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  1. Macron said he planned to introduce new legislation to strictly regulate fake news during online political campaigns.

    Only *approved* fake news will be allowed ^_^

  2. We wanted to balance the value and the affordability concerns with a responsible price that would ensure access to patients but then we thought, 'you know what? Fuck It! Restoration of vision is a great incentive to pay almost anything we ask.'

  3. Re:Only double-good speak allowed on Google Maps No Longer Lets You Post Negative Reviews About Your Crappy Job (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 2

    Then why are positive reviews still allowed?

    Because it's a conflict of interest to allow negative reviews. Business owners represent a greater concentration of capital than employees and therefore are the most likely to be customers, from the perspective of a business offering online services?

  4. Re: Everything is true on the internet on Google Maps No Longer Lets You Post Negative Reviews About Your Crappy Job (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Or they're having a big barbecue at work.

  5. Re:translating for the rest of the world.. on $30 Unlocked Android Smartphones To Launch in India This Month (factordaily.com) · · Score: 1

    their current data usage is 1.4 exabytes per month

    each? I've got a way to go before before I get such value from my unlimited mobile data plan!

    /me goes to YouTube...

  6. Re: The West is so fucked on $30 Unlocked Android Smartphones To Launch in India This Month (factordaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Mobile data is paupers" data: the Obamaphone phenomenon does not create new tech innovations. Mobile data is bread-and-circuses tier consumption and consumerism. Creating new tech takes a keyboard at the very least.

    Someone should invent tethering then your comment would be little more than a disguised cultural slur from a position of weakness, using a metric of outcome-quality-per-dollar-spent.

  7. Re:Remove him from society - permanently. on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Your whole comment also applies to the guy that murdered a complete stranger using his own gun.

  8. Re:Trust but verify. And I'll have extra anchovies on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Dominos have market forces driving their excellence. Police forces around the world have no such incentive.

    If Dominos could stop anyone on the street/pull them over/invade their home and coerce them to accept their pizza service on punishment of death or imprisonment, it's conceivable that they too would become less than they could be.

  9. Re:Reporting on this is terrible on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    A better solution is to stop hiring psychopathic killers in law enforcement,

    Agreed. Unfortunately, those hired are taken exclusively from the pool of applicants.

  10. Re:Reporting on this is terrible on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    It's exact the same perceptual phenomenon that caused the Apache helicopter pilots to mistake a journalist's camera for an RPG in the so-called "collateral murder" video.

    Is this phenomenon also responsible for the good-old-boys laughing it up as they shot those eight people from a helicopter in the collateral murder video?

  11. Re:Reporting on this is terrible on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess I'm inexperienced but... If I were involved in a murder / hostage situation, answering a ringing doorbell wouldn't seem like the best idea.

  12. Re: It's a male, take him down! on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Also: police work isn't even in the top 10 of most dangerous profession

    Incorrect; donuts are deep fried!

  13. Re: It's a male, take him down! on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The JOB of the police is to PROTECT people

    a) omg ROFL wtf are you smoking? OR
    b) true dat; just not the general public

  14. Re: It's a male, take him down! on Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The cops were 50+ yards away from the front porch.

    "A police officer opened fire, shooting once, after the man quickly raised his hands and appeared to point a weapon at the officers"

    Bullshit. Unless that officer was using a pair of binoculars. Stupid, panicky pigs.

    I like this meme; many organisations have/reserve the right to escalate to maximum in critical situations. Unfortunately for us, the border between run-of-the-mill and critical is guarded by a criterion which is as subject to misunderstanding as possible. This has the effect of removing the criterion which determines proportionate response; effectively allowing any action to be retroactively justified by the use of the industry-appropriate magic phrase:

    eg:
      * 'I thought I saw a gun' -> it's ok to unload a clip into someone's back
      * 'I thought I smelt gas' -> it's ok to break someone's door down whilst they're on holiday then leave the property unsecured
      * Fill in your own examples at will

  15. Re:Stupid court ruling, stupid Amazon on Germany Orders Amazon To Stop Taking Advantage of People Who Can't Spell 'Birkenstock' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    uhh, ephemeral -> intangible

    It is increasingly difficult to sort out the crap, the potential crap, and the legitimate products

    Is this a criticism of Amazon's third party marketplace or a reflection of a fact that increasingly, the only 'tangible' difference between 'real' and 'counterfeit' is the intangible 'quality' imbued by being manufactured on behalf of those owning the IP?

    Is it possible that in the near future, the counterfeit items will be manufactured to a higher standard than the 'real' ones? If so, would the counterfeiter then simply start a brand of their own and bump up the prices ?

  16. Re:Stupid court ruling, stupid Amazon on Germany Orders Amazon To Stop Taking Advantage of People Who Can't Spell 'Birkenstock' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It is increasingly difficult to sort out the crap, the potential crap, and the legitimate products

    Is this a criticism of Amazon's third party marketplace or a reflection of a fact that increasingly, the only 'tangible' difference between 'real' and 'counterfeit' is the ephemeral 'quality' imbued by being manufactured on behalf of those owning the IP?

    Is it possible that in the near future, the counterfeit items will be manufactured to a higher standard than the 'real' ones? If so, would the counterfeiter then simply start a brand of their own and bump up the prices ?

  17. Re:Donald Trump launching "Burkastop" footwear on Germany Orders Amazon To Stop Taking Advantage of People Who Can't Spell 'Birkenstock' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I like to think of someone wearing a burka as an inversion of a naked person wearing sunglasses. ymmv.

  18. Nuthin', growing an extra arm and chillin'

  19. Prioritising the user over the advertiser? ^_^

    Black Helicopters dispatched to your location. Await airlift.

  20. Russia have already been 'the enemy' within living memory. You're supposed to choose a new one to keep people guessing. Doh!

  21. The dastardly Russians used a sneaky and underhanded technique called "telling the truth"

    There's no precedent for it and it's not wanted. This red threat will be stamped out.

  22. Can't the price just be ads? Ad-blockers are apparently great. I'm not sure if there's a McDonalds blocker yet.

  23. \o/ on Airlines With the Best In-Flight Wi-Fi (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Frontier, Hawaiian and Spirit Airways are the only three major U.S. carriers that offer no onboard WiFi at all, according to the ranking.

    There you have it folks, if you don't want to be cooked, fly with Frontier, Hawaiian and Spirit Airways.

    Nice ad.

  24. That's greaaaat on FCC Hits Sinclair With $13 Million Fine Over Ads (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    PopQuiz: How do we hit the FCC with a fine for ruining the internet for the whole world?

  25. Re:Young Trumps will never grow up in this environ on Kids In 'Netflix Only' Homes Are Being Saved From 230 Hours of Commercials a Year, Says Report (exstreamist.com) · · Score: 1

    Strawman - facebook have ads now.