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  1. Re:Has nothing to do with economy, or jobs on Google Joins Apple in Condemning the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't worry, them "condemning" anything also has nothing to do with the environment but way more with PR.

  2. All true, but at the same time such a phone is hot as all hell and an immediately pointer towards the one who stole it.

    And honestly, if you store confidential data on a cellphone, especially if not using some kind of encrypted container, you deserve all you get.

  3. Re:Valid tool, with time limits on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, when has "abstinence only" sex ed ever worked?

  4. Re:experiment for glassholes and snatchchatspeccer on Snapchat Takes a Second Try at Spectacles (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hush! Darwin has the right to be right from time to time.

  5. Re:Let's take it a step further on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    And the best part is that they'll bend over backwards and nobody can complain about your ridiculous rules and requirements because you never really imposed them. It wasn't you that told people to assemble in front of dear leader's statue and put down elaborate flower bouquets they get up for at 4am and weave before work with their bare hands, they do it because they love dear leader that much!

  6. The problem is in the definition of "misbehave". Because even the examples you give send shivers up my spine. And we didn't even touch the usual "praise dear leader and love The Party" bits that will almost certainly make it into the fold.

  7. Actually, I know no ways to earn a lot of money where "work hard" is part of the equation.

  8. You know all the Supreme Leader's buddies are going to have padded scores, right...

    You got that wrong. BEING dear leader's buddy IS what pads your score. Criticize dear leader? Down with your score. Praise him publicly? All is forgiven.

    Rest assured, you'll find a LOT of people suddenly applauding whoever is in charge, turning fascist, communist or whatever else is currently en vogue at the drop of a hat. "Public opinion" is, in such a system, more akin to an "official opinion".

  9. Re:The American equivalent is just as dystopian... on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, you could, for instance, invest in some local firm or support some party member.

    So at least a solution for rich people exists. Whew. For a moment I was worried the law would apply to them for a change.

  10. Re:Valid tool, with time limits on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking out against government? No flying. Voicing your concern over a policy that negatively affects you? No school for your kids.

  11. Let's take it a step further on Chinese Journalist Banned From Flying, Buying Property Due To 'Social Credit Score' (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't tell anyone what rises or lowers your score and you're one step closer to a religion.

    But seriously, that would actually increase the effectiveness of something like this. Nobody is better at coming up with things to do and not to do than the people themselves, they'll regulate their lives in ways you wouldn't even think possible just to suck up to big daddy.

    Could anyone stop the planet, I want to get off.

  12. Yup. Right behind "military intelligence" and "Microsoft Works" on the oxymoron hitlist.

  13. Your argument is honestly that it is more likely that the device has been stolen and that the thief is trying to circumvent the fingerprint sensor instead of simply wiping the device to destroy any kind of evidence THAT it's stolen?

  14. Re:May sound good to us, but it's utter crap on Kazakhstan Is Changing Its Alphabet From Cyrillic To Latin-Based Style Favored By the West (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In all fairness, only two of the German umlauts (o: and u:) actually account for different phonemes, with a: being essentially pronounced the same as e but used in words that have roots that used to have an a there.

    And French, well, in French, what you write has nothing to do with what you say anyway. ;)

  15. Re:And what about its number system? on Kazakhstan Is Changing Its Alphabet From Cyrillic To Latin-Based Style Favored By the West (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You've never seen a Frenchman count if you think Russians count funny. As soon as it goes beyond 70 it starts to be a fucking math project.

  16. Re:Hey MS? Open for suggestions? on Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, the ones that reset everything and lose data whenever MS fucked up yet another update, as if it was a natural rule that Windows must eat your data every couple months.

    That target market.

    I think Apple cornered that market already, by NOT fucking up every other update. Unless of course you dare to let someone but Apple repair your mobile device when it breaks.

  17. Re:Hey MS? Open for suggestions? on Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    What target market?

  18. MS is pretty desperate by now to keep you as an asset.

  19. Re:I don't get this on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Same here. Working right next to the post office means that the lazy guys deliver EVERYTHING to my work address now, even if I order it for the home address.

    Usually I don't mind that much, considering that I'm usually at work when he delivers, but it sucks when you order large and heavy stuff and are working from home, waiting for the delivery.

  20. Re:I don't get this on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The idea is good until your asshole neighbor discovers a new place for the garbage that doesn't fit into his garbage bin anymore.

  21. Re:I suppose in the end... on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    C'mon. Buddy. The obvious one:

    "Amazon. Now delivering to Uranus."

  22. Finally doing something for their workers on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Now those that earn SO little that they have to live in their car can order with their employer, too!

  23. Re:US on their way back on EPA Proposes Limits To Science Used In Rulemaking (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You see what's going on here? We have whole boards where any meaningful conversation ceased long ago because Trump here and Hillary there. Did it do anything? Please.

    The reason why things happen in those other places is mostly because people still give a shit. We've gone long beyond that.

  24. Hey MS? Open for suggestions? on Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Instead of getting rid of the registry editor, which weighs in at about 400k, how about getting rid of Cortana? I have a hunch the lady is heavier than a few k.

    While we're at it, there's a bunch more of your crapware you dumped into the system I can't get rid of, maybe scrape them out too while you're at it? It's not like Win10 comes without a ton of unwanted, unnecessary and outright useless crap preinstalled. Not installing that would probably be where I'd start before removing drivers and system management tools.

  25. Re:feature updates on Microsoft Plans Version of Windows 10 For Devices With Limited Storage (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    You are aware that "security" for MS means "securing our system from the asshole sitting in front of it thinking it belongs to him", yes?