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  1. Re:It's getting harder... on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    I guess American attempts at British humor are hard to spot ;)

  2. Re:Fecal matter. on What Did 17th Century Food Taste Like? (blogspot.com) · · Score: 1

    More often than not I've heard about people get sick or even killed from improperly washed greens.

  3. Re:"45% of us believe" on 'Black Friday Is Dying' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice stereotype but had male in-law that would obsess over getting latest thing for their kids, like completely overboard.

  4. Re:It's getting harder... on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    What is wrong with gas pedal? I think petrol pedal sounds kind of weird...

  5. Where can I find out more about this business venture to import silicon from the moon?

  6. Re:Worst idea ever. on All Major Browsers Now Support WebAssembly (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess you are going to miss picking through code that has been run through webpack

  7. Re:Hobbit on Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Twice as many frames of crap than the usual. The Hobbit was the last movie I saw in theater and made me swear it off for good.

  8. Re:The Chinese Killed The Market In The First Plac on Solar Companies Are Scrambling to Find a Critical Raw Material (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    US companies obeying labor and environmental laws is xenophobic? The shame!

  9. Re:Video is the real devil on Not Every Article Needs a Picture (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    When I see an image i thank god it is not a video!

  10. You see this in high school on Not Every Article Needs a Picture (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Saw this with my kids textbooks. Honors textbooks are generally small and thin, presumably from lack of pictures.

  11. I find his latest contribution rather.... forgettable!

  12. Re:Looks like it is true on H1-B Administrators Are Challenging An Unusually Large Number of Applications (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    It's sad really we have tons of laws on the books that are ignored and if they had been actually administering the H1B program the way it was written it wouldn't be rife with abuse. Another is the anticompetitive medical industry pricing practices that are indistinguishable from racketeering... laws are there just nobody had balls to enforce them.

  13. Re:Newsflash: Companies sell things to make a prof on iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials: IHS Markit (ihsmarkit.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup. Nobody complains that a bag of socks is marked up 3x over wholesale.

  14. Re:And what of the FOUR horseman? on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    No I don't. One anecdote is just as good as another- you ever hear of confirmation bias? You like to hear bad anecdotes about Walmart and don't like to hear good ones.

  15. Sounds like television on Sean Parker Unloads on Facebook 'Exploiting' Human Psychology (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    'How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?'

  16. Re:Lather. Rinse. Repeat. on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    There must be 3 different starbucks knockoffs in my area... seriously?

  17. Re:And what of the FOUR horseman? on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I just bought tires for my car from walmart this way and didn't have any of your issues. Saved me a lot of shipping.

  18. Re:Oh goodness, having to tell children to behave? on Google Wants Google Doodles Taught In Public School, Warns Kids They Best Behave · · Score: 1

    Yes, I am confused. Not sure if Google should have said more or less about the children's behavior.

  19. Re:My product sucks so on Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Apologizes For Data Breach, Blames Russians (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Russian consultants told them to store plain text passwords.

  20. Re: Overrated on Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe allegory isn't really the light word for it. I am sure that Tolkein was just as aware that the eagles were a flimsy plot device...

  21. I onli slept an our last nidgt im doing ook!

  22. Re:Big DDOS attack going on on Comcast's Xfinity Internet Service Is Down Across the US [Update] (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No those are just blancmanges trying to win Wimbledon...

  23. They are selling retail at a loss they are using AWS to finance it.

  24. Re:Walmart gets Walmarted and I don't like it on Amazon Discounts Other Sellers' Products as Retail Competition Stiffens (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Kind of a false dichotomy... one of the stores I buy from one site thats sells on amazon, ebay and have their own eCommerce website. I would bet having only one storefront is more of the exception to the rule. I usually get free shipping from them on ebay so that's the option I use.

  25. Re:Cost on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    By the time they are 50 most electricians have established businesses and 4 or 5 guys working for them and are doing paperwork and estimates.