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• Oct 14, 2020 @ 05:46pm

  Past Auto Update Expiration

  on Daily Deal: Refurbished Acer Chromebook

  Note that this device is past it's Auto Update Expiration Date (June 2019). See: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en

• Aug 21, 2018 @ 05:24pm

  Children, not boys

  on Before You Talk About How Easy Content Moderation Is, You Should Listen To This

  The line:

  "you couldn't say mean things about white men, but could about black boys"

  should read

  "you couldn't say mean things about white men, but could about black children".

  The linked article talks about children, not boys. You could never say mean things about black boys on Facebook (two protected descriptors), although the identifier of "children" wasn't protected.

  And I think that I recall that in the Radiolab story, it was mentioned that this rule was changed, as it should have been, so that you can no longer say mean things about black children.

• Nov 11, 2017 @ 12:04pm

  I just want to say

  on MPAA Sticks Its Nose Into Australia's Copyright Business: Warns Against Fair Use And Geo-Blocking Relief

  Thanks to Techdirt for reporting on issues in Australia!

• Apr 27, 2017 @ 06:09pm

  Are usage caps really "arbitrary constructs"?

  on Canada Rushes To Defend Net Neutrality As The U.S. Moves To Dismantle It

  I get that connection speeds can be an arbitrary construct, but ISP's (small ones especially) buy their upstream connections by the megabyte (or terabyte or whatever). So the ISP costs are based on usage, making them direct costs. Or am I missing something.

• Dec 29, 2016 @ 05:46pm

  Source and response

  on Oversight Board Spares NYPD's Feelings By Softening Language In Taser Complaint Report

  Who are the quotes from? And was comment sought from the CCRB?

• Nov 17, 2016 @ 04:24am

  Mildly entertaining story

  on In Rare Win, Man Arrested On Bogus Drug Charges Gets Everything Back, Including $150,000 The Government Really Didn't Want To Give Up

  But I don't really see the 'Tech' angle.

• Jul 26, 2016 @ 10:37pm

  Contact for comment

  on Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times

  Hi Tim,
  Has the TSA been contacted for comment on this issue?