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  1. Money that Florida didn't take on California's Bullet Train Hurtles Towards a Multibillion-Dollar Overrun (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So this wasn't expected? I think it surely was.

    "Floridaâ(TM)s Governor Rejects High-Speed Rail Line, Fearing Cost to Taxpayers...Mr. Scott said at a news conference in Tallahassee on Wednesday that cost overruns related to the Tampa-to-Orlando line could leave Florida taxpayers stuck with a $3 billion tab."

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02...

  2. Obama: We'll bankrupt any new coal plants on Ford: We're Canceling $1.6 Billion Mexico Facility, Investing In Electric and US Plant (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems like familiar tactics from the bully pulpit.

  3. Dewey Defeats Truman! on Germany Considers Fining Facebook $522,000 Per Fake News Item (heatst.com) · · Score: 1

    Who can forget that classic piece of fake new from 1948?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. Reading this makes me LMAO. on World's Largest Hedge Fund To Replace Managers With Artificial Intelligence (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The arrogance is very thick. A/B testing has always been a waste of time, just do the right thing right from the start. I know what the right thing is so shut up. If it doesn't work it YOUR FAULT!

  5. The lady doth protest too much, methinks on US Scientists Scramble To Protect Research On Climate Change (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    TLDR: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a quotation from the c.â1600 play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. It has been used as a figure of speech, in various phrasings, to describe someone's overly frequent and vehement attempts to convince others of some matter of which the opposite is true, thereby making themselves appear defensive and insincere.[not verified in body] In rhetorical terms, the phrase can be thought of as indicating an unintentional apophasisâ"where the speaker who "protests too much" in favor of some assertion puts into others' minds the idea that the assertion is false, something that they may not have considered before."

  6. Never admit on Ask Slashdot: Have You Read 'The Art of Computer Programming'? (wikipedia.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Jeez, do you really think you'll empress anybody by having read the series, or claiming to have read the series? I get laughed at when I suggest memcached because all the cool young programmers "know" that redis is where it's at. You think anything written by anybody 77 years old is relevant?

  7. I bet they can't even vote.

  8. Re: Toba: Stupid to ignore history on 6 Major Countries Have Recently Announced Plans To Phase-Out All Coal-Fired Power Plants (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Hey snowflake, how much "pollution" did Toba throw out? "Volcanoes release up to 130 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year (USGS, 2010). It is averaged out that volcanism, per year, contributes anywhere between 65-319 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (EIA, 2011). One volcanic eruption has the opportunity to outgas as much carbon dioxide in one day than 250 years of anthropogenic activity (Primer, 2010)."

  9. Toba: Stupid to ignore history on 6 Major Countries Have Recently Announced Plans To Phase-Out All Coal-Fired Power Plants (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Good luck when another Toba hits. Going to really suck when the sun isn't shining so much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  10. Completely Wrong Conclusion! on Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They reached the wrong conclusion but then they are biased. My Occam's razor says the non-electronic ballots were manipulated by the Democrats. They would have far more experience in stuff the ballot box than manipulating the electronics. The electronics are correct, it's the paper ballots that are wrong!

  11. You would think the ACLU would be all over getting rid of a federal communication commission. Sounds like a joke, something from the old Soviet Union. If they want to regulate the use of the electromagnetic spectrum and not things protected in the 1st amendment then they need a new name and a new mission.

  12. Fine print, multiple investigations on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish this would end here but the fine print of Comey's statement refers only to the mishandling of classified material, not the other violations the Clintons are facing. The pay for play isn't likely to go away so easily.

  13. WTF? Anti-Gay? on Scientific Breakthrough Increases Plant Yields By One Third (wsu.edu) · · Score: 1

    You're good with links so please show where Trump and his supports are anti-gay? You're probably confusing Trump with Hillary who happily takes money from the leaders of countries where being gay results in the death penalty. Or maybe me who happily buys gas refined from oil purchased from countries where being gay results in the death penalty.

  14. necroteliphillia, or something like that.

  15. But not climate change research on Poor Scientific Research Is Disproportionately Rewarded (economist.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    But not climate change research it's the exception.

  16. Getting dangerous and ugly on Assange Says Wikileaks is 'Working On' Hacking Donald Trump's Tax Return (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    So if hacker activists set the Peruvian embassy on fire or just deploy (they wouldn't use drones would they?) lots of smoke bombs/generators and maybe even some tear gas into the embassy grounds to force an evacuation and potential arrest of Jullian that would be OK right? Just a hack, no big deal, nobody should get hurt. They certainly wouldn't use incendiaries that isn't a hack right that is something else? The Peruvians should have had better security and since they didn't...

    Too extreme? OK, the hackers can just set off fire alarms which would bring the fire department and if planned in advance, maybe a few special service personnel to ensure that everyone evacuates.

    I'd have to guess that WikiLeaks and JA are going down. This is getting dangerous and ugly.

  17. After Giving Google your data you now want what? on PSA: Pokemon Go Has Full Access To Your Google Account Data (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So you've been giving your life's data to Google for convenience but somehow you feel cheated that someone else wants access too. Is Google special? Yes! Should you trust them? No! Is there a price to be paid for convenience? Yes!

  18. You forgot the Chemtrails. on A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are In Decline (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    One thing is for sure, we'll reach the wrong conclusion and push people to do the wrong thing.

  19. Typical stupid people who don't know jack... on Insect-Devouring Bats Now Welcomed in New York (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "The Asian tiger mosquito particularly bites in forests during the day and has been known as the forest day mosquito for this very reason. Depending upon region and biotype, there are differing active peaks, but for the most part they rest during the morning and night hours."

    So guess how effective nocturnal feeding bats would be in controlling the Asian tiger mosquito?

  20. Security, Security, Security on What Air Conditioning Can Teach Us About Innovation and Laziness (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't about you, but security is very important to me. Without A/C my domicile would be much less secure.

  21. First time I've heard that. It's really much "milder" to my ears than anti-abortion. You know, kind of like describing our president as anti-choice after he lied about "If you like your plan you can keep your plan"

  22. Re:FTL communciation with entanglement not possibl on Can Quantum Entanglement Create Faster-Than-Light Communication? (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    You're assuming that the state has a location. Why can't the state exist in many/any place at the same time? Entanglement may just be the case where a single state is shared.

  23. How can you insult the intelligence of hires with a "lie detector" test? I mean you walk in and they say, oh we want the best and brightest, now line up for your lie detector test. Really, does that work?

  24. Cheerleaders at college football games? on Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I've watched more than a few college football games and somehow they've figured out how to have almost scantily clad people that are acceptable to most people. MS, take notice! Just bring in some SEC cheerleader squads next time.

  25. Sounds like this is a not so subtle red flag from amazon warning everybody that the (weak) encryption on their devices has been compromised and cannot be fixed.

    As mentioned previously, most people do not have pass-codes on their Kindles so I'm not sure what possible use encryption could have on such lowly devices. In any case assume you have been warned, encryption is weak and won't keep your data secret on amazon devices.