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  1. Doesn't go far enough on 'The Traditional Lecture Is Dead' (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The lecture is dead because nobody cares what you learned in school. Employers care how you preform at work. That's what matters. My opinion is that the best workers are not those who have lots of knowledge, but those who know how to find new knowledge. And that knowledge does not come from a book.

    Those who learn how to find and do something totally new and do it quickly will be top performers. Teachers should teach how to find information and the apply it. Because no matter what they teach and no matter which books they use... it will be outdated or irrelevant to their jobs. Knowledge on how to search is the key.

  2. Right. Trump's not gay. The joke is that Trump will go to any length to pleasure his Russian boss.

    I have not heard any reports of who complained about Colbert's joke. I would suspect it is most likely Trump supporters, because prudes already don't watch Colbert. This sort of joke is his standard fare and that is what his audience loves.

  3. Re:Catholics also believe in evolution on The Vatican Invites World's Leading Scientists To Discuss Cosmology (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Anyone looking to faith to validate reality is looking the wrong way. Faith is about you, your feelings and those you interact with.

    It says as much right in the beginning. The apple was knowledge... and if you eat that apple, YOUR OUT. How much clearer could it be? Let me say it again: "If you are looking for knowledge don't look here"

  4. Re:propaganda on Hackers Came, But the French Were Prepared (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    My opinion is that people didn't vote because they felt nauseous. On the one hand, you have a crotch grabbing immigrant hating media whore and on the other you have an experienced, but incompetent and possibly criminal candidate that cannot seem to defend themselves or fight back.

    Who do you vote for? The one who you hate? Or the one you cannot trust?

    ... and then you stay home because you just don't feel informed.

  5. I don't know what the original post said. I found this link which gives some kind of clue:

    According to the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, the posts called Glawischnig "miese Volksverräterin" and "korrupten Trampel," which translate roughly as "lousy traitor" and "corrupt bumpkin." http://www.npr.org/sections/th...

    If these translations are accurate and those parts are the offence, then I really don't like the Green Party in Austria.

  6. Plenty of websites know all that about you. Or about most people, anyway.

    Sure, but facebook knows a lot more than most websites. Probably more than your bank or employer. I mean you don't declare your friends list to the bank. And you don't report your sleeping patterns to your employer.

  7. Did you forget that facebook knows all your friends?

    Facebook knows which friends you like and which you don't based on clicking "like" more often on closer friends then those you don't talk to or like much.

    The number of friends you have and the likes you get probably correlate with your social political influence.

    And when you scroll down, facebook knows what you read and what you don't based on how quickly you scroll or pause as pictures and text are displayed.

    Facebook knows your work or if your unemployed, if you have medical issues and your sleeping and eating patterns and probably how often you poop.

  8. Re:Depends on the type of Boss on Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Ha. You think that the person laying off someone has MORE stress than the one who is laid off. Ha.

    Just like a manager to make it all about them.

  9. Re:Correlation != causation on Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Capitalism is sold as a system where anyone can get ahead in life with just a good idea and a strong work ethic. But really it is an unfair lottery where a few are highly paid for the labors of others. We all know this, but we ignore it because... hey, we just might win this lottery and be one of the lucky few.

    It's not at all fair and we all know, we are just addicted to playing the work lottery because we look to the few winners and say: "that could be me".

    If you don't realize it yet. Just come up with your good idea and then go get a patent on it. You'll find out that patents are for the rich and you'll need to pay the rich to get one. And in the end, it's likely they will own it and you will have nothing but more debt.

    But keep playing and supporting the idea. Because you are a gambler at heart and deep inside you like the idea of unfair division of profits if it goes to you.

  10. Re:Where do you even comment? on John Oliver Gets Fired Up Over Net Neutrality, Causes FCC's Site To Temporarily Crash (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Go here: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/searc...

    Click this: "+ Express"

  11. Why even bother with inputs? If the output is in a different location than the input and appears infinitely fast, then the output was not caused by the input. Just look for outputs to your infinity computer and get the results without programming or inputing anything.

    I'm sure I have it wrong. But no one has defined "infinitely fast"... so there are no correct answers to this silly idea. And speaking about garbage collection when you have an infinity object is infantile.

  12. Computer will never be "infinitely fast" or even close to it.

    There is no "close" to infinity. And "infinitely fast" is an undefined statement.

    There is no response to undefined questions. Anyone who responds to questions that they do not understand is **insult goes here**

  13. Re: Not a problem on The FBI Defends Deploying Malware From A Tor Child Porn Site (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    just downloading and running Tor is itself highly suspicious and suggestive behaviour ... the majority of use-cases for Tor involve illegal drugs, guns, pornography and black hat hackers.

    I use Tor all the time. I don't want to have to think of how my browsing history may be used by the sites I visit and unknown 3rd parties. What does clicking on links and visiting unknown sites say about you criminally... Nothing. Also, now that ISP's can freely sell your current and past history in the US, I am glad that I use this protective behavior.

    Here are some examples of how I use it:

    • 1. searching for medical advice over personal health concerns.
    • 2. reading news from any site including ones which may incorrectly be used to associate you with groups that you are not affiliated with.
    • 3. clicking links provided by others.
    • 4. and everything else that I might do... like searching for a lawyer. Researching how to make drugs. Finding out how people use Tor to commit crimes. Trying to get the truth of what happens in war zones. Finding out science and technology on things I do not plan to do: seeing how bombs are made, or how to make meth in a tub, what Hitler did and why some people defend him even today, finding out where nuclear facilities are in my country, etc, etc.

    Because searching for any knowledge should NEVER be illegal.

    For example, you clicked on a link to an apparent illustration about entrapment. How did you know it was not an ISIS recruiting site and once you click it, it is too late. You now have created ISP/browser history that you visit such sites. Clever people use TOR for personal protection.

    Some people, like me, simply feel that it is unacceptable to be grouped into associations simple from observing the content and ideas from afar. AND we do not feel that we should be prevented from using the Internet because we hold these views very strongly.

    Just because you don't care that others will judge you based on what you see and others say, does not mean that everyone have to accept your premise that trying to protect your privacy is an indication of crime.

    I feel, that this story is about illegal searches and not entrapment. And that is the problem I have with their argument. I do not want to be involved in criminal investigations unless there is valid reason to know that I may be involved. If you allow this investigative behavior, then it will be used for cases that are NOT related to child porn.

  14. Re:Where is the homophobia? on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    It's wrong because Trumps eyes are not colorless. More like cold black beady reptile eyes that look like they are ready to cry at any moment.

  15. Re:Where is the homophobia? on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1
    Exactly. It's not like he picked on Trumps personal appearance failing that he seems to be unable to control.

    For example, he didn't say that Trump looks like a hunk of sloppy pizza dough if you put wrinkly vagina on it, slapped some colorless wrinkled eyes, tossed some wispy old hair on top and dressed it in a suit.

    Because that would be uncalled for. That would be as wrong as calling someone “disgusting” and “a slob” with “a fat, ugly face.” https://www.nytimes.com/2016/0...

  16. Ajit Pai doesn't speak well on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    Does anybody else think that Ajit Pai speaks like an ignorant person. The quotes in the article make him sound just like Trump. He speaks like he does not know what he is talking about. See here:

    as we get complaints -- and we've gotten a number of them --

    we've gotten a number of them??? Is that what you gotten Ajit? A number? Thanks for the important inclusion of this valuable information in the middle of your sentence Ajit.

    apply the law as it's been set out by the Supreme Court and other courts

    So you say that you apply law as it is written. So that is how you interpret your laws. Thanks Ajit.

    And which court will judge Stephens violations? Oh it's the supreme court or one of them other ones? I hope it is the supreme court, because it is hard to recall the names of them other ones.

    I don't know Ajit. But he has Trump speak.

  17. Re:Where is the homophobia? on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we can all pretty much agree that Trump is the person that Colbert hates most on this planet.

    No. I agree only that Colbert says what his audience enjoys. He said that Trump is subservient to Putins pleasures in a sharp and humours manner.

    He was saying ... that he must suck dicks like a degenerate.

    That is blowphobic. Who said sucking dick is degenerate behaviour? I think he was describing subservience.

    you are having a hard time understanding why a group of people would be upset

    Are you using "group" to describe homosexuals? If so, there is no evidence in this article that those who complained were homosexual. It says that some people found the words homophobic. And according to the article there were "a number of them", which means at least 1 but probably 2 or more.

  18. Re:Where is the homophobia? on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't see how it could be labelled homophobic.

    It's like some straight people think that only homosexuals get regular blow jobs. Like how some narrow minds think only gay men have anal sex.

  19. Re:Say hello to my little friend "context" on FCC Considers Fining Stephen Colbert Over Controversial Trump Joke (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    A cock is just another word for penis.

    When the cock fits, use it.

  20. Re:Not really news on April Jobs Report: 211,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment At 4.4 Percent (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    4.4% is slightly better than Zimbabwe at 5.1%.

    source: http://data.worldbank.org/indi...

    Unfortunately, the unemployment rate says little about how many people are actually working. In Zimbabwe, about 95% of the population do not have gainful employment.

    However, 200k new jobs is good news.

  21. If you cannot install a virus/malware on your device, then you don't actually own it.

  22. Re:That's why I stick to iOS devices on A New Instance of Android Malware is Discovered Every 10 Seconds, Say Researchers (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    I realize your flaming. But I have to say that the opposite is true. The security holes in open source software are usually found only because it is open source. If there are holes in open source, then by definition it means that the original programmers missed it. If it was closed source, then we still would not have these fixes and we would remain vulnerable. And how exactly do the Russians or other boogie men get their holes in the code without it being part of the source code? Because if I was a hacker, I would want my holes in closed source, so the target has no way of knowing it is there.

  23. Teenagers should buy their own products. If they cannot, then the parent is not required to buy them what the child feels that they deserve. And if a parent gives them something, that they don't like, they are not compelled to use it. No parent should be forced to purchase something for their child that they do not want the child using or feel could be dangerous in their hands.

    You should stop judging others and telling them how to raise their children and go make your own. Then you can manage your children the way you like and stop muddling in other families lives.

  24. Spying on your 25 year old son is just sick. What would you say if he spied on you? If where him, and knew about it, i would give you the finger and gtfo..

    What are you concerned about? Are you 25 and still having your parents buy phones and contracts for you? That phone is owned by the parent. If the child doesn't want it and gets their own, then maybe this is the exact result the parent is trying to achieve.

    If you own a phone, then it is not spying to track that property. It's like having remote GPS tracking on your own phone or own car and then giving it to relatives when they visit your town. It's not a crime to keep the GPS tracking on while someone else uses your property.

    However, installing tracking or eavesdropping on your partners phone when they own it... well that is creepy and should be illegal.

    But come on. Respect property rights

  25. An owner has rights to use their property as they see fit. If a 25 year old wants to borrow property from their parents or anyone, then they must follow the guidelines for usage set by the owner. The real question is why a 25 year old cannot afford their own property and do what they like with it. Beggars cannot be choosers and borrowers do not have the same freedom as owners.