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  1. It means "yow! it must hurt to see yourself in the mirror!"

  2. Are you counting the Uighur (an Islamic people) in 'Chinese re-education camp' as people in jail? There are close to a million of them there.

  3. You can't copy songs so it's just like the repression in China.

  4. Re: I want Bezels on Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So they fixed the hardware bug of no bezel to hold the phone with another dollop of software. How nice. Gotta use up those processor cycles for something.

  5. Walker is hated by Trade Union Bosses.

  6. Re: Wisconsin It's the Smeghead state! on Foxconn Denies Looking To Transfer Chinese Workers To Incoming Wisconsin Factory (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Education? You mean spend 3 billion to inflate education costs even higher? That is what government spending on education often does.

  7. Re: set the standard to a single subatomic particl on The Future of the Kilo: a Weighty Matter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A good workable definition of pi based on integers is 355/113.

    It's so close that it bugs me it isn't used more.

  8. Re:THE local Stop and Rob on 7-Eleven Tests Cashier-Free Shopping In 14 Stores (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    You misspelled 'bleating'.

  9. The sea change for post-Vietnam American defensive-aggression came in 1979 with the Iran hostage crisis. I was there and saw it happen. The 9/11 attack was just a further and much greater escalation.

  10. Only dumbasses win elections. Or so it seems.

  11. People way over-emphasize grinding the beans fresh. It's far more important how long ago the beans were roasted.

  12. Your sadistic trait is getting up in the morning and looking in the mirror.

  13. Re: As a black coffee drinker on People Who Prefer Black Coffee Are More Likely To Have Psychopathic Or Sadistic Traits, Study Finds (rd.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It means you're an enabler.

  14. Re:My heart goes out to the people of DC on Amazon In 'Advanced Talks' To Open Headquarters In Washington DC Area (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you meant 'The Chamber of Commerce Types in cities.'

    Regular people, small businessmen, etc. Not so much.

  15. Re: Just what DC needs a on Amazon In 'Advanced Talks' To Open Headquarters In Washington DC Area (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Bezos is an OTO cultist.

  16. Re: What did Apple invent? on Apple Used To Be an Inventor. Now It's Mainly a Landlord. (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple enhances and adds branding value. They are like the guy who sees a Chevy and adds a new badge and trim to it and sells the public a Buick. Apple definitely sells a Buick-class product.

  17. Re: Not true on Apple Used To Be an Inventor. Now It's Mainly a Landlord. (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You gain more value than that for your $1000. You also have a new app where you can aim your phone at your head and all your facial gestures are mirrored on it's screen by a cartoon head shaped out of feces.

  18. Re: Sales are slowing...So on Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they will start selling Apple Music on Android. It could do as well as iTunes on Windows, or that QuickTime player for Windows with the brushed aluminium frame did. They could integrate the Apple Watch to connect to Amazon Echo.

  19. Re: Hmm, sales are down? on Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They seem more jubilant than angry.

  20. So like the sellers of luxury automobiles in 1928 they have a secure market. Go Dusenberg! Hurrah, Pierce-Arrow! The market of wealthy plutocrats will never shrink.

  21. Re: Why should they? on Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Pepsi would have a similar problem with the volume of their sale of sugar water to kids if they weren't diversified into other markets like Pizza Hut, etc.

  22. Re: Not specific to Apple, smartphones in general on Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't Apple sell Macintoshes and wristwatches made out of any Iphone parts they are unable to sell? Isn't there a strong untapped market for laptops and wristwatches made out of proprietary cellphone parts?

  23. Re: Why should they? on Apple Will No Longer Reveal How Many iPhones, iPads, and Macs It Sells (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So in effect, executives have to plan months ahead what they will do that raises or lowers the stock value on the day of sale.

  24. That sort of usage of 'like' goes back to the beatnik days of the early 60's. And maybe beyond, even older.

  25. Re:Dating back to 2017? on Tesla Says Justice Department, SEC Are Investigating Model 3 Production Targets (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a socially healthy form of fear, though.