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  1. Re:Shit job of not being evil on YouTube Is Fighting the 'Adpocalypse' With a Less Trigger-Happy Flagging System (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    People turned to YouTube exactly because TV was regulated into oblivion and all that was left was cookie-cutter, family friendly "entertainment" that was about as entertaining and exciting as watching the linoleum warp in a moist Summer.

    Now YouTube is supposed to be turned into the same kind of bullshit, and we're moving on to something less linoleum-y.

  2. Bad ideas require censorship to survive. Else even stupid people could easily see how stupid the ideas and those following them are.

  3. Here is your anthem.

  4. If more people had to pay for content, we'd certainly see less of those "top 10" videos that "blow your mind".

    Seriously, if I had to pay what they're worth, I'd get money back.

  5. So am I, I was already blocking ads before it got cool.

  6. Re:Support Right to Independence on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You think Catalonia will have a hard time getting back into the Union? I bet they'd trade Spain for it in a heartbeat...

    Spain without Catalonia is essentially Greece when it comes to how broke they are.

  7. Then toss the fuckers with lead parachutes and out of your 17th floor. Read your Sun Tsu, as soon as 2 have hit the concrete, the rest will suddenly be MUCH more compliant.

  8. Re:Arabic culture destroyed by religion on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Reza and Saddam were US puppets, but Khomeini? C'mon.

  9. Re:Just say no to Engare on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Whose is it, Coca Cola's?

  10. Re:Just say no to Engare on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Influence them in a cultural or even religious way?

  11. Re:Just say no to Engare on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm a Marxist. But of the Groucho variant.

  12. Re:Arabic culture destroyed by religion on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So ... the US pumped massive amounts of top notch military hardware into the Shah regime in Persia to make it the fourth largest army on this planet, then hired that Ayatollah guy to kick the Shah out and install a sharia regime? Then hired that Saddam guy living next door to start a war against them to destroy all that nice military hardware?

    Y...eah. That makes lots of sense.

  13. Re: Just say no to Engare on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, kinda. You have lots of adults who enjoy it and lots of bored kids that were taken along and start wandering off. I just did what any sane person would do.

  14. Re:I thought Slashdot was for nerds and geeks on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Funny
  15. Re:Arabic culture destroyed by religion on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    That's something I never quite understood. The Arabic world was centuries ahead in the middle ages, in mathematics, medicine, literature...

    The only thing we really were better at was religious zeal and waging war over who has the cooler imaginary friend.

    When did this flip?

  16. Re:Just say no to Engare on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dude, that's like saying we should ban the color red because that's the color of commies and if we keep looking at red we'll at one day think that Communism is a fine idea.

    We're talking an art style here. Frankly, if you think an art style is going to influence your children, please take them to a museum, you might end up with better kids.

  17. Re:How much is "ISlamic" on The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    So Microsoft didn't even invent "embrace, extend, extinguish"?

  18. Re:Because God punishes the faithful on Google's Sentiment Analyzer Thinks Being Gay Is Bad (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the track record of God (or Allah for that matter), your bets are generally better siding with the gays and fighting that asshole.

    Provided you enjoy fighting windmills and other imaginary enemies, that is.

  19. Re:Well duh on Google's Sentiment Analyzer Thinks Being Gay Is Bad (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as it ain't my ass that's falling out of my asshole, I don't really care that much. I have to repeat my question, why do you make someone else's ass your business?

  20. Re:Well duh on Google's Sentiment Analyzer Thinks Being Gay Is Bad (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As long as it's neither your dick or ass, how's it your business? Or do you make other guys dicks and asses your business?

    That's SO gay, dude!

  21. Re:No, really this time it's unlimited, we promise on Verizon Will Stop Throttling Video On Unlimited Plans If You Pay An Extra $10 Per Month (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Say, did your plan get any cheaper?

  22. Re:No, really this time it's unlimited, we promise on Verizon Will Stop Throttling Video On Unlimited Plans If You Pay An Extra $10 Per Month (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Telecoms have to eat too, don't you know?

    Do we get to vote on this?

  23. Re:It kinda sucks. on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    In sane countries, yes.

    I had an employer who would make me wear a shirt and tie despite having no contact with customers in any way. Needless to say that I didn't have that employer longer than I absolutely had to.

  24. Re:Great, more ways for boomers to f**k the rest on Anti-Aging Stem Cell Treatment Proves Successful In Early Human Trials (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    That's fine for jobs where brain power is more relevant than brawn power, but what are you going to tell the 60 year old bricklayer with a bad enough back that he can't sit straight for more than a few minutes, let alone stand?

  25. Re:It is the American way on Why We Must Fight For the Right To Repair Our Electronics (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    This is why sane countries have independent mandatory inspections for vehicles that clear it for public traffic. In other words, you're allowed not only to repair your own vehicle but even to build your own vehicle, but it has to satisfy safety standards.