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  1. Re:Nostalgia ok, but dont overestimate on The Cassette Returns On a Wave of Nostalgia (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "It's the tangibility of having this collectible format and a way to play music that isn't just a stream or download,"

    So, like a CD.

  2. The study clearly says people won't steal if you give them shit to them for free.

    It's a whole new concept in fighting crime!

  3. Re:All models are wrong. Some are useful. on Extreme CO2 Levels Could Trigger Clouds 'Tipping Point' and 8C of Global Warming (carbonbrief.org) · · Score: 0

    Presuming the model is accurate it should be making testable predictions about what will happen as the climate chances in the coming years.

    The problem is that they have predicted every outcome. It's not unlike using a program to predict every combination of the lottery and then when the number comes up, claim that you have successfully predicted the lottery.

  4. Re:Putting the west to shame on Chinese Police Test Gait-Recognition Technology That Identifies People Based on How They Walk (scmp.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That is one of the disturbing things about these stories. People get wrapped up in the technology and forget that it will be used by a Fascist Communist Dictatorship to further oppress its citizens.

    It is providing a ready made "1984" template for when the majority finally acquiesce to the idea of safety over personal liberties.

  5. So When Humanity Crashes... on Thirty-Million-Page Backup of Humanity Headed To Moon Aboard Israeli Lander (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ...we just fly to the moon to learn how to reboot?

  6. Mom's Demand Action and Handgun Control, Inc are planning to protest.

  7. Sorry, I get that way when some asshole defend a totalitarian government and suggest people volunteer for oppression.

  8. Re:Caves and Twigs on How Streaming Music Could Be Harming the Planet (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's like saying an article about fecal smearing is designed to make people think about what they eat.

  9. Caves and Twigs on How Streaming Music Could Be Harming the Planet (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It used to be a joke that the Enivrowackos wanted us all living in caves and scrounging for nuts and twigs.

    But clearly, this steaming pile of shit from the BBC shows the path they want us on leads to caves.

  10. Don't think I've heard a more fucking ignorant comment than that.

    You seriously believe that the people in China choose to be a a communist dictatorship?

    Fuck you.

    And Textiles? Seriously? the U.S. sent government agents there to steal textile secrets?

    Holy crap you are the dumbest piece of shit I've had the misfortune to step on.

  11. China is a Totalitarian, Communist Dictatorship with a thin veneer of capitalism.

    Never forget that.

  12. A Minority of a Minority on Academics Confirm Major Predictive Policing Algorithm Is Fundamentally Flawed (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact is that the majority of the perps constitute a small minority of the minorities.

  13. Re:Always been like this on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    It always has been the, "New Normal"

  14. Always been like this on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    " In 2016, the company earned $10 billion but recorded a tax benefit of $400 million for a 12-month tax rate of -4.5%, according to Forbes."

    "GE was one of 18 Fortune 500 companies that paid no net federal income taxes between 2008 and 2015"

    https://www.thestreet.com/stor...

  15. Re:ridiculous on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    The pundits conveniently leave out the fact that the withholding tables were changed and people had less taken out of each check, therefore lowering refunds.

  16. Re:ridiculous on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU are the liar. I've done my taxes and paid less than last year.

    Maybe it's because you live in some High Tax state and I don't have to subsidize your crazy high taxes anymore.

  17. Re:ridiculous on Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    No.

    Large corporations have been paying little to no taxes for decades.

    Control your butthurt.

  18. People Want to be Insulted on After Calls For an Edit Button, Twitter Says it is Considering a 'Clarification' Feature (mashable.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I put my Fake Facebook account on Twitter last night and posted some simple, factual, declarative statements in response to some of AOC's posts.

    Of course many people took the bait and lost their shit almost immediately.

    Great fun.

    People will be insulted regardless of your tone. They are just looking for an excuse.

  19. Re:Totalitarian Dictatorship on The Internet, Divided Between the US and China, Has Become a Battleground (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Make no mistake, EVERY company is beholden to the government in one way or another. Any consequential company undoubtedly has government representatives embedded.

    You are just being fooled by that thin veneer.

  20. Re:Doesn't matter anyway on Airbus Is Giving Up On the A380 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "/s"

  21. Doesn't matter anyway on Airbus Is Giving Up On the A380 (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    We will all be taking High Speed rail everywhere in the next 10 years, even across the Atlantic.

    Airliners will be a relic of the past. /s

  22. Totalitarian Dictatorship on The Internet, Divided Between the US and China, Has Become a Battleground (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    China is a Communist Totalitarian Dictatorship with a thin veneer of capitalism.

    Never forget that. Never be surprised at the atrocious things it does.

  23. Finish them off? on Young People Who Play Video Games Have Higher Moral Reasoning Skills (inews.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just ran this guy down in my 1969 Mustang. Should I steal his stuff and finish him off, or give him a Med Pack and send him on his way.

  24. Market Summary > Weyerhaeuser Co
    NYSE: WY
    25.38 USD 0.27 (1.05%)

    Buy now.

  25. Re: Well that 9 out of the last 0 apocalypses on Scientists Have Reduced the Forecast of Sea Level Rise Seven Times Due To Melting of the Antarctic (maritimeherald.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Science : Replication.