ProfessorPeregrine

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On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

The right to arm bears...

Lauren Boebert denies allegations that she punched ex-husband in restaurant in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 9 points 6 months ago

It's not scare quotes. Just indicating a verbatim quote from her ex.

Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago

His name will be on the ballot, but if scotus finds that he's ineligible he can't win the nomination here, so vote for him would be wasted. Well, it's wasted no matter what but you know what I mean.

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Discussion Post #3 in c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 7 points 8 months ago

You can resist your dark urge too. That has a fun ending too.

I've felt intense love and heartbreak before and I don't think I could ever handle it again. Am I wrong for thinking that it doesn't get any better? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

After you've had the Ultimate Love Affair that has broken you, leaves you certain love has been poisoned in your system, then, and only then, can you be saved and uplifted by the Post-Ultimate Love Affair. - Harlan Ellison http://www.baen.com/Chapters/ERBAEN0072/ERBAEN0072.htm

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Ad firm plans to use people’s data in a maneuver to sink data privacy bill (www.politico.com)
 

Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

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Judge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’ (www.cnn.com)
 

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial.

The former president has a right to free speech, but that right is “not absolute,” Chutkan said. “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. In a criminal case such as this one, the defendant’s free speech is subject to the rules.”

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[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

Next week on Star Trek...

Comcast, Centurylink Fail To Derail Community-Owned Gigabit Fiber Network In Bountiful, Utah in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago

Shrug maybe they could. They have yet to prove it in the real world in the US, as you mentioned.

I like that my ISP has no profit motive and is driven solely by customer/taxpayer satisfaction.

I wouldn't like it if it became a political football, but so far so good. I think its safe for now because it is the same network used by the fire and police departments. Comcast really tried to kill it off.

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[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I love it! It kind of sells the "we're in the middle of a war and have to slap a bunch of stuff together just to field some more ships for defense" vibe. Even if really it was just a kit bashed computer model.

Comcast, Centurylink Fail To Derail Community-Owned Gigabit Fiber Network In Bountiful, Utah in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 32 points 11 months ago (4 children)

We taxpayers built a municipal fiber to house broadband in Longmont Colorado. Stable service, one of the fastest in the nation and inexpensive.

I love it when a telecom asks me to"upgrade" to their service. It messes up their script when I ask them if they can beat 1 gig up and down for $45.

This is the way competition should work. Some things private companies do better, other things the government can do better. Let them hash it out in the market without loading the dice.