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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine (arstechnica.com)

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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Not sure why "old+judge" automatically equals "tech illiterate." The judge in another high-profile Google case taught himself to code

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's because these things work by probabilities. Generally when you think of older people who aren't working as IT professionals, you wouldn't expect them to be great with computers - and you'd probably be right.

Do you really think that a judge that taught himself to code would be common-place and would be the norm? That judge is awesome, but he is very clearly an outlier lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think the probability of somebody who had to pass a Barr and likely worked as a lawyer in 2005 knowing the difference between Google and firefox is pretty damn high tbh