Non government corporations can exercise their first amendment rights just like everyone else. It's *their* platform, they have rules that users agree to when signing up. The companies are allowed to ban users when they break those rules.
"We reserve the right to refuse service to anybody". If Paypal was a diner, and Gab was a dude in a KKK uniform, Paypal could refuse to sell Gab a coffee. It's their diner, after all, and they may not want the other patrons to become uncomfortable because of the guy in the KKK uniform sitting at a table. Gab could go somewhere else for a cup of coffee. Company rules aren't the same as laws set by the government.
Think about it. Makes sense. Microsoft couldn't purchase Redhat directly, that would make too many people upset.
But if IBM purchases Redhat, then Microsoft purchases IBM, they get Redhat by proxy. Then they have what they want - direct control over one of the most important Linux distros in the world. That, along with Github, gives them a pretty strong position in the F/OSS ecosystem.
These are all non-government corporations making these decisions. If Gab is free to conduct their service how they wish without government intervention, so is PayPal and Stripe. Simple as that.
I can see how, like you said, at the domain level it would be difficult to tackle. I think what I'm referring to is a bit different though. AFAIK, at least with SE reputation, you sort of have to 'prove yourself' as an account holder before you get any real weight to downvote or have say in parts of the system. This would be through a series of actions or achievements on your account, some trivial to complete, some a bit more involved. I think the threshold to completing those achievements is a bit much for a simple spam/bombing account that can't necessarily be (easily) scripted. In other words you'd have to put forth some real effort on these accounts to be able to use them later for insincere purposes. Of course, with AI getting more sophisticated daily, I can imagine a 'war' of sorts between the guardians of sincerity and the other side. Hmmm.
I would think that you could build in checks for that kind of thing. IANAP but seems it would be something that you would have to constantly update to keep up with people trying to game the system.
I really like StackExchange's "reputation" system for users. From what I understand it relates in many ways to Slashdot's karma system. These things have been around for a while and seems to handle issues like this very well. Why aren't user reputation/karma systems a much more popular method, in general, for voting/ranking/etc?
2) Electric cars do not "spew more c02" than diesels. It's during the manufacturing process.
This has been well known for a while. You've got to start somewhere. Batteries will get more efficient, manufacturing processes will be refined. Why complain about the attempt to improve a globally dire situation? Would sitting on your thumbs and complaining that your beachfront house is underwater be a better option?
Uhhh, are you sure that maybe people just like beer? Even people in politics? Maybe population control is just a "happy side-effect" that they let slide? Of course there's the other side of the coin that means that's one less person paying taxes....uh oh, your theory just sprung a leak.
I'm a daily user of Audacious so it doesn't matter much to me, but it would be great for them to ensure modern open source codecs like opus (either encapsulated in ogg or not, streamed or file-based) is as well supported as possible.
Anybody can start a corporation, including women. Why can't we just encourage women start their own businesses? Why force existing businesses to change the way they do things?
The member of the CBS legal team that issued the order went on holiday
Suuuuuuuuuuuuure they did. You know, there are a few people over the course of my adulthood, dealing with different things financial, etc. that seem to "go on holiday" a lot when it's most inconvenient for my particular case. Maybe I'm naive, though, and just realizing that this is a common tactic to get people to forget about whatever it is they were upset or concerned about and leave you alone. Amirite?
Why does Bayer simply go into defense-mode and try to dismiss the study all together? At the least, for PR, they should be a bit more receptive and let people know that, you know, bees are good, that they would like to make sure their product doesn't kill them off en mass, that they may throw even just a *tiny* bit of cash toward research, and maybe, just maybe, adjust their product(s) to maybe counter these possible negative impacts of using Roundup.
I know I'm not the only one, please chime in if the same thing happens to you:
1) Click on Win10 start menu 2) Wait 3) Wait some more... 4)..... 5) Watch little lemmings cobble together a start menu tile by tile 6) Type something to start searching your PC 7) Wait.... 8) Listen to your HDD churn like it's the little engine that could going up a steep incline as Win10 tries to find things on your computer, the web, etc. 9) Curse the dead bloated seal that is Windows 10 10) Give up with frustration and open 'This PC' and manually search for something
I feel bad for all the "lusers" (M$ term). I feel bad for me because I continue to support their networks for the time being. It will be a very happy day when I can rid myself of the Micro$oft support guy and go full on Linux + F/OSS for my endeavors.
A browser disregarding web standards is a sure way to lose a large chunk of its user base. Of course, that's fine with me, I'd love to see more people using Firefox.
1) Feel a need for vast technology/Internet company reform 2) Stage an election with an obvious moron winning where nobody could believe it 3) Have the moron do all sorts of stupid things to drill into people that he's the biggest moron 4) Pretend that the boogie man broke the process and tainted the fragile minds of idiots on social media to elect said moron 5) Point the finger at the boogie man 6) Use momentum to get the public behind reforming technology/Internet/privacy law, disregarding that pesky Constitution thing 7) Profit!
The analysis shows that the attacker is particularly interested in ports 20, 21, 25, 110, and 144, which are for FTP-data, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP traffic
Uhh, that's 143 for IMAP. 144 is for "NewS window system" or "Universal Management Architecture".
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In 2024 M$ will have merged with IBM and made Explorer a viable Linux DE that will simply sit on top of Redhat.
It'll be Gnome vs. Explorer, not Gnome vs. KDE anymore. KDE is too similar to Explorer for Microsoft's liking I'm sure.
Hmm, looks like it's a bit more complex than that actually. Good read here regarding the subject.
Non government corporations can exercise their first amendment rights just like everyone else. It's *their* platform, they have rules that users agree to when signing up. The companies are allowed to ban users when they break those rules.
"We reserve the right to refuse service to anybody". If Paypal was a diner, and Gab was a dude in a KKK uniform, Paypal could refuse to sell Gab a coffee. It's their diner, after all, and they may not want the other patrons to become uncomfortable because of the guy in the KKK uniform sitting at a table. Gab could go somewhere else for a cup of coffee. Company rules aren't the same as laws set by the government.
Microsoft will next merge with IBM.
Think about it. Makes sense. Microsoft couldn't purchase Redhat directly, that would make too many people upset.
But if IBM purchases Redhat, then Microsoft purchases IBM, they get Redhat by proxy. Then they have what they want - direct control over one of the most important Linux distros in the world. That, along with Github, gives them a pretty strong position in the F/OSS ecosystem.
PayPal is a monopoly? What about Apple Pay? What about Google Pay Send?
These are all non-government corporations making these decisions. If Gab is free to conduct their service how they wish without government intervention, so is PayPal and Stripe. Simple as that.
I can see how, like you said, at the domain level it would be difficult to tackle. I think what I'm referring to is a bit different though. AFAIK, at least with SE reputation, you sort of have to 'prove yourself' as an account holder before you get any real weight to downvote or have say in parts of the system. This would be through a series of actions or achievements on your account, some trivial to complete, some a bit more involved. I think the threshold to completing those achievements is a bit much for a simple spam/bombing account that can't necessarily be (easily) scripted. In other words you'd have to put forth some real effort on these accounts to be able to use them later for insincere purposes. Of course, with AI getting more sophisticated daily, I can imagine a 'war' of sorts between the guardians of sincerity and the other side. Hmmm.
I would think that you could build in checks for that kind of thing. IANAP but seems it would be something that you would have to constantly update to keep up with people trying to game the system.
I really like StackExchange's "reputation" system for users. From what I understand it relates in many ways to Slashdot's karma system. These things have been around for a while and seems to handle issues like this very well. Why aren't user reputation/karma systems a much more popular method, in general, for voting/ranking/etc?
Incorrect and misleading headline:
1) Drivers do not "spew more c02" than any car.
"Oh, ha ha" you say...
2) Electric cars do not "spew more c02" than diesels. It's during the manufacturing process.
This has been well known for a while. You've got to start somewhere. Batteries will get more efficient, manufacturing processes will be refined. Why complain about the attempt to improve a globally dire situation? Would sitting on your thumbs and complaining that your beachfront house is underwater be a better option?
Uhhh, are you sure that maybe people just like beer? Even people in politics? Maybe population control is just a "happy side-effect" that they let slide? Of course there's the other side of the coin that means that's one less person paying taxes....uh oh, your theory just sprung a leak.
Beer helps me live!
- 21 year old me
I'm a daily user of Audacious so it doesn't matter much to me, but it would be great for them to ensure modern open source codecs like opus (either encapsulated in ogg or not, streamed or file-based) is as well supported as possible.
roflcopter?
Anybody can start a corporation, including women. Why can't we just encourage women start their own businesses? Why force existing businesses to change the way they do things?
The member of the CBS legal team that issued the order went on holiday
Suuuuuuuuuuuuure they did. You know, there are a few people over the course of my adulthood, dealing with different things financial, etc. that seem to "go on holiday" a lot when it's most inconvenient for my particular case. Maybe I'm naive, though, and just realizing that this is a common tactic to get people to forget about whatever it is they were upset or concerned about and leave you alone. Amirite?
Why does Bayer simply go into defense-mode and try to dismiss the study all together? At the least, for PR, they should be a bit more receptive and let people know that, you know, bees are good, that they would like to make sure their product doesn't kill them off en mass, that they may throw even just a *tiny* bit of cash toward research, and maybe, just maybe, adjust their product(s) to maybe counter these possible negative impacts of using Roundup.
I know I'm not the only one, please chime in if the same thing happens to you:
1) Click on Win10 start menu .....
2) Wait
3) Wait some more...
4)
5) Watch little lemmings cobble together a start menu tile by tile
6) Type something to start searching your PC
7) Wait....
8) Listen to your HDD churn like it's the little engine that could going up a steep incline as Win10 tries to find things on your computer, the web, etc.
9) Curse the dead bloated seal that is Windows 10
10) Give up with frustration and open 'This PC' and manually search for something
I feel bad for all the "lusers" (M$ term). I feel bad for me because I continue to support their networks for the time being. It will be a very happy day when I can rid myself of the Micro$oft support guy and go full on Linux + F/OSS for my endeavors.
Sounds like you've got a corrupt config or something. That's not default behavior.
...likely don't understand URLs *at* *all* anyway.
A browser disregarding web standards is a sure way to lose a large chunk of its user base. Of course, that's fine with me, I'd love to see more people using Firefox.
I dunno, they both died.
1) Feel a need for vast technology/Internet company reform
2) Stage an election with an obvious moron winning where nobody could believe it
3) Have the moron do all sorts of stupid things to drill into people that he's the biggest moron
4) Pretend that the boogie man broke the process and tainted the fragile minds of idiots on social media to elect said moron
5) Point the finger at the boogie man
6) Use momentum to get the public behind reforming technology/Internet/privacy law, disregarding that pesky Constitution thing
7) Profit!
But I'm in Soviet Russia and now I'm deleted.
Please send for help. It's cold down here.
The analysis shows that the attacker is particularly interested in ports 20, 21, 25, 110, and 144, which are for FTP-data, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP traffic
Uhh, that's 143 for IMAP. 144 is for "NewS window system" or "Universal Management Architecture".