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popula.com 6y ago

Hell’s Kitchens

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arstechnica.com 6y ago

macOS 10.15 Catalina: The Art Technica Review

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medium.com 9y ago

Everything you need to build your own Turn Touch smart remote

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developer.apple.com 10y ago

What's New in Subscriptions – Apple – App Store

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computer.show 10y ago

Computer Show

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www.nytimes.com 11y ago

Accusing Amazon of Antitrust Violations, Authors and Booksellers Demand Inquiry

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medium.com 11y ago

I Deleted My Entire iTunes Library and You Can Too

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cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov 11y ago

Court: GPS Coordinates on Google Earth Map Not Inadmissible Hearsay [pdf]

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www.betaboston.com 11y ago

MIT's $100k startup pitch contest – making winners of its losers for 25 years

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medium.com 11y ago

Student Redesign of Boston CharlieCard App

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metalbat.com 11y ago

Your App Is Good and You Should Feel Good

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stratechery.com 11y ago

An Update on the Stratechery Membership Program

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carpeaqua.com 11y ago

The Gamble (on shutting down Glassboard)

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www.eff.org 11y ago

Hemisphere Project Summary: Office of National Drug Control Policy [pdf]

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blog.ericgoldman.org 11y ago

What’s a Browsewrap?

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www.scotusblog.com 12y ago

US Supreme Court Will Hear Case Re: Standards for Software Patent Eligibility

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www.marco.org 12y ago

Gmail, Mavericks, and Mail.app apparently suck together

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kottke.org 12y ago

The Fallacy of Success

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gamechangers.wolffolins.com 12y ago

The New Mainstream: Creating a new relationship between people and brands

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allthingsd.com 12y ago

A New Touch for iPhone

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www.apple.com 12y ago

Photos Taken With iPhone 5S

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www.volokh.com 13y ago

Opening Brief in Weev's Appeal (United States v. Auernheimer)

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www.abajournal.com 13y ago

How did America’s police become a military force on the streets?

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www.supremecourt.gov 13y ago

Supreme Court: Natural Isolated DNA Not Patentable, Synthetic DNA Is [pdf]

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www.harveysilverglate.com 13y ago

Three Felonies A Day - How The Feds Target The Innocent

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petitions.whitehouse.gov 13y ago

Posthumously pardon Aaron Swartz

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5by5.tv 13y ago

The Final Episode of Hypercritical with John Siracusa

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brooksreview.net 14y ago

The New TBR Business Model

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fieldnotesbrand.com 14y ago

Promotional Memo Book Archive

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www.youtube.com 14y ago

Ira Glass on Storytelling at the Gel Conference [Youtube Video]

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That may be part of it, but Starbucks has done a very good job of getting their regular customers to sign up for their loyalty program and online/app ordering, and to have them sign up for automatically replenishing (every time my balance goes below $10, load another $25) gift card accounts to use both features.

The standards for adequately pleading a securities fraud lawsuit -- which this was -- are incredibly high, and the plaintiff has to meet that standard without access to any discovery from the Defendant (here, Yelp). Which is all a way of saying that it is extremely difficult to read too much into the dismissal of a securities fraud lawsuit.

The judge in this case was basically concluding that plaintiff -- a Yelp investor -- could not adequately allege in his complaint that Yelp or its executives made a false statement of material fact in connection with the sale of a security. And plaintiff had an extremely high burden to survive such a motion to dismiss because of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Securities_Litigation_...).

So, in short, there is very little that one can conclude about Yelp's actual practices (for better or for worse) from learning that a securities lawsuit like this was dismissed.

There is a doctrine called "constitutional avoidance" - if a court can decide a case on grounds without reaching a constitutional question (particularly a close question), it ought to decide the case on the alternative grounds and avoid the constitutional question.

So, for example, a court might say: This action was improper because it was not authorized by Congress. That is all we need to decide. Because we made this decision, we don't need to reach the constitutional question. Of course, if Congress had authorized this action (or now does so), and this case is back before us, we will no longer be able to take that path. We may, at that time, decide that the congressionally-authorized action is unconstitutional. But because there is no need to do reach that decision at this time, we decline to do so.

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_avoidance

Thanks. We represent the plaintiffs on a pro bono basis. Actually, almost a dozen law firms are donating their time to these cases (after class certification was denied, the workers were required to bring their lawsuits individually). It is tremendously rewarding work, and for me a great opportunity to take on responsibility I might not otherwise get at this stage of my career.

I have had the great pleasure of helping represent a group of these workers (not the folks who just recently went to trial, but another related case in the Eastern District of Louisiana). One of the most gratifying experiences I've had as an attorney. Really glad to see this story getting attention here.

If you are interested in the topic, I'd highly recommend taking a look at some of the SPLC's work on the issues surrounding the H2B program generally: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/close-to-...

I had this issue and was able to fix it:

I did an OTA update (iPhone 6, AT&T) and experienced this issue. Touch ID wasn't working and "No Service" on the phone. I tried hard resets and resetting the SIM card, with no success.

I was able to fix the issue by downloading the iOS 8.0.1 ipsw from the developer site, then connecting the phone to iTunes, holding down option while clicking on update, and selecting the 8.0.1 ipsw. Phone redid update through iTunes (not OTA) and when it restarted, all was fixed.

Not sure how non-developers can get the .ipsw file.

Not sure how I would explain how to do this to, say, my mother. Hopefully there is a more sensible/easy fix that comes out soon.

Depends on whether or not there is a Confidentiality/Protective Order in place, and if so, what the terms of such an Order say. Almost every case of this nature would be subject to some sort of Confidentiality/Protective Order. Generally, the parties would be able to designate documents, deposition testimony, etc., as Confidential. Sometimes there are multiple levels of confidentiality baked into one of these orders (for example, a "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL" designation might mean that only outside counsel can review a produced document).

Generally, documents marked as such must be filed under seal, cannot be disclosed publicly, etc.

Stellar 12 years ago

Not a great sign up experience - I signed up and linked my Facebook account. Then, I went to click on the link to confirm my e-mail address (from the confirmation e-mail) and got logged out. Now, my login isn't working, nor is password recovery. Impossible to figure out whether I mistyped my username or there is some other issue, and no "Forgot My Username"-type feature to be able to make sure.

The opinion came out very recently (within the past hour), so there is not likely a good summary or analysis available yet. Seems reasonable for OP to want to spread the news without waiting for a news story.

Lately, my Prime deliveries have been sent via UPS Mail Innovations, which relies on the USPS for last mile delivery. This inevitably turns 2-day delivery into 1 week plus delivery, due to the USPS's incompetence where I live. Complaints to Amazon result in a free one month extension of Prime benefits, but they can't stop the service from being chosen on future orders.

Unless this changes soon, I am likely to let my Prime membership expire, as it has become useless to me because it is no longer reliable. Any attempt to raise the fee while still using USPS for last mile delivery will be met absolutely with cancellation.

That said, if they raised the fee and promised to use only reliable (e.g., UPS, FedEx, hell, even Lasership/OnTrac), I'd take the deal.