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  1. I just skip so fast I don't think I've ever learned anything from it.

    Similarly with YouTube videos with a 'you may skip this ad after five seconds'. If people are committed to skipping ads, why keep showing them?

    Monitor skipping - if someone never watches an ad, they are clearly not interested. By continuing to show them you're:
      * Wasting bandwidth / other computing resources
      * Wasting advertisers money targeting someone who's clearly not interested

    Surely advertising is supposed to be about matching advertisers' products to viewers? If you're not doing this, you're failing at your core practice.

  2. Avoidance of ads is the main reason to watch Netflix. Pay and receive ads? Anyone at Netflix heard the term 'user experience' ? Are they positioning themselves for a premium subscription?

  3. You? :p

  4. Re:Another reason to love telecommuting on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why did the Gestapo use uniforms if they were a secret police?

    The Nazi Gestapo were a “secret police” not in that their existence was a secret but in that they only reported to and took orders from party leadership. Their “work,” which was mostly persecuting Jews and political opponents of the Nazi regime, was not subject to limitations or review by courts. They were basically above the law.

     

  5. Re:Fear 24/7/365 on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Newsflash, your own government is worse than the thing they're 'protecting you from.'

  6. Re:Safety? on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What better way to study the effects than to have a widespread deployment in public places. Cost effective compared to standard trials. God bless the freedom-loving ways of Nazi America.

  7. Re:Another reason to love telecommuting on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    There should at least be the requirement that the police uniforms be switched for Gestapo uniforms, including jackboots.

  8. Re:Would this hold up in court? on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a win for the 'healthcare' system.

  9. Re:Would this hold up in court? on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    There could be glzed truffle dinuts in those bags.

  10. Re:Would this hold up in court? on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's an "It's completely up to you" situation.

  11. Re:Would this hold up in court? on LA To Become First In US To Install Subway Body Scanners (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    We need to build a wall around the US and ban international travel for any US citizens to stop the infection from spreading.

  12. Sounds like a story from some alternate reality where the Nazis won the war.

  13. Re:Great writeup on Facebook Bans the Sale of All Kodi Boxes (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    How are stalkbook in a position to control the sale of anything?

  14. Re:aww poor baby on Short-Sellers Sue Tesla After Musk's 'Going Private' Tweets (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    roflmaolololol

  15. Re:aww poor baby on Short-Sellers Sue Tesla After Musk's 'Going Private' Tweets (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Musk is deliberately trying to increase the value of his own company!!!! wtf???

  16. How do destroy your own brand on Nintendo's Offensive, Tragic, and Totally Legal Erasure of ROM Sites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    in the eyes of fans the world over, in the name of protecting it's IP. doh!

  17. If they can't cheat the voting system without it being obvious, maybe they aren't smart enough to be in charge of anything?

  18. Re: My Gear S3 already lasts several days? on Samsung Unveils Tizen-Powered Galaxy Watch That Lasts 'Several Days' On Single Charge (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow; the triggering is strong for this topic.

  19. Re: Can I really hate Bill Clinton now? on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    What the hell? How are airlines to make a living if they're not able to exploit your lack of choice as a parent?

  20. Re: BBC can suck a BBC on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    As we know, fundamental human rights are opt-in via longwinded legal process. Probably not what <deity> had in mind.

  21. Re:BBC can suck a BBC on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure our secret leaders have our best interests at heart =)

  22. The 'pirates rate this worthy of downloading' stamp of approval. Sure.

    Disclaimer: I haven't watched TV for over ten years.

  23. Re:Verified voting, what could go wrong? on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    The elephant in the room is that politicians aren't representing the will of the electorate. It makes no difference how they are chosen.

  24. Re:Damn right! on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What we need is random selection of politicians the way jury selection works. Anyone with even a hint of interest in accepting the role should be excluded.

  25. Re:Damn right! on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    and we have a common crook as president.

    I know; it fills me with disgust. Let's go back to the old ways where your president is from a respectable family whose criminality has been veneered over by time and money.