User: narcoossee

Stealing Page Hits

On: Bing Now Provides Exact Snippets of Code for Developers' Queries (searchenginejournal.com)

So they're stealing page hits and ad impressions of the sites providing this code. Google does the same thing when you ask it questions - they show what they believe to be the answer, with a link to the source...which you'll probably never click through to, because you've already gotten your answer.

Modern IBM Keyboard

On: 'Why I Use the IBM Model M Keyboard That's Older Than I Am' (yeokhengmeng.com)

I've been the EnduraPro Black Buckling Spring USB keyboard from PCKeyboard.com for years. I like that it has the pointing stick, like laptops. http://www.pckeyboard.com/page... https://www.pckeyboard.com/

The Decider

On: Facebook Says It Can't Guarantee Social Media is Good For Democracy (reuters.com)

So who all of a sudden gets to decide of FB, et al are "good for democracy". As an informed, educated and interested citizenry, that is OUR job.

Uncompensated Work

On: US Supreme Court Will Revisit Ruling On Collecting Internet Sales Tax (theverge.com)

By what right does a state have to force the uncompensated labor and expense of collecting and remitting sales taxes on an entity not within the borders of that state?