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Why would you think this stuff wasn't in writing? Do you think the investigation OAI did into the board's actions was just relayed orally?[1] That the board's discussions where all…

Yes, it really went that deep. But only if you pinky swore to only use that data to improve your app and then delete it! Facebook changed their API in 2014 and removed that ability…

Not really. The EPA has done this for decades, specifically for Superfund sites. When you can, it's more efficient to have bad actors pay for their bad acts rather than burdening a…

I was joking about Alsup allowing Uber's pretrial malfeasance to be disclosed to the jury. But the quotes in this Ars Technica article[0] make me wonder. "My normal inclination is,…

Only in @kateconger's replies[0], but it appears Alsup is still deciding whether he'll allow the Jacobs letter to be admitted as evidence for the jury. Excluding a letter alleging …

Oh, now we know how the USA got it: https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/935912822478794752 . Uber "voluntarily disclosed the Jacobs letter" because Jacobs threatened to involunta…

I didn't say the tweet I referenced was one she was mistaken about. I said it had an interesting tidbit that I had not otherwise seen reported. For ones she got wrong, see https://…

Unfortunately, @CSaid mistakenly used Waymo instead of Uber in a few places, but she did have an interesting tidbit I haven't seen in any of the subsequent articles[0]: the former …

Judge Alsup got the letter because the US Attorney's office passed it along to him. I haven't seen anything about how the US Attorney obtained it, but presumably criminal prosecuti…

Uber supporters often seem to think that the only alternative to an easy to use ride hailing app is driving drunk and killing someone. It would take some careful research to correl…

Even worse: he interrupted her talking about research results and started with "Actually, what it shows..."

You are shielding The Intercept from criticism. The Intercept has not countered the DOJ testimony or any of the other reporting on this. The FBI has sworn that these things happene…

She didn't communicate with any reporters over Gmail. She e-mailed The Intercept asking for a podcast transcript months ago and again to confirm her account. In fact, she had no el…

Why do they need parallel construction when The Intercept narrowed it to a single person (printed and lives in Augusta, GA)? I'm going to restrict my conversation on this topic to …

How does the FBI know it was printed? Because the Intercept told them. It could have been screenshots from a phone. It could have been downloaded from some hack. The number of peop…

They did not. They told a government contractor that the document had been printed and mailed from Augusta, GA, who then reported it to the government. That's what got her, microdo…

> There's no evidence that it was The Intercept's actions that caused her to be found. There's plenty of evidence The Intercept's actions caused her to be found. It's documented in…

We're talking about the FBI, not the NSA, and court documents. > Meanwhile the alleged leaker allegedly used her work computer to contact The Intercept. This really should be ignor…

> the NSA simply looked up everyone who had accessed the document and inspected their workstations for clues. The FBI doesn't mention the watermark in their affidavits, but they do…

Important businesses are the ones that need restrictions the most. "Too big to fail" doesn't work, for society or consumers.

Because it violated their agreement with Apple and accessed private APIs, infringed on user privacy, and they geofenced the behavior to try to sneak it past app review. It's anothe…

> I'd be surprised if an insurance company would determine fault without a police report. You haven't had to deal with an insurance company. I've dealt with at least five claims pe…

You usually don't have to report accidents. See my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13241292

> You're technically required to report accidents to the police when they happen, are you not? No, you are not. Unless there is an injury or death, you just exchange information an…