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  1. Re:Business 101 on Elizabeth Warren Says Apple, Amazon and Google Are Trying To 'Lock Out' Competition (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She also seems to understand the role that government should play in combating that first rule.

  2. My bad Mr. Reznor... on Trent Reznor: YouTube Is Built On the Back Of Stolen Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I used Youtube to watch a video from your latest album which then prompted me to go onto iTunes to purchase said album. I guess I'll go return that album since I came across your music in such an immoral fashion.

  3. Come on! You've got to give them credit for the innovations they've made to suck money from our wallets.

  4. Re:Major Loss for Internet Freedom on Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins In Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    A Department of the Internet sounds pretty sweet.

  5. Re:Is FB Purity extension malware? Re:Ahem on Instagram's New Algorithm That Puts the Best Posts First Goes Live For All (instagram.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, Facebook hates that extension. You can't post a link to it in your status. Facebook will block it as a malicious site.

  6. Facebook Purity will keep that on for you permanently. I would have left Facebook a long time ago if it weren't for that extension. http://www.fbpurity.com/

  7. Just like that huh? Just drops some info here and there or removing redundancy? The casual way you in which you sum up very VERY complex issues shows that you have zero idea as to what you speak of. Musk is like the rest of the people who click on one of those "Science is Awesome" Facebook links and thinks they're all of a sudden Stephen Hawking. He may have vision and a ton of money, but neither of those makes you a genius. Besides, it's easy to say extraordinary things when there is no hope to prove you wrong...A.K.A. every religion forever and ever.

  8. Re: This sort of thing is why people like Trump on IT Layoffs At Insurance Firm Are A 'Never-Ending Funeral' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm tempted to ask for sources to back up what you're claiming. But I think I'm good with you just clarifying your thoughts. Thanks for the response.

  9. Re:The most disgusting part.. on IT Layoffs At Insurance Firm Are A 'Never-Ending Funeral' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean when you say "the economy has been in the tank for the past 8 years or so."? Are you speaking overall or for only a certain subsection of the population?

  10. Re: This sort of thing is why people like Trump on IT Layoffs At Insurance Firm Are A 'Never-Ending Funeral' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Which rights are those? I hear this alot, but no one ever clarifies which rights.

  11. So we should just forget about it and go about our business? Or is there any room in there for solving those problems you just brought up? Because when he says "In at least a few hundred years... all of our heavy industry will be moved off-planet" I'm led to believe he is well aware of those hurdles.

  12. Re:Screw San Fran on How San Francisco Hazed a Tech Bro (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Your partisan rancor does nothing but make you sound stupid and petty. So your aunt and uncle moved in 2006. So what? Old people tend to get tired of city life. Big deal. The homelessness and dirt in this city is just like every other city in the world. When you concentrate money into a small area, you tend to attract some not so nice elements. San Francisco's problem is wealth, avarice, and extreme narcissism. But whatever. You sound like someone who is not interested in discourse or open minded dialog. You probably just like ranting. So I'll leave it at that. But I will say, if you haven't ever lived in any major city much less a so called liberal liberal one then you need to STFU about it because you don't know shit.

  13. Re:To any Canadians on Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn't What It Used To Be (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    No, this is too generalized. It can vary greatly, but usually when the lifetime of the product is considered it's not how long the manufacturer decides to keep it around. But how long that product would remain active on it's own.....thus its actual lifetime. But in many cases, the lifetime of the purchaser applies. It's really all in the fine print and sometimes the state laws.

  14. Of course on Why ISIS Is Winning The Online Propaganda War (dailydot.com) · · Score: 0

    The internet will always give voice to the irrational extremes and will find those susceptible to it. You can't fight it in the conventional way and it's folly to try. It's better to be a more attractive option to their targets. But that would mean, money, compassion, and understanding and we are sorely lacking in at least two of those things.

  15. ...those pesky humans who want to cross the street. If only we could find a way to autonomously walk, we could program humans not to be so annoying.

  16. Yes this was true for me as well. It also has improved my posture and my arm pains subsided. I think moderation is what's important. Try not to be in the same position for hours upon end.

  17. Re:Fix the bugs on The Story Behind the Worst Computer Game In History (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice thanks for the tip.

  18. Fix the bugs on The Story Behind the Worst Computer Game In History (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Part of me wants him to go back and fix those bugs and polish the game proper like.

  19. Re:Again... on City of Austin Locked In Regulations Battle With Uber, Lyft · · Score: 1

    The purpose of existing law is to make it hard, or impossible (e.g. medallion systems) for competition to form.

    The original purpose of medallion systems was regulation. They gave the cities a way to limit the quantity of taxis driving on the streets and to make sure safe driving practices were being followed.

  20. Re:Don't judge us by this place on North Carolina Town Defeats Big Solar's Plan To Suck Up the Sun (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    North Carolina is a progressive and beautiful state with

    I was going to dispute the progressive part. But then I looked at the list of the governors you've had. I was shocked to learn that in recent history they've been mostly Democrat. Who knew?!

  21. Re:Try offering service to your entire... on Cable Providers Still Have No Answer For Netflix As Cord-cutting Accelerates (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Aww man, you made coffee out of my nose from all the laughing. But seriously, L.A. invented passive aggressive.

  22. Re: Too much hype about driverless cars on How Much Will Autonomous Cars Really Help? (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, let's establish that there is no AI at the moment. There is software developed by humans that can take in data, analyze that data, and react to that data in a predetermined way. But they cannot act beyond the bounds of their original programming. If there was some relevant data that the developers did not take into account, then the software cannot react to that. Yes, there is progress in this area. But most of the time it is usually just very clever programming. I'm thinking of research like this: http://www.wsj.com/articles/ha...

    I'm not saying that autonomous cars don't provide advantages. But these advantages can easily be mitigated in complex systems such as driving on a road full of human drivers or weather. In a closed system? Sure, they can work perfectly. But a closed system will take time and money to establish. My whole point in arguing against autonomous vehicles is to provide a different view point against the wide-eyed enthusiasm I see out there for them. Because humans have a pattern of trusting too much in technology to the detriment of others.

    And I would like to see some data on your assertion that "Most people drive by watching the taillights of the car in front of them only".

  23. Re: Too much hype about driverless cars on How Much Will Autonomous Cars Really Help? (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    Humans have the ability to future map and can thus avoid having to react at all. A.I. does not have the ability currently and might not for a very long time if ever. That's a fact that proponents of autonomous cars conveniently ignore.

  24. Re:Wouldn't this lead to Natural Selection? on Stack Overflow and the Zeitgeist of Computer Programming (priceonomics.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly this! I am the only Python developer on my team and I would waste hours figuring out a problem that would be solved in a 5 minute google search. It is pointless and regressive to reinvent the wheel every time.

  25. So people not using privacy settings... on Saying "Wasted" On Facebook Can Affect Your Credit Score (ajc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...are getting burned by publically spewing out their thoughts and life details? I'm cool with that.