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  1. Prisons are not about protecting society. on At $75,560, Housing a Prisoner in California Now Costs More Than a Year at Harvard (latimes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Prisons are a business, Anyone thinking otherwise is incredibly uneducated on how the USA does things in the legal system.

  2. If there was justice in this world... on Price-gouging Maker of EpiPen Literally Said That Critics Can Go Fuck Themselves (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Congress would invalidate that companies entire patent portfolio and put them all in the public domain.
    Problem is that would require a congress that was not Morally bankrupt. And the USA is not capable of having that.

  3. Re:Sadly This is a rerun on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    my 3d printers all are wifi networked and they use the same gcode file. No 3d printer made uses a STL file directly. Hell I can even watch the print from it's built in webcam from any computer made that has a web browser.

    Sadly 3d printers are far more compatible than any inkjet because the people making them are extremely talented engineers and printer engineers are mostly idiots that think secret proprietary control codes are important.

  4. No we really dont. only reason I built an ATX machine this last time with the 7700K is because you have no other choice but to do a full PC.

    The motherboard came with everything I would ever need outside of the pair of GTX1080 Ti video cards and I will not upgrade them ever. When that time arrives, the whole box get's replaced. I'm betting the screws will never be removed unless I have SSD drive failures.

  5. Sadly This is a rerun on Apple Piles On the Features, and Users Say, 'Enough!' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    The first time Job left apple lost their way.

    Problem is we dont have him anymore to bring the company back around.

    Carplay needs to be fixed, Apple Maps is a shitshow compared to everything else right now, 3 years ago it was decent, but now it's broken as hell. They need to allow Google,Garmin,Waze, etc to be on carplay. They need to LET ANY app be on carplay as long as they meet the requirements.

    The hardware is sound, but the rush for features is getting a mess. Siri is not useable anymore because HomeKit is too closed. So now I use Alexia because she at least will control my whole house. (No HomeKit compatablity with any real home automation like AMX/Crestron but Alexia works!)

  6. Sorry but a 6 digit UID is not "low"... with a UID as high as yours I'd expect you to know that :-)

  7. CHEATERS! on As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    All of them steal my code!

    function main()
    {

    }

    and even using IF statements and DO WHILE! The freaking copycats!

    If an instructor expects 30 students to do a bubble sort 30 different ways, he needs to be fired as a CS instructor.

  8. Why chrome won. on Former Mozilla CTO: 'Chrome Won' (andreasgal.com) · · Score: 1

    First it plays flash pages without Flash having to be downloaded, same goes for a lot of other crud. the user can download one thing and then surf almost 99% of the intar-woobs.

    But it's the ONLY browser that works with youtube perfectly and all other google products (funny that eh?) so it increases adoption even faster.

    Lastly, Firefox told a LOT of users "we dont want you" by dropping the 32 bit builds and there are a LOT of 32 bit windows machines out there, hell you can buy brand new 32 bit windows 10 machines right now. almost all the budget low end laptops and win10 tablets are 32bit. I am even seeing $100 tiny desktops that also use thise 32 bit quad core intel processor on a chip setups.

    Yes, I agree it's a freaking crime that anything being sold is 32 bit, but it's there and they are popular because of the pricepoints.

  9. Honestly, Look at that list, if you have been a gold member for the past 2 years you ALREADY OWN all those games as they gave them to you for free.
    They need to be out the door with at least last years AAA titles...

  10. Open source is the only way to go kids.... on DJI Threatens To 'Brick' Its Copters Unless Owners Agree To Share Their Details (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    OSS means they cant control your product.
    If your drone does not use one of the OSS drone pilot software systems, then it's a piece of poo.

  11. Sadly the #1 electric use in the south is still up on New Evidence of a Decline In Electricity Use By U.S. Households (wordpress.com) · · Score: 0

    Wierdly most southerners are too stupid to insulate the hell out of their homes, Air conditioning works better in a heavily insulated home, yet most homes in the south have little to no insulation and the windows are worthless single pane glass that is almost no better than a camper window.

    For example a typical florida home has almost no insulation and the AC runs all day long because spending $1500 to actually insulate the place and put radiant heat barrier in the roof is less important than marble countertops.

    Insulate the freaking homes in the south and watch power useage drop significantly.

  12. Re:Unforgeable Caller ID on Nuisance Call Firm Keurboom Hit With Record Fine (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hiya app does this. People can report a number as "bad" and it is blocked on all other users of that app. Works fantastic.

  13. Re:Small Fine on Nuisance Call Firm Keurboom Hit With Record Fine (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    where the hell is a telemarketing employee making $100K a year?

  14. 10 Program killer app
    20 Make lots of money for me with minimal effort.
    30 goto 10

    Because math is hard.... and paying for education and experience is not good for corporate bottom lines.

    Write a programming language that Middle Managers can use to design our products.

  15. they found a great way to get rid of the bad ones. on EPA Dismisses Half the Scientists on Its Major Review Board (nymag.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Simply get rid of anyone with an education.

  16. So it's now that when the cops arrive at your door, killing the officers and running is a better option.

    Lawmakers today are the enemy of the people and need to be treated as such.

  17. California needs to add a 5000% rocket launch tax as well as a space company tax.

    Drive all those companies to florida where they belong.

  18. Re:And we can guess what the S stands for on Microsoft's Surface Laptop With Windows 10 S Leaks Ahead of New York Unveil (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    Huh? chromebooks are insanely powerful here because they are absolutely virus proof. not even the executives can bork these things. The other aspect is the all the time connectivity via LTE and the google cloud sync of all data. Fred in sales lost another "laptop"? hand him another one, charge his paycheck $350 and he is back running as if nothing happened in less than 10 minutes.

    Locking it down is the bottom 10% of the desired feature set.

  19. I'm still boycotting Advertisers.... on Advertisers Are Still Boycotting YouTube Over Offensive Videos (go.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm still blocking all the ad's I can until the advertising networks start vetting their ad's and actually paying for real bandwidth. Almost every website loads twice as fast if you block the big ad network domains.

  20. Re:Ontario, largest subnational debtor on the plan on Ontario Launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    And the lawyers. Dont forget the lawyers.

  21. Re:Electronic gate on Amazon Might Be Planning To Use Driverless Cars for Delivery (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    You only have a gate on your property? How did it get past the gate and the guard at the entrance to the subdivision let alone the gate at the end of the driveway.

    Yes gate in my gated community, I dont trust these rich fuckers, and it helps keep the asshole retired guys on the HOA board off my fucking lawn and away from the house.

  22. Hope they are better... on Amazon Might Be Planning To Use Driverless Cars for Delivery (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Than their current delivery people. Leaving my package by the road? YOu lazy moron in a rusted out minivan, walk that thing to the door and press the doorbell button.

  23. Re:Ontario, largest subnational debtor on the plan on Ontario Launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Trump supporters want it both ways.

  24. Re:Ontario, largest subnational debtor on the plan on Ontario Launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    That has all the answers you need

  25. Re: Ontario, largest subnational debtor on the pla on Ontario Launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    They are the ones snorting coke and buying it from drug dealers.