#ajit-pai — Public Fediverse posts

#5yrsago The strange and complex world of flame-effect LED bulbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuppeUZ6Z7w

#5yrsago Ships are just giant floating computers, filled with #ransomware, #BadUSB, and worms https://www.ics-shipping.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/guidelines-on-cyber-security-onboard-ships-min.pdf

#5yrsago #AjitPai killed #NetNeutrality and Trump gave away a huge tax break; #Verizon got billions and killed 10,000 jobs https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa5x4z/verizon-trims-10000-employees-despite-billions-in-tax-cuts-and-government-favors

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The idea that your ISP should prioritize its preferred data over *your* preferred data is as absurd as the idea that a taxi-driver should slow down your rides to any pizzeria except Domino's, which has paid it for "premium service." If your cabbie circled the block twice every time you asked for a ride to Massimo's Pizza, you'd be rightly pissed - and the cab company would be fined.

Back when #AjitPai was Trump's FCC chairman, he made killing Net Neutrality his top priority.

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This is a problem you don't fix with your wallet, but with a ballot. Effective, public-interest-motivated regulators are a political choice. #Trump appointed the cartoonishly evil #AjitPai to run the FCC, who oversaw a program of neglect and malice. Pai - a former Verizon lawyer - dismantled Net Neutrality after receiving millions of obviously fraudulent comments, lying about it, and obstructing the NY Attorney General's investigation into the matter:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/31/and-drown-it/#starve-the-beast

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#10yrsago #NSA hacked email of Mexican president and #Drugwar reformers https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-hacked-email-account-of-mexican-president-a-928817.html

#10yrsago #DSM-V reviewed as a work of dystopian literature https://thenewinquiry.com/book-of-lamentations/

#10yrsago HOWTO braid your long hair into a #Gimli beard https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8fCkzQ7K0goUDlPVXJscTN3eEE/

#5yrsago After killing disaster-recovery rules, #AjitPai can’t understand why carriers aren’t helping hurricane-hit Florida https://wetmachine.com/tales-of-the-sausage-factory/hurricane-michael-a-wake-up-call-on-why-total-dereg-of-telecom-a-very-bad-idea/

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#5yrsago #SAD: #Doonesbury’s collected Trump strips afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted https://memex.craphound.com/2018/09/18/sad-doonesburys-collected-trump-strips-afflict-the-comfortable-and-comfort-the-afflicted/

#5yrsago Photos: #HongKongDisneyland in the aftermath of Super Typhoon #Mangkhut https://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2018/09/photos-hong-kong-disneyland-devastated.html</a.

#5yrsago #AjitPai: California #NetNeutrality law is “illegal” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/ajit-pai-calls-californias-net-neutrality-rules-illegal/

#5yrsago North Carolina #Verizon customers, trapped by #HurricaneFlorence, say they’re being throttled and upsold https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/9glj90/big_shout_out_to_verizon_for_throttling_data_for/

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#5yrsago #AjitPai: portrait of a Vichy nerd who transformed from debating-society darling to thin-skinned, brooding manbaby https://www.wired.com/story/ajit-pai-man-who-killed-net-neutrality/

#5yrsago #Comcast charges you $90 to “install” cable in houses that are already wired by Comcast https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/comcast-charges-90-install-fee-at-homes-that-already-have-comcast-installed/

#5yrsago Zuck tells Parliament they’ll have to arrest him if they want him to testify https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/zuckerberg-again-snubs-uk-parliament-over-call-to-testify/

#1yrago #AmysKitchen, a case-study in the problems with #consumerism https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/16/through-the-meat-grinder/#hells-kitchen

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#5yrsago Leaked Grenfell Towers papers: Tory politicians rejected fireproof cladding proposal for a 5.7% savings https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/08/grenfell-tower-more-costly-fire-resistant-cladding-plan-was-dropped

#5yrsago Chinese law professor: #AI will end capitalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/05/03/end-of-capitalism/

#5yrsago Senators will be forced to vote on #AjitPai’s decision to kill #NetNeutrality https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17333108/net-neutrality-congressional-review-act-cra-resolution-vote-senate

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#5yrsago The UK’s company registry finally prosecuted someone for setting up a fraudulent company, but it’s a #whistleblower who told them he did it https://twitter.com/OliverBullough/status/985574754420654080

#5yrsago Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens’ private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/freedom-of-information-request-privacy-breach-teen-speaks-out-1.4621970

#5yrsago #AjitPai made Elizabeth Pierce his “broadband advisor,” and now she’s been arrested for a $250,000,000 fraud https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17245010/elizabeth-pierce-fraud-charges-bdac-fcc-ajit-pai

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#5yrsago American banks’ secret #subprime exposure stretches into the billions https://wolfstreet.com/2018/04/11/how-much-are-banks-exposed-to-subprime-more-than-we-think/

#5yrsago Wisconsin clears the way for #Foxconn by bulldozing working peoples’ homes and paying them pennies on the dollar https://beltmag.com/blighted-by-foxconn/

#5yrsago Between Trump, #AjitPai and a GOP Congress, there’s never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/11/competition-killing-sprint-t-mobile-merger-nobody-asked-is-back-menu/

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#5yrsago #AltLabor: new, ungovernable red-state labor movements, led by teachers https://theweek.com/articles/764828/teacher-strikes-could-future-alt-labor

#5yrsago #Waze turned the nearly undriveable, fifth-steepest hill in America into a disaster-strewn major thoroughfare https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-echo-park-traffic-20180404-story.html

#5yrsago #Facebook is unfixable. We need a nonprofit, public-spirited replacement. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/facebook-fix-replace.html

#5yrsago #FCC refuses public records request about #AjitPai’s monumentally unfunny “comedy” videos https://www.vice.com/en/article/gymdn7/fcc-wont-release-harlem-shake-emails

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#5yrsago Even the telco industry thinks #AjitPai is an asshole for maiming #Lifeline, a broadband subsidy for poor Americans https://www.techdirt.com/2018/04/03/fcc-boss-under-fire-facts-optional-attack-low-income-broadband-programs/

#5yrsago Analysis of all the elections since Trump produces no clear answers on the class and suburban/urban correlates of flippability https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/be-skeptical-of-anyone-who-tells-you-they-know-how-democrats-can-win-in-november/

#5yrsago #AlexJones falsely accused a guy of being the Parkland school shooter, so now he’s being sued for more than $1,000,000 https://www.thedailybeast.com/falsely-accused-parkland-school-shooter-sues-alex-jones-infowars-for-defamation/

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#5yrsago #Adblock will cache popular Javascript libraries, meaning adblocked pages will be faster and less janky https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/adblock-adds-feature-to-cache-popular-javascript-libraries/

#5yrsago #AjitPai forced to return the gun the NRA gave him as a prize for his neutracidal rampage https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/fccs-aji-pai-declines-nra-gun-award-381975

#5yrsago #FrenchPolynesia says it didn’t renew its deal with the #Seasteaders, a group of #libertarian separatists https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/351420/french-polynesia-sinks-floating-island-project

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