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  1. Re:Can Someone Explain? on PC Case Maker CaseLabs Closes Permanently (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain?

    Due to some strange, unexpected quirk, steps taken to protect the nation's industries somehow didn't manage to deliver the immediate results that certain idiots - *cough* shills *cough* - were pretending to expect.

  2. developed their soybean by turning "off" the genes responsible for the trans fats in soybean oil.

    "Trans fats" are caused by hydrogenation; they don't occur naturally.

  3. Asteroid samples. Mmm... on Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Reaches 'Spinning-Top' Space Rock Ryugu (space.com) · · Score: 1

    ...with samples in tow

    I wonder how long it'll be before sushi dusted with powdered asteroid becomes popular in Japan.

  4. Re:A few relevant comments on Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Reaches 'Spinning-Top' Space Rock Ryugu (space.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and what sort of country still uses imperial units in the 21st century?

    That would be the only country to possess resusable rockets in the 21st Century.

    What were you saying? ;)

  5. Waasn't there a PBY Catalina that also went missing right after being sent out to look for a squadron of TBF Avengers that had just gone missing?

  6. Re:Cheap Satellite with Catches. on Airbus' Solar-Powered Zephyr Smashes Flight Duration Record on Maiden Outing (newatlas.com) · · Score: 0

    Hogwash; this thing would have a radar cross-section larger than Hillary's girdle.

  7. Re:Which percentage is used by unwanted apps? on Samsung Announces $1,000 Galaxy Note 9 Smartphone With Last-Gen Android Software Out-of-the-Box (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    With Samsungs you measure the percentage that isn't; it requires less digits.

  8. Aircon

    You keep talking about this "aircon." Let me guess: you eat vegemite or some other ghastly substance unfit for consumption by proper English speakers... ;)

  9. For non-disposable spaceships it is.

  10. Android is a security nightmare,

    That's why I still can't unlock the bootloader on this fucking S8+.

    Moron, I almost wish you were right. ;)

  11. We shall soon see how tight Cook's ass really is.

    What?

  12. Are you fucking kidding me?

    How would having a piece of paper help?"

    The answer to that has been repeatedly explained on here for twenty years; the fact that you'd feel the need to ask would be a dead giveaway that you should be reading (do they even do that in Georgia??) and not posting on here.

  13. "Somnambulant??" on The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...somnambulant train station

    Having an extensive vocabulary: Impressive.

    Having a shitty vocabulary and trying too hard to compensate: Priceless!

  14. Re:Company structure on SpaceX Successfully Launches Its Used Block 5 Rocket (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    China has shown they are willing to throw the government weight behind industries they think are important and don't mind taking losses to gain market share.

    They'll get around to it eventually unless their moles in SpaceX can pilfer enough secrets but they simply lack the cultural attributes needed to pull it off smoothly; expect a lot more 'sudden releases of kinetic energy' than Western efforts - just don't expect to actually hear about them.

  15. Re:How much is insurance? on SpaceX Successfully Launches Its Used Block 5 Rocket (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    reused rocket vs. a traditional rocket

    I like "tested vs untested."

  16. Re:Capitalism and private industry victorious on SpaceX Successfully Launches Its Used Block 5 Rocket (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ...yet only SpaceX went the way of saving costs by reusing rockets

    Why do Carmack and Armadillo Aerospace never get any credit?

  17. Re:I'll believe the politicians believe ... on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    You have clearly - whether you're aware of it or not - implied that the world's population isn't growing. Perhaps you should start over?

  18. Re:Community Goodwill -1 on Google Begins Rolling Out Android Pie To Select Handsets (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus the word "pie" can have negative connotations

    Only if you're afraid of vaginas.

    Are you afraid of vaginas?

  19. NEWSFLASH: "A fool and his money..."

  20. Re:5G, Google Blinps, Community Fiber on Satellite Internet Is Driving the Global Space Economy (infoq.com) · · Score: 2

    Getting quotes of $3K to run a mile of copper for local cable isn't what anyone wants to hear.

    A mere $0.57 per foot? While any fool can figure out that you'e off by at least two orders of magnitude, a one-time cost of three grand to avoid having to bounce your signal all the way out to geosync... would pay for itself within what, five years??

  21. WTF? on Microfilm Lasts Half a Millennium (theatlantic.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    t was heavy and ungainly. It would not fit into a car, and it could not be carried by two people for more than a few feet.

    Was this written by a fat fuck in a wheelchair?? Big and heavy things turn out to actually be big and heavy; who'd a fuckin' thunk...

  22. Re:Assassination? Or Hoax? on Venezuelan President Survives Drone Assassination Attempt (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Other than the one stupid line, though, you're probably right about it being a hoax; this would be right out of Erdo's playbook.

  23. Re:Assassination? Or Hoax? on Venezuelan President Survives Drone Assassination Attempt (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and the first world nations don't care enough about South America to bother to assassinate him

    Translation: "I don't know enough about geopolitics - who does? - to really have any fucking clue who would or wouldn't want Maduro dead... but damn it sure is easy to send bold declarations like the above ripping forth from my asshole...

  24. I started buying bitcoin

    I didn't know anyone was dumb enough to actually do that... I mean, other than paying for juice and hardware, anyhow.

  25. Funny

    Definitely.