Last I checked, we already had something for this...

Saw a graph somewhere that showed this drop happens every year in the winter, just happens to be slightly higher this year. Apparently people catch regular colds and flus and don't connect that their congestion make their candles less effective. Could also be the rush of people buying candles for Christmas and people just never knew their sense of smell sucks naturally, or that they just don't like scented candles...

Last I checked, the size of the data stolen doesn't affect the charge or sentence, only the content. The number of songs is certainly significant, but the size is merely a function of format and compression. Did the journalist actually ask for this information? And an editor approved the article with it in?

This seems like a bad direction versus something with a little shorter turn around time like being able to view and delete individual cookies... four years later.

I'm seeing elsewhere in the comments that drivers can't see the tip until after they rate. Pretty sure the bean counters will notice when all the tips change from in-app to cash because the drivers are rating down riders who tip in the app.

Actually, I could see them offering an opt-out tier of service - limited function, limited bandwidth, and far, far more ads.

When I search for those things, I want to know where I can drive in my city and pick it up in 15 minutes, not wait for shipping. Most retailers can't handle that, doesn't matter how much they pay Google to direct me to them or how much data Google puts together.

Can you link us to a news article or court document for a case where a US citizen, posting something on a US based internet service, while located in the US, was extradited and tried in German court?

Because Facebook is run by Americans, who seem to have a better grasp on what is actually hate speech and what isn't?

That's grasping at straws when the real point is Facebook deciding to emulate American ideals, or cow to Germany. No, you don't have any "rights" on Facebook, it's a private entity. The users are free to leave for a service that suits them. Once you restrict too many things from being posted, everyone will leave for that competitor.

How do you incite hate by denying anything? Anyone denying anything should make the listener curious, and do their own research into the subject. If that's not happening, your education system is failing them. In fact, I'd argue it fails everyone. It seems their either fall for the rhetoric and propaganda of the government, or that of the hate groups. Both should be questioned, often. To suggest that it is somehow naturally a crime, without question, is insane, at best.

Your duty? If you want to put that on yourself, that's your choice. Avoiding making the mistakes of generations before you, fine. Assuming guilt for actions committed decades before you were born? That's dipping your toe in the crazy pool...

Your system of censorship is already like the national socialism you had. Instead of requiring everyone to hate Jews, you require everyone to love Jews. How about you stop requiring arbitrary opinions and just let people decide for themselves?

Insulting? Angry? I was under the impression that German students learn English in their schools at a higher level than American students do in American schools. Clearly, you've fallen through the cracks if you got either of those from what he wrote.

Rather, I'm pretty sure his point was that Germany can have their laws, and they can keep them in Germany. If it has to be this way - Facebook out of Germany, Germany out of Facebook. No big loss.

The who? That group that high school kids pretend to belong to for 1-3 years before realizing how stupid it is to try to belong to a **prison gang** while not in prison? Neo-Nazis don't tend to bother killing people already in prison.

LEGO Universe died because it was everything about LEGO except building.

Here it's going to be about building, but no one to play with. Genius.

Hopefully they're serious about that "yet", and multiplayer will be added sooner rather than later. Then it's just a matter of getting the building part right. Interacting with other people will just happen on its own. Of course, I don't see this making the smart move of full open world MMO with no instancing. Without that, it can capture a decent audience for a long time, but it won't have quite the same broad appeal.