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rcw4256on New Scooter Removal Service Appears

> Private businesses can't have legal stuff removed from public city sidewalks just because they don't like it.

Yes, they can, if they are impeding the use of a public right of way. When someone parks a car on the (public) street outside of your driveway, blocking you in, you can call a tow company to have it removed, and they would be legally justified in removing it and charging the owner for the impound.

rcw4256on Firefox Fights for You. We keep your data safe, never sold

"You decide what to share and when."

That's demonstrably false. Disabling telemetry resulted in the collection of meta-telemetry, in violation of users' explicitly expressed decision to not allow collection of telemetry.

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-...

rcw4256on One year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry

The law doesn't require retailers to scan IDs, but many of them do, in my experience.

rcw4256on Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Across the Tech Industry

Then don't force it. If it truly is best for both parties, both parties will opt for it. It doesn't need to be required.

rcw4256on Goodbye, EdgeHTML

Distrust of Firefox does not imply trust of Chrome.

rcw4256on Goodbye, EdgeHTML

Or when they silently installed an extension in order to send telemetry from Firefox installations that had explicitly opted out of telemetry. https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-...

rcw4256on The Problem with Feedback

> And they should.

Until we have UBI, or a functioning safety net that universally guarantees shelter and food, this is false.

rcw4256on The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40

The Washington State Public Records Act, which this request was made under, states its spirit very unambiguously:

  The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that
  serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public
  servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is
  not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that
  they may maintain control over the instruments that they have created. This
  chapter shall be liberally construed and its exemptions narrowly construed
  to promote this public policy and to assure that the public interest will be
  fully protected. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this
  chapter and any other act, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.

http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.56.030