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yahna··on An Open Letter from Jeff Bezos on the Subject of Patents (2000)
Might have soemthing to do with people like Bezos doing little more than talking a bit about patent reform to calm the rage.

He could have said "you're right, this is ridiculous" and just given up the patent 20 years ago.

yahna··on An Open Letter from Jeff Bezos on the Subject of Patents (2000)
Or just make it so that things like 1 click checkout can't be patented.

It's not worthy of protection to the person who got there first. It's just not, it's ridiculous.

yahna··on Living on Mars: The Stuff You Never Thought About
Well he was taking crushed up vicodin and acting pretty odd during that movie.
yahna··on Living on Mars: The Stuff You Never Thought About
The mars day isn't all that much longer than the earth one.
yahna··on Read Apple CEO Tim Cook's Email to Employees About Charlottesville
It's an excuse to get over the rights guilt about the ideas they helped foster. If they convince themselves the left is as bad then they can't really be that wrong.
yahna··on A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M
I wonder how much he spends on PR and other upkeep.
yahna··on Why We Terminated Daily Stormer
> This country isn't getting fixed without empathy, understanding, and compromise on a national scale

They are nazis. We do not compromise with nazis. The only understanding necessary is that they are nazis.

yahna··on Why We Terminated Daily Stormer
> They then defamed a private organization by claiming they too supported that vile sentiment.

This for me is the only real defense for taking them down.

yahna··on Why We Terminated Daily Stormer
> When the internet is no longer privatized and is guaranteed as a public service by law, then this argument will have a leg to stand on.

Fine, lets talk about that then.

yahna··on Why We Terminated Daily Stormer
Gee, I hope my site doesn't happen to anger him in some way.
yahna··on Netflix Plans to Spend $7B on Content in 2018
If you want to go that route then Google, Facebook, and Amazon aren't tech companies either.
yahna··on Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
Root cause is the same bad policies.
yahna··on Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
People have been complaining more and more lately about Amazon's problems with counterfeiting.
yahna··on Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
> Probably gonna run to Lowes

If you can find them still.

yahna··on Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
> he was foolish to have listed them when buying in such quantity and it's not surprising that Amazon would suspend him for trying to sell them.

The fuck are you talking about? They operate a business which specifically allows people to sell stuff. Why would he expect to have his account suspended.

Have you been paying attention to these problems? They fucked up by binning counterfeits with real glasses, and now people like this guy got caught up.

It's pretty indefensible when you consider how long they have had a counterfeiting problem they haven't dealt with.

This should end up with them getting sued, honestly. It's ridiculous.

yahna··on Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
> "After the eclipse these glasses are worthless," says Wright, who invested about $4,000 in cardboard eyewear that resembles 3-D movie glasses. "I’ll just throw them in the trash."

Yeah, and you knew that when you bought them.

This guy got screwed, but this was a risk he should have realized (not being able to clear inventory)

If he flew out here did he bring any with him? I'll give 10 dollars a pair today.

yahna··on Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
This idea is just more narrow minded America-centric thinking.
yahna··on Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
Anyone on board with the whole "The tech companies are too big" thing yet?

no?

okay I'll keep popping up every once in a while to ask.

yahna··on Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
> That simply not true, it's the slippery-slope fallacy. Observe: "When you let them take away any weapons, they'll take away all the weapons. Therefore, it should be my right to own nuclear weapons".

It's not a slippery slope fallacy. It's the typical American view on free speech.

VS say Canada where Nazi's aren't protected in spreading their hate.

yahna··on Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
The washington post and new york times don't have a monopoly.

I'd also be fine if they dropped them from search. I'm not fine with them abusing their status as a domain registrar.

yahna··on Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
> Is there some contract with ICAAN which specifies this as a duty owed?

There should be.

ICAAN should stop allowing Google to do any registrations. This is ridiculous.

yahna··on It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar
> Use an acoustic, you don't want to have to carry an amp around with you.

If you want to play an electric guitar get an electric guitar. Get a small amp that you can carry around.

yahna··on It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar
Setting the truss rod to ensure a properly straight neck, setting the action, cleaning, setting the intonation, setting up the tremolo system if the guitar has one

You grab a guitar off the shelf and you can find it has buzzes, or the action is a bit high, or it sounds right open and with chords near the nut but sounds off as you move up the neck.

yahna··on It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar
The higher end squiers are very solid.

Used mexi strat is a pretty great option too.

yahna··on It's Never Too Late to Learn Guitar
> The best guitarists practice for hours every day

This is why I suck at guitar after 15 years (although I stopped for several). I just don't stick with it enough.

yahna··on Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
https://www.scientificsonline.com/shop/solar-eclipse?Page=1

Just bought 2. 30 dollars (5 each, 20 dollars for fast shipping). Might not even need them as we have welding helmets, but I don't want to screw around concerning my eyes. Accidently got myself with a camera flash once, that was more than enough.

yahna··on Almost All of FCC’s New Advisory Panel Works for Telecoms
Excuses for anti-consumer policies.
yahna··on Ad blocking is under attack
Time to move the ad blocker hosting to a country that doesn't have backwards ass laws and then hit back as hard as possible.
yahna··on I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon
Time to start mailing s-team members instead
yahna··on I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon
I would reply to Jeff again with the particularly unhelpful email.
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