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Comment Re: Changing the subject? (Score 3, Informative) 105

https://www.tampabay.com/news/...

That day, according to the Miami Herald, reporters contacted the department to ask about the "EventDate" field of data, which showed when people first reported coronavirus symptoms or positive test results. Some people had listed dates as early as January 1, indicating people reported symptomatic or tested positive much earlier than when cases were confirmed in March. It is unclear when the state learned about those cases, or when the people were tested.

Sometime that day, the column vanished from the "Person Cases" data, which lists anonymized records for every confirmed case in Florida. The Palm Beach Post reported the disappearance the next day, May 5.

The Tampa Bay Times automatically checks for changes in the data and archives new updates. Shortly before 10:12 a.m on May 4., data still included the EventDate field, showing records with listed dates that people reported symptoms as early as January 1. By 3:02 p.m., the column was gone.

Comment HotAir was started by Michelle Malkin (Score 1) 105

But the beauty of that article is that it has a link to

https://cbs12.com/news/local/o...

That article states clearly:

-- The Tampa Bay Times ultimately obtained emails relating to Jonesâ(TM) employment with DOH, which proved that shortly before leaving her job Jones was asked to take down a column on the dashboard relating to the âoeEventDateâ of COVID cases.

-- The âoeEventDateâ field of the dashboard displayed the dates of when people first reported potential symptoms of coronavirus and made headlines statewide after showing that some Floridians demonstrated symptoms as early as January 2020.

-- Emails obtained by the Tampa Bay Times show DOH staff instructed Jones to remove the âoeEventDateâ data from the dashboard, which she protested. Eventually, she was asked to re-add the data.

Comment Re:Not a bug (Score 1) 159

While I'l have sympathy for the people being incarcerated beyond their sentences, the system is working as it was designed and is not experiencing a bug. It's just that the specifications changed and the program has not yet been updated to reflect those changes.

No offense, but that's the definition of a bug.

It DOESN'T have have to be that the code doesn't match the spec...the spec can (and will) change.

I might point out that while the tax law specs can change.... you *STILL* expect your entire tax refund. (Or maybe you don't...but I do)

Comment Re:Who would have guessed? (Score 1) 138

-- And FYI, if you read the article, he actually loves the amount of information the displays give him. He just doesn't like how he has nowhere to brace his hand when it's bumpy (e.g., buttons in the middle of the screen, can't brace the hand against the edge of the screen). Bracing significantly increases touching accuracy.

Most pilots love glass displays - particularly over the 6 steam gauges. (In the civilian world, it's common to have both, glass and steam gauges as the fallback)

But glass displays do not require touch screens. Touch screens are in an input device.

Comment Re:Unelected technocrats vs. voters (Score 1) 530

I would hope that the correct response would be taken. Choose to not do business in Poland.

I would say its not even a choice anymore.

Businesses should already have a concern that they can be sued for what a user might put up on their platform. There's already a focus in the US to REMOVE that protection.

Now Poland comes along and says that the company CAN'T remove the user, can't change the message...and I haven't seen anywhere that the liability would go back to the user.

It's nothing but lawsuits waiting to happen.

Best solution for Twitter would be to official say "You CAN NOT use our platform from Poland."

Comment Re: Who to blame for Section 230? (Score 3, Interesting) 259

This. Freedom of ideas is a pillar of American exceptionalism. The best ideas win.

Agreed.

Blocking ideas or speakers is tantamount to burning books you disagree with so no one else can read them, a pillar of fascism, the eventuality of the leftÃ(TM)s march.

Hold.

America is also about freedom. I'm *ALLOWED* to burn the books I disagree with. I'm *ALLOWED* to call those books lies, idiotic and fake.

Furthermore...bad ideas AREN'T allowed to be taught. Our schools don't teach the moon landing are fake, that the earth is flat or the existence of Phlogiston.

And attempting to *FORCE* me to spend money to advertise your theories on how Phlogiston and flat earth are true is completely unAmerican.

Comment I have to agree (Score 2) 65

I've done the Cygwin thing ... mostly works but the drives get tricky.

I've done the git bash thing - which makes it PRETTY good. Especially for sshing into full Linux boxes.

But on my personal machine....(I've run pure Linux box before)....if you HAVE to run windows....then I fire up a VM (VirtualBox or one of the others)...share a drive and then I can do my real work in Linux.

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