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No seriously, they did.

Law of Slow-Moving Disasters.

It ain't the companies that conservatives think are biased. It's the people - liberals are more likely to take punitive action against people for having a different political viewpoint. Conservatives had it drilled into them for decades by liberals that businesses aren't supposed to discriminate based on criteria irrelevant to operating the business. But liberals are more than happy to discriminate against conservatives in a business environment. How many times have you read a story about some conservative politician using a song in their campaign, and the band which made the song stating they didn't give permission for the politician to use their song? Yes they did give permission - the venue licensing agreement gives anyone using the venue rights to play any song published by the major studios, and in exchange the band gets part of the fees collected for the licenses.

Have you ever heard the phrase "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."? We're getting to the point where most liberals disagree with that statement. My theory is the difference stems from how conservatives and liberals view each other. Conservatives generally view liberals as stupid. Liberals generally view conservatives as evil - which in their minds justifies discriminatory and retaliatory actions against conservatives.

IMHO this willingness to shame, humiliate, and punish people for having different opinions is currently the greatest threat to Democracy. Democracy only works if people are willing to express, live by, and share different opinions without fear of reprisal. The moment people fear stating their opinions, Democracy loses its advantage over oligarchies and autocracies (e.g. fascist states).

Trump's overall approval rating has been consistently low compared to other recent presidents. But among Republicans, his approval rating is at 90%.

The Republican party is Trump's bitch.

Trump's approval rating is the same as Obama at the same point in his presidency.

I didn't know Obama also had consistently low approval ratings compared to other recent presidents - thanks for the info!

Are you mentally disabled? Was anyone talking about Obama before you? How is his approval rating relevant whatsoever in this discussion? His point was that the composition of Trump's approval ratings could be indicative of a successful misinformation campaign, given that his base tends to be the target of such tactics. If you're unable to properly infer information from people's posts, I suggest you keep lurking until you can, and preferably refrain from voting as well.

Trump's overall approval rating has been consistently low compared to other recent presidents. But among Republicans, his approval rating is at 90%.

The Republican party is Trump's bitch.

Are you trying to persuade anybody? Because, that's not actually how you do it.

You are actively working for a midterm loss and for Trump's second term.

Trump's overall approval rating has been consistently low compared to other recent presidents. But among Republicans, his approval rating is at 90%.

The Republican party is Trump's bitch.

Trump's approval rating is the same as Obama at the same point in his presidency.

I didn't know Obama also had consistently low approval ratings compared to other recent presidents - thanks for the info!

That. The whole FCC fraudulently killed it because the republicans wanted it -- because they're being paid a lot by big ISP who will get to charge you more.

No, not the whole FCC. Just the Republicans on it.

Republicans do everything against the public's best interest and the same victims are happy to vote for 'em repeatedly. Trump having approval ratings that aren't negative is proof that they're amazingly fucking stupid.

Trump's overall approval rating has been consistently low compared to other recent presidents. But among Republicans, his approval rating is at 90%.

The Republican party is Trump's bitch.

Sure it is. It's an inherently flawed system everywhere it's tried it winds up destroying.

Please list these inherent flaws.

Hell Venezuela went from the RICHEST country in south America to the poorest.

Factually untrue.

...[no longer need to quote your willful stupidity.]

Because you are WRONG.

Venezuela: How a rich country collapsed

Venezuela is running out of food. Hospitals are overcrowded with sick children while doctors don't have enough medicine or X-ray machines. Electricity isn't guaranteed.

About the only thing Venezuela has in abundance is chaos.

The economy has spiraled toward collapse, and a humanitarian crisis has plunged hordes into needless sickness and starvation.

The country is also in the grip of a political crisis. The referendum on Sunday called by President Nicolas Maduro could erode the last vestiges of democracy.

The vote would allow him to rewrite the constitution and replace the National Assembly, which is controlled by the opposition, with an entirely new legislative body filled with his hand-picked nominees.

Venezuela was once the richest country in Latin America. Here's how it fell apart.

...

Not just South America - all of Latin America.

Economy of Venezuela

The economy of Venezuela is largely based on the petroleum sector and manufacturing.[15] Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of the country's GDP and roughly 95% of total exports.[16] Venezuela is the sixth largest member of OPEC by oil production. From the 1950s to the early 1980s, the Venezuelan economy experienced a steady growth that attracted many immigrants, with the nation enjoying the highest standard of living in Latin America. ...

From Financial Times:

Venezuela was once one of South America's richest countries. But after 18 years of revolution the economy has crashed and corruption has soared. Now, there are claims that the government of Nicolás Maduro is hiring gangs to intimidate and murder opponents of the regime. The FT reports.

Are you grown up enough to admit YOU WERE FUCKING WRONG?

Are you mature enough to grow a fucking brain, begin using it, and ask yourself WHAT ELSE YOU MAY BE WRONG ABOUT?

Or are you going to double down on DELIBERATELY STUPID CLOSE-MINDEDNESS?

Hell Venezuela went from the RICHEST country in south America to the poorest.

Factually untrue.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/2...

Sorry if you can't get even the really simple things right, It's not my job to do the work educating you, your parents and teachers obviously wouldn't or couldn't do.

Did you know that the average wages for someone in non-supervisory jobs has gone down under Trump?

Source please.

Have you seen the price of gasoline?

Gas price chart over presidencies
Spoiler alert: gas prices fluctuate quite a bit, and have not historically been tied to a president.

Know anyone who works at the Harley-Davidson plant in Wisconsin (I do)?

What's your point here - there are unintended consequences?
Nevermind the economy keeps outpacing estimates, unemployment is keep getting lower and hitting historical marks, business are investing a ton of money, etc.... LOOK AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON EVERYONE.
I dont like CNN, which is why I'm using them.

Did you know that only 4% of US workers got a pay raise since the Republicans passed their tax bill 6 months ago?

Source please.
Just curious - has your paycheck increased at all since the tax plan? Mine did. My co-workers' did (large financial institution). Friends' did. Family's did. Anecdotal though, of course.

the biggest things Trump has done have been unpopular with real Americans

Definition needed, please.

How are those Harley-Davidson people doing? I'm curious considering HD just announced they're going to move some manufacturing in Europe to avoid the tariffs.

That falls on the heels of their January announcement of closing a Kansas City, MO plant and consolidating work in York, PA. But overseas...they just opened plants in India and Brazil, with another opening in Thailand this year.

Any decent sized "American" company is a "global" company, but this President doesn't get that at all -- nor does his base.

Country Time Lemonade is actually helping kids with stand related legal issues...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/11...

Awesome photo!

Well part of the problem can be fixed by just writing multiple tests

That does NOT fix the problem.

This is the problem: 1. Exams are passed out. 2. Cheater snaps a photo of the exam and transmits it. 3. Parents or other collaborators receive the photo, quickly work the problems and transmit back the answers.

This is done in near realtime. They will not get every question right, but will get enough to give the cheater an edge.

So in many countries, do parents actually help their kids cheat? Yes. Yes they do.

It is not just a cultural difference. It is also the importance of the test. In America, if you do well on the SAT you may to an Ivy League school. If you slightly less well, you will still go to a good state university. The next tier will start at a community college, and maybe transfer later to a four year college. Others may go to vocational colleges, etc.

But in many other countries, a single exam is an educational death sentence. If you don't make the cutoff you are put on a different track, with little hope of recovering later. In countries with either high rates of female infanticide and/or customary polygamy, this means little chance for males to marry and have children.

This used to be the case in the UK where you took the "Eleven Plus" exam and it decided whether you went to a good (Grammar) or rubbish (Secondary Modern) school. If you had a bad day or were a late developer, you were hugely handicapped at the age of 11 by being dumped in a school designed to basically keep you busy until you left at 15 and got an unskilled manual job.

Unless you were truly exceptional, if you went to a Secondary Modern, you basically weren't ever going to University.

Well part of the problem can be fixed by just writing multiple tests

That does NOT fix the problem.

This is the problem:
1. Exams are passed out.
2. Cheater snaps a photo of the exam and transmits it.
3. Parents or other collaborators receive the photo, quickly work the problems and transmit back the answers.

This is done in near realtime. They will not get every question right, but will get enough to give the cheater an edge.

So in many countries, do parents actually help their kids cheat? Yes. Yes they do.

It is not just a cultural difference. It is also the importance of the test. In America, if you do well on the SAT you may to an Ivy League school. If you slightly less well, you will still go to a good state university. The next tier will start at a community college, and maybe transfer later to a four year college. Others may go to vocational colleges, etc.

But in many other countries, a single exam is an educational death sentence. If you don't make the cutoff you are put on a different track, with little hope of recovering later. In countries with either high rates of female infanticide and/or customary polygamy, this means little chance for males to marry and have children.

They have been collecting sales taxes in every state for over a year.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/2...

Amazon already offers sales tax calculation services to marketplace sellers
https://sellercentral.amazon.c...

Bet they offer it to external ones too soon

By that standard every flat tax is "progressive" since the rich always pay more of every tax, but this Amazon tax will mainly be paid by the lower classes. Collections at Soetheby's will not increase

Amazon has been collecting sales taxes in all states for over a year
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/2...

https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/politics/clinton-town-hall-what-to-watch/

On this problem particularly, Clinton later said, "We have so to send a clear message, just because your child gets across the border, that doesn't mean the child gets to stay. So, we don't want to send a message that is contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-obama-administration-children-human-traffickers/

Did the Obama Administration Place Immigrant Children With Human Traffickers?
A congressional report and criminal indictment resulted from a 2014 incident in which multiple immigrant children were handed off to a human trafficking ring.

True.

and so on...

BZZZZT

Staged:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18...
Obama era:
http://www.businessinsider.com...

wrong and wrong, you fucking dork.

I'm old enough to remember that kiss. It caused quite a furor for many families, and was still widely discussed in re-runs years later. However, it wasn't the first interracial kiss on television, just the first on American television. See https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20... for notes on a British television interacial kiss, six years earlier.

Don Lemon now seems pro-nuclear proliferation

Anything Trump does is axiomatically wrong, dangerous, racist, sexist, will sterilize the planet, and must be stridently - even hysterically - opposed.

All political opinions derive from that one essential principle.

I want to work 35-40 hour weeks at a semi-governmental job, get my 4-5 weeks off mandated by law, spend time with family, live a bit. I don't want my work to be the focus of my entire life.

And you think that you, an inexperienced and unambitious American, are just going to stroll into Europe and get yourself a low cost education and then such a cozy little job while many millions of educated European youths are out of work?

Even if you could land such a job, Europe is a ticking demographic time bomb and migrants aren't going to solve the problem, so there is no money to finance those nice traditional benefits And Europe already has shifted massively to the right and towards a dismantling of its social welfare states over the last decade because Europeans have no choice.

Good luck!

This is just an excuse to, when presented with two candidates -- one who is White or East Asian, Male, with great SAT/ACT scores, and a someone who is not and just writes "black lives matter" over and over again on their entrance essay, they can pick the latter and say "well, we don't really look at your test results".

Even the biggest assholes are capable of doing a good interview. Especially those who are sociopaths, those dudes are downright likable as long as they get their way. But as soon as people aren't giving them what they want, they start acting like persecuted little children.

Musk loses his shit whenever there is a hint of criticism.

He treated his wife like an employee.
He fired his PA in the most dickish way possible after when she asked for a raise after 12 years
He used underpaid illegal immigrant labor to build his factory.
He uses illegal union-busting tactics.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=electricity_in_the_united_states

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption

Reuters, Forbes, CNBC and others report that the US solar industry lost about 10,000 jobs in 2017. And that's after an initial increase of jobs in 2017 that promised to be about 17 times faster than the total US economy.

Yeah, I think Trump has curtailed the adoption of renewable energy. But it's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Wouldn't surprise me. Often am.

Initial report of job growth:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/24/news/economy/solar-jobs-us-coal/index.html

Reports of job loss:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuarhodes/2018/01/23/solar-tariff-a-direct-hit-to-fastest-growing-job-market-in-us/

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/07/us-solar-industry-lost-nearly-10000-jobs-in-2017.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-jobs/u-s-solar-industry-lost-nearly-10000-jobs-in-2017-idUSKBN1FR15O

I forgot who but, somebody made a good point about this switch to solar & renewables: it's going to crash the economy.

You make good points. I however think otherwise. For example, I think Trump's rollback of Obama's financial regulations that were designed to abate another 2007 - 2008 crash will put us in even more danger. As I watch the stock market soar, I can't get the word 'bubble' out of my mind.

...We've got massive amounts of investment wealth tied up in fossil fuels. People's retirements are heavily vested in them...

Admittedly, some do think it's a good idea to invest mostly in a single stock or industry, but I don't think that's a good idea for fossil fuels; the writing is on the wall. Diversifying your stock portfolio has always been a good idea, anyway.

Before Trump, the solar industry was booming. The fastest and largest growing job market was in renewable energy, specifically solar (1). Trump has seriously curtailed this growth with tariffs and elimination of tax credits, while at the same time, Trump has repealed rules and promoted coal, shale oil and fracking. As a result, oil production is up, and it has become much less affordable for business and home owners do go solar (2). Nonetheless, I find it telling, and perhaps foretelling, that the oil industry isn't happy about Trump's steel tariffs, NAFTA spats, and other policies (3). Something's not right; something smells and just seems rotten. And as the Ruskies say, a fish rots from the head down. But I digress.

Even with this turnabout, solar and renewable energy will soon be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels, and in some cases are cheaper now (4). I suspect that a few years after the US becomes the world's leading crude oil producer (5), solar and renewables will begin to surge and eventually dominate. Cheaper is better for the average consumer and business alike, which is better for the economy, and so the marketplace will abide. Eventually. Best to divest your fossil fuel investments before then. At least diversify while you still can.

BTW, some say fusion reactors are economically viable now (6). It may be true, but I expect it will take some 20 years before they come online. Such is the nature of the beast. Eventually my money will be on them. After all, cheaper is better.

(1) http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/2...

(2) https://ntknetwork.com/u-s-oil...

(3) https://www.politico.com/story...

(4) https://www.forbes.com/sites/d...

http://www.businessinsider.com...

https://www.engadget.com/2018/...

https://about.newenergyfinance...

http://energyinnovation.org/20...

https://about.newenergyfinance...

(5) http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/0...

(6) https://phys.org/news/2015-10-...

I forgot who but, somebody made a good point about this switch to solar & renewables: it's going to crash the economy.

You make good points. I however think otherwise. For example, I think Trump's rollback of Obama's financial regulations that were designed to abate another 2007 - 2008 crash will put us in even more danger. As I watch the stock market soar, I can't get the word 'bubble' out of my mind.

...We've got massive amounts of investment wealth tied up in fossil fuels. People's retirements are heavily vested in them...

Admittedly, some do think it's a good idea to invest mostly in a single stock or industry, but I don't think that's a good idea for fossil fuels; the writing is on the wall. Diversifying your stock portfolio has always been a good idea, anyway.

Before Trump, the solar industry was booming. The fastest and largest growing job market was in renewable energy, specifically solar (1). Trump has seriously curtailed this growth with tariffs and elimination of tax credits, while at the same time, Trump has repealed rules and promoted coal, shale oil and fracking. As a result, oil production is up, and it has become much less affordable for business and home owners do go solar (2). Nonetheless, I find it telling, and perhaps foretelling, that the oil industry isn't happy about Trump's steel tariffs, NAFTA spats, and other policies (3). Something's not right; something smells and just seems rotten. And as the Ruskies say, a fish rots from the head down. But I digress.

Even with this turnabout, solar and renewable energy will soon be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels, and in some cases are cheaper now (4). I suspect that a few years after the US becomes the world's leading crude oil producer (5), solar and renewables will begin to surge and eventually dominate. Cheaper is better for the average consumer and business alike, which is better for the economy, and so the marketplace will abide. Eventually. Best to divest your fossil fuel investments before then. At least diversify while you still can.

BTW, some say fusion reactors are economically viable now (6). It may be true, but I expect it will take some 20 years before they come online. Such is the nature of the beast. Eventually my money will be on them. After all, cheaper is better.

(1) http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/2...

(2) https://ntknetwork.com/u-s-oil...

(3) https://www.politico.com/story...

(4) https://www.forbes.com/sites/d...

http://www.businessinsider.com...

https://www.engadget.com/2018/...

https://about.newenergyfinance...

http://energyinnovation.org/20...

https://about.newenergyfinance...

(5) http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/0...

(6) https://phys.org/news/2015-10-...

That cash was Iran's not the US's. It was the release of Iranian assets that the US had seized.

Well that's a one-sided summary. Here are some more details:

"Obama's administration came under scrutiny last week after details emerged about a $400 million cash payment made to Iran on the same day the country released a handful of American hostages. The administration insists the payment -- part of a separate decades-old settlement for an arms deal -- was negotiated separately from the talks on releasing the prisoners.

The payment was acknowledged by the President and reported upon in January, but new information about the manner of delivery -- including wooden palettes of cash being unloaded from a military plane in Tehran -- triggered accusations the US had paid ransom money for captive Americans."

I won't be either the first or the last to point this out, but this looks like staged chaff to distract the feeble-minded American public away from the new psy-ops operations now gearing up for the next election cycle.

So easy to think: "Ha. If Trump was colluding with the Russians would he allow this!" (stupid libs.)

Obvious answer: No.

Correct answer: Not so fast.

Trump Derangement Syndrome much?

Lordy, Trump has you totally bamboozled, doesn't he? You don't know whether you're coming or going.

And it's fucking hilarious.

BTW - despite the media obviously doing everything they can to bring him down, Trump's got better approval ratings now than Obama did at the same time. You know what that means?

FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!

OF ME LAUGHING AT YOUR PATHETIC "PROGRESSIVE" STUPIDITY

BWAAA HAAA HAAA!!!

And Trump's approval ratings are better than Obama's and that's before the depth of Obama's SpyGate effort comes to light.

Can you say "James Comey in jail"? Because Andy McCabe's already angling for an immunity deal...

Oh, the stories we're gonna hear from the guy who got $1 million from Crooked Liar Hillary! to bury her email investigation! You think he'll give up Obama, too? And it looks like it's all gonna happen just in time for the mid-term elections, too!

I can't wait for Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg to be replaced by another two Antonin Scalia clones - who know how to read the US Constitution.

I think you've got it reversed. the reason Kim came to the table is because with Obama he was convinced the U.S would do nothing. With Trump he is absolutely convinced that having a few nukes will not protect him from the U.S. taking him out. Since survival is the thing most important to him he is now willing to negotiate, convinced that he can control his own people (Gaddafi was taken out by his own people not the U.S.), and make a deal with the U.S. even if he has to give up his nukes. We'll see what happens.

Kim always wanted to meet with the US president. The rest of them were smart enough to refuse without North Korea making some changes. Trump folded, because he mistakenly thought Kim wanted to meet him because he's Trump. This isn't great negotiation.

Yes, having no Internet access is a bad deal for Virginians, but maybe the state representative should be doing something about that instead of bitching to Amtrak.

Have you even been to West Virginia? High-speed internet service is a major technical challenge there because of the geography. It's really mountainous and sparsely-populated. You can barely even get 3G service outside the cities unless you're near an Interstate or state highway. Good places to put towers that effectively cover a large area few and far between.

On top of that, there is a complete lack of cell service, Wi-fi or even microwaves on the central-eastern side of the state because of the Green Bank Observatory. (If you don't know about this, read up on it because it's actually really interesting.)

Erm, many nations have similar or worse topographies... In fact just had a look at the Virginia topo... Its mostly flat. Just go have a look at Norway, they can get high speed internet to most of their people and the Fjords are far more of an obstacle than anything in Virginia as well as being more sparsely populated. There are places in Scotland that make Virginia look positively mild and again, they can get high speed broadband.

The problem is the US telecoms infrastructure is ruled by a few corporations who put their profit over service. Until that changes, things like this senator forcing Amtrack to hire people are the things you can expect because the telco's are beyond his reach, but Amtrack isn't.

Of course they do but South Korea credits Trump for talks with North Korea - wouldn't they be in a little better position to know who to credit than you?

Or they could be appeasing the narcissist so you doesn't start WW3. To be stereotypical, the South Koreans know all about "saving face" as Asians, and they may have determined that this is necessary with Trump.

We'll know the truth in a few years time once the memoirs are written.

Of course they do but South Korea credits Trump for talks with North Korea - wouldn't they be in a little better position to know who to credit than you?

I mean, for decades there has been the opposite of progress, with North Korea developing nuclear weapons unchecked, killing soldiers from South Korea and America without repercussion. The government of South Korea has been as it is for a very long time.

The only variable in this large equation that has changed is the introduction of Trump. So yes South Korea aided this by being open to talks, but it would not have happened (because it DID NOT HAPPEN) without Trump. End of story.

Well... The core2 duo was the best FSB chip, but AMD had the integrated HyperTransport memory bus and it kicked ass. So much that I asked Dell for Engineering workstations and servers for the enterprise.

I was told by Dell that nobody was asking for AMD, I was the ONLY one who wanted something other than Intel. Secretly Dell was taking billions a year in "Partner Promotions" that magically appeared under the rug if they never sold ANY AMD based systems.

http://money.cnn.com/blogs/leg...

That is a huge kick in the nuts that if it would not have happened we may have a 50/50 distribution of CPU sales between Intel and AMD...

Yes, having no Internet access is a bad deal for Virginians, but maybe the state representative should be doing something about that instead of bitching to Amtrak.

Have you even been to West Virginia? High-speed internet service is a major technical challenge there because of the geography. It's really mountainous and sparsely-populated. You can barely even get 3G service outside the cities unless you're near an Interstate or state highway. Good places to put towers that effectively cover a large area few and far between.

On top of that, there is a complete lack of cell service, Wi-fi or even microwaves on the central-eastern side of the state because of the Green Bank Observatory. (If you don't know about this, read up on it because it's actually really interesting.)

But I was reliably informed by CNN and a virtual army of tumblr blue-hairs (and twitter blue-checks) that capitalism will destroy the entire universe a hundred times over by this time next week.

You deserve to be shot by firing squad.

Such as the Hope-a-Dope helping Iran evade sanctions?

Obama admin worked to allow Iran to exchange billions to bypass sanctions

Who the fuck cares what a majority of Americans believe? There are Americans who believe Canada is responsible for burning down the White House, so why exactly should we pay any attention to them? A better approach would be to confiscate all their guns, give them free cable TV and then we'd never have to worry about them again.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06...

A crash in fossil fuel prices will certainly be disruptive, but it takes more than just disruption to cause a major financial crash.

Certainly many specific areas will face some pretty severe consequences from such a crash. States where fossil fuel exports make up a large fraction of their economy, such as Alaska or North Dakota, will be hit pretty severely. Nations that are doing similar, such as Saudi Arabia, will get it even worse. But most countries and areas are likely to sail through without dire consequences.

What could cause such a crash to turn into something like the 2007-2008 crash is debt: debt magnifies crashes. That's the reason why the housing bubble had such severe consequences: houses are typically debt-financed. The question, then, is how much of fossil fuel investment is leveraged, and where is that debt held? The answer to that question will determine whether there are wider consequences beyond oil-exporting areas.

Granted, the consequences within oil-exporting areas could be extremely severe if it triggers wars. Which is definitely a possibility in some such areas.

Historically, low energy prices usually lead to economic growth.

This is a pretty silly article. As the price drops high-cost producers will stop producing. If the demand outstrips the supply from the low-cost producers the price will rise, making higher-cost production more viable.

Here's an article on production costs: http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/2...

Frackers have a huge advantage in that they can shut down and start up very quickly, certainly much more quickly than deep water drillers.

the agency conducted a quiet campaign to bolster its cyberattack story with the aid of friendly and easily duped reporters

In other words, the Fox tabloid was complicit in this sham. What a surprise. This is the same group who is furiously backpedaling when they put out a picture of a Philadelphia Eagle's player kneeling, but used the picture for a story about players kneeling for the anthem. The player is a Christian and was doing a pre-game prayer. He even called them out for their propaganda.

I'm not sure this change will affect GrayKey and Cellebrite anyway. My understanding is that they attack the phone's bootloader.

How does GrayKey and Cellebrite get access to the boot loader? Cellebrite currently sells a small device that plugs into the phone.

Eventually, law enforcement came to rely on Cellebrite's Universal Forensics Extraction Device, the UFED. It's a small, hand-held device that's easy to use. Police can simply plug in a phone and download the device's memory to a flash drive in a matter of seconds. That's how police can find your deleted text messages.

GrayKey is a box that plugs into the Lightning port.

The product itself is a gray box four inches deep by two inches tall, with two lightning cables sticking out of the front. Up to two phones can be plugged into the device at a time and are connected for about two minutes.

If the iPhone refuses to communicate via cable then neither device can probably work unless the companies find a flaw they can exploit.

"How does it not make sense?"

The fact that the technology has existed for over half a century and so far, what do you have to show for it? In the same amount of time we had jet engines, can you see the difference?

PS: We don't even have Concorde anymore, but you think a way to get NOWHERE will have a market? Beyond novelty?

Seems to me, the market has spoken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You had your chance. More than one.

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9705/2...

Nope. Not that either.

https://www.reuters.com/articl...

Oops. So sorry.

Even your much Space Nutted "space based solar power"? Not a picowatt beamed down, not a single bolt in orbit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z92t...

Keep Nutting though, it entertains me.

Illegal it may certainly be, but an increasing number of ordinary people are taking that risk because this is what happens when you tell the truth to police:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/02...

I'm not sure what that has to do with telling or not telling the truth to police. They were accused of a crime they didn't commit -- drug trade/money laundering. They didn't declare the money, which is the only "crime" they committed, and this something that would have gotten caught no matter what they were doing, as security actively looks for this sort of thing and it will show up on scans.

I think they can do this, but I bet the self-driving cards will be strictly limited to pre-computed routes.

This should be the way all self-driving vehicle systems start out. Many co's are byting off more than they can chew. Bot-Goes-Wrong stories often grow to big news these days, partly out of automation anxiety.

Using pre-mapped routes reduces the chance of problems and the nasty news that results. As kinks are worked out and trust (hopefully) grows, expanding to general routes could gradually follow.

[Existing taxis] will take you down neighborhood streets so narrow that you can reach the vending machines on the side of the road from inside the taxi.

Sounds like a good thing if you are hungry or thirsty while stuck in traffic. Although, something tells me it's illegal.

In this case, it means "lying to the police", which is quite legitimately illegal.

Illegal it may certainly be, but an increasing number of ordinary people are taking that risk because this is what happens when you tell the truth to police:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/02...

Hispanic name, unlicensed driver? It's a safe assumption. Kinda like it's a safe assumption that when "Mohamed" goes crazy and kills somebody in public that it's extremely likely to be an act of terrorism. Do you think anybody else would not even be cited for flipping their car, sending 3 police officers to the hospital, and not having a license? This is California we're talking about, here.

Only the higher-priced premium Model 3's have been delivered, those can cost up to $70-80k. But even on the low end of the premium versions, with $50,000, they should still be making $10k of profit.

The Dow is always going to have ups and downs, and the 9% pales to the other gains it's seen since November 2016, and those began shooting up the moment trump took office. How can you give Obama credit for that? They should have plummeted, right?
Don't forget the Dow also fell by a record amount at the time in January of 2016, under Obama. It happens. It's faltering for now, but even CNN Money isn't worried.
The economists say this is a normal correction after a stellar bull market. Read the "Now What" section of the article below.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/2...

You are out of touch with reality. The Dow shot up from 19,827.3 to 25,075.1 -- an increase of *26 percent* the day of (or day after) Trump's inauguration. You think that's just coincidence? The Dow had very modest gains over 2016, up until November, and in fact had the worst start of any year. Why would the Dow rocket up the day Obama left office if this is all due to Obama's policies, which were about to be scuttled?
It's about market confidence. The Dow now resides in record territory; it's had some losses since 2017 but still resides far higher than it was in 2016 and before. Unemployment is the lowest in years.
Even CNN Money recognizes the cause of the uptick. http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/3...

If you watch the CNN interview of the kid who lost the lawsuit you'll find he eventually declares himself "a conservative" (when the interviewer pointed out that he is - and behaves like - a millennial. He doesn't seem to have any job qualifications, is self-absorbed, and has a fair bit of anger at the world. That sounds a lot like several people from the Trump Administration. He said his plan for success can't be executed "tomorrow" (for whatever that means to him), maybe he's waiting for a job offer from the white house?

"An Amazon Echo user in Portland, Oregon, says she was shocked to learn her Echo had recorded a conversation with her husband without them knowing, then sent the audio file to one of his employees in Seattle."

If the courts were half as clever as me they'd have seen the fucking bullshit for what it was and I would haven been screwed out of ~$5000 dollars. But it turns out they're very susceptible to bullshit and generally just don't give a shit. That or they're biased as fuck and the actual facts don't matter if it conflicts with what they want to happen.

If the judiciary branch of our government would have "no trouble at all" for detecting vague calls promoting censorship as 1st amendment infractions, then just what the hell are they waiting for?. Oh wait. It's like the rich and powerful don't play by exactly the same rules of law as everyone else. Almost as if your worldview on legality doesn't quite line up with reality. Like you're ignorant of the current situation and claiming that "He can't do that" is about as useful as a fart in the wind.

The question was "What if he asks Twitter to block someone or gives a vague general guideline for who twitter ought to block?" And the answer is "nothing happens".

Also, I'm on "Herding Hemingway's Cats" it's a pretty decent read. You should check it out after you go fuck yourself.