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Comment What a load of crap (Score 5, Insightful) 150

"could appear to violate our obligation to conduct our analysis in a technologically neutral manner."

What you are doing is exactly violating that. You set the goals based on where you want to be, not what you think the technology can do. That is what "technologically neutral" means. You are taking into account the technology when setting goals, which means you are not neutral at all. But what else would I expect from this band of asshats?

Comment Re:Bamned by AI for no reason (Score 1) 57

USAF Vet here.
I am not an enemy of the US, far from it.
I just had my account there permanently, and unfairly, suspended by some algorithm for "inauthentic behavior. " Attempts to appeal are instantly denied.
In the 15 years that I have had that account, I have never once done anything that they classify as "inauthentic behavior. "

Comment X sucks worse than old Twitter (Score 1) 57

At least old twitter basically worked.
I just had my account there permanently, and unfairly, suspended by some algorithm for "inauthentic behavior. " Attempts to appeal are instantly denied.
In the 15 years that I have had that account, I have never once done anything that they classify as "inauthentic behavior. "
I have found that I am not alone. Thousands of users are making similar complaints.

Comment Re:Makes no sense (Score 1) 177

This is absurd on so many levels.

To start with, it's not like the lawsuit has anything to do with what state they're based in. The California AG happens to be leading it, but it's a coalition of 12 states. It's not as if they could escape the suit by moving to another state. This is purely a pressure tactic, nothing more.

I believe they can. States can only sue companies that operate in their state. If Paramount moves to a state that isn't in that coalition, the other 12 will have a difficult time collecting.

Actually moving would be incredibly expensive. Build entirely new studios. Relocate all their employees. Lose a whole lot of employees who don't want to relocate.

And exactly who's going to employ all those who refuse to move? California unemployment isn't exactly stellar these days.

And anywhere else they moved to would be a worse place. They're located in Los Angeles because that's the heart of the film industry. That's where the workers are. That's where all the other companies that support the industry are. Trying to operate in Georgia or Tennessee would be much harder for them.

Your information is...dated. There are thriving film industries in Georgia, for example. It got so good California got scared of it. Granted, things have scaled back a bit in recent years, but that's tracking the overall decline of the film industry. LA is even worse.

Even if they somehow decided it made sense to move, that's not a decision you make quickly or lightly. It would take long and careful planning to choose a new location and prepare for the move. But here he is, saying they're going to start moving in less than two months, and he hasn't even decided what state to move to. Is anyone really supposed to take this seriously?

Please, don't take it seriously. Then, when it happens, it'll be far more shocking.

If in spite of everything he really tries to go through with this, expect a shareholder lawsuit and calls for the board to fire him. But he'd have to be crazy to really do it.

Shareholders have this odd habit of wanting their CEO to do things that increase the profitability of the company. Given how many businesses are fleeing the anti-business climate of California for Florida, Texas, and other business-friendly states -- and thriving in those new states -- they might just give him a raise.

Comment Re: drop in the bucket (Score 1, Insightful) 177

Why do you people have so many weird fantasies about California? Obsessed much? It's fucking weird, dude.

No state has ever gone bankrupt. California's economy is the fourth largest in the world.

Take your meds. Reconnect with reality.

And yet, with all that economy, they still can't make budget

One could be forgiven for saying they can't afford to lose a single dollar of potential tax revenue.

Comment And yet, everybody is okay with the Bidens? (Score 0) 210

Because doesn't everybody have 22 LLCs that do nothing but transfer between one another in a plainly obvious money laundering operation?

Hunter Biden was paid approximately $83,333 a month (roughly $1 million a year) while serving on the board of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings starting in 2014. This in spite of the fact that Hunter did not speak the language, knew nothing about the business, and did not do any work.

And now all that money has mysteriously vanished, and Hunter cannot pay child support.

Joe Biden is on video openly bragging about how he used his clout as vice president to extort Ukraine. Any chance that Biden and Obama had anything to do the present Ukraine situation? Like putting Zelensky in charge?

What about Hillary selling US Uranium $140 million? I guess that is no problem, because it's okay when we do it.

Comment Our gov officials have been doing this for ages (Score 1) 210

Ever notice how people with no great finance background, get elected to congress, and all of the sudden they're making four million a year on their investments? And if it's not congress, it's some other government office - elected or not.
They also tend to get ridiculous book deals, or Netflix deals.

Go ahead and get angry at Trump. But please recognize this is bipartisan, and has been going on for ages - and not in any small way.

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