Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight

Post by paulmd » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:43 PM UTC

blackflame7000 wrote: post #125

okaram wrote: post #114

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Except that ... Benghazi was an error, no corruption ; the IRS did not target conservative groups, Obamacare did not mandate you change doctors in any way .. Normally I assume it is stupidity rather than malice, but now ...

>>IRS did not target conservative groups Then why did lois lerner plead the 5th?

Post by rsthjrsthrs » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

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Does it matter? Every time without fail when I argue on HN that government involvement in tech is usually negative I get downvoted to oblivion. But then when the same government interferes and is on the "wrong" side of popular geek opinion there is an uproar.

What this case demonstrates is that the fantasy of government-free tech is just that, a fantasy. Governments are going to be increasingly involved in issues that only techies used to care about, and it behooves us to make sure that involvement is as benign as possible.

Post by svieira » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

vikingcaffiene wrote: post #2

IMO there's two ways to read this: either A) this is a baldly transparent attempt to "own the libs" and punish a company that the administration sees as a threat or B) they are too incompetent to understand the technical nuances of the case and are essentially morons. Maybe both? This administration can't be thrown out on their collective asses fast enough...

Post by blackflame7000 » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 10:11 PM UTC

paulmd wrote: post #161

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>>IRS did not target conservative groups Then why did lois lerner plead the 5th?

Because there was absolutely nothing to be gained from testifying. Conservatives were going to go after her regardless of what she said, so why talk at all? It's the ultimate "don't talk to cops", nothing you can say can ever help you and everything you say can hurt you, except Congressional Republicans don't even have to adhere to the very low standards that cops do. They can literally just say whatever, so there is…

Post by magduf » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 10:17 PM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #164

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>He is a fine athlete but golf is not one of his sports. Isn't this orthogonal? Golf has absolutely nothing to do with athleticism.

Wrong. Tiger in particular was seriously into fitness. Tiger Woods on his old workout routine: “Well, I used to get up in the morning, run four miles,” Woods said. “Then I’d go to the gym, do my lift. Then I’d hit balls for two to three hours. I’d go play, come back, work on my short game. I’d go run another four more miles, and then if anyone wanted to play basketball or tennis, I would go play basketball or tennis.…