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  1. Our corporations deserve Chinese labor! on Anti-China Bill Being Softened After US Companies Complain (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    How are they supposed to compete if they aren't permitted $2/hr labor? Why should corporations pay a fair wage? What they really need is a resurgence of slavery in the American south. Think about the poor stockholders trying to send their children to college while owning 3 SUVs commuting 60 miles a day, a $250-500K house, and a nice fishing boat. Those poor stockholders need more profits from $2/hr labor provided by totally uneducated people who have no idea how economics works and are banned by law to represent themselves! THINK OF THE POOR STOCKHOLDERS!

  2. Still selling phones with Android 5 on Android Oreo Passes 1 Percent Adoption After 5 Months, Nougat Finally Takes First Place (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    With trillions of unpatched holes. Maybe one day they will invent Windows Update.

  3. You stored thousands in coins on your phone. YOUR PHONE! Stupid is as stupid does.

  4. US government is forcing encryption specialists to move out of the US by implementing draconian laws.

  5. A plot, a ploy... on Can Researchers Detect Irregular Heart Rhythms with the Apple Watch? (usatoday.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ... by Apple to get insurance companies and taxpayers to purchase its over priced gadgets made with under priced labor.

  6. Taxes? on Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Giant corporations don't pay taxes, they evade them. Then they hoard more money by using $2/hr Chinese labor which is illegal anywhere else but okay since it is across a line on a map and in China. Then they buy out their competition and use frivolous IP lawsuits to limit new competition. There, now you know everything you need to know in order to become a member of the Corporatist movement and control your elected official using money.

  7. Wear sunglasses on Google Can Tell if Someone Is Looking at Your Phone Over Your Shoulder (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow that was hard.

  8. Trust the corporations to protect your children from things that might make them think.

  9. Wow on Skype Vanishes From App Stores in China (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A first world corporation that isn't willing to enable the Chinese oligarchy's control.

  10. Insufficient. on Verizon: No 4G-Level Data Caps For 5G Home Service (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    If there is more than 1 person that is a cord cutter that's not enough. It's a complete joke for an entire family.

  11. f2p? on 'Starcraft II' Goes Free-to-Play on Tuesday (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Well now i'll never play it.

  12. Discovery isn't Star Trek on Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018 (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's just not. Klingons don't make sense AT ALL and Lorca is George W Bush in space. Meanwhile the main character (Star Trek doesn't have main characters) Michael is written to be a contradiction. This show needs to be cancelled, it's a terrible concept terribly executed. I want a show about Quark's bar.

  13. Re:Firefox can't keep up with this pace. on Chrome 62 Released With OpenType Variable Fonts, HTTP Warnings In Incognito Mode (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    Firefox 57 actually is fast in real use scenarios, not just on a pointless benchmark. Not sure how you don't notice, the change is incredibly glaringly obvious to me. The older versions had horrible problems freezing up the entire UI while content was being downloaded or waiting for the server. As far as the broken extensions, many extension developers will be launching versions compatible with 57 when the browser is finally released.

  14. Re:It's not for new tech, it's for the rocket club on SpaceX's Mars Vision Puts Pressure on NASA's Manned Exploration Programs (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    I am talking about LFTR and other associated reactors which compliment it. LFTR solves the main problems with nuclear power, meltdowns (passive safety), cooling failures and inefficiencies, proliferation risks, fuel costs and proprietary supply, waste type and volume, and burning old "waste" fuel which is mostly useful fuel and not waste at all. Here's the original presentation on LFTR by NASA engineer Kirk Sorensen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  15. Supervolcano on A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up In Antarctica (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's about to go off.

  16. Microsoft Android? on Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft failed in not supporting Android apps from the Start. Now they will stop being stubborn and realize that like their PC predecessors of old - you need to support existing software. They will also realize that their built in apps were complete garbage and needed to be better than the competition instead of simply providing base functions.

  17. It's not for new tech, it's for the rocket club. on SpaceX's Mars Vision Puts Pressure on NASA's Manned Exploration Programs (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Using old rocket tech will not result in new technology filtering down through industry like it did before. After 60 years we already have just about all the secondary tech we are going to get out of rocket based spaceflight initiatives. Now is the time for physics research on non-relativistic propulsion and next gen nuclear reactors for self sustaining permanent outposts. I will not advocate banging our heads against the rocket wall for the sake of being able to say that we clawed our way to Mars and achieved nothing else in the process. We are not yet capable of manned exploration for the sake of exploration itself, and that's what needs to change. Stop pretending rockets are acceptable to a space faring race, they are inefficient, massive, unsafe, unreliable, and primitive. DEAL WITH IT.

  18. A Guide to Comcast Business Success on How Comcast is Shortchanging Customers In Vermont (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    1) Provide the minimum possible infrastructure and quality of service to save money 2) Beg the government for free money leading to more money 3) Use saved money to buy out competition 4) Use saved money to buy out content providers to save more money on licensing 5) Use saved money to buy out more competition and content 6) Agree with other providers not to compete with them 7) Use saved money to buy out more competition 8) Use saved money to buy out nearly all competition 9) Conglaturations, YOU ARE WINNER!

  19. More pixels render hair, fur and skin on Latest TVs Are Ready for Their Close-Ups (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Admit the primary customers are rich porn addicts so we can move on.

  20. Astounding legit fact 100% true not a scam on Microsoft Exec Says Windows 10 Mobile is No Longer a 'Focus' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    No longer focusing on something you've already been ignoring. This man gets paid too much money.

  21. This doesn't make sense. on Parody 'Subgenius' Religion Wants to Crowdfund An Alien-Contacting Beacon (gofundme.com) · · Score: 1

    Any alien that is still capable of listening on primitive radio would be too far away to receive the transmission, if it's even noticed to begin with. Aliens capable of responding to us would be using a means of communication that uses quantum entanglement, probably using quantum computer components. Also, even if they wanted to respond over radio it would probably be very illegal for them to do so, I mean look at humanity...

  22. In other news Elon Musk doesn't understand being poor.

  23. Re:Doesn't matter on Microsoft Brings Edge To Android and IOS (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    So Microsoft can spy on you instead of Apple?

  24. Re:Is there a user base for this? on Microsoft Brings Edge To Android and IOS (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    No. This is as retarded as Safari for PC.

  25. Oh wha... you woke me up... What's that? Another news story about an amazing battery breakthrough? I'm going back to sleep, wake me up if it somehow shows up in an end product.