Count me out unless they come up with some ironclad Do Not Track agreements, a two step process for activating, and a completely separate and offline mode for controlling IOC devices in the home.
Are they publishers and therefore responsible for their content and obligated to remove offensive and inaccurate information, etc?
Or do they fall more into the Common Carrier definition, which largely absolves them of any obligation regarding the content they carry, except for marketing and public relations issues, and invalidates their arguments for selectively squelching speech of viewpoints they don't like?
They need to decide or the Feds will end up doing it. And we all know the Feds will likely get it wrong.
People pit out the word Gentrification like it's some kind of KKK scheme.
But: gentrification jentrfkSH()n noun the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
The Problem is that with improved housing and other infrastructure comes higher property taxes. The curious thing is that Gentrification is pretty funded solely by the citizens moving into an area and spending money to do the renovating and improving. Then, the government of course looks as what you did and says, "hmmm nice place you got there. We think you should pay more money in property taxes". Then they go one worse and say to the poor residents, "people would pay for your place, so you need to pay us more".
Property Taxes are a tax on unrealized gains. They are probably the most oppressive taxes in the US. They can drive someone out of a home they own outright, merely because the State says your home is worth $X and you need to pay $x * y%, regardless of your income situation.
The solution is to decouple taxes on land and homes from current market values and only use market value when acquiring assets such as land and homes. Allow for some inflation of costs of infrastructure and the like, but just because they out a Mall in a mile down the road doesn't mean you should have to pay more.
CA did pretty much this with Proposition 13. It stabilized growth and benefited millions of home owners. Sure, the SJW crowd whined about not having money for they pet programs, but that is arguably a good thing.
Every time a YouTube starts spinning and then they show the message about your provider slowing things down, I switch to Porn Hub...runs sooth as a new shaven pussy, even at HD resolution.
More likely, YouTube's servers can't keep up and instead of investing in their infrastructure, they blame the providers.
The only real viable outcome of these hearings and all the brouhaha of banning and censorship, etc is likely legislation mandating that the terms and conditions for socials sites clearly outline specific behaviors that are prohibited, the penalties for violating the terms and conditions and requiring some form of due process for those who believe they have been wrongly accused and found in violation.
1. The equipment they carry and its weight? 2. How hot it can get in most of the US during the summer and almost all year in some parts? 3. How exposed that leaves them?
HD resolution is about two megapixels (1920 pixels horizontally multiplied by 1080 pixels vertically gives you 2,073,600 pixels). 4K is a little less than nine megapixels.
It is unlikely that they can pass a regulation to make Google behave they way they want, nor should they.
They CAN, and should, pass regulations requiring that Google and all the other sites have complete transparency of their policies and rules.
Further, that the rules should be objective in nature and that there is a process in place to contest findings of rule violations. No one should be wondering why their content is blocked or otherwise not available to people who are looking for it.
There is also an argument to be made that the methods they use to rank sites be clearly explained.
Slashdot Mirror
Exactly!
So more like this:
"Alexa"
"Alexa Voice Activated, Confirm please."
"Confirmed. Order pizza.
precisely so you can screen callers
What the socials are doing is deciding what you can or cannot see based on their own viewpoints.
Yep.
Count me out unless they come up with some ironclad Do Not Track agreements, a two step process for activating, and a completely separate and offline mode for controlling IOC devices in the home.
Addressing a plain harassment issue isn't the same as deciding that you don't need to be getting phone calls from Uncle Ted because he supports Trump.
Are they publishers and therefore responsible for their content and obligated to remove offensive and inaccurate information, etc?
Or do they fall more into the Common Carrier definition, which largely absolves them of any obligation regarding the content they carry, except for marketing and public relations issues, and invalidates their arguments for selectively squelching speech of viewpoints they don't like?
They need to decide or the Feds will end up doing it. And we all know the Feds will likely get it wrong.
Jerry, from Plutionia.
People pit out the word Gentrification like it's some kind of KKK scheme.
But:
gentrification
jentrfkSH()n
noun
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
The Problem is that with improved housing and other infrastructure comes higher property taxes. The curious thing is that Gentrification is pretty funded solely by the citizens moving into an area and spending money to do the renovating and improving. Then, the government of course looks as what you did and says, "hmmm nice place you got there. We think you should pay more money in property taxes". Then they go one worse and say to the poor residents, "people would pay for your place, so you need to pay us more".
Property Taxes are a tax on unrealized gains. They are probably the most oppressive taxes in the US. They can drive someone out of a home they own outright, merely because the State says your home is worth $X and you need to pay $x * y%, regardless of your income situation.
The solution is to decouple taxes on land and homes from current market values and only use market value when acquiring assets such as land and homes. Allow for some inflation of costs of infrastructure and the like, but just because they out a Mall in a mile down the road doesn't mean you should have to pay more.
CA did pretty much this with Proposition 13. It stabilized growth and benefited millions of home owners. Sure, the SJW crowd whined about not having money for they pet programs, but that is arguably a good thing.
She's a big girl. She won't be a victim like Mollie Tibbetts
Unlike you.
That reminds me. Need to pick up a Ribeye on the way home tonight.
Damn!
Guess I have to check my Male Privilege.
I thought it was Yutes
What is sad is you apparently feel comfortable calling anyone who has a different opinion than yourself, a racist.
Go ahead and explain to everyone why, when searching for someone based on a description, the person's skin color, or anything else, should be omitted.
Do you think the police should just be looking for, "some guy"?
The Left would require all criminal suspects be simply identified as, "Youths".
No.
The election is decided by the States. Thus, the Electoral College.
The Federal Government is an invention of the States.
Amazon Is Hiring More Skilled Immigrant H-1B Workers Than Any Other Tech Company. And it's NOT because the locals couldn't get the job done (we all know that).
So who are they trying to fool here?
Every time a YouTube starts spinning and then they show the message about your provider slowing things down, I switch to Porn Hub...runs sooth as a new shaven pussy, even at HD resolution.
More likely, YouTube's servers can't keep up and instead of investing in their infrastructure, they blame the providers.
The only real viable outcome of these hearings and all the brouhaha of banning and censorship, etc is likely legislation mandating that the terms and conditions for socials sites clearly outline specific behaviors that are prohibited, the penalties for violating the terms and conditions and requiring some form of due process for those who believe they have been wrongly accused and found in violation.
Can't really see the harm in that.
Well, they stand to make a fortune in advertising by tracking your every purchase, retail visit, and waking moment and selling the info.
So it's subsidized by your private information.
Do you have any idea of...
1. The equipment they carry and its weight?
2. How hot it can get in most of the US during the summer and almost all year in some parts?
3. How exposed that leaves them?
dog whistle
noun
1. Rhetorical device meant to convey a racist meaning where there is none to be found.
a. Only audible to those looking to call others racist.
Most people Are NOT killed by Police, Minorities, Conservatives, Liberals included.
This is what BLM is protesting
Ten police officers were assassinated in cold blood last year. You want more?
The number of minorities killed by law enforcement is a rounding error compared to the minorities killed by other minorities.
Minority communities need MORE police, not less.
HD resolution is about two megapixels (1920 pixels horizontally multiplied by 1080 pixels vertically gives you 2,073,600 pixels). 4K is a little less than nine megapixels.
The Human Eye Is 576 Megapixels
It is unlikely that they can pass a regulation to make Google behave they way they want, nor should they.
They CAN, and should, pass regulations requiring that Google and all the other sites have complete transparency of their policies and rules.
Further, that the rules should be objective in nature and that there is a process in place to contest findings of rule violations. No one should be wondering why their content is blocked or otherwise not available to people who are looking for it.
There is also an argument to be made that the methods they use to rank sites be clearly explained.
Don't use fucking filters to filter out fucking offensive language.