The IRS is using ID.me because it forces users back to HR Block and TurboTax, both of which can e-file without biometric identification. IRS never actually wanted to process taxes directly.
The basis for IQ testing is a type of statistical analysis called factor analysis, and it is this analysis that supposedly identifies the Intelligence Quotient, a theoretical underlying factor of all forms of intelligence that is unique to the individual. To this end Alfred Binet may have had noble intent, though support for his conclusions was wanting.
Unfortunately, it was immediately picked up by the eugenics movement as a scientific way of finding those with innate intellegence, that they ascribed to being innately better 'stock', for lack of a better word. They jumped to ascribing it to better genetics when DNA was discovered. This is why so many people think of being smart as something you are, not something you train like you train a voice or skill with a paintbrush. Everything we think about IQ testing in modern times comes from eugenicists. Which really should be enough to suggest how bad the idea really is.
Like how it requires a person work a well-paid job? Incomes are so suppressed, 50% of America don't earn enough to pay taxes (wages are so low about half of America either doesn't pay income taxes or gets a full refund). A large issue with most politicians is they are monied and connected, separating them from most constituents.
Your plan literally locks in the monied and wealthy as the only option for politicians, which is going to have to opposite of a moderating effect on their wild ideas.
I don't care that its a joke. Its deadly serious. Paranoia is a large driver of suicide and fears over this approach is something the program has been working on for years. This revelation will completely undermine trust in the suicide prevention hotline program among groups that absolutely need it. Have a fucking flag.
No one said, and I certainly didn't intend to mean, that parenting is easy, but it's all a matter of degree - some children need more attention paid to their behavior than others. Some parents are simply better equipped to provide that attention, and execute corrective action, others aren't up to speed.
I deal with chronic depression. When I get deep, my perception of those around me changes. Genuine concern rapidly becomes harassment in my perception. My mother being the worst at this. Years of idiots like you peddling psychiatric advice have fed her that the thing to do is keep reaching out, keep talking to me. And perhaps for some people its helpful. But it has driven me further away from my support structures, poisoned my ability to reach out, and done more harm than good. And this was much worse when I was a child without a fully-developed ability to think rationally.
Fucking jackass. Stop providing medical advice in the guise of good parenting you living embodiment of reckless endangerment.
It’s not rico now either. Rico exists for when you can convict underlings, but not the boss. But the evidence seems to point that the boss is Defendant #1.
Any crime they could hook RICO on likely can just be charged directly.
Article: "Hey, Microsoft did a thing where it was really cagey about future monopolization plans it knew would upset consumers a year ago. Its started being cagey about those plans again...."
PaulT: "I see no reason to be concerned. Xbox players might get a new Vikings game!"
Re: Re: Re: A-Typicality (or am I the only one who sees this?)
Right, but it’s not just this one guy. in the last 2weeks i’ve seen this same wild train of thought around NCLB in 2 different facebook comment threads, youtube comments, twitter threads, and Ars Technica comments, and i’m sure i’ve seen more. Normally that means you’ve got a internet personality ranting and all his fanbois have started aping the behavior.
I disagree. This is exactly how a bunch of engineers think. It’s the way of thinking that results in door dash pocketing driver tips. We aren’t pocketing the tip, we pay them less when they get a tip. That’s how hourly workers do it, right? It’s all very abstract and divorced from the In theory, the dropped bid is inflated by Google’s shill bids. the website isn’t losing money because, in theory, the third highest bid is more accurate to the actual bid value (which as mike notes, isn’t likely to see such a stark difference in the real world). And google isn’t charging the advertiser more than it thought the ad was worth.
Yes. there are a ton of legal issues with it. Yes, it looks like fraud to most people. The thing is, The brain of an engineer often thinks in ideal circumstances, abstract code and theoretical scenarios. The real world just complicates things. UI designs based around function, not real human behavior. That’s how we got a nuclear launch warning in hawaii - the test button was a hyperlink, right next to the hyperlink that really sent out an emergency broadcast. Dumb UI design chosen because it’s cheap and functional, with no consideration to mitigating human error.
"I’m amazed you were allowed to publish this article given that Masnick himself subscribes to the outdated consumer welfare standard and prolly likes the status-quo as it is. I wonder if he’s typing up an article right now about how Europe’s latest antitrust push will “harm innovation”…"
I never understood calling the guy peeking over my fence "nosy" was a slur, rather than an appropriate adjective. Does that make my mother a jingoist?
I'd also note that you are claiming there is no basis for calling the UK government
the 'nosiest', in the same article that reminds us the government is trying to pass legislation nicknamed the "snooper's charter", nicknamed such because of the broad powers it grants to law enforcement and the government to be nosy on nothing more than a whim. To claim the UK government as the "nosiest" is a subjective and hyperbolic opinion, rather than objective fact, but to claim the author has no basis to hold that opinion is an outright lie.
Copyright attaches at creation. You can not get damages, but multiple courts have pointed out a plaintiff can register a copyright at any time and proceed to enforce it against any infringement within the statute of limitations. That the copyright isn't registered doesn't mean it couldn't still be. His copyright still exists. Not registering doesn't waive the copyright, it waives the right to stautory damages. Also, Google isn't that good with DMCA notices. If the developer submitted it, google probably would have accepted he had the copyright without investigation.
Indeed waiving copyright is hard. on numerous occasions, we have seen failure to register a copyright did not stop copyright from being enforced, merely that a grifter was able to come in and claim the copyright. A CC0 license doesn't waive copyright - it merely provides a very permissive license. ignoring copyright doesn't make it disappear.
But you've missed the point - the fact that copyright wasn't involved is the newsworthy bit. Developers claim that aggressive IP enforcement over game mechanics is necessary to deal with also-ran grifters. This justifies an expansion of DMCA scope to cover game mechanics and a corresponding shift in Copyright eligibility. This is a story where, without the involvement of copyright, the also-ran app was addressed. The fact that copyright wasn't involved suggests IP enforcement might not be the best approach to address this issue.
"But copyright wasn't involved". That's the point.
"But the developer wouldn't have used copyright" Speculative, but also not really the point. The point is that the solution was found without copyright. At no time was copyright unavailable to the Original Developer, it just required more steps before it could be enforced.
I have no idea why you replied to me. Nothing I said disagrees with this or what you said earlier. All I did was cite the law in fuller context, provide a link to the relevent text of the law in a law school repository, and note that while portions of a game, like visuals, characters, a script, audio dialog, and music have copyright, that copyright does not extend to portions of the game, like 'mechanics', not otherwise covered by copyright.
Mechanics are literally one fo the few things you explicitly can't get copyright protection for. its in the law. look it up. 17 USC § 102 There is the text for you. its not long. Look at provision (b).
(b)In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.
The script is copyrightable, the characters are copyrightable, the visuals are copyrightable, the music is copyrightable, voice dialog is copyrightable (all subject to other restrictions on copyrightability). The mechanics are not.
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The IRS is using ID.me because it forces users back to HR Block and TurboTax, both of which can e-file without biometric identification. IRS never actually wanted to process taxes directly.
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Was going to include this link to a 13 page paper discussing the role eugenics played in developing the tests we use today.
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Re: Re:
The basis for IQ testing is a type of statistical analysis called factor analysis, and it is this analysis that supposedly identifies the Intelligence Quotient, a theoretical underlying factor of all forms of intelligence that is unique to the individual. To this end Alfred Binet may have had noble intent, though support for his conclusions was wanting.
Unfortunately, it was immediately picked up by the eugenics movement as a scientific way of finding those with innate intellegence, that they ascribed to being innately better 'stock', for lack of a better word. They jumped to ascribing it to better genetics when DNA was discovered. This is why so many people think of being smart as something you are, not something you train like you train a voice or skill with a paintbrush. Everything we think about IQ testing in modern times comes from eugenicists. Which really should be enough to suggest how bad the idea really is.
On the post: Governor Inslee Wants To Jail Politicians Who Lie? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Re: here's a dumb suggestion
Like how it requires a person work a well-paid job? Incomes are so suppressed, 50% of America don't earn enough to pay taxes (wages are so low about half of America either doesn't pay income taxes or gets a full refund). A large issue with most politicians is they are monied and connected, separating them from most constituents.
Your plan literally locks in the monied and wealthy as the only option for politicians, which is going to have to opposite of a moderating effect on their wild ideas.
On the post: Suicide Hotline Collected, Monetized The Data Of Desperate People, Because Of Course It Did
Re:
I don't care that its a joke. Its deadly serious. Paranoia is a large driver of suicide and fears over this approach is something the program has been working on for years. This revelation will completely undermine trust in the suicide prevention hotline program among groups that absolutely need it. Have a fucking flag.
On the post: Suicide Hotline Collected, Monetized The Data Of Desperate People, Because Of Course It Did
Plus side
Next time i get asked why i don’t call a hotline i can’t be called paranoid anymore.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: This subject is touchy but...
I deal with chronic depression. When I get deep, my perception of those around me changes. Genuine concern rapidly becomes harassment in my perception. My mother being the worst at this. Years of idiots like you peddling psychiatric advice have fed her that the thing to do is keep reaching out, keep talking to me. And perhaps for some people its helpful. But it has driven me further away from my support structures, poisoned my ability to reach out, and done more harm than good. And this was much worse when I was a child without a fully-developed ability to think rationally.
Fucking jackass. Stop providing medical advice in the guise of good parenting you living embodiment of reckless endangerment.
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Re: Its never RICO
It’s not rico now either. Rico exists for when you can convict underlings, but not the boss. But the evidence seems to point that the boss is Defendant #1.
Any crime they could hook RICO on likely can just be charged directly.
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Re: Lawyer law, clients sue
this case has so much president against it, at every level, at every turn, any lawyer should know this was baseless.
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You might want to go back and watch what happened to Rare after the Microsoft buyout. There was not an explosion of innovation from the team.
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Re:
Article: "Hey, Microsoft did a thing where it was really cagey about future monopolization plans it knew would upset consumers a year ago. Its started being cagey about those plans again...."
PaulT: "I see no reason to be concerned. Xbox players might get a new Vikings game!"
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Re: Re: Fool me once...
Why do you support monopolization of the market? I haven't read why you think that ends well.
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Re: Re: Re: A-Typicality (or am I the only one who sees this?)
Right, but it’s not just this one guy. in the last 2weeks i’ve seen this same wild train of thought around NCLB in 2 different facebook comment threads, youtube comments, twitter threads, and Ars Technica comments, and i’m sure i’ve seen more. Normally that means you’ve got a internet personality ranting and all his fanbois have started aping the behavior.
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Re:
I disagree. This is exactly how a bunch of engineers think. It’s the way of thinking that results in door dash pocketing driver tips. We aren’t pocketing the tip, we pay them less when they get a tip. That’s how hourly workers do it, right? It’s all very abstract and divorced from the In theory, the dropped bid is inflated by Google’s shill bids. the website isn’t losing money because, in theory, the third highest bid is more accurate to the actual bid value (which as mike notes, isn’t likely to see such a stark difference in the real world). And google isn’t charging the advertiser more than it thought the ad was worth.
Yes. there are a ton of legal issues with it. Yes, it looks like fraud to most people. The thing is, The brain of an engineer often thinks in ideal circumstances, abstract code and theoretical scenarios. The real world just complicates things. UI designs based around function, not real human behavior. That’s how we got a nuclear launch warning in hawaii - the test button was a hyperlink, right next to the hyperlink that really sent out an emergency broadcast. Dumb UI design chosen because it’s cheap and functional, with no consideration to mitigating human error.
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Re: Re:
indeed. I was making similar points at the time.
I simply felt the schadenfreude of you less than a week later endorsing anti-trust actions, against google, was just chefs kiss
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"I’m amazed you were allowed to publish this article given that Masnick himself subscribes to the outdated consumer welfare standard and prolly likes the status-quo as it is. I wonder if he’s typing up an article right now about how Europe’s latest antitrust push will “harm innovation”…"
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Re: Nationalistic slurs
I never understood calling the guy peeking over my fence "nosy" was a slur, rather than an appropriate adjective. Does that make my mother a jingoist?
I'd also note that you are claiming there is no basis for calling the UK government
the 'nosiest', in the same article that reminds us the government is trying to pass legislation nicknamed the "snooper's charter", nicknamed such because of the broad powers it grants to law enforcement and the government to be nosy on nothing more than a whim. To claim the UK government as the "nosiest" is a subjective and hyperbolic opinion, rather than objective fact, but to claim the author has no basis to hold that opinion is an outright lie.
On the post: The World Handled A 'Wordle' Ripoff Just Fine Without Any IP Action
Re: Re: Re:
Close, but no cigar.
Copyright attaches at creation. You can not get damages, but multiple courts have pointed out a plaintiff can register a copyright at any time and proceed to enforce it against any infringement within the statute of limitations. That the copyright isn't registered doesn't mean it couldn't still be. His copyright still exists. Not registering doesn't waive the copyright, it waives the right to stautory damages. Also, Google isn't that good with DMCA notices. If the developer submitted it, google probably would have accepted he had the copyright without investigation.
Indeed waiving copyright is hard. on numerous occasions, we have seen failure to register a copyright did not stop copyright from being enforced, merely that a grifter was able to come in and claim the copyright. A CC0 license doesn't waive copyright - it merely provides a very permissive license. ignoring copyright doesn't make it disappear.
But you've missed the point - the fact that copyright wasn't involved is the newsworthy bit. Developers claim that aggressive IP enforcement over game mechanics is necessary to deal with also-ran grifters. This justifies an expansion of DMCA scope to cover game mechanics and a corresponding shift in Copyright eligibility. This is a story where, without the involvement of copyright, the also-ran app was addressed. The fact that copyright wasn't involved suggests IP enforcement might not be the best approach to address this issue.
"But copyright wasn't involved". That's the point.
"But the developer wouldn't have used copyright" Speculative, but also not really the point. The point is that the solution was found without copyright. At no time was copyright unavailable to the Original Developer, it just required more steps before it could be enforced.
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Re: Re: Re: Cloning games is evil...
I have no idea why you replied to me. Nothing I said disagrees with this or what you said earlier. All I did was cite the law in fuller context, provide a link to the relevent text of the law in a law school repository, and note that while portions of a game, like visuals, characters, a script, audio dialog, and music have copyright, that copyright does not extend to portions of the game, like 'mechanics', not otherwise covered by copyright.
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Re: Cloning games is evil...
Mechanics are literally one fo the few things you explicitly can't get copyright protection for. its in the law. look it up. 17 USC § 102 There is the text for you. its not long. Look at provision (b).
The script is copyrightable, the characters are copyrightable, the visuals are copyrightable, the music is copyrightable, voice dialog is copyrightable (all subject to other restrictions on copyrightability). The mechanics are not.
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