Microsoft should make this behaviour turn on and off-able. (And store that state in the spreadsheet, not just the options of the installation)
Then those that need the stability of their data to be maintain can get that behaviour, and those who like the convenience of using the most widely use spreadsheet application in the world can have it hold their hand for them.
I believe Authy has a desktop version of their authenticator, so you don't need a phone to use 2FA. Any site that supports the Google Authenticator supports Authy too.
(note, I have no connection to authy, and don't use it)
How long is it going to be before someone decides to DMCA-512-bomb Trump's twitter account to test the question about how many takedown accusations it takes to violate Twitter's policy?
Afterall, we all know that there are no penalties for claiming copyright on stuff you don't actually hold copyright over. Just look at the number of times you hear about a musician on YouTube being given a copyright strike for their own music.
In my previous role (ended in January 2020), in all my dealings (as a software & systems engineer) with Chinese money transfers, I never even heard of a requirement to install Chinese-mandated software on our systems, let alone objected to it. And I would have done.
They really missed a trick here. One of the most lucrative insurance markets is that for medical malpractice insurance cover for clinicians. They could have established a precedent for cops to have to have malpractice insurance as well. I suppose they've just decided that the state is willing to underwrite all such claims, whilst loading the dice against the victim as usual.
The logical conclusion to your position would appear to be that content moderation needs to be done on a consumer-by-consumer basis, applying their own rules as to what's acceptable and what's not.
Sounds like we should stop moderating at all, and leave it to the consumer to decide for themselves what they want to see (by choice of site, perhaps; a bit too much of a libertarian position for me, I must say), or come up with some super-intelligent AI that knows all your personal rules and can judge 100% accurately the content before it reaches you.
And we all know how much we're all looking forward to being completely nannied by the Guugle/MS-Beng-designed AI filters that won't take any 'commercial sponsorships' into account in their filtering.
The discussion quote at Facebook didn't even start to consider international differences in culture as to what is offensive or not. In majority-Muslim countries, a woman showing any flesh other than hands and face is offensive to some pretty powerful people. So none of the images posited are permissible.
But in other countries (I'd take a guess at Sweden, perhaps), are cool with top-less-ness in general, so the line between acceptable and unacceptable comes somewhere else.
And this is before we get to personal standards or acceptability and offence!
I know Facebook is an American (woohoo!!) company. But their customer base (the advertisers) is international, as is their product (the members' attention). Their standards of moderation cannot be limited to some narrow band of WASP (the predominate make-up of Congress, Senate, Whitehouse and Judiciary) sensibilities.
And by 'biggest offender', do you mean 'most followers who might be offended', or 'most frequent offensive content?'
Under the first, many people would say that the Donald is in that category. Do you really want to open that can of worms? (Twitter are playing with the can opener right now!)
I can see how Nintendo could make this about protecting their players by taking the 'fraud prevention' route. Afterall, if the transactions are taking place outside of Nintendo's control, and real money is being handed over for digital assets, there are obvious opportunities for the seller to 'have a glitch' that means they can't/won't hand over the goods for which they've received the money.
But thinking of protecting their cash-cows is not the Nintendo Way(tm).
Re: Re: News Organizations should fear consequences
On that last bit... in the early days of volunteer fire-fighting groups, when they got paid by the number of fires extinguished, there were suspicions of them surreptitiously setting fires in order to get paid to put them out.
This is why emergency services should never be a) a for-profit enterprise, or b) paid by the number of emergencies handled.
But thanks to copyright, he continues to be paid for it. Unlike the rest of us who'e glad to just be paid at the end of the month for the work we did at the beginning of the month.
The biggest problem is the optics of it. It may be that the Chinese authorities have nothing really to hide (apart from being idiots about the early cases), and there's nothing untoward or strange about the origin of the virus, but acting like this just makes people more suspicious. It could be that it's another Streisand case.
Or the conspiracy theorists could be right after all, and the virus did originate in a CIA laboratory, and was sent to Wuhan to wreck the Chinese economy.... because ... reasons....
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.. for some reason?
Because somebody has got own it. /s
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Re: Re: what percentage of users
Microsoft should make this behaviour turn on and off-able. (And store that state in the spreadsheet, not just the options of the installation)
Then those that need the stability of their data to be maintain can get that behaviour, and those who like the convenience of using the most widely use spreadsheet application in the world can have it hold their hand for them.
On the post: Twitter About To Be Hit With A ~$250 Million Fine For Using Your Two Factor Authentication Phone Numbers/Emails For Marketing
Re: Re:
I believe Authy has a desktop version of their authenticator, so you don't need a phone to use 2FA. Any site that supports the Google Authenticator supports Authy too.
(note, I have no connection to authy, and don't use it)
On the post: If Twitter Shuts Down Trump's Account For Repeat Infringement Then Will Trump Fans Finally Realize That Copyright Is The Problem?
how long?
How long is it going to be before someone decides to DMCA-512-bomb Trump's twitter account to test the question about how many takedown accusations it takes to violate Twitter's policy?
Afterall, we all know that there are no penalties for claiming copyright on stuff you don't actually hold copyright over. Just look at the number of times you hear about a musician on YouTube being given a copyright strike for their own music.
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Re: Applicable concepts to Terms of Service?
Your use of software and your custom of financial institutions are optional. You get to choose which you use.
Utilities much less so, though; I agree on that one.
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Re: Re:
"You just can't put a price on that."
The courts can. And the tax-payer will be paying the price as usual.
On the post: U.S. TikTok Hysteria Teeters Toward The Idiotic
Re: Yes, it's China
In my previous role (ended in January 2020), in all my dealings (as a software & systems engineer) with Chinese money transfers, I never even heard of a requirement to install Chinese-mandated software on our systems, let alone objected to it. And I would have done.
On the post: Colorado Government Dumps Qualified Immunity For Cops
They really missed a trick here. One of the most lucrative insurance markets is that for medical malpractice insurance cover for clinicians. They could have established a precedent for cops to have to have malpractice insurance as well. I suppose they've just decided that the state is willing to underwrite all such claims, whilst loading the dice against the victim as usual.
On the post: Americans Disagree On What Content Should Be Moderated, But They All Agree Social Media Companies Suck At Moderation
Re: Re: Re: Questionable conclusion
The logical conclusion to your position would appear to be that content moderation needs to be done on a consumer-by-consumer basis, applying their own rules as to what's acceptable and what's not.
Sounds like we should stop moderating at all, and leave it to the consumer to decide for themselves what they want to see (by choice of site, perhaps; a bit too much of a libertarian position for me, I must say), or come up with some super-intelligent AI that knows all your personal rules and can judge 100% accurately the content before it reaches you.
And we all know how much we're all looking forward to being completely nannied by the Guugle/MS-Beng-designed AI filters that won't take any 'commercial sponsorships' into account in their filtering.
On the post: Post No Evil: Content Moderation Decisions Are Always Trickier Than You Think
The discussion quote at Facebook didn't even start to consider international differences in culture as to what is offensive or not. In majority-Muslim countries, a woman showing any flesh other than hands and face is offensive to some pretty powerful people. So none of the images posited are permissible.
But in other countries (I'd take a guess at Sweden, perhaps), are cool with top-less-ness in general, so the line between acceptable and unacceptable comes somewhere else.
And this is before we get to personal standards or acceptability and offence!
I know Facebook is an American (woohoo!!) company. But their customer base (the advertisers) is international, as is their product (the members' attention). Their standards of moderation cannot be limited to some narrow band of WASP (the predominate make-up of Congress, Senate, Whitehouse and Judiciary) sensibilities.
On the post: Post No Evil: Content Moderation Decisions Are Always Trickier Than You Think
Re: Re:
And by 'biggest offender', do you mean 'most followers who might be offended', or 'most frequent offensive content?'
Under the first, many people would say that the Donald is in that category. Do you really want to open that can of worms? (Twitter are playing with the can opener right now!)
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Re:
No, TechDirt didn't slack off ... the commenters did.
On the post: Nintendo Cryptically Points Out That Selling 'Animal Crossing' Assets For Real Money Violates ToS
Fraud?
I can see how Nintendo could make this about protecting their players by taking the 'fraud prevention' route. Afterall, if the transactions are taking place outside of Nintendo's control, and real money is being handed over for digital assets, there are obvious opportunities for the seller to 'have a glitch' that means they can't/won't hand over the goods for which they've received the money.
But thinking of protecting their cash-cows is not the Nintendo Way(tm).
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Re: Re:
But unfortunately, the sentence for possessing or passing a counterfeit bill whilst black does appear to be death without a trial.
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Re:
Perhaps if you stuck to the lockdown rules in your locality, you could reduce the probability of a negative interaction with the police.
On the post: Cambodian Government Using Fake News Law To Silence Critics And Coronavirus Reporting
Re:
[citation needed]
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Re: Re: News Organizations should fear consequences
On that last bit... in the early days of volunteer fire-fighting groups, when they got paid by the number of fires extinguished, there were suspicions of them surreptitiously setting fires in order to get paid to put them out.
This is why emergency services should never be a) a for-profit enterprise, or b) paid by the number of emergencies handled.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: ?strange comments fromthe past and future?
Does anyone actually manage to read beyond the first sentence of this commenters usual incoherence?
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But thanks to copyright, he continues to be paid for it. Unlike the rest of us who'e glad to just be paid at the end of the month for the work we did at the beginning of the month.
On the post: Dealing With COVID-19 Requires Radical Transparency In Research Results; China Is Going In The Opposite Direction
Re:
The biggest problem is the optics of it. It may be that the Chinese authorities have nothing really to hide (apart from being idiots about the early cases), and there's nothing untoward or strange about the origin of the virus, but acting like this just makes people more suspicious. It could be that it's another Streisand case.
Or the conspiracy theorists could be right after all, and the virus did originate in a CIA laboratory, and was sent to Wuhan to wreck the Chinese economy.... because ... reasons....
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