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  1. nothing persists

    Except the telemetry sent back to MS.

  2. Re: Why would the DOD need a report? on US Ballistic Missile Systems Have No Antivirus, No Data Encryption, and No 2FA, DOD Report Finds (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why shouldn't we trust Russia? The president said they're our friends now.

  3. Re:60% of species on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    We tried to bring back Passenger Pigeons before they went extinct, but we killed too many and crossed a threshold where they couldn't recover. Recovery is not a guarantee.

  4. What we need is self replicating robotic gatherers, robotic smelters

    ftfy

  5. Re:Megalomaniac predicts growth will never stop. on Jeff Bezos Predicts We'll Have 1 Trillion Humans in the Solar System, and Blue Origin Wants To Help Get Us There (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    But we're friends with Putin now. Shouldn't we do as the Putinians do?

  6. Education doesn't reduce population. Offering birth control to women is extremely effective...but you must control all the governments to make this possible...and not a lot of people are on board with this idea anyway. Bringing everyone up to the decadent standards of living we have in the west helps too...unfortunately the planet simply can't sustain that many people living that wastefully. Honestly, we're probably just headed more warfare and famine regardless of what we do. And transplanting vast numbers of people off planet is just stupid. It can't happen with current technology. Colonization will happen with small numbers of people building out infrastructure and filling it with their own children.

  7. Then yourself is blind. Most planes have auto pilots. Many cars these days are capable of self driving and do it.

  8. Is you mean that webpage, then I agree. It's javascript cancer.

  9. totally unfair

    We're talking about politics here. It's all unfair. You think Merrick Garland got treated fairly? And regardless of the fact that there's no evidence, her story certainly seems on the surface to be credible while his version looks weak. It's a popularity contest and Kavanaugh is losing it. They need to abandon this guy and find someone who isn't so badly tainted.

  10. Re:If only on Linux Now Dominates Azure (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the rampant elitism that linux is /better/ that keeps it bad.

    Um, no it's not. The problems you describe are issues with constantly changing hardware. Windows supports more hardware because hardware manufacturers and Microsoft have small armies of programmers to make sure the consumer doesn't have to think about anything...including the spyware they installed.

  11. Re:Rolled-over too easily on CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    But it's not an exact copy...unless there's already a 3-D model of the Enterprise D.

  12. Re:Making money is not a "moral requirement" on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The government (at least ostensibly) represents the people. The market represents the will of a couple of rich people.

  13. Re:What do you know the man is a comitted lefty on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's one of the reasons there is so much joint animosity against the current President, he's actually trying is damnedest to keep his campaign promises and that is a threat to the permanent politician class.

    Indeed, when I think of Donald Trump I think of a man who keeps his promises. A paragon of virtue right there. Quite a catch.

  14. Re:Making money is not a "moral requirement" on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yay, the fuckers who charged me $50,000 to have my appendix removed will rescue us from the price gouging pharmas.

  15. Re:Making money is not a "moral requirement" on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do you think markets can't correct this type of behavior?

    Because the notion that the market can fix everything isn't real and is akin to a religious belief.

  16. Re:True innovation on Colorado Prepares To Install 'Smart Road' Product By Integrated Roadways (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind: All of our modern problems can be solved or significantly mitigated by mandatory population reduction...including this one.

  17. Re:really? blue light? on Chemists Discover How Blue Light Speeds Blindness · · Score: 1

    We're not evolutionarily engineered to survive long enough for this to matter.

  18. Re:Goodbye Arstechnica on US Invaded By Savage Tick That Sucks Animals Dry, Spawns Without Mating (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The Old Forest, just outside the Shire.

  19. Re:"Monopoly" Is A Model Of Capitalism... on In America's Big Tech Cities, More People Are Now Living In Their Vehicles (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Except things like language barriers, immigration laws, and having no money to actually pay for it.

  20. Re:This isn't Monopoly on In America's Big Tech Cities, More People Are Now Living In Their Vehicles (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. The Russians clearly had more resources and get their man nominated instead.

  21. Re:Seize Apple's trillion dollars for housing on In America's Big Tech Cities, More People Are Now Living In Their Vehicles (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Well yes. If we don't let this progress out of control, they'll never create the sanctuary districts and the Bell Riots will never happen and Star Fleet will never be created. So, we've got to not fix this problem until these events occur.

  22. Re:Harder if you're a child on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes I am.

  23. Re:Harder if you're a child on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If you think you can make such sweeping judgements about me based on the four short sentences I wrote above, perhaps you're the gullible one.

  24. Re:Harder if you're a child on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The social human lives; the outcast dies. Serving the tribe, serves the self.

  25. Re:And atheists have empathy... on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised by this. There can't be so many psychopaths for no reason. My guess is evolution discovered a purpose for them and it's to be the tribe's indifferent leaders. Passion can be dangerous characteristic in a leader.