gorby91
Re:Most Influential Papers in Computer Science History
on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:51PM (#42800545)
Is there a particular paper to point to?
Re:Fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and its not clear YouTub...
on Friday December 27, 2024 @09:09AM (#42522149)
For larger and more litigious companies like Nintendo one would think YouTube wouldn't continue to accept takedown requests from random unverified users
Re:Fire Risk Assessment of Battery Home Storage Compared to General Ho...
on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:45AM (#42376331)
I feel like tariffs may make the problem worse as the cheaper the battery, the smaller the tariff hit, and so people may be incentivised to go even further down the quality ladder
Re:Film studios lose bid to unmask Reddit users who wrote comments on ...
on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:21AM (#35788935)
Australia recently took a massive step backwards in this field, passing laws to allow courts to compel platforms to identify users who made allegedly defamatory posts. This was done under the dubious auspices of "preventing cyber bullying".
Australian defamation law is already extremely plaintiff friendly and has a significant chilling effect on free speech here, especially as against the rich and powerful who can afford to threaten lawsuits against anybody who wrongs them
Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related C...
on Monday April 10, 2023 @09:52PM (#35519724)
To continue to overextend the analogy though, that's asking people to use Edge over Chrome or Firefox is like trying to market the Smart Car. Few people want to be seen driving it, fuel efficiency be damned.
Re:Australia Is Quitting Coal in Record Time Thanks to Tesla
on Monday April 10, 2023 @06:11AM (#35510740)
Money being collected and then paid back is not required for the government to be subsidising something. It is sufficient that's the revenue collection be foregone.
Re:Kramatorsk Radiological Accident
on Sunday April 02, 2023 @06:48PM (#35416109)
Would they not have been effectively blocked by the concrete wall the capsule was embedded in?