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Looks like the article has an important update:

> (Update, 10:50 a.m., 12/20/2022: Given that the NY legislature is technically never out of session in modern times, inaction by the governor on the bill after 10 days would make a passed but not signed bill a law. The original post originally suggested an out-of-session process. Ars regrets the error regarding New York's otherwise completely straightforward legislative system.)

> The governor has 10 days to act on the bill after Friday's delivery, or until midnight on Dec. 28. Failing to act with either a signature or a veto will make the bill become law. The bill was originally introduced in 2021, so it cannot be easily re-introduced during the next session and would have to be re-drafted and submitted.

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Usually when publications make gross errors like this, they don't care or silently fix their articles. Ars noticed they were wrong and added a notice explaining how they were wrong. I've always considered Ars to be one of the better news sites out there but this increases my respect for them

The headline and subheadline should be updated, though. Plenty of folks won't even read the first paragraph, and they'll show up on all the social media share widgets when people share the link.

Yeah, good point

I've seen the New York Times and CNN do the same thing.

I'm pretty sure that it's standard "journalistic integrity" stuff.

I've also seen NYT and CNN make updates to articles that materially change the original reporting without noting the change[1], or adding an blink-and-you'll-miss it note at the very end of the article. Ars consistently updates the title and has the explanation for the changes before the original article body, which is beyond other news organizations since it's impossible to miss.

1. See the NYT or CNN tabs at http://newsdiffs.org to see how often this happens

I've seen this too

I agree with this.

I've been an Ars fan for years, but they are an outlier, in how they handle this (which is a good reason to like them).

Most news outlets have their changelist buried at the end. I don't think that it necessarily means they are bad. There's plenty of other stuff they pull, that does that.

Thirty years ago it may have been standard. I'm pretty sure it isn't nowadays.

They added a correction, they didn't fix the article. It still reads "But lobbying by the nation's largest technology interests seems to have kept the bill parked on her desk for months, where it could remain until it dies on Dec. 28." in the lede, which is flatly incorrect per the correction[1].

Inaction by the governor will pass the law, not veto it. Ars only makes that clear (and barely so) in the correction blurb at the bottom.

[1] At least as phrased. I'm certainly no expert on New York State legislative process.

A personal favorite of my father was a NY Times correction of years' past. It went something along the lines of "Previously when reviewing $restaurant we discussed the half cooked chicken. The actual menu item is called the cooked half chicken. We regret the error."

> Usually when publications make gross errors like this, they don't care or silently fix their articles.

[citation needed]

https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3Anyt_diff)%20min_faves%3...

Those do not generally look like gross errors to me.

"ars regrets the error regarding new York's otherwise completely straightforward legislative system"

I don't know if it's intentional but this reads to me as dripping with sarcasm. "straightforward legislative system" feels like an oxymoron.

So she has until the 28th to veto it or it becomes law.

I'm more interested in the details... from the scant info in the OP, it sounds like not much. Meaning, drivers in linux (and other foss os's) such as video, ethernet, wi-fi, etc. aren't gonna see any change. Be happy to hear otherwise though.

A beer says the veto will come on Dec 24th, when everyone is busy with Xmas related things for a couple days and attention is lowered.

So, if the governor vetoes it at the last minute, there won’t be time for an override?

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