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  1. Re:The source isn't important on Top Democrats Request FBI Investigation of Trump Campaign Ties To Russia Over Hacking (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    This sounds like the cry of the losers. Democrats are desperately trying their best to demonize Trump and anyone who might vote for him. Despite all of this, there remain tons of people that are simply not Democrat or have hated Hillary pretty much her entire political career.

    Crying foul here is the loser trying to blame someone else for their failings. It was true for the Bernie supports. It's true any time Trumpies wine about it. It's true for Clinton News Network and friends.

    If it's the truth then it's only transparency.

  2. I remember when Democrats told us that being shocked that our President is a misogynistic womanizer and accused rapist was somehow not-cosmopolitan and made us look foolish in the eyes of the world. It's funny how the wheel turns.

  3. > You mean they should spend tax money and valuable resources investigating one of the most transparent and well respected charitable organizations on the planet?

    Since when did Hillary get mixed up in the Red Cross?

  4. This entire circus that you're blindly taking at face value is just a distraction from the fact that the two parties do have some meaningful differences. Both choices are mired in sexual scandal that overshadows little things like Hillary promising to pick a fight with Russia live on national TV.

  5. Re:Yakkety Sux on Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like an artificial problem created by the likes of systemd.

  6. > 2) Playing music is a valid hands-off use for a phone

    All of my Android phones have been able to multi-task. You can play music and have it navigate at the same time. It just pauses the music during verbal guidance.

  7. It's bullshit.

    Anything built into a car is going to be obsolete by the time it's on the market. We're talking about the beaurocracy of a large aging megacorp. Many of them can't even get the auto tech right. Forget about the extras.

  8. They have to justify their own existence and shore up lagging moral and general disrespect somehow.

  9. I've owned several Macs. That's why I called out the obvious bullshit. If a Mac can even play a decent variety of video content it is because of Free Software of one form or another. Apple's own tools are crap.

    Macs are only OK if you NEVER stray off the reservation.

  10. Re:They earn that in 16 minutes on Comcast Fined $2.3 Million by FCC For 'Negative Option Billing' Practices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter if it's revenue or profit if it's stolen.

    Alternatively, "income" is the same for everyone regardless of whether you call it "profit" or disposable income in the end.

  11. Re:2.3M? -- That'll teach them! on Comcast Fined $2.3 Million by FCC For 'Negative Option Billing' Practices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More importantly, it is likely a miniscule amount compared to what they actually stole. So no real consequences for them. Crime does pay.

  12. Re:No, she's not fine on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 1

    Ethics? Are you joking? Clinton has her own little foundation and cabal of Middle East strongmen feeding her coffers. Cheney at least made the appearance of fully divesting himself from his business interests.

    The main complaints about Trump with any substance are things where the incoming First Lady makes Trump look like an amateur.

  13. Re:Extremely ignorant on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 1

    I think if Johnson gave proper Libertarian answers to those two questions, then the result would make your head explode and set social media on fire so bad that people would forget about Trump.

    As a Libertarian, his answer to Aleppo should be "fuck em". They are not our problem and we should not be playing global police. I am not sure there are any world leaders he should admire. They're all either strongmen or some variation on socialist. Some of them have even fucked up in a big way by being arrogant about the voters or letting their heart bleed too much without thinking shit through. If anything, I suspect he's inclined to eviscerate some.

    Johnson is not someone that posts memes adoring Finland.

  14. > Nor do I expect the democratic party turn the US into a communist nation.

    Yet the party has embraced a contingent led by someone that ex-Soviets refer to Bernie Breshnev.

  15. Re:Dice, we get it you don't like Ms. Clinton on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and communists are cool.

  16. Many "humorists" are far wiser than those that claim to be wise or those that are held up by others as wise.

  17. Re:and quick to engage in personal attack on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 2

    His endorsement is still for "personal safety reasons" and that's sad. It's far more troubling than anything that Trump has said or that has been said about Trump. It's the true death of liberty. It's like living in a fascist or communist state.

    People tend to project and they see Trump as Hitler.

  18. Re:Is this real life? on Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Endorses Gary Johnson For President (dilbert.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really. It's a relevant cultural issue that we all have to deal with. As geeks many of us have to treat social contact and office politics as if we were exploring an alien planet. This whole guilt by association nonsense is just part of that.

    First they just insulted voters. Then they tried to call the other guy Hitler. When that didn't work they tried to turn him into some sort of sex monster.

    He's nothing more than an entertainer with some groupies.

    Try to be the voice of reason or stick up for actual liberty and you very well may be virtually lynched. It seems to be a common thing these days and you don't even have to be anyone interesting. You could just be dating someone interesting.

    At this point, it just seems like I'm insufficiently gay for the progressive hive mind.

  19. > A Mac is a Unix machine that you don't have to fight with to watch a movie on.

    The only thing a Mac is good at playing is something from the Apple store. A Mac is crap for playing anything else.

  20. Re:Some good points. on The Real Reasons Companies Won't Hire Telecommuters (oreilly.com) · · Score: 2

    Forms of online group communications have been available since at least the 80s. This includes "newsgroups" and real time chat. The real problem is that many people choose not to use them and you pretty much have to chase them down physically.

    Trustworthiness is really the only issue here. The rest flow from that.

    In some companies, even if you are physically in the office you are co-located with NO ONE on your team.

  21. Few films have an "extended" run any more. With a lot of pictures these days, you're pretty much out of luck if you don't remember to get to the theater right away.

  22. Re:Might as well break the ice on Netflix CEO: Movie Theaters Are 'Strangling the Movie Business'' (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't have to be on some corporation's property to have a "social" experience.

  23. Re:Movie theaters on Netflix CEO: Movie Theaters Are 'Strangling the Movie Business'' (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    > People with AR-15's spraying bullets up and down the aisles?

    You're more likely to get hit by lightning while spontaneously getting 3 different rare diseases.

  24. > Any half-assed hacker can reverse engineer your code

    You have just described WHY something shouldn't have been granted a patent to begin with.

  25. Re:Life Quality vs. Life Quantity on New Study Suggests There's a Limit To How Long People Can Live (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Elderly homes are where you go to vegetate either physically or mentally while your physical body finally decides to finally quit. It's basically live corpse storage.