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by gorner 2y ago
Or the Manilla-based Thinking Machines Data Science, which also seems to be focused on the AI space: https://thinkingmachin.es
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by gorner 4y ago
It would be safer to do something where the sign-in occurs on the library's website as opposed to Kanopy's. But you should be able to verify on the applicable library website that they have a legitimate partnership with Kanopy and
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by gorner 5y ago
Police are claiming they are, but have provided very limited evidence this is actually happening. https://twitter.com/neilcybart/status/1472634032827645962
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by gorner 5y ago
Putting aside the fact that headlines are usually chosen by editors, not writers – this is where it comes up in the article itself: > When the stock market was sky-high in January [...] Palihapitiya was tweeting, “Tell me what to buy tom
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by gorner 11y ago
Time Warner Inc. (the company discussed in OP's article that owns HBO, CNN etc.) has been a separate company from Time Warner Cable since 2009. TWC is the one that Comcast tried to buy (and is now trying to merge with Charter).
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by gorner 11y ago
The deal has been announced but it hasn't actually been completed yet. Though obviously the layoffs are part of the process before the sale is final. News reports very frequently treat deals that have been announced as complete long be
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by gorner 11y ago
Some of the nuance has been lost in the media coverage. The National Geographic Society will still exist as a non-profit, but it is selling control of its media assets to Fox (and presumably would use the proceeds to fund its remaining char
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by gorner 11y ago
Per the USPTO trademark database (on mobile so can't readily link), FiftyThree has a trademark on "Pencil by FiftyThree", not on "Pencil". Moreover the trademark they do have specifically disclaims exclusive rights
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by gorner 12y ago
U.S. cable/satellite-only channels like Fox News do not have FCC licenses. There may be a few general regulations they have to abide by – things like closed captioning – but they do not have to answer directly to the FCC (unlike local
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by gorner 12y ago
I figured it might have been the Toronto-based Polar (né Polar Mobile, now focused on Web native ad platforms): http://polar.me/ Too many Polars out there right now.
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by gorner 12y ago
Yeah, they really should have just looked at rebranding. A few Instagram-related services (e.g. Webstagram, Statigram) had to do so recently, IIRC, and I don't think they're significantly worse off. Thing is, even if Twitter tacit
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by gorner 12y ago
Time Warner Cable was spun off from Time Warner in 2009. What happens with one does not affect the other in any way.
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by gorner 12y ago
It's worth remembering that Time Warner is much smaller than it used to be – it has sold off or spun off AOL, Warner Music, Warner Books, TWC, and even Time Inc. in the past few yesrs. Even then, the size and scope of a combined Fox &#
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by gorner 12y ago
Things like its "Safe Rides Fee": http://valleywag.gawker.com/why-is-uber-charging-you-extra-t... And questionable promotions: http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-used-the-boston-bombing-ann... And [
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by gorner 12y ago
You may be working with outdated information. The separate publicly-traded "AT&T Wireless" company disappeared in 2004, and its successor has been wholly-owned by AT&T Inc. since late 2006. Meanwhile, Verizon Communication
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by gorner 12y ago
Well, their (nominal) job _is_ to make laws. Members of Congress should be able to read and understand them before voting on them. But a more representative sample of occupations would be great too.
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by gorner 13y ago
It's an all-stock deal though. Comcast isn't actually paying any money (in fact I believe they still have a significant amount of debt from buying NBC), instead they're proposing giving TWC shareholders the equivalent of $45B
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by gorner 13y ago
Well, they're still competing with your local telco (AT&T / Verizon), DirecTV, Dish Network, and Google Fiber and/or others in some areas. (Though granted some of those are TV-only, not Internet.) Not really much differen
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by gorner 13y ago
Originally (and perhaps still in some specific areas), yes. Most regions have deregulated though, which is why FiOS, U-Verse and Google Fiber TV are able to exist. But the infrastructure costs for Comcast to build out a brand new network in
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by gorner 13y ago
It doesn't violate anti-trust laws to buy another company you do not compete with. And there are very few, if any, territories where Comcast and TWC directly compete at present – depending on where you live, you can subscribe to one or
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by gorner 13y ago
Combining two companies which (to my knowledge) do not currently directly compete for subscribers would not violate any anti-trust laws I'm aware of. The FCC previously had a 30% coverage limit but that was struck down by the courts in
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by gorner 13y ago
Bigger scale, lower combined costs, more negotiating clout with TV channel operators, etc.
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by gorner 13y ago
If they (MiSoft) had filed a trademark application for "Paper" around the same time they reserved the name with Apple, they might have a case. But reserving a name with a retailer – without actually using it, and without anyone (o
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by gorner 13y ago
That doesn't make a difference for trademark rights though. Priority for trademark rights would be based on the first date the name was actually used on an available product/service – or, at the very least, the date an intent-to-u
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by gorner 13y ago
Probably "Paper" in the sense of "newspaper".
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by gorner 13y ago
Not a lawyer, but I think you're more or less right about North American trademark law as well. Trademarking a common word is fine (so long as it's not inherently descriptive of the actual product – i.e. trademarking "Paper&q
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by gorner 13y ago
In fairness that's more about the current range of FM frequencies (originally in the 42–50 MHz range), not why they all end in an odd number.
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by gorner 13y ago
Strictly speaking it's not "the newspaper" saying this, but an op-ed contributor: > This is an edited extract from an essay first published at dobelli.com. The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions by
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by gorner 13y ago
The article states: > Media stock analysts Craig Moffett and Michael Nathanson recently noted, "The pay-TV industry has reported its worst 12-month stretch ever." All the major TV providers lost a collective 113,000 subscribers
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by gorner 13y ago
Multiple unneeded follow-up tests across the population, not per person.

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