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    Verizon warns FiOS user over “excessive” use of unlimited data

    What an echo chamber this place is... I am betting 99.99% of users will never hit 7TB. Everyone knows consumer class connections are shared and you shouldn't expect to be able to get 100% utilization at all times. Then this guy who actually, you know, does the math gets downvoted for doing...
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    How the DMCA made YouTube

    Thanks for a well written and informative article on a topic where it is rare to find a balanced take on the subject.
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    Blind users with service animals: Uber refuses to serve us

    I like how you are using a law designed to ensure people could function in society to prevent people from functioning in society. From the Allergy and Asthma Foundation: If a service dog can go anywhere (restaurant, office, cab) what job is safe for a person with severe dander allergies...
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    From The Wirecutter: The best consumer-grade SSD (for most people)

    You have been downvoted to oblivion, but I too have had major issues with Crucial MX SSDs. In fact moving data from one of them to a 7.2k sata drive improved read speed significantly. I am not sure if it was firmware or read degradation as I didn't really investigate past moving the data, but...
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    Blind users with service animals: Uber refuses to serve us

    You do realize this wasn't always a law, and doesn't have to be in the future. Just because it is a law doesn't mean we cannot discuss the merits of the law and it's exclusions. As someone with severe, life-threatening, allergies, I have a different perspective on this situation. First, I...
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    Blind users with service animals: Uber refuses to serve us

    I am pretty sure it is a shorter list to say what HASN'T been applied using the Interstate Commerce clause.
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    Tech vs. terror: Drones and data fight a new battle against poachers

    A few days ago the comments were about how poor African's should get net neutrality and facebook is evil for not doing such. I wonder how your unconstitutional suggestion gets treated today?
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    Twitter direct messages: Now easier to send to strangers, but not a free-for-all

    Or you could call it email. Twitter was half RSS and half email+whitelist. Now it's just half RSS and half email.
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    It wasn’t easy, but Netflix will soon use HTTPS to secure video streams

    Those are two of the best arguments for HTTPS everywhere. Nice comment.
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    Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

    Here is a novel idea: Start your own philanthropic organization and do the things you speak. How many poor kids have you fed today? Provided "selected web access" to any poor people lately?
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    Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

    And an inch to the right under projects they state that it is selected apps: They have a clear business interest, but it doesn't seem as hidden as you claim.
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    Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

    Do you know how many average people don't understand the difference between a computer, a browser, a website, or facebook? Using the term "internet" colloquially is not as dire as you are making it out to be. Conflating important NN issues with this very technical definition of a common term...
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    Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

    This doesn't violate NN as NN is not about the raw speed, but about the ability to access a site. I pay for 6MB internet and soon it won't support some services (barely does now). But them offering it, me buying it, and the service not being able to support video streaming isn't against NN...
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    Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to net neutrality

    ITT: A bunch of people wearing Tom's shoes complaining about Facebook's internet.org.
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    Gender balance in small groups makes a big difference for women in STEM

    This. If you believe this study, then we must have a huge hill to climb to get minorities such as blacks and latinos into STEM. Hell, women at least have half the population, but blacks start with only 15% (then divide by 2 for male/female and they have 7.5%). Not to mention just as many, if...
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    ICANN irked by prices ranging from $249 to $25K for .sucks domains

    I don't understand. Are you saying that this registrar will let you block sales of the .sucks domain or are you saying there is a technical way to block a separate TLD if you own the same domain name? So whitehouse.gov can take technical steps to block whitehouse.com? The former isn't likely...
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    ICANN irked by prices ranging from $249 to $25K for .sucks domains

    Really, what did they expect? This TLD thing is going to become a mess.
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    Cop charged with murder after video shows him shooting fleeing suspect

    At least they admit he made mistakes. And only 19 people have contributed. Cops have a hard job. They must apprehend people using force but with restraint. I couldn't do it. I'd shoot someone way too quick. Hell, look at my comments from yesterday... being a jerk because I was in a bad...
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    Police chief: “Paying the Bitcoin ransom was the last resort”

    Nope not a shot a cloud services, but just at this ""it's so easy a caveman can do it" because I was able to delete a mail profile and rebuild the OST file from the server". It wasn't even a backup. TRUST ME. Office 365 didn't get hit by cryptolocker, the local computer did. So the guy...