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  1. Re:Manufacturers bear brunt of responsible cleanup on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Most of the ocean junk is dumped in Asia, repression of Western consumers is a kind of religious sadomasochism

  2. Re:There are lots of ways to play that game. on Ask Slashdot: Did Baby Boomers Break America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Wages stopped being back by gold (or anything) in '72, of course people who use the word "plutocracy" usually consider printing money to be the best way to "fairly" distribute wealth, though distributing toilet paper would accomplish more

  3. Re:The worst amongst us. on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    what bullshit, give Trump absolute power and America would be a casino, give the Democrats absolute power and it would be a mass grave

  4. Re:Feminism at work on US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    They aren't choosing anything, they are doing what they are told to do by corporations and government. All you have to look at is who benefits: the women usually have unsatisfactory lives before being snuffed out without a trace from this world, while corporations and government grow and prosper forever from female labor and votes.

  5. Re:It bears remembering on Jails Are Replacing Visits With Video Calls (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Everything is run for profit, though maybe Facebook could operate a jail for free by selling the prisoners' personal info

  6. Large companies have been using computers for basic phone tasks for a while, if there is a stigma isn't doesn't matter because you have no choice

  7. Re:Nobody complains about all-women companies on Chinese Tech Companies Post Men-Only Job Listings, Report Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Repression on such a insignificant scale that only the petty female mind could call it such. Anyway if one group is dominating another it's usually for a good reason, but all this "equality" is a power shift not towards women, but towards a centralized state. The "liberated" women rarely have families large enough to survive many generations, that is not success, hanging themselves would produce the same result.

  8. Re:They just want to decrease sexual harassment on Chinese Tech Companies Post Men-Only Job Listings, Report Finds (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Doesn't seem so old-fashioned when Western countries are constantly adding new regulations requiring employers to pay absent pregnant women, and there are also proposals that women should get paid days off during menstruation. That's bleeding-edge feminism

  9. Re:partial security / insecurity -- what's the poi on The Long, Slow Demise of Credit Card Signatures Starts Today (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Europe has lower card usage, PIN adds more inconvenience than security. You have a couple of people looking at you type it in and who knows how many cameras, what is the point?

  10. Re:All long-term, philosophical implications aside on Trump Signs Law Weakening Shield For Online Services (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet that idea was put in your head through the massive power imbalance of the state.

  11. Re:All long-term, philosophical implications aside on Trump Signs Law Weakening Shield For Online Services (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Note that he didn't say "Pay 'em, and then grab 'em by the pussy," everyone knows a gentleman pays after the grab

  12. Re:No other investments worthwhile??? on Japan Could Have More Than 3 Million Cryptocurrency Traders (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    The Japanese central bank prints money to buy bonds and stock, which squeezes out everyone who has to use earned money

  13. Re:Sadomoralism on FBI Seizes Backpage.com, a Site Criticized For Sex-Related Ads (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They don't even care about prostitution, half of them are regular customers. It's really the reverse Larry Flynt logic--"If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it'll protect all of you"-- so they go after the scumbags to get to everyone else. Untaxed labor, unmonitored gatherings, unauthorized communication, that's what they really find obscene.

  14. Re:Well, if coffee needs a cancer warning... on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    and they've been riddled with cancer

  15. Re:This is a hell of a lot of trouble on School Pays To Get an Algorithm To Scan Students' Social Media For Threats and Suicide Risks Posts (wbur.org) · · Score: 1

    The shooters who killed more than a couple prepared for years. Your friend chose the superior weapon, unless you think he needs to be armed in everyday life; but don't worry, he will certainly buy the handgun too

  16. Re:Gun owners in North America have the same probl on Man Starts 'Gunbook' Social Media Site After His Gun-Loving Friends Were Kicked Off Facebook (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 0

    Everyone behind "gun control" wants a total ban. There can be no compromise. Why aren't you telling Bloomberg to be more moderate? Because it's pointless, he gets his way with power and doesn't negotiate except as a feint. Freedom may be a weak position, but you fight on the sea, the beach, the street, the hill, until you either win or lose, all or nothing.

  17. Re:It's funny... on US House Passes Bill To Penalize Websites For Sex Trafficking (trust.org) · · Score: 1

    Hardly far-fetched that a higher paying job is being chosen, which is why legislation was created to disincentive it. There are 10s of millions of people working unpleasant jobs that are also low-paid, kids too, but those jobs are encouraged because serving corporations is moral

  18. Re:Sensational Bullshit on Boston Dynamics Is Teaching Its Robot Dog To Fight Back Against Humans (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There is something to it since the guy needs a long stick and a long specially-attached rope to be an obstacle without risking severe injury.

  19. Re:And this is news why? on 'Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Some will need to write or service the AIs, and some will need to handle the increased inputs and outputs, whether it's designing distribution systems and logistics, or providing secondary services.

    That "someone" will be AI, if it humans are intelligent enough to develop it fully

  20. Re:The ultimate tradeoff that Bitcoin prevents on Five Major Credit Cards Are Now Blocking Cryptocurrency Purchases (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Yet they want you to max your card on consumer products and services which never have recoverable value.

  21. Re:Missing Option on ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US · · Score: 1

    Day has already come and gone, license plates were normal for bikes at one time and there would be no problem reintroducing them in a society that considers government monitoring of plastic bags and soda to be "progress"

  22. Re:Glucose monitor on Scientists Develop Glucose-Tracking Smart Contact Lenses Comfortable Enough To Wear (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    because the eye constantly squirts out bodily fluid

  23. Re:That's called deflation, not inflation on A Cryptocurrency Based On a Dog Meme Is Now Worth Over $1 Billion (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    interest rate of course must be higher than inflation or no one would lend you the money, and in a deflationary regime you could have a negative rate mortgage or mechanism to adjust the loan balance; the problem is really the the large swings in inflation caused by corrupt government debasing or otherwise stealing money to buy votes

  24. Re:Quick! Call the MRA brigade! on Scientists Get Closer To Replicating Human Sperm (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    in a polygamous species the female and males have completely different strategies though, studies have shown women rate 80%+ of men to be below average and unworthy of mating, the majority of men can drop dead as far they are concerned

  25. Re:Shouldn't they, of all countries, know better? on Germany Starts Enforcing Hate Speech Law (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    corporations had no problem doing business with Hitler, since their purpose is to make money, passing up the chance to make money is the only evil