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  1. I"d be interested in knowing how they will insure against cyberbullying? Are they going to have goons hunt little Tommy down and tech him a lesson he'll never forget?

  2. Re: Apartments being too expensive is signal to bu on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Buy a house in a neighborhood zoned residential and you know your investment is good. Without assurances there can be no private housing market. It all falls apart.

  3. Forbes says the Model 3 will end up selling for more like $60K. They were speculating it was the reason why the low end Model S was removed, so it wouldn't complete with the Model 3.

  4. How much can Tesla grow? I read a recent article in Forbes that Tesla is going to produce 2,000 Tesla 3's at $60K a piece the first year, not 20,000 at $30K as targeted by Musk

  5. Re:Want to keep property a certain way? BUY IT! on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This is public land, owned by the city, I cannot buy it. My taxes pay for the maintenance of it. But the city can say what they want to do with it without offering it for sale to me, so back to the original question.

  6. Re:Meet the new boss. on Apple Wants To Sell Premium TV Channels in a Bundle (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    So you will pay 80% the cost of the package and only get one channel out of it?

  7. Re:Apartments being too expensive is signal to bui on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So if my city comes and wants to change the park next to me to a smelter plant, that is in their best interest so I shouldn't have a problem with it?

  8. Re: So about 1 in 200 people on Drone Complaints Soar in the UK (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope you're being sarcastic, Texas is one of the most gun violent states there is.

  9. Re:Meet the new boss. on Apple Wants To Sell Premium TV Channels in a Bundle (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Because that is just a game to play to make it look like they are giving you the choice, but realistically there is no choice and buying channels individually is just stupid.

  10. Re:Closing a loophole... on Computer Programmers May No Longer Be Eligible For H-1B Visas [Update] (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Have they actually done anything tangible so far? So far there was one small court case. The Obama administration put a band-aid on that gaping wound whenever required and so far it seems to be status quo.

  11. Re:So I will earn $20,000 more a year now right... on Computer Programmers May No Longer Be Eligible For H-1B Visas [Update] (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Salaries will go up if you believe there to be a free market.

  12. We used one of those sites once for a major, top end hotel in Chicago. It came with free valet of our vehicle, so we planned around having a free valet. They refused it to us when we got there. When we figured out what we were doing, we stood in line again and there was another person from three spots back with the same complaint.

  13. Re: Sell out on This Year's H-1B Visa Applications Look A Lot Like Last Year's (newsweek.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You know 'golf' and 'accomplishment' are not synonyms, right?

  14. On the other hand, if Trump thinks we might be attacked by aliens......

  15. Re: What the actual.... on There's A New New JavaScript Framework (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Honest news sites are sadly a rarity these days. I think this is one of the things I like about Slashdot. It just becomes more more evident when they try to be silly like on Aptil Fools day, because it undermines what I like about it.

  16. Re:What the actual.... on There's A New New JavaScript Framework (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The whole April fools thing sucks. Can't really get behind anything today because it might not be true.

  17. Re:How short term is short term to this guy? on Fear of Robots Taking Jobs in the Short Term is Overblown, Says General Electric CEO (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    People are tired of 'the institution' and they saw a saw a way out in Trump. I see the same attitude in the support of Uber despite the fact that people are gutting the taxi industry, which is really a market that supports many hard workers and is supposed to be what America is about. I can understand the frustration, because 'the institution' is way out of touch. But people have to find a way to fight it that is actually productive. They are letting in leaders and corporations that appeal to their want for things to change but won't help them in the end.

  18. Re: Participation Trophy on New UBI Program Launches In Canada To 'Define Our Future' (thestar.com) · · Score: 1

    But we're doing that anyway! If you want to escape that, move to Africa. We pay the shitbag to play video games because it is better than being out committing crimes. Like it or not, there is a bottom to society that you just have to keep entertained or they will ruin it for everyone else.

  19. Re: It's not universal if it's not for everyone on New UBI Program Launches In Canada To 'Define Our Future' (thestar.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll happily pay the tax as long as people who are wealthier than I am pay proportionately more and I get to have my society remain peaceful for my children.

  20. Re:fact is on New UBI Program Launches In Canada To 'Define Our Future' (thestar.com) · · Score: 1

    Seeds don't work! Let's stop planting things immediately!

  21. Re:How short term is short term to this guy? on Fear of Robots Taking Jobs in the Short Term is Overblown, Says General Electric CEO (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    The good news is that those people already voted for Trump, so not much else can go wrong at this point.

  22. Re:Is this just removing stuff like Popcorn Time? on Amazon Bans Sales of Media Player Boxes That Promote Piracy (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    If it's an april fools joke then it's a pretty dumb one. They made their whole site unavailable for the sake of a joke??

  23. Re: Isn't that all Kodi? on Amazon Bans Sales of Media Player Boxes That Promote Piracy (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I wasn't aware that the media industry had left any ways to 'legally rip' videos.

  24. Re:Word of advice... on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If I can live 1/2 hour away from work I'm good. I have heard good things about Austin but I'm not sure if I could live there.

  25. Re:Word of advice... on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a much more complicated issue than you are letting on. First of all, I'm not entirely sure if there is any place in the US that it truly benefits a person to move to. I have computer skills and I know I could make a bigger salary in Silicon Valley but from the sounds of it, you sell your soul with regards to housing costs and commute time. So am I willing to make that move? No, because despite the bigger salary I would be losing quality of life. Everything I have heard about living in Silicon Valley is bad, as is most other places where salary is higher.

    The simplistic way to look at it is that moving to a place with higher salaries will make your life generally better but if I move I want a better life, not just more money. It is the better life that seems to be alluding the middle class.