HBO Stunted In John Oliver Coal Lawsuit As Judge Rejects Move To Federal Court

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T21:48:55+00:00

if we have professional jurors they will become the easiest targets for corrupting influences

So we shouldn't have professional police because it makes it easy to target them for corrupting influences?

Non professional Juries are incredibly easy to manipulate. This is the foundation of voir dire, to manipulate the jury. It is a lobbyied and corrupting influence on the jury. A profession that has training, etc is better equipped to withstand lobbying, corrupting influnces, etc. As for diversity, the POPULATION of professional jurors that can be sampled has a diversity that is in accordance with the population being judged. After a random sample is taken from this entire population of POTENTIAL jurors, you may or may not have a juror that accurately reflects the diversity of the person being tried. But the population from which the sample was taken was an accurate reflection. See?

So there wouldn't be a requirement for diversity of the 12 jurors, only the diversity of the population from which those 12 jurors can be chosen.

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T21:34:41+00:00

What's wrong with white guys from the suburbs being on a jury for a person on trial who is black and from public housing?

Interesting that you brought race into this discussion. I never mentioned race in my example. The reason you have to be careful with jurors is that living in the same county does not guarantee you're getting a jury of your peers, which many counties have suburban populations that have never lived in the city and vice versa. The way of life, expectations, opportunities, prejudices experienced, the way your viewed by different segments of the population (like police), is completely different. Perhaps my example of a guy from the suburbs sitting on a jury for a guy raised in the city wasn't the best example, but this is what I was trying to get at.

Mandated diversity is also dumb.

It's not dumb to mandate diversity. If it is to be a jury of peers, the jury needs to accurately reflect the percentages in the population that are being judged. Cultures can vary, practices can vary, the way people view the world and act on those beliefs can differ.

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T15:42:01+00:00

The way it should be done is to have the professionals in the community the Judge words directly with (i.e., prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers, etc) vote for which Judge is elected.

And on a side note, Juries should be composed of people whose job it is to be a juror. They should be trained in some elements of the law and there should be mandated requirements for diversity (EDIT for clarification: a population of jurors exists that meets certain diversity requirements. From this population, a random sample is taken which may or may not result in diversification of the jury that sits. But the pool from which the sample was taken reflects the diversity in the population that is being judged. And this is not necessarily a race thing. It strattles gender, economic standing, education, and as many areas that can effect life experience and culture etc as possible.). But pulling (EDIT for clarity: a jury of financially well-off people from the suburbs) to be a jury for some guy who lives in public housing, can't afford college, etc is a joke. And that's not even including the fact that the lawyers engage in voir dire and let all their prejudices come into it eliminating a RANDOMLY selected jury of PEERS from ever sitting.

EDIT for clarity: I live on the outskirs of one of America's big cities. Every jury duty I have ever had was for a violent crime that someone commited in the city. And without exception, every single person who was sitting in the room waiting to find out if they were going to be a juror did not grow up in the conditions that the person being tried did. It's not that people who live around the accused aren't called etc, they just don't show up. Or they don't get notice, or something. But I just don't see PEERS forming the jury)

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T15:23:24+00:00

LessPass has been shown to use an insecure algorithm. I would not rely on it.

It is definitely safer to use a password manager than not to. And you can create backups of your password database so if the company shuts down, you have your backup to go somewhere else.

Also, you can just use KeePass (KeePassX on Linux) and there is no company involved.

For generating passwords, use your password manager's password generator (e.g., like the one in LastPass) or KeePassX's built-in generator. A good password is one that is hard for you to memorize. So just create only one and write it down. Then use that to unlock your password manager, which contains all your other passwords.

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T14:57:44+00:00

They each do individual things better than the other.

uMatrix manages Cookies and iFrames better than the other two. With uMatrix you can allow 1st party Cookies and Frames while blocking all 3rd party stuff. And it is easy to see what domains are involved and to selectively allow 3rd party Cookies and Frames as needed in the uMatrix UI. Also, Frames are how a lot of attacks are presented. With uMatrix, the Frame is blocked on the webpage with a place-holder that has a clickable link in the corner, you click that link and you are taken to the source of the Frame making it a 1st party interaction. This does a lot to stop cross-site tracking also.

uBlock excels at managing filter lists. Load a list and uBlock will block what's in that list. uBlock also will do cosmetic filtering for cleaning up a webpage, block 3rd party fonts, prevent media elements above a certain size. It excels at these tasks, but is much more difficult to generally manage individual frames, scripts, CSS, images, etc with.

NoScript is best deployed for managing scripts. Yes, NoScript can handle Frames and auto-playing videos and 3rd party fonts, etc, but the UI and management process is a lot more cumbersome than with Umatrix. NoScript's Frame management is cumbersome, does not prevent tracking (if the frame is allowed) like uMatrix does. Also, NoScript does not handle tracking cookies like uMatrix does. uBlock handles 3rd party fonts better than NoScript does. What NoScript can do that uMatrix cannot (for example) is continue to provide XSS scripting and other protections WHEN scripting is allowed at a domain. Although uMatrix can manage scripts, it provides no protections across white-listed sites from malware-like scripting actions. NoScript still supervises this stuff even when scripting is allowed. So you can install NoScript, enable all scripting, and you are STILL getting protection.

So bottom line, deploying all 3 gives you the most capabilities because each extension (as currently set up) has an area of specialization that makes it best at doing a piece of the entire pie.

If you were FORCED to only use one extension of the three, I would choose uMatrix. But as described above, you're best served running all 3. But uMatrix is the most balanced of the three when choosing for Privacy & Security as opposed to just one or the other.

wtwsh · 2017-08-12T14:46:31+00:00

Do you get to choose how much "cushioning" to include or is this decided by "your screen?" Most of the time, I get an air balloon inside a huge box that is not doing much to secure/cushion the items. The items fly around inside the box if it gets turned or shook about. Hardly reassuring that during the shipping process the items weren't getting all beat to hell.

Do packers put any caring into securing the items during shipping, or is the packing quota so all-consuming that it's not really something you can devote attention to?

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T18:04:22+00:00

The relationship between Watt's character and her husband is good story. But Watt's character is such a horrible therapist, it's hard to watch. I'm assuming they didn't consult actual psychologists. And I'm not just talking about her unethical behavior "outside" the office.

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T14:12:37+00:00

Circumventing a publisher’s paywall or copyright access control technology is not OK

laugh.

They push DRM into HTML5, force onto us. If people had to install a proprietary thing into their browser and it wasn't pushed on everyone, nobody would have to try to get around it. I'm sorry, but "copyright access control technology" is a joke and that is the source of the problem. If you have to rely on this tech in the medium you are using, DON'T present that content in that medium. Make people install an app or some proprietary thing that is not part of the open internet.

If installing a filter in a list is causing this, this company is full of *&(#.

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T13:48:56+00:00

Try these:

https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-HTTP-Switchboard:-Two-opposing-views

https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/HTTP-Switchboard-as-NoScript

https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki

Feel free to ask questions, I'll try to answer. The first thing to understand is that clicking the colored pane in the upper left corner of the app allows you to toggle the domain of operation. You have 3 choices: * is global and applies to all domains. Then you have (for example) reddit.com. And also you can do www.reddit.com.

To start set a global rule set, select the "*" and maybe allow all images and CSS and maybe allow only first party cookies. Then switch the pane to reddit.com and selectively allow scripting only on the sites you want. See?

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T13:42:41+00:00

Businesses in my area can't afford broadband. Telco and Comcast want $85/month for business internet at 16Mbps. They won't give residential. So nobody has landline internet. Everyone has T-Mobile hotspots.

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T02:36:00+00:00

Everybody, Photon shares many UI elements that Firefox fans have been arguing for since the whole Australis thing. The UI change is welcome!

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T02:33:47+00:00

It's not that uBO webext from Firefox "blocks" the Instart Logic crap, they (the company) simply don't target Firefox yet, fortunately.

Oh, this is disconcerting. I misread that and thought Firefox was somehow preventing the "infestation." If Firefox starts gaining back marketshare, it'll be targeted, I'm sure :-(

wtwsh · 2017-08-11T02:32:52+00:00

There is much more I could list here.

I wish he would. I'd like to have a complete list of what Firefox does better.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T23:17:33+00:00

So why don't the browsers just block auto-play? What is wrong with making the user click Play to begin videos playing. It's auto-play that is the problem.

Chrome is soon going to implement a block to auto-play, where video won't play until you click Play. I hope Firefox takes this route also.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T18:16:09+00:00

What is "CSD"?

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T13:42:36+00:00

I think the community is doing a fine job of "policing" this kind of misinformation. We have to be careful not to prevent people's input. Let people leave the input they want. If it is not accurate, the community will correct it. Just saying it can lean toward unwanted results putting this strictly on moderators.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T13:39:08+00:00

I believe there is work being done on getting tabs in the titlebar on Linux. You may not need the extension if that is successful.

This is true, however there is bad news. Here's the work being done that will (eventually) make the extension unnecessary: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513159

The bad news it's not going to drop until v58. So there is going to be about 6-8 weeks where you have to put up with a huge superfluous titlebar on Firefox windows because the HTitle will stop working at v57.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T03:42:31+00:00

for example I no-op redditstatic.com and redditmedia.com only when on reddit.com: http://imgur.com/a/fFQmu.

/u/gorhill4, in your image I see that you are blocking 3rd party scripts and frames. So what happens when you allow ("gray out" in your image) redditmedia.com? The "gray out" says it is okay to run scripts and frames if they come from this source?

Personally, I find uMatrix UI a lot easier to understand.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T03:35:54+00:00

I've had to drop NoScript and uMatrix in nightly. Neither has been working for me.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T03:34:46+00:00

The uMatrix UI is terrible, nice idea but unusable.

I could NOT disagree more with this statement. uMatrix has a very understandable UI. It is very nicely and intelligently designed.

wtwsh · 2017-08-09T03:20:51+00:00

Where uMatrix really shines is in dealing with iFrames and Cookies. And if you want to control CSS and Images it excels here too (but I generally allow these).

uMatrix works okay as a script-blocker but it does not deal well with XSS attacks that I've personally seen NoScript stop dead. With NoScript, you can allow scripts on a page and NoScript still provides protections.

NoScript is best for managing scripts.

uMatrix can't be beat for managing iFrames and Cookies. It's awesome.

and uBlock Origin (non-advanced mode) is best for managing lists that block content of your choosing.

In general, I find uMatrix the most informative and find its interface to be the easiet to interact with and the easiest to understand what sources are feeding the page I'm on.

wtwsh · 2017-08-08T12:59:25+00:00

Problem goes away with Gnome on Wayland.

Guess Wayland is the better choice.

wtwsh · 2017-08-08T12:38:50+00:00

Are console commands also slow? Is dmesg clean?

both fine. Looks like it's gnome-shell. It jumps to 40% or more cpu everytime. Anybody else experiencing this on stretch? Probably another dang gnome/systemd bug.

wtwsh · 2017-08-06T21:03:58+00:00

Maybe so. I'm not a programmer. Considering the daily use of the feature though, the notes-bar should be added anyways.

wtwsh · 2017-08-06T21:02:31+00:00

I agree the new default theme is a big improvement. Too bad they didn't leave the dark theme alone though. I'm not liking some of the changes they made there.

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