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  1. Re:Reducing polution can mean more money. on To Hit Climate Goals, Bill Gates and His Billionaire Friends Are Betting on Energy Storage (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah but the system encourages constant high energy usage. It is efficient aside from the implicit policy of burn burn burn.

  2. Re:Renewable more than Fossil Efficiency on To Hit Climate Goals, Bill Gates and His Billionaire Friends Are Betting on Energy Storage (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. The intermittent power issue is just FUD. Wouldn't really hurt us to live a simpler life that didnt demand a gigawatt of power for a family of four.

  3. Re:Reducing polution can mean more money. on To Hit Climate Goals, Bill Gates and His Billionaire Friends Are Betting on Energy Storage (qz.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    False. They mandated the closed system. Did the same thing with cars. Crank case is ventilated into the intake thereby increasing the destruction (wear) of the engine on a logarithmic scale. Funny, you would think preserving the same automobile longer would cut down on the environmental impact. However, the automotive industry happily obliged--wonder why?

    You ever seen a Chrysler minivan dying from it's own crank case gases? I have seen plenty. What was once a clean burning engine of impeccable efficiency is render into a shitty, sooty, gas hog the more it gets used after a certain age. At the ten year mark this makes the car run hotter, less fuel MPG, clogging the catalytic converter. All you have to is route the pcv valve to the atmosphere and plug the pcv inlet on the intake (throttle body) to solve this issue.

    The EPA has no value. Negative value.

  4. Re:Reducing polution can mean more money. on To Hit Climate Goals, Bill Gates and His Billionaire Friends Are Betting on Energy Storage (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    The US doesn't have to do shit.

  5. Re:Reducing polution can mean more money. on To Hit Climate Goals, Bill Gates and His Billionaire Friends Are Betting on Energy Storage (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It's straight forward. All you have to do is wave some branches and burn some goat entrails--the sun will bless you with good crops and many sons.

    Magical thinking is going to be the labelled as the harbinger of a declining advanced society. glhf

  6. Re:Obama's campaign caused the rule changes on Facebook Offers Nearly 500 Pages of Answers To Congress' Questions From Zuckerberg's Testimony (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    1) Know what the current issues are (Same issues from 40 years ago)
    2) Know the policy options and where each candidate stands (Impossible, always changes on a dime....or a bag of them)
    2a) Know something about the personal history of each candidate and decide if they are appropriate / qualified. (Ugh...this reminds of people trying to hire. Generally really bad at it. Just flip a coin...you will do just as good if not better.)
    3) Have some understanding of the basic facts around those issues. (Where do you purport they get that information? Should they put 2-3 hours on their schedule each day?)

  7. Re:Obama's campaign caused the rule changes on Facebook Offers Nearly 500 Pages of Answers To Congress' Questions From Zuckerberg's Testimony (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah...but you are not supposed to goad the rabble to the polls. Let the market sort it out. If people feel a need to go...they will go. If you have to convince people to vote they should not be voting.

  8. Re:Again Banks Controling You on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases On Its Credit Cards (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the government loans them the money. So who's money is it?

  9. Re:Makes sense on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases On Its Credit Cards (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The court will never discover the crypto. There is no reliable way to do so. Trying and failing is a sure way to lose a case.

  10. Re:Makes sense on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases On Its Credit Cards (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The classic is to buy Gold/Silver. "I spent it"

  11. Re:Checks and balances on Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Watch every controversy that stirs within the "high court." They drag everything out to create a distraction where they can safely slip out of the room...dropping a well crafted, weaselly letter on the foyer table. Absolutely disgusting. There is so little for them to do within the legislative domain that it is not worth the overhead and politicized virtue signalling.

  12. Re:Checks and balances on Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    So yeah...they gave themselves that power. More like an "oh crap" moment after which there was little anyone could do within the current framework. Stability was paramount and that was not a threat at the time. I really don't get why so many people stroke the "judicial branch" so much on slashdot. Perhaps it is the love of logic and policy/procedure inherent to geeks. Repugnant.

  13. Re:All these refined materials on Some Recycling Is Now Being Re-Routed To Landfills (wral.com) · · Score: 1

    False! It all lasted forever. Quality.

  14. Re:The word is clear, as are the deeds on In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it is not worth getting many more people killed. There is no longer an excuse for war. None. Bring resources under a common market and war evaporates.

  15. This is a disingenuous NYT piece we are talking about. This is literally them trying to start shit...gives their readers something to talk about....unless you read it...then you realize there is nothing to talk about.

  16. "(do you call it a lie? A misunderstanding? It's so hard to tell with that idiot whether he's lying or actually believes the idiotic things he's saying"

    When is everyone going to get it? This is how he keeps people on their back foot. The Canadian Prime Minnister made an absolute fucking fool of himself on the world stage the other day. He doesn't know it yet...or perhaps the realization has just hit him.

    Here is the process...

    1) trump spouts a bunch of shit that makes him sound totally crazy and uninformed
    2) works behind the scenes on the real issues using sensible measures and policies
    3) dumbasses react as though Trump really believes the stuff he just said, while he is working they are distracted and flailing about
    4) everything hashes out, the dumbasses who reacted end up with lawyers, media, officials on their ass to resign

    Even if you assume he is following the above MO he still gives you nothing to work with.

    These people in Washington and the media were educated at elite schools and are supposedly smart but they keep getting beaten (fucking owned more like it) by a buffoon!!

  17. There isn't a politician in Washington right now that doesn't get sick to their stomach thinking about the next election.

  18. They are not negotiations. They are power deals, brokering. Trump is amazing at this shit. No one sees him coming, totally underestimates him, he plays into their notion of his craziness....totally thrown off, over-confident, they lose. that is what I'm seeing. You can't be foolish enough to think that Trump is just a crazy buffoon? He has literally been holding together copious amounts of drama for years. He has been learning the president and Washington thing and basically owned the Republican party---who he had very little respect for in aggregate. Now other politicians are scared to death of him. He can take to the streets, TV, Town Halls, and just fucking obliterate their careers. He caused almost 40 long-standing politicians to leave Washington DC--resigned!!

    People are going to be studying this presidency for 100 years.

  19. Re: I've got 15 Mod Points on In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    the running mate is nearly irrelevant after election. He would have been essentially sacked.

  20. Re:First World Problems on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    It is soooo hard to find parts for my Porsche! Fuck this country!!!

  21. Re: First World Problems on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Sun was an amazing company who's contributions will be felt long after you are dead. You fuck.

  22. Re:Why is /. reporting on this idiocy? on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Ars is quite a bit more than unseemly college drop-outs shit-posting as editors.

    You would have to pay intelligent, educated writers and journalists to match the content. Costly!

  23. Re:Why is /. reporting on this idiocy? on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    True. I have had first-name address and do not really like it. It isnt an address...it is obscure.

  24. Re:First World Problems on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    This is truly sick behavior. If someone ran to me wanting a vanity email address I would probably ear-mark them for removal. WTF.

  25. Re:Finally on Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They will improve it by throttling and offering innovative new social media access plans. They will try, it will blow up in their face.