sinsi’s Comments

• Sep 10th, 2021 @ 1:16pm

  an app as Orwellian as any in the free world

  on Will COVID Become Australia's 9/11?

  At the moment if you return home from overseas or a virus "hotspot" you need to self-isolate in a medihotel for 14 (?) days at your own expense. The app, currently being tested and opt-in, will let you self-isolate at home. No big deal.

  Our military isn't like yours in the US so we don't have soldiers with guns patrolling the streets, think of it more like your National Guard, who get called out for things like natural disasters.

  Here in South Australia it's been tight a couple of times but we've had 891 cases and 4 deaths so I reckon we're doing it right.

• Sep 11th, 2019 @ 5:58pm

  Tortured Tenses

  on Tales From The Platform Wars: Steam Dev Says Calling 'Metro Exodus' Epic Exclusive Unfair Wasn't Intended To Incite

  "in the future we didn’t say anything,”
  “In the future we didn’t continue to do that"

  In the past this will give me a headache.

• Apr 16th, 2019 @ 11:03pm

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  on AI Won't Save Us From Fake News: YouTube's Fact Checking Tool Thinks Notre Dame Fire Is About 9/11

  GIGO

• Feb 11th, 2019 @ 10:35pm

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  on Monster Energy Loses Appeal On Monsta Pizza Trademark Ruling

  Maybe he could have changed it to "Dominey's Pizza".

• Oct 1st, 2018 @ 4:00pm

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  on 9th Circuit Never Misses A Chance To Mess Up Copyright Law: Reopens Led Zeppelin 'Stairway To Heaven' Case
  Here's a pretty good explanation.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MBKJDmE-OQ
• Sep 8th, 2017 @ 8:53am

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  on Ugandan Government Obtains Mysterious, South Korean-Built Anti-Porn Machine
  heh I read that statement from Rev. Fr. Simon Rokodo in Trump's voice and it seemed to fit nicely...
• Aug 23rd, 2017 @ 1:10am

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  on Australian Gov't Accessed Domestic Metadata Thousands Of Times, Shared Some Of It With China
  Um, Brandis is the Attorney-General.
• Jul 27th, 2017 @ 5:57pm

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  on Titleist Tees Up Lawsuit Against Parody Clothier Because Golf Doesn't Have A Sense Of Humor
  I haven't even seen the first movie :(
• Aug 12th, 2015 @ 4:46am

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  on US Says 'No' To EU Plan For New Corporate Sovereignty Courts: So What Happens Now With TAFTA/TTIP?
  All together now,
  
  will not tolerate interference in its national sovereignty.
• Jan 29th, 2015 @ 10:33pm

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  on The MPAA Forces Craft Brewer To Abandon Its 'Rated R' Beer Brand
  Rated R. For a movie it means 18+. for a beer it means 18+ (at least here in Australia). So, a purely descriptive term.
• Sep 30th, 2014 @ 3:01am

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  on Scammers Using FBI And NSA Logos, Claiming Legal Actions And Demanding Payment Via GreenDot MoneyPak
  Another variation of the UKash scareware, over here it was the AFP after you. Even took a photo of you with the webcam.
• Jul 31st, 2014 @ 10:08pm

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  on Court Says Who Cares If Ireland Is Another Country, Of Course DOJ Can Use A Warrant To Demand Microsoft Cough Up Your Emails
  Offshore bank - hide your money.
  Offshore data bank - hide your data.
• Jul 30th, 2014 @ 9:30pm

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  on Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates
  Select column, Format as Text.
• Jul 9th, 2014 @ 2:47am

  First thing I thought of

  on Texas A&M Plays Hardball With A Double Amputee Over 12th Man Trademark
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjR1QkoNbc
• May 6th, 2014 @ 4:59am

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  on Australia's Attorney General Ignores All Evidence And Experts: Decides To Obey Hollywood's Commands On Copyright
  It's a bit like MPAA vs iiNet - go after the smaller one in the hope that it carries on to the bigger ones.
  One hope - the current Government is a bit on the nose at the moment. Let's hope that this doesn't sneak under the radar.
• Nov 9th, 2012 @ 2:08am

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  on Australian Government Announces That It Is Dropping Mandatory ISP Filtering...But Still Wants Filtering
  Well, it's the Interpol list, not the government's, so not their fault if other things are blocked.
  Anyway, can't Interpol block them? Why is it up to individual countries to try and force laws like we could have had?
  Obviously the 1997 Act is good enough, but why do ISP's need reminding?
• Jan 13th, 2012 @ 3:37am

  Re: A Good Day For The English Language

  on Cheezburger Sites Join Reddit In January 18th Blackout
  "See all 58 Cheezburger Network Sites"
  Not just cats...
• Apr 7th, 2011 @ 4:27am

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  on Australian Trade Minister Says That Releasing IP Enforcement TPP Treaty Text Would Be 'Problematic'
  "Many negotiating parties would consider releasing the text as a breach of confidence"
  Surely just the one?
• Mar 4th, 2011 @ 11:43pm

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  on Is The Internet Enabling Bad Content... Or Killing Bad Content?
  "How do you bury a website?"
  There's your problem. The crap is with us forever.
• Mar 4th, 2011 @ 11:40pm

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  on Is The Internet Enabling Bad Content... Or Killing Bad Content?
  I agree with most of your points, AC. The ratio of 'useful' to 'crap' is getting out of hand and only going to get worse. I can make up my own mind given accurate data but GIGO and the garbage is growing.

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