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  1. Re:only real DUMB people use linux for linux's sak on Plexamp, Plex's Spin on the Classic Winamp Player, Is the First Project From New Incubator Plex Labs (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Linux is not a unix....

    BSD is a unix.

  2. Re:This is why we need net neutrality! on Two Major ISPs Are Suffering Outages, Making the Internet Really Slow Right Now (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Is it any surprise that both these backbones had each been NetFlix's ISP, and whichever one had NetFlix at the time also publicly demanded settlement free peering with added propaganda from the other when the traffic ratio no longer warranted settlement free peering?

  3. Re:How to make a protest sign on Google Reveals the Most-Trending Searches of 2017 (google.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Get a sheet and a marker. 2. Write

    How to waste an absurd amount of electricity teaching people how to make a cardboard sign.

  4. Re: And how many were false positives? on Facial Recognition Algorithms -- Plus 1.8 Billion Photos -- Leads to 567 Arrests in China (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would that be relevant? People make false positives all the time, too

    A 1% false positive rate of a few dozen claims makes it rare, less than 1 per case.
    A 1% false positive rate of a few billion peoples photos makes it common, around 10 million people false positives per case.

    Why are you dumb?

  5. Re:Magnets! on Lock Out: the Austrian Hotel That Was Hacked Four Times (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I would think that these electronic locks have to "fail unlocked" if the power is cut.

  6. Re:Uh oh on What Does Artificial Intelligence Actually Mean? (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    ..like an operating system.

  7. Re:For a market problem, apply a market solution on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A pure liberal market solution would be to end zoning laws.

    Plenty of demand for housing, but none being built due to government interference.

  8. Re:Bitcoin on Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading Crashes CBOE Site (thestreet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    My daughter asked me to buy her $10.00 in bitcoin, so I asked her why she wanted $12.38 in bitcoin. She said she needed $7.92 in bitcoin so that she could subscribe to a podcast. I told her $19.52 was way too much for a podcast subscription. She stormed off upset that I wouldnt give her the $11.41 in bitcoin that she wanted.

  9. Re:What about the benefits? on Did Programming Language Flaws Create Insecure Apps? (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 0

    Tje bug is in your idevice, douche bag.

    Wake up and realize that â(TM)I.T. doesnt just work.â(TM)

  10. Re: So why are we trying to kick people out of the on November Jobs Report: Economy Adds 228,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what you are trying to get at.

    There are entry level positions where I work that have gone unfilled for months in spite of (a) only needing a high school diploma (b) start immediately full time with benefits.

    These arent exactly high paying jobs ($24K/year) but they beat minimum wage, are not labor intensive, the cost of living in quite low in the area ($10K/year apartments are not uncommon) and the company also offers free training and in-house hiring preference for a significantly higher paying unionized position (starting $60K/year) as they open up.

    Benefits include health insurance, tuition reimbursements, and child care reimbursements.

    These positions go unfilled for months on end. One entry level ($24K/year) department only has about 20% of the staff it should have, so a higher paid, unionized, department (%60K/year) is floating workers to pick up the slack.

    This very real struggle to get workers isnt an anomaly. This is the new normal. The right price for the labor is demonstrably higher than $24K/year and demonstrably below $60K/year, and the company is paying on average somewhere 'tween the two.

    I dont see retired people jumping on board for that insurance. I see nobody jumping on board for it.

  11. Re:Who? on Vidme To Shut Down On Dec 15th 2017 · · Score: 1

    Unless Crowder is also streaming elsewhere, he doesnt get more views than CNN.

    Joe Rogan does tho, and that just on YouTube numbers, and he also streams elsewhere. Significantly bigger than all the CNN talking heads combined.

    On the subject of Crowder, I think he has found a good way to monetize while being demonetized. His Mug Club seems to be paying for half a dozen employees. I find that incredible.

  12. Re:Who? on Vidme To Shut Down On Dec 15th 2017 · · Score: 1

    At least one of the big boys on YouTube (Joe Rogan) also releases his vodcast on iTunes and he says he gets significantly more views through iTunes. Not sure how to view his iTunes numbers, but he has 1.9 million subscribers on YouTube with many of his shows getting 1 million+ views within a week there.

    The issue on the table is convenience. YouTube and iTunes are convenient because people already go there. I check my YouTube subscriptions every day. Its like turning on the TV and looking at what the DVR has collected.

    So there is probably a market for a master site - a site that does not stream videos but instead manages "subscriptions" across a broad range of these services.

  13. Re:Required them to buy offshore wind?? on R.I.P., Cape Wind (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not? Electric utilities are monopolies. How else would the power be sold?

    So you are arguing that the solution to a monopoly is to make everyone do business with it?

  14. Re: The Dirty Secret Of Where EULAs Came From on Free Game Company Sues 14-Year-Old Over 'Cheats' Video -- Claiming DMCA Violation (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Thats like saying "If property rights didnt exist, you would have no right to take my things!"

    You are giving an argument from opposite world.

  15. â(TM)I.T. Just Works.â(TM)

    - Apple Quality Control

  16. Re:Why would rebooting fix the issue? on iPhone Users Complain About the Word 'It' Autocorrecting To 'I.T' On iOS 11 and Later (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    If a reboot doesnt work, have you tried defragging the hard drive?

  17. Superman is a terrible superhero w.r.t. storyline. Its that simple.

    You speak of the first two Superman movies, but are missing the real fist movies that had the winning formula, which is light action comedy. Thats the only way Superman works on screen.

    Honestly he would be a much better villain on screen. Villains should be nearly all powerful, not the hero.

  18. Re:"notorious attack" - LMAO at that on Bipartisan US Election Group Issues Security Tips (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    *And* you'd go after the criminals that did it.

    They did. They shot him dead.

  19. Re:Data on Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    We've had "little languages" for decades, what prevents us from using them in better environments than Excel?

    The lack of better environments.

    These arent programmers. They are accountants.

  20. Re:"This is sure to bury Drumpf!" on Facebook To Show Users Which Russian Propaganda They Followed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    ...and as you will see in the electoral college discussion above, these #resist folk want to strip the farmers of representation.

    Another country did that once, then they killed the most productive farmers, then millions of people starved to death.

    It came from the left then. Its coming from the left now.

  21. Re:Data on Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    His real issue will be that his "financial planning people" actually use Excels macro features, cooking up entirely new calculations on the spot.

    His simpler streamlined replacement wont give his financial planners the ability to plan.

  22. Re:Soon on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 0
  23. Re:Soon on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: 1

    As soon as all the Hitler, Nazi, and Civil War stuff goes away the sooner we can finally start saying those things never happened. That is the goal right?

    The sooner it can happen again. The masses that silence are not evil. They are the instrument of evil.

  24. Re:Might have been nice if the summary explained.. on Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community · · Score: -1, Troll

    The people most afraid to hear or see a hitler quote are also the people most likely to become guards in concentration camps. It came from the left in Germany. It came from the left in Italy. It came from the left in Russia. It came from the left in China.

  25. He doesnt want a corporate entity to think for him.

    What he wants is a corporate entity to think for everyone else, giving his thought.

    AmiMoJo is not a good person. Totalitarian through and through. Openly willing to screw with your kids minds too. Publicly admitted it.