"I don't really get the impression that the evidence for white suspects has a similarly strong tendency to get laundered into a guilty verdict but has a bit better chance to be judged on its own merits without additional help."
On the contrary, it gets laundered in the other direction, e,g. "affluenza".
"Undoubtedly, social media is the modern public square."
While social media might sometimes be used in a manner resembling the historical uses of public squares, until the government buys and nationalises all social media companies this right-wing mantra is pure bunk that has no place in a legal briefing.
That's a lot of words to just say "I know absolutely no idea about how modern vaccines are developed and why it can be done much faster than in the past, because my understanding of technology and science is frozen at the level it was when I left school".
So is your advise to completely ignore these organisations and "do your own research"? Coz that's working out so well for all the Facebook-addicted Darwin Award hopefuls at the moment.
Re: Re: Being the underdog doesn't make up for their hypocrisy
"Taylor reverse engineered the Kytch device so that they could replicate it and make their own version."
Taylor don't need their own device, they already know how to service their machines. They don't need anyone else's tech to help them. It seems far more likely to me that they're looking for evidence of IP infringement, or at least enough info yo start a legal war they're probably better poised to win.
"The market in the USA is strictly regulated by the state so as to stifle all competition. Only a handful of the largest incumbents are allowed to operate, by government mandate. The government has granted these legacy conglomerations a strict monopoly (or duopoly) in each of their various industries. Any potential new entrants into the market are immediately shut down by the full force of the state's power."
I'm struggling to understand what any of that has to do with this article. There's some truth to your claims (and some mistruths) but what's the relevance here? Neither Taylor nor McDonalds have a 'government granted monopoly'. This situation has nothing to do with government control, in fact it's about the slim possibility of a government agency maybe doing it's supposed job of keeping companies from abusing their market position, the exact opposite of your complaint.
"What exactly are you trying to say here? What's the point of the anecdote, and how does it relate to the thesis?"
That these men were uncomfortable talking about bras because they're obviously (and stupidly) uncomfortable about women in general. It's an attitude that was common 20 years ago and things are better not but along way from perfect. How hard is that to understand?
"And more importantly, how is all this related to Techdirt?"
For the millionth time, when you're the editor around here, you'll get to decide what runs. Cathy writes interesting articles for Techdirt, that's all the connection there needs to be. Nobody is forcing you to read anything you're not interested in, but you read it and commented so...
"I feel like someone accidentally removed a paragraph that explains the author's point."
I feel like someone accidentally removed your sense of irony.
"I suspect that the APPS still doesn’t work that well, which is probably a good thing in light of recent events..."
This sounds to me like someone trying to make themselves feel better. Does the APPS not "work[ing] that well" mean the Taliban won't be able to find the people they're looking for? Or does it mean it'll provide false positives that result in people being killed anyway? From the Taliban's perspective, the desired psychological effect on the populace is probably achieved either way.
"As usual I am mystified by your promiscuous of the Antifa word "grifter.""
I'm completely mystified how you managed to get the words 'promiscuous', 'Antifa' and 'grifter' all into one short sentence and think it somehow makes any sense.
"While there can be a fine line between parody and impersonation, those on the impersonation side do not, since it's not a political opinion."
The impossibly stupid hits just keep coming from you. There is no "fine line" here, there's a massive fuzzy overlap between parody, impersonation and political opinion. There are countless examples of all three occurring together.
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Re: So I did an image search for those names
"I don't really get the impression that the evidence for white suspects has a similarly strong tendency to get laundered into a guilty verdict but has a bit better chance to be judged on its own merits without additional help."
On the contrary, it gets laundered in the other direction, e,g. "affluenza".
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Re: 'Good argument' depends on the goals
"I'm not an actor, I just play one in a courtroom."
On the post: Florida Presents Its Laughable Appeal For Its Unconstitutional Social Media Content Moderation Law
"Undoubtedly, social media is the modern public square."
While social media might sometimes be used in a manner resembling the historical uses of public squares, until the government buys and nationalises all social media companies this right-wing mantra is pure bunk that has no place in a legal briefing.
On the post: Impossibility Of Content Moderation: Scientist Debunking Vaccine Myths Gets A YouTube Strike For Medical Misinfo
Re: Mike Masnick is not a doctor
That's a lot of words to just say "I know absolutely no idea about how modern vaccines are developed and why it can be done much faster than in the past, because my understanding of technology and science is frozen at the level it was when I left school".
On the post: Impossibility Of Content Moderation: Scientist Debunking Vaccine Myths Gets A YouTube Strike For Medical Misinfo
Re: Re: Re: Re: Just making a point
So is your advise to completely ignore these organisations and "do your own research"? Coz that's working out so well for all the Facebook-addicted Darwin Award hopefuls at the moment.
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Re: Democrat-appointed judge
"This is almost always helpful information when evaluating what's going on."
This is almost always helpful in letting me jump to conclusions based on the pre-conceived notion that my "team" is always right!
On the post: Damned If You Do; Damned If You Don't: ProPublica's Bizarre Reporting On WhatsApp Abuse Reports
Re: Re: Re: Poorly setting up user expectations
"Mike, while it's true that you can usually forward or at least screen shot messages on the destination device, how many people are aware of this?"
How about anybody who's ever forwarded or screenshotted a WhatsApp message? Surely that's got to be a significant proportion of users.
On the post: FTC Decides Maybe It's Time To Start Asking Why McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Broken All The Damn Time
Re: Re: Re: What about the free market?
I think the fast food market might not be the best example to use in a conversation about monopolies.
On the post: FTC Decides Maybe It's Time To Start Asking Why McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Broken All The Damn Time
Re: Re: Being the underdog doesn't make up for their hypocrisy
"Taylor reverse engineered the Kytch device so that they could replicate it and make their own version."
Taylor don't need their own device, they already know how to service their machines. They don't need anyone else's tech to help them. It seems far more likely to me that they're looking for evidence of IP infringement, or at least enough info yo start a legal war they're probably better poised to win.
On the post: FTC Decides Maybe It's Time To Start Asking Why McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Broken All The Damn Time
Re: What about the free market?
"The market in the USA is strictly regulated by the state so as to stifle all competition. Only a handful of the largest incumbents are allowed to operate, by government mandate. The government has granted these legacy conglomerations a strict monopoly (or duopoly) in each of their various industries. Any potential new entrants into the market are immediately shut down by the full force of the state's power."
I'm struggling to understand what any of that has to do with this article. There's some truth to your claims (and some mistruths) but what's the relevance here? Neither Taylor nor McDonalds have a 'government granted monopoly'. This situation has nothing to do with government control, in fact it's about the slim possibility of a government agency maybe doing it's supposed job of keeping companies from abusing their market position, the exact opposite of your complaint.
On the post: A Guy Walks Into A Bra
Re: what am I missing
"What exactly are you trying to say here? What's the point of the anecdote, and how does it relate to the thesis?"
That these men were uncomfortable talking about bras because they're obviously (and stupidly) uncomfortable about women in general. It's an attitude that was common 20 years ago and things are better not but along way from perfect. How hard is that to understand?
"And more importantly, how is all this related to Techdirt?"
For the millionth time, when you're the editor around here, you'll get to decide what runs. Cathy writes interesting articles for Techdirt, that's all the connection there needs to be. Nobody is forcing you to read anything you're not interested in, but you read it and commented so...
"I feel like someone accidentally removed a paragraph that explains the author's point."
I feel like someone accidentally removed your sense of irony.
On the post: A Guy Walks Into A Bra
Re: Good Points
"First, males, rightly or wrongly, are uncomfortable discussing things to do with sex - like women's undergarments - in the presence of females."
Speak for yourself. Thank god I'm not one of those men coz that sounds like an awful way to live.
On the post: A Guy Walks Into A Bra
Re:
"I would find the argument more convincing if it were focused on how to improve meritocracy in general, not focusing only on women."
A swing and a miss.
On the post: The Real Threat To US Supporters In Afghanistan May Be The US-Funded Biometric Database Compiled By Their Former Government
Not as great as it sounds
"I suspect that the APPS still doesn’t work that well, which is probably a good thing in light of recent events..."
This sounds to me like someone trying to make themselves feel better. Does the APPS not "work[ing] that well" mean the Taliban won't be able to find the people they're looking for? Or does it mean it'll provide false positives that result in people being killed anyway? From the Taliban's perspective, the desired psychological effect on the populace is probably achieved either way.
On the post: Miami Beach PD Blocks Enforcement Of New Law Miami Beach Cops Abused To Arrest People For Filming Them
"Police officers don't want to be filmed."
Then these camera-shy authoritarians need to get another damn job.
On the post: eBay's FOSTA-Inspired Ban On 'Adult Content' Is Erasing LGBTQ History
Re: Re: Fighitng the ideals.
Just hentai, not all anime.
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Re: Glee
"As usual I am mystified by your promiscuous of the Antifa word "grifter.""
I'm completely mystified how you managed to get the words 'promiscuous', 'Antifa' and 'grifter' all into one short sentence and think it somehow makes any sense.
On the post: Trumpist Gettr Social Network Continues To Speed Run Content Moderation Learning Curve: Bans, Then Unbans, Roger Stone
Re: Re: Re: Probably Not
"While there can be a fine line between parody and impersonation, those on the impersonation side do not, since it's not a political opinion."
The impossibly stupid hits just keep coming from you. There is no "fine line" here, there's a massive fuzzy overlap between parody, impersonation and political opinion. There are countless examples of all three occurring together.
On the post: Ninth Circuit Affirms MSNBC's Anti-SLAPP Motion Against OAN Network's Bullshit Defamation Lawsuit
Re: More Techdirt GARBAGE
"OAN is not in any way funded by Russia."
That's a very defensive sounding statement considering that wasn't actually what was alleged.
On the post: Ninth Circuit Affirms MSNBC's Anti-SLAPP Motion Against OAN Network's Bullshit Defamation Lawsuit
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Its a Matter of Law Now
"...your bias has effectively killed your career."
Is this like that Trumpy thing where he thinks the gravest insult to someone is to baselessly claim they have low ratings?
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