it would be “nonsensical to imagine the framers of the amendment, fearful of former Confederates returning to power, would bar them from low-level offices but not the highest one in the land” - commented the lawyer

"The jury, he argued, was essentially allowed to conjure up damning evidence in their minds that may not have existed"

Well yes, that's exactly what the court will do if they find that you've been deleting evidence - they assume that whatever you deleted must have been damning to the case otherwise why would you have told employees to use "delete after 24h" communication channels?

"We don't infringe copyright; The model output is an emergent new thing and not just a recital of its inputs"

"so these questions won't reveal any copyrighted text then?"

(padme stare)

"right?"

https://xkcd.com/2146/

oh no, all of Netherlands' F16s need to be disposed of to make room for the F35s - wherever shall we send them?

Admin access needed to change the clock, which was wrong. Missed a train because of that.

If you click on a news link, even here, you are likely to get:

• We "value" your privacy, please click "sure that sounds great" or spend some minutes in our opt-out game

• Sign up for the news letter or click on "no thanks, I prefer to be ignorant"

• How would you like to pay?

• Sorry this content is unavailable in your region because we won't follow the euro laws.

If click through rates from social media are dropping, it's not just due to the social media.

Nissan apparently collects "Sensitive personal information, including driver's license number, national or state identification number, citizenship status, immigration status, race, national origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual activity, precise geolocation, health diagnosis data, and genetic information."

I guess Subaru don't need telemetry to guess your sexual orientation.

He doesn't want a repeat of this image, huh?

Enough with these miniscule effects

• Fix the gas pipeline leaks in Turkmenistan
• Put more into fighting wildfires
• Actually do something with that satellite map monitoring of pollution
• Require sails and kites on cargo ships
• Help the people of Brazil keep the government that isn't burning the Amazon

Was there actually anything stopping them before, other than some traffic cops with a grenade launcher, and some excavator operators frantically digging up the motorway?