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  1. Re: Dems are behind the curve again on Democrats Ask FEC To Create New Rules To Keep Foreign Influence Off Social Media Ads (thehill.com) · · Score: 0

    Haha, first, the majority of voters voted for the Democrat.

    Second, the "bubble" exists in deep red states in the South and midwest. Have YOU ever tried to step out of your bubble? And maybe understand why most of the country voted against Trump?

  2. Re:MacBook Pros now Dogshit on Linux Foundation President Used MacOS For Presentation at Open Source Summit (itsfoss.com) · · Score: 1

    Small sample size, but of the two Macs I've owned in my life, both died after a couple of years. Power supply went wiggy in one, while the other died because the display cable was stupidly put in a poorly-designed hinge (as Apple eventually admitted publicly). They fixed the latter the first time it went out because of the stupid design decision (driven no doubt by narcissistic sociopath pseudoartist Steve Jobs), but when it inevitably went out again they wouldn't. I have literally 10+ year PC laptops that still run.

  3. Re:MacBook Pros now Dogshit on Linux Foundation President Used MacOS For Presentation at Open Source Summit (itsfoss.com) · · Score: 2

    "Macs have now"

    Now?

  4. "That's entirely normal. Those machines belong to the conference and presenters supposedly have no say."

    The linked story notes he was observed creating the presentation on a mac laptop. On an airplane.

  5. "+1. Everything I ever needed to know about unions I learned the first time I helped my employer set up a convention booth at Moscone Center."

    So you're extrapolating about all unions from your experience with a single union in a single facility in a single state? I think maybe your sample size is too small.

  6. Re:Open Source is not (necessarily) Free on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Business Model for An Open Source Developer? · · Score: 1

    "and hopefully not release the compiled version for free"

    I think I found the flaw in your plan...

  7. Re:Windows & Linux on Will Linux Innovation Be Driven By Microsoft? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You may want to keep an eye on that coworker; his/her judgment may not be the most reliable.

  8. Re:Copyright Issues on Will Linux Innovation Be Driven By Microsoft? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Who cares if there's a closed source version of it? That doesn't affect the functionality of what's been contributed to the open source version already.

  9. Third party injunctions are a thing in U.S. courts.

  10. Re:We need to wind back the clock... on Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Conference proceedings are a very different thing than peer-reviewed research.

  11. Re:Just around the corner on A Game You Control With Your Mind (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    They've been on the market for almost a decade, actually...

  12. Re:Google Plus! on Linus Torvalds Now Reviews Gadgets On Google+ (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe he already has one? I better search AltaVista.com to see.

  13. Re: Regulation, not law, right? on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    We were talking about "democracy," not the weirdly weighted system the US has.

  14. Re:How can a court argue... on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    How do you function at your level of stupidity? Coal is dying because it's cheaper to use natural gas, and even renewables in a lot of places. Are you so mindnumbingly stupid to think that if you took all these regulations off the energy sector suddenly coal is cheaper than natural gas?

  15. Re:Regulation, not law, right? on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    By getting less votes than the Democrats in the last Presidential AND congressional elections.

  16. Re:Rebublicans are Lawless on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    "why didn't the rule go into effect asap during Obama's tenure?"

    Because they wanted to give the industries reasonable time to comply?

  17. Re:Another activist judge needs to be replaced on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    Wow, EVERY single argument you made is demonstrably wrong.

    The EPA rulings were not in violation of "the laws on regulations."

    This WAS an appeals court. It wasn't the "Ninth Court" (assuming you meant Ninth Circuit).

  18. Re: Time for the judicial to know its place. on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    The laws under which the EPA issues and enforces rules were created by Congress, and what they can do with those rules is strictly circumscribed by the law. It's not a general lawmaking authority, and Congress has to specifically delegate that rulemaking power to the agency, the President just can't create these agencies completely on his own.

  19. Re: How can a court argue... on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    Chevron deference only applies when the rule is ambiguous. It doesn't let federal agencies create new laws.

  20. Re:How can a court argue... on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Obama used regulations on coal to essentially kill the industry, as he promised."

    Stop repeating talking points that are lies. Regulation didn't "kill the industry," the free market did.

  21. Re:How can a court argue... on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We really need more civics education in this country.

    Federal environmental laws specifically state how the EPA is supposed to regulate. They can't just put in or take out whichever rules they want.

  22. Re:Only in Trump America.. on Court Blocks EPA Effort To Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    No, they did it a lot in Bush and Reagan Americas too.

  23. Re:get government out of broadband and healthcare on Tom Wheeler Defends Title II Rules, Accuses Pai of Helping Monopolists (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You honestly think THE INTERNET isn't part of "commerce among the several states"?

  24. Re:Does this predict ruling? on Supreme Court Partially Revives Travel Ban, Will Hear Appeal (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not that separate and discrete. The executive order stopped all immigrant visa issuances, too, based purely on nationality, which violates the law.

    Check out this, from a right-winger even:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...

    If he had issued an order stating that immigrant visas would not be issued to a certain class of people from the 6 countries, that would be different. That is why I suspect SCOTUS carved out those exceptions.

  25. Re:The priesthood has spoken on New Study Confirms the Oceans Are Warming Rapidly (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "Me? I'm winning"

    Nah, you're not. I know it, you know it, we all know it. You're just trying to psych yourself up so you don't collapse in tears.