Maybe some one should try this next time they're accused of perjury.
"How plead you to one count of perjury?"
"Innocent, your honor."
"On what grounds?"
"Well, since the prosecutor told you I was lying, you knew I was lying. So, it wasn't really a secret was it. So, you knew what I really meant. That's not really deceiving the court and doesn't really count as perjury does it?"
Because it seems the patent office now takes the meaning of the word "novel" to be literally anything they haven't seen before (and they very often haven't seen much of what's actually out there), instead of "new or unusual in an interesting way." i.e. something that not everyone and their mothers would have and could have easily designed if they had had the need.
I still can't get over the fact that people are so dumb at computers that we even need a law like Section 230. No one has any problems understanding that you don't hold Honda responsible for the actions of a bank robber because they used a Honda brand car in their getaway; or the gun manufacturers for that matter.
"I'm not saying the cop in this story wasn't a racist, he may well have been, but he also could have just been a "RESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH" asshole like the dickhead that pulled me over, who latched onto the first thing he saw."
It seems there a lot of overlap between racists and "RESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH" assholes. Probably because they both come from the same supposition, that they feel that they are inherently better than some other class of people.
Imagine if the court ruled that being a patent troll was a matter of fact rather than opinion. And then ATL was forced to prove in court that they weren't a patent troll. And then imagine the court definitively finding that they were in fact a patent troll.
Fun fact, since social security numbers are only 9 digit numbers, there are only 999,999,999 possible numbers. With each numeral being a single byte and a billion bytes in a gigabyte, it'd be fairly trivial to produce a file that contains all valid and all unused social security numbers. Uncompressed, the file would only be ~1GB, and it would probably compress very well.
Additionally, a string of nine digits could easily crop up in code itself - and heaven forbid the code happens to deal with physical or mailing address formats. The lawsuits assertions are made from the perspective of someone who doesn't know a goddamn thing about what they are stating should be easy.
Or hell, the git hub project could be some code to specially handle social security numbers and have mock social security numbers in some unit test class!
"there is nothing illegal about being a white supremacist"
Correct, but it's not a protected class either. So, there's nothing illegal about twitter banning a user for being a white supremacist. And people are arguing that maybe they should. This is not silencing them. They will not go to jail for saying these things. It will just be twitter deciding not to provide a platform for them to help spread their hateful ideology.
It's worse than that. In addition to proving that any one was censored for their conservative views, they'd have to prove that this happens to conservatives disproportionately more than other other groups.
Is it just me or is Palantir an extremely apt name?
A tempting device that seems like you could use to spy on and gain an advantage over evil, but which ultimate just corrupts and exposes one's self to the Dark Lord of Mordor.
Almost. But from the Nazi-logic point of view, all of those different Mastodon groups and orgs are obviously under the control of said "cabal of (((globalists)))".
Because that's how conspiracy theories work. Anyone who acts or argues against the claims made by the conspiracy theorist is either a direct member of the conspiracy, under the thumb of some one who's part of the conspiracy, or has been brainwashed by the conspirators. And this makes the set of conspirators ever growing, until the conspiracy theorist sees almost everyone as part of the conspiracy except for those "righteous" few fighting against an overwhelming system, which really feeds into the underdog and persecution complex of the conspiracy theorist and makes them feel even more special and righteous as they "know" they are one of the few people fighting for the "truth".
On the post: Law Enforcement Training: People Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Are Just Suffering From 'Excited Delirium'
"Excited delirium"
Or maaaaybe they're delirious due to the lack of oxygen from being murdered...
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Indeed. Can you imagine libraries remaining legal?
On the post: AT&T Says Being Misleading About 'Unlimited' Data Plans Was Ok, Because Reporters Told Consumers It Was Being Misleading
Maybe some one should try this next time they're accused of perjury.
On the post: Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue
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Because it seems the patent office now takes the meaning of the word "novel" to be literally anything they haven't seen before (and they very often haven't seen much of what's actually out there), instead of "new or unusual in an interesting way." i.e. something that not everyone and their mothers would have and could have easily designed if they had had the need.
On the post: Time Magazine Explains Why Section 230 Is So Vital To Protecting Free Speech
I still can't get over the fact that people are so dumb at computers that we even need a law like Section 230. No one has any problems understanding that you don't hold Honda responsible for the actions of a bank robber because they used a Honda brand car in their getaway; or the gun manufacturers for that matter.
On the post: Woman Complains About Trooper's Behavior, Ends Up Getting A Whole Bunch Of Cops Fired For Timecard Fraud
Re: Re:
"I'm not saying the cop in this story wasn't a racist, he may well have been, but he also could have just been a "RESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH" asshole like the dickhead that pulled me over, who latched onto the first thing he saw."
It seems there a lot of overlap between racists and "RESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH" assholes. Probably because they both come from the same supposition, that they feel that they are inherently better than some other class of people.
On the post: Lawsuit Filed By Victims Of ICE's Fake College Sting Revived By Appeals Court
Re: 'How dare they try to hide behind 'the law'!'
It's like setting up a fake Best Buy, then arresting people who tried to shop there because you're pretty sure they were there to buy stolen TV's.
On the post: New Hampshire Supreme Court: Of Course It's Not Defamatory To Call A Patent Troll A Patent Troll
Imagine if the court ruled that being a patent troll was a matter of fact rather than opinion. And then ATL was forced to prove in court that they weren't a patent troll. And then imagine the court definitively finding that they were in fact a patent troll.
On the post: Dennis Prager Peddles Complete Nonsense About 'Google Censorship' In The WSJ
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Yes it is!
On the post: Dennis Prager Peddles Complete Nonsense About 'Google Censorship' In The WSJ
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Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position!
On the post: Ex-Googler Recently Held Up As A 'Whistleblower' And 'Proof' Of Anti-Conservative Bias At Google, Actually Supported Richard Spencer, Racist Skinheads
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He's not delusional, he's just so persuasive he's persuaded himself that he's very persuasive!
On the post: Class Action Lawsuit Hopes To Hold GitHub Responsible For Hosting Data From Capital One Breach
Fun fact, since social security numbers are only 9 digit numbers, there are only 999,999,999 possible numbers. With each numeral being a single byte and a billion bytes in a gigabyte, it'd be fairly trivial to produce a file that contains all valid and all unused social security numbers. Uncompressed, the file would only be ~1GB, and it would probably compress very well.
On the post: Class Action Lawsuit Hopes To Hold GitHub Responsible For Hosting Data From Capital One Breach
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Or hell, the git hub project could be some code to specially handle social security numbers and have mock social security numbers in some unit test class!
On the post: Gizmodo: Why Can't YouTube Do 'Good' Content Moderation? Answer: Because It's Fucking Impossible
Re: Re: Re: This is a bad post
"there is nothing illegal about being a white supremacist"
Correct, but it's not a protected class either. So, there's nothing illegal about twitter banning a user for being a white supremacist. And people are arguing that maybe they should. This is not silencing them. They will not go to jail for saying these things. It will just be twitter deciding not to provide a platform for them to help spread their hateful ideology.
As always, there's a relevant xkcd for this notion.
https://xkcd.com/1357/
On the post: Gizmodo: Why Can't YouTube Do 'Good' Content Moderation? Answer: Because It's Fucking Impossible
Ever-relevant xkcd
https://xkcd.com/1425/
On the post: Enough With The Myth That Big Tech Is 'Censoring' Conservatives AND That The Law Requires Them To Be Neutral
Re: Re: It's Adorable
It's worse than that. In addition to proving that any one was censored for their conservative views, they'd have to prove that this happens to conservatives disproportionately more than other other groups.
On the post: Europe's Latest Border Security Efforts Combines Junk Science With Lie Detectors
So, combines junk science with junk science?
On the post: Public Records Request Nets User's Manual For Palantir's Souped-Up Surveillance Software
What's in a name...
Is it just me or is Palantir an extremely apt name?
A tempting device that seems like you could use to spy on and gain an advantage over evil, but which ultimate just corrupts and exposes one's self to the Dark Lord of Mordor.
On the post: Gab, Mastodon And The Challenges Of Content Moderation On A More Distributed Social Network
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Almost. But from the Nazi-logic point of view, all of those different Mastodon groups and orgs are obviously under the control of said "cabal of (((globalists)))".
Because that's how conspiracy theories work. Anyone who acts or argues against the claims made by the conspiracy theorist is either a direct member of the conspiracy, under the thumb of some one who's part of the conspiracy, or has been brainwashed by the conspirators. And this makes the set of conspirators ever growing, until the conspiracy theorist sees almost everyone as part of the conspiracy except for those "righteous" few fighting against an overwhelming system, which really feeds into the underdog and persecution complex of the conspiracy theorist and makes them feel even more special and righteous as they "know" they are one of the few people fighting for the "truth".
On the post: Killing News Comments Only Solidified Google, Facebook Dominance
Re: Techdirt Community
"the community here at Techdirt is remarkably civil."
True, but it is also quite small, at least compared to the likes of the New York Times.
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