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  1. Secret tax butthole? on Paradise Papers Leak Reveals Apple's Secret Tax Bolthole (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Tell me more.

  2. I don't want to charge my headphones on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I already have audio technica m50x's and beyerdynamic dt770s. I'm not buying a phone that they won't work with, and I'm not switching to your fucking bluetooth beats you greedy fucks.

  3. Re:Sanders supporting liberal socalist on Congressman Steve Scalise Among 5 Shot at Baseball Field (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump suggested using the 2nd ammendment as a threat against Hillary if she won.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/politic...

    Reap what you sow.

    First: This guy isn't Trump, he didn't say that shit.

    Second: Trump saying doesn't mean republicans think its OK.

  4. Re:Most perceptive comment of the night on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's really interesting. I also feel like there was a sense in social media that while trumps support was belligerent, immature, and often gross, it was at least honest. Clinton's support from groups like CTR was subtle, underhanded, and dishonest.

    People noticed.

    The perfect example is how the news subreddits. CTR folks got into mod positions and started deleting anything anti clinton or pro sanders way back in the primary. They tried to justify it, and hid who they really were, but people by and large saw it happening. The trump subreddit was a shitshow of immature nonsense and hate. Last night I looked at "the_donald" just to see how they were reacting, and the first post I clicked on was a link to twitter, and the first response to this tweet was a pornographic picture with Hillary's face photo-shopped on to it. It was gross, and deplorable, but I know for damn sure that wasn't some paid shill trying to subtly influence me by controlling information on social media. One was gross, and one was dishonest. Its not a fun choice to make, but I can see how it could go the way it did.

  5. Re:Very true on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, trump won it fair and square. Or rather, despite the RNC not wanting him, so at a handicap.

    Which is shocking, because he's a complete shithead and was able to steamroll the RNC, while Bernie isn't and was steamrolled by the shitheads at the DNC. It seems like a victory for shitheads.

  6. Re:Reddit is discovering... on AMAgeddon: Reddit Mods Are Locking Up the Site's Most Popular Pages In Protest · · Score: 1

    .. that unlimited freedom of speech ain't all it's cracked up to be. It certainly doesn't scale well.

    I for one won't be back until /r/coontown and it's ilk are gone. That's a shit ton of racists right there...

    You do realize that the people who frequent that sub would still be on reddit right? They'd just congregate other places, like maybe the default subs.

  7. Sweet, hunting time! on Emperor Penguins Counted From Space · · Score: 1

    This is really awesome news, I've always wanted to shoot an emperor, but they won't let me into Japan for some reason.

  8. Re:So do the dutch have a problem with vigilantism on Stolen iPad's Reported Location Not Enough To Warrant Search, Say Dutch Police · · Score: 1

    It naturally depends on your financial situation, but to me it would be worth it. I'm not going to be a willing victim just because the police refuse to do their jobs.

  9. So do the dutch have a problem with vigilantism? on Stolen iPad's Reported Location Not Enough To Warrant Search, Say Dutch Police · · Score: 1

    Because I know for damn sure if I was in the same situation I would go recover the stolen property myself.

  10. DAMNIT!! on Biologists Debunk the "Rotting Y Chromosome" Theory · · Score: 1

    Well, I guess I can stop work on my time machine, they won't be needing me for insemination like I'd hoped.

  11. Just yesterday... on Study Says E-prescription Systems Would Save At Least 50k Lives a Year · · Score: 2

    I got some shit advice from the medical staff at my university. I'm taking a drug called celexa and got a cold, not wanting any adverse interactions I called them up and asked what medicine it was OK for me to take. Coricidin Cold and Cough they said, was the safe choice.

    I Googled it before I went to the store and found a major interaction via drugs.com. A potentially fatal interaction. Super.

  12. Re:So what now? on Australian Police Spying On Web, Phone Usage With No Warrants · · Score: 1

    I hate to break it to you, but they're starting to take the lead on some of this shit.

  13. We have the worst Republicans in the country in Az on Arizona Ponders FCC Decency Standards For the Classroom · · Score: 1

    And I say that as a Republican. Just recently we had a group of them go after our University funding, claiming that if tuition is higher then the students will benefit because they'll value their educations more. The moron pushing this had a degree from the University of Pheonix.

    They all get elected on a mix of religious social issues and their oppositions refusal to admit that illegal immigration is a problem(even though Arizona is now the kidnapping capital of the country and there are entire sections of the desert near Tucson where you just can't go anymore thanks to the smugglers, including national parks).

    I guess that all you can say is most of them aren't corrupt. They're generally too stupid to be corrupt.

  14. Re:Stop giving the things away... on Making a Better Solar Cooker · · Score: 1

    You're actually the one missing the point here. Lung disease is one of the leading killers of children and women in the developing world and the primary cause is indoor cooking fires. This is a solution to that problem.

    The fact that people who understand that have manipulated Wahwhuas into supporting these measures is just icing on the cake.

  15. Stop giving the things away... on Making a Better Solar Cooker · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...and sell them at a loss. That way the villagers will attach some value to the things and actually use them.

  16. Re:Current utilizing it in a case.. on Indian Government To Track Locations of All Cell Phone Users · · Score: 1

    It can be reasonable doubt.

  17. Re:The biggest problem on White House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA's Mars Exploration · · Score: 1

    That's idiotic.

    Nobody thinks that eating at McDonalds 3 times a day is healthy, they do it because they're lazy. Its the exact same reason by and large that they're poor. These people aren't fat because they live on ramen noodles.

  18. Re:Discounting attacks on SCADA systems lost me on "Cyberwar" As a Carrot For Those Selling the Stick · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Rome didn't fall because they fought too many wars, they fell because they shied away from one.

  19. Anon accomplished nothing here on Did Anonymous Take Down CIA.gov? · · Score: 1

    The CIA only uses that site for public relations, they've got their own separate system for all of their real work.

  20. Re:Confused on White House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA's Mars Exploration · · Score: 1

    A safety net that could cover the cost of mortgages for people who've lost their jobs would be one expensive net.

    Foreclosures happen to people with $500,000 homes too.

  21. Re:The biggest problem on White House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA's Mars Exploration · · Score: 1

    You've only noticed half of the problem. The left in the US believe that we shouldn't spend money on going to space while the poor are still "hungry". Even when food is so cheap that claims about hunger are moronic and obesity is one of the chief health concerns among the very poor.

    Much like the religious right, the far left in the US is undaunted by reality, and the result is that politicians in both parties pander to people who don't care about scientific progress just to get nominated.

  22. Re:Confused on White House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA's Mars Exploration · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Safety nets are fine, just not when people use them as hammocks.

  23. Mastering Physics on Rethinking the Social Media-Centric Classroom · · Score: 1

    Is the perfect example of this technology based learning failing miserably.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go waste 3 hours on material I already understand battling inconsistent significant figure requirements and badly worded questions.

  24. Just another crime... on IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...who's punishment is more severe than killing Michael Jackson.

  25. Even better: on Smart Camera Tells Tobacco From Marijuana · · Score: 1

    Would be a smart camera that can tell when a summary on slashdot includes information found nowhere within TFA.