual "theme park", its just a normal social media site, raking in cash, digging for big data, and ML additional levels of useless information to make the big bucks.
Bonus: Our Theme Park has the highest occupancy numbers for any such park in the country.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 13 May 2021 @ 5:48pm
What's wrong with Wired?
Well, nearly everything. Their cheap subscription rate is offset by sending out the magazine as well. I don't have a need for the printed magazine. And I do not want it.
But, I ditched them years ago, after < 1y subscribed. Too many blunders, unchecked facts, and supporting people with an axe to grind.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 11 May 2021 @ 1:44pm
Moot point, semantics of same
Elected officials using social media for communicating their official views/business cannot block users of said media services.
I have never blocked anyone on Twatter.
I do mute them thus their input is round filed and I never see it. It is 1st Amendment friendly because I am exercising my right of assembly, specifically not wanting to be in the cyber vicinity of fools and charlatans.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 7 May 2021 @ 12:41am
Love this article
Because I am no longer a Comcast or Xfinity customer.
So, smoke some week, relax, and keep pushing out the fabulous improvements that only SOUND like an improvement.
Until some third party verifies your premise, I stand unconvinced.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 19 Apr 2021 @ 2:21pm
I just looked, W10 is still there
Exchange servers are commonly considered their worst product, but leaving them open gave them what, 10 to 20 seconds before they were reinfected again?
Darkness Of Course (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 2:43pm
Don't forget the snake from Redmond
MSFT had a decades long "Screw Google" campaign. It pushed the "too big" argument, and while personally failing at privacy urged that Google's entire business was about violating people/citizens/users privacy - for profit.
Which, oddly enough, is at least as difficult to get out of MSFT privacy agreements as they are at Google.
I am not saying they were the cause of this swing, but don't forget they have been paying for breakfast in DC for a long, long time.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 31 Mar 2021 @ 6:05pm
It's just software, how hard can it be?
Machine Learning is a nightmare. There isn't any review, the test cases are never complete enough. Indeed, they actually cannot be by definition.
Now, add in some oddly connected corporate rat bait and they just tweak their software a little bit. You know, to get a few more hits. It is very easy to do with ML. It is nearly impossible to do it correct without a well defined implementation plan.
We don't need no stinkin' plan, said every Corpo Rat ever.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 30 Mar 2021 @ 3:33pm
Performance art by non-artist
I did catch a few minutes of it. The #GQP wouldn't let anyone complete a sentence. Clearly they had their script, and it didn't allow for anyone to answer any questions at all.
Which is consistent with my theory that they have no idea what governing actually means. They do however, fully comprehend grandstanding.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 25 Mar 2021 @ 2:57pm
Sure seems odd that they claim free speech ...
But don't know the 1st Amendment itself.
I've had several conversations lately with repeated attempts to say/twist/whine/complain that their version of Free Speech is the correct one, while the one in The Constitution is wrong. Well, the 1st Amend is the only one that counts in an American court of law.
Also, quite the number of them suggest they will change it. Okay. You do you, but don't hold your breath. Or maybe you should.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 24 Feb 2021 @ 4:07pm
A poor idea finally dropped
Google has a unique ability to take ideas that are plausible, even scientifically sound and then ... bailing out whenever it isn't Google something enough.
Didn't get into Strand because at that time I was using Comcast. Having to rely on Comcast not screwing me over to play games that Google could screw me over by sucking money to dump the concept a few short years later; A firm nope. Not me.
America needs to acknowledge that internet is a right, and as such needs to provide the backbone, or fund it so everyone has 1G service. It has become utility, and as such is a right. Not that Texas agrees with utilities being a right. Much like their views on staying alive in a winter storm.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 23 Feb 2021 @ 2:32pm
Those fucking hackers
Out to fuck the companies while being pedophiles and running repair shops to find families, known child attractors, and thus dominate the repair industry stealing profits from corps.
But, think of the children - as targets.
Do not look behind the dealer's curtain.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 13 Feb 2021 @ 3:15pm
"the purveyors of said policies try very hard not to think much about"
I don't think so. I think its much more likely that Pai never thought once about the poor. He's only ever cared about himself, and the ideology of Republicanism. Even in its most toxic form, Trump-ism.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 13 Feb 2021 @ 2:15pm
Oddly enough, today I'm thinking about Pres Clinton
With the current political goings on, Clinton came to mind.
Every time, Clinton comes up, I think of Hillary and Tipper. Or, as I called them at the time: The Nazi Twins. They wanted to prevent selling CDs containing bad words. Think of the children.
Lots of BS flung around and they were blocked, 1st A!
We did get something good out of it. Now when I look at the CD or its listing I look for 'explicit' to know I got the adult version.
Oddly enough, Steam's solution is close to that (IMO).
On the post: Arizona County's Voting Machines Rendered Unusable By OAN-Financed Vote Auditors
Re: Burden of proof is on "officials".
You are spamming the site with repeated falsehoods, and lies. Additionally you are insulting TechDirt and everyone in it, quite often because you do not understand the very basics of how networks, the internet, the web, web sites, and web site commenting works.
You generate spam. Many respond via the "spam flag" on the insightful/funny/copy functions/flag <- Spam filter flag.
You are a spammer. And a liar. And a nutjob. See, simple to explain, difficult for an idiot to understand.
My 1st Amend rights align with Mike's. We don't want to be associated with you: Read the 1st, Dummy. The 1st Amendment that is. If you need help, see your doctor.
On the post: Florida Man Signs Blatantly Corrupt And Unconstitutional Social Media Bill, Cementing Florida As Tech Laughing Stock
Re: Would it be cheaper to buy a theme park than pay the legal f
In a science fiction story from my youth there was a spaceman that was fighting the good fight, went to a disputed star system and set up a one man spy site inside a comet/asteroid/small something or other.
Took him to trial for spying. His reply: I wasn't spying, I was establishing a colony.
Colony being the trigger, as that was the other side's justification for occupying a different system.
How big is a theme park?
I'm sure I could set one up in a parking spot. They log in to the special website and see the entire theme. Outside of the actual "theme park", its just a normal social media site, raking in cash, digging for big data, and ML additional levels of useless information to make the big bucks.
Bonus: Our Theme Park has the highest occupancy numbers for any such park in the country.
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: YouTube's New Policy On Nazi Content Results In Removal Of Historical And Education Videos (2019)
Ah YouTube, I hardly knew ya
The ineptness radiates from YouTube control like a beacon of hubris as they insist they can solve all the hard problems with their AI.
Which is not AI. Merely ML. They routinely generate bad press by using ML on data that a simple regex could give the thumbs up or down to.
On the post: Why Is Wired So Focused On Misrepresenting Section 230?
What's wrong with Wired?
Well, nearly everything. Their cheap subscription rate is offset by sending out the magazine as well. I don't have a need for the printed magazine. And I do not want it.
But, I ditched them years ago, after < 1y subscribed. Too many blunders, unchecked facts, and supporting people with an axe to grind.
On the post: Texas Attorney General Unblocks Twitter Users Who Sued Him; Still Blocking Others
Moot point, semantics of same
Elected officials using social media for communicating their official views/business cannot block users of said media services.
I have never blocked anyone on Twatter.
I do mute them thus their input is round filed and I never see it. It is 1st Amendment friendly because I am exercising my right of assembly, specifically not wanting to be in the cyber vicinity of fools and charlatans.
On the post: How Smart Software And AI Helped Networks Thrive For Consumers During The Pandemic
Love this article
Because I am no longer a Comcast or Xfinity customer.
So, smoke some week, relax, and keep pushing out the fabulous improvements that only SOUND like an improvement.
Until some third party verifies your premise, I stand unconvinced.
AND AN EX CUSTOMER!
On the post: Fortnite, A Free Game, Made $9 Billion In Two Years
But the store ...
The story of Epic's rise is interesting. Their store, less so. To the point it made me think of Malvina Reynolds, "The New Restaurant".
Tag line, But the food was terrible.
In Epic's case, But their store is terrible.
http://www.malvinareynolds.com/mr118.htm
On the post: What3Words Sends Ridiculous Legal Threat To Security Researcher Over Open Source Alternative
Turns out, code is free
And unconstrained. After all, what are a few gits among coders? Not much effort at all.
The researcher can rest easy. The work is available in America, where things are free unless they tick off the GQP.
On the post: From Jurassic Park To Telepathic Monkeys, Elon Musk Press Hype Is Getting A Bit Thick
The problem with neural links of any kind
The monkey always dies.
Always. If the monkey survives the insertion, the testing, they never survive the dissection.
On the post: FBI Flexes Rule 41 Powers, Uses Remote Access Technique To Neutralize Compromised Software All Over The US
I just looked, W10 is still there
Exchange servers are commonly considered their worst product, but leaving them open gave them what, 10 to 20 seconds before they were reinfected again?
On the post: I Guess They're Not All On The Same Side: Cops Brutalize Soldier For [Checks Notes] Leading Them To A Well-Lit Area
Re: Big with the movie whining
How about satire? I actually like the fumbling of the name of the movie because the movie was terrible. Terrible.
On the post: Donald Trump Caused The Techlash
Don't forget the snake from Redmond
MSFT had a decades long "Screw Google" campaign. It pushed the "too big" argument, and while personally failing at privacy urged that Google's entire business was about violating people/citizens/users privacy - for profit.
Which, oddly enough, is at least as difficult to get out of MSFT privacy agreements as they are at Google.
I am not saying they were the cause of this swing, but don't forget they have been paying for breakfast in DC for a long, long time.
On the post: Oh Look, Here's Some More Culture Being Canceled, Now Thanks To The Second Circuit
America will never make a copyright law correctly.
Fuck copyright rights and their lawyers they rode in on.
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Automated Copyright Takedown Bot Goes Haywire (2018)
It's just software, how hard can it be?
Machine Learning is a nightmare. There isn't any review, the test cases are never complete enough. Indeed, they actually cannot be by definition.
Now, add in some oddly connected corporate rat bait and they just tweak their software a little bit. You know, to get a few more hits. It is very easy to do with ML. It is nearly impossible to do it correct without a well defined implementation plan.
We don't need no stinkin' plan, said every Corpo Rat ever.
On the post: Why Did Not A Single Representative Want To Discuss Jack Dorsey's Plans For Dealing With Disinformation?
Performance art by non-artist
I did catch a few minutes of it. The #GQP wouldn't let anyone complete a sentence. Clearly they had their script, and it didn't allow for anyone to answer any questions at all.
Which is consistent with my theory that they have no idea what governing actually means. They do however, fully comprehend grandstanding.
On the post: Utah Governor Vetoes Ridiculous Unconstitutional Content Moderation Bill; Makes His Brother-in-Law Sad
Sure seems odd that they claim free speech ...
But don't know the 1st Amendment itself.
I've had several conversations lately with repeated attempts to say/twist/whine/complain that their version of Free Speech is the correct one, while the one in The Constitution is wrong. Well, the 1st Amend is the only one that counts in an American court of law.
Also, quite the number of them suggest they will change it. Okay. You do you, but don't hold your breath. Or maybe you should.
On the post: Google Disbands Stadia Game Developers And Signals Potential For More Trouble Ahead
A poor idea finally dropped
Google has a unique ability to take ideas that are plausible, even scientifically sound and then ... bailing out whenever it isn't Google something enough.
Didn't get into Strand because at that time I was using Comcast. Having to rely on Comcast not screwing me over to play games that Google could screw me over by sucking money to dump the concept a few short years later; A firm nope. Not me.
America needs to acknowledge that internet is a right, and as such needs to provide the backbone, or fund it so everyone has 1G service. It has become utility, and as such is a right. Not that Texas agrees with utilities being a right. Much like their views on staying alive in a winter storm.
On the post: John Deere Promised To Back Off Monopolizing Repair. It Then Ignored That Promise Completely.
Those fucking hackers
Out to fuck the companies while being pedophiles and running repair shops to find families, known child attractors, and thus dominate the repair industry stealing profits from corps.
But, think of the children - as targets.
Do not look behind the dealer's curtain.
On the post: Ajit Pai Tried To Strangle A Broadband Aid Program For Low Income Americans. Then A Pandemic Hit.
"the purveyors of said policies try very hard not to think much about"
I don't think so. I think its much more likely that Pai never thought once about the poor. He's only ever cared about himself, and the ideology of Republicanism. Even in its most toxic form, Trump-ism.
After all, the real money is in grift.
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Valve Takes A Hands Off Approach To Porn Via Steam (2018)
Oddly enough, today I'm thinking about Pres Clinton
With the current political goings on, Clinton came to mind.
Every time, Clinton comes up, I think of Hillary and Tipper. Or, as I called them at the time: The Nazi Twins. They wanted to prevent selling CDs containing bad words. Think of the children.
Lots of BS flung around and they were blocked, 1st A!
We did get something good out of it. Now when I look at the CD or its listing I look for 'explicit' to know I got the adult version.
Oddly enough, Steam's solution is close to that (IMO).
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