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  1. Re:Something is odd here on Uber Threatens To Fire Engineer Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets From Waymo (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless there is public pressure, companies will not usually fire someone who may or may not have done something. The threat is to make him actually say that he didn't steal them, waiving his fifth amendment rights in the process. If it turns out that he did steal them, he'll get fired regardless.

  2. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The issue wasn't so much the complaint worthy service by some drivers, but rather the antiquated systems that caused it. Using credit card imprinters to deal with cards until 2014 or thereabouts was ridiculous.

  3. Re:If you don't use a condom on Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    They didn't want to press rape charges because of the harassment they would receive from people supporting Assanage. They were unable to avoid that harassment, so now they no longer have a reason to hold back.

  4. Re:He should have transitioned... on Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    That strategy has never (n=1) resulted in a pardon. Chelsea Manning had her sentence commuted, letting her out of jail early, but still guilty of the crime.

  5. Re:See slashdot he's not so bad... on Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The timing is based off the presidential elections of Equador, not the elections of the US.

  6. Re:See slashdot he's not so bad... on Sweden Drops Julian Assange Rape Investigation (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Chelsea Manning was not pardoned, her sentence was shortened. She is still guilty of the charges.

  7. Re:Regulated Taxis on Uber Starts Charging What It Thinks You're Willing To Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    No one really had a problem with taxis being regulated. The problem was that both the number of companies and the number of taxis were severely limited. This led to a low supply and high prices along with no motive to give better service. Until ride sharing companies moved in the taxis around here were still using credit card imprinters and would often refuse service or in the worst case, kick people out partway if they found out they weren't using cash.

  8. In my experience, people out for a leisurely drive are more likely to be going 10 over than 10 under. It's the people that don't enjoy driving that get so freaked out that they can't do the speed limit.

  9. Re:Fake Headlines normally end with ? on Expiring Section 702 of FISA Helped US Conclude Russia Hacked Election To Help Trump, NSA Chief Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It isn't fake, the NSA chief really did say that...

  10. That would be what a rational person would do, but Seattle is home to liberal thinking. If people can't afford to live there, charge the wealthy people building apartments more so you can build affordable housing. Never mind that this means higher building costs and less housing being built.

  11. Re:Homeless Shelter on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Funnily enough, before they decided to donate this space, it was going to be used for employee housing.

  12. Re:One quibble re free housing on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They aren't going to the shelters.

  13. Unfortunately, that seems to be as far as it gets, discussion.

  14. That was kinda his point, the original question doesn't say you have infinite memory so there's no reason to get rid of GC, especially since you don't take the usual performance hit from it.

  15. Don't tell the computer what you want and it will still compute it in zero time.

  16. Although the holodeck is also the perfect example of what can go wrong with such a language.

  17. Re:Watch out for scams! on Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    By learning Indian languages they'll be better able to fake an Indian accent, allowing them to get a job in the states.

  18. Re:Explicit profanity on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    Except there are other words that can't be used and some of those words can be used now. Also, some words are ok in some contexts or when said by certain people but not in other cases.

  19. Re:Explicit profanity on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 2

    Except the FCC doesn't actually have a list of words, they just decide whether something is profane or not on their own. The only guidelines really given are precedent. That said, it would be hard to argue that Colbert wasn't trying to be profane. However it was both censored and on late night TV, so he probably shouldn't be fined.

  20. Re:Did the court know it was a reenactment? on Cop Fakes Body Cam Footage, Prosecutors Drop Drug Charges (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No direct control, but if they request it the officer should be able to accommodate them.

  21. Re:The real question on Cop Fakes Body Cam Footage, Prosecutors Drop Drug Charges (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Both are subject to FOIA requests. If there is no ongoing investigation, the department would have trouble finding a good reason to decline.

  22. Re:If facebook can why not the rest? on Seattle Restored ISP Privacy Rules in the First Local Blow To Trump's Rollback (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Because we are the ISP's customers and Facebook, Google, and Twitter's products. If ISPs start giving out free internet in while using our data to advertise to us, then you might have an argument.

  23. If votes only matter in swing states, start trying to convince people in your state to vote opposite the majority.

  24. Re:The real question on Cop Fakes Body Cam Footage, Prosecutors Drop Drug Charges (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Because not everyone wants their interactions with the police to be available to anyone that wants them.

  25. Re:Did the court know it was a reenactment? on Cop Fakes Body Cam Footage, Prosecutors Drop Drug Charges (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Because some people don't want their interactions with police to be subject to FOIA requests.