They’re barred from that court, which is the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

They’re not barred from State, County, or Municipal courts, or from other federal courts because the judge only has control over their District.

Ads aren’t always there to get you to buy something specific. In fact, an ad you don’t interact with is a better ad because they don’t have to pay for click-through.

You don’t want to buy brand A because they have ads, so you buy brand B instead, but both widgets are owned by the same holding company. Or they’re made in the same factory. Or they use the same components. Or they have the same shareholders. Any way you slice it, the same rich assholes are getting your money.

The goal of the Ads is to put a bug in your head and get you to buy something.

And that’s just the Ads. The tracking is also (increasingly primarily) about political manipulation and surveillance.

They’re barred from presenting federal cases in the Northern District of Mississippi. That covers all federal cases for 36 counties - half the state.

The point is control, not safety.

If they can use a system to prosecute anyone, they can target anyone they don’t like.

It’s worse than that. The AI isn’t part of the attorney/client relationship, so anything shared with it isn’t covered by privilege and is discoverable.

A judge can’t revoke a law license. But they can issue a fine and bar them from their courtroom.

The judge’s action in this case was brutal. It’s the legal equivalent of a public caning.

It’s more about the barring and the official censure. A couple grand doesn’t mean much A judicial beatdown is professionally damaging.

And since it’s federal court, being barred from that courtroom is a real blow. It’s not like they can just focus on the next city or county over.

Between 1100 and 3500. It’s in the artiblcle before the paywall kicks in.

Never, ever use AI for legal review for a client.

Inviting an AI into the threads removes privilege.

There were actually 4 lawyers, and all 4 were fined and 2 of them barred from presenting to the Court for several years.

Judge wasn’t fucking around.

I also get it in my toes now.

While I hate many things about printers, I’ll give them credit for being better than they were. Installing printer drivers a few years back was a fucking nightmare. Now most of the time I can just find the printer on the network and send it. No special software, no “Have Disc” menu headache. Shit just works.

There’s exceptions for stuff like plotters, but when a print job uses $40 of ink and paper I kinda want it to be a PITA so people don’t decide to just print out every map revision for every meeting when a pdf on the big screen does the job just fine.

And scanning still sucks. A lot. Like - a crazy amount. Why is scanning to a USB drive still the most convenient way to get a file larger than the email limit to my computer?

These systems are meant to be used against you. Police will never volunteer information that helps you.

The crazy wasn’t the gas, it was the maintenance costs. Though the gas comparison you made is still ignoring the original point that renters cant use cheap electricity and are stuck paying just as much as gas users on public EVs that take 10 times longer to charge as filling up a tank assuming you don’t have to wait for a charger to become available.

And you’re also ignoring the expense of an electric car. As in, they’re super expensive to buy. I bought my used truck for 6 grand 15 years ago. I’d pay more than that in a single year on a car note for an electric car.

Electric cars make economic sense for people who are already economically privileged. You have to have the money to buy a new expensive car and own a house with a garage where you can install a fast charger.

11 grand a year is crazy numbers.

Believe it or not, not everybody lives in California. I live in Texas and bought gas here yesterday. Using that price at 35k you’re looking at like 6500 a year.

And maintenance on an ICE is super cheap if you just change the fucking oil. There’s a reason I have 565,000 miles on a single engine that still runs great. I spend about $200 a year on oil change supplies (changing oil is supe4 easy and you should neve4 pay someone to do it), and maybe another 50-100 for things like air filters. I buy used tires (shop I use buys tires from other tires shops when someone upgrades tires on new vehicles) every 2 years or so for about $200 for a full set. Other incidental maintenance like spark plugs, brake pads and AC compressors come along, but I’m still averaging around $500/year on maintenance because maintenance is cheap and easy to do yourself.

So all in I’m around 6k a year in running costs.

Oh - and I’m not spending another 7 or 8 grand a year on a car note on a car I can’t service myself.

That’s absolutely not true. The starter battery is lead-acid, but those don’t move the car.

A standard group 27 lead acid used just to start a car’s engine weighs like 70 pounds. One big enough to actually drive it any distance would weigh literal tons.

Our hybrids both having battery failures is personal experience, not Republican talking points.

But the great thing about hybrids is that they still work if the battery fails. And I can put enough fuel to drive 300 miles in at a gas station for the same price as paying for a level 3 charger that’ll take 10 times as long.

I would love to have an electric, but it doesn’t make sense for me or many others who rent when a hybrid is cheaper to buy, just as cheap to drive when you don’thave a hime charger, and doesn’t depend on a $15,000 part that can’t be serviced by the owner.

They are better if you own a house. Otherwise charging becomes a much larger issue. The cost of fast charging at a public charger isn’t any cheaper than filling a gas tank and takes a lot longer with fewer options.

I’m also worried about battery lifespan. My gamily has had 2 hybrids, and both became standard ICE cars because the batteries failed and cost more than the cars are worth to replace. I drive about 35,000 miles a year, and need something that will last. I bought a used 2005 F150 that now has almost 600,000 miles on it with the original engine, and if it does have a failire, I can buy a new engine for about $3500, whereas an EV battery costs 15-20 grand.

I love how the design is so bad now we’re missing the days when shutting down the computer required the “Start” button.

They’re still feeling the burn from when they tried entering the drone space. The GoPro Karma almost bankrupted them on its own, and marked the end of their perception as a quality brand. It was a disaster they never recovered financially or reputationally.

The concept was great. The gimbal and camera could actually be removed from the drone to use independently. People were excited for their entry into the space, and they built a TON of the drones.

But they were also missing features. They didn’t have an API for third-party integration and flight automation like DJI. They had no collision avoidance features, which had started to become standard in the market by the time the entered. Their battery life was pretty bad.

Oh - and upon release the drones constantly lost connection to GPS and would suddenly shut off mid-flight and fall out of the sky. The FAA actually advised all users to ground them.

They eventually recalled all of the Karma drones over safety concerns, took a huge stock hit, and went through a round of layoffs.