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  1. Re:Only Middle class revolt on US Life Expectancy Can Vary By 20 Years Depending On Where You Live (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You assume that he cares about money. It may surprise you, but there are people who cannot be motivated with money.Mostly those that notice that the things that matter in life cannot be bought with money.

  2. Re:Maybe this is a good thing? on WSJ Columnist: Robots Aren't Destroying Enough Jobs (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except that this time around there is nowhere to go. When farming got automated, people moved into towns to the emerging industries. That came with its own social problems, but at least people had somewhere to go. When industrial automation happened, people were able to move into the emerging service sector.

    There is no new sector to go to for the displaced workers this time. Whatever you could come up with is just as susceptible to automation as the job you just eliminated with automation.

  3. Who cares what the WSJ has to say about it? on WSJ Columnist: Robots Aren't Destroying Enough Jobs (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    I take their opinion on work matters serious as soon as their editors or subscribers ever actually worked a day in their lives. Them writing about working is like an eunuch talking about fucking. Yeah, we've seen it done, but there's not really much first hand experience.

  4. Had to read that twice on Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1.3 Million Ram Pickups For Fatal Software Problem (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    First time I realized that "ram" doesn't mean memory.

    Second time I noticed that "pickup" had nothing to do with music or old TV equipment.

    I am very obviously not a car geek...

  5. Re:Cyber on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    *sigh*

    He cybers the lingo...

  6. But nobody knew.

    They tried to tell the world, alas they were using some dead language and couldn't be bothered to learn one that's actually used somewhere on the planet.

  7. Computer on Star Trek Bridge Crew Gets IBM Watson-Powered Voice Commands (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    End simulation.

  8. Ok, let's call it "probably being available for longer than fossil fuels"? Doubt that newspapers will like it, it doesn't really make a good headline.

  9. 30 years is a long time for a power plant. I'd be very surprised if any of the solar or wind farms were still operational after three decades.

    And there are hydro plants in operation that have been built nearly a century ago.

  10. Re:freezing in the dark on Germany Sets New National Record With 85 Percent of Its Electricity Sourced From Renewables (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You might want to add that Austria is pretty rich in hydroelectricity due to its rather mountainous landscape with lots of rivers that allow building hydro plants, along with a long standing tradition of using wood as a primary source for heating due to having extensive forests.

    Austria and Iceland, and maybe Sweden, are countries that you should not use to compare energy generation and consumption. It's not that easy for everyone.

  11. ...and me without modpoints...

    Terse and to the point. This, and a million times this.

  12. How does that influence it? That's like saying "it won't work because we're not located next to France".

  13. But it's the only way to get a discussion with an intelligent person!

  14. Re:Oblig. Godwin's Law on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jawoll mein hairpiece!

  15. Re:Ahahahahhaha on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not just this dipshit, it's the system. It isn't the fault of one pig if the liver pie is rotten.

  16. Re:TRUMP IS OUT on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Of all the things he did, THIS makes you think that?

    All I see here is that he's yet another politician with zero idea what the internet is really like. Well, he's at least one step ahead of the rest, he knows what Twitter is.

  17. Re:Distracted yet? on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You should move to Thailand, 50k a year makes you a king out there.

  18. Re:What do you mean? on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course there will be! Even the Soviet Union had elections until the very end, with glowing approval rates of the reigning powers!

  19. Re:Cyber on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    He cybered his butt.

    Dammit, at least try to stay with the lingo!

  20. Re:"hate speech" is it's defined by idiots on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is ... well, essentially nonexistent. Nobody outside their territory takes their claims and demands serious, that applies to Austria as much as it does for ISIS. That verdict will not even hold in Austria, no later than when it as much as touches the ECJ it will go up in flames and nobody will give half a shit about it. Neither before, nor after.

    It's the usual "judge has no idea what the internet is like" verdict. I really have no idea why this goes so way out of proportion this time around, it's not like it's anything new.

  21. Re:Terrific News! on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Performing labor in exchange for food & shelter is slavery. Nothing more, nothing less.

    And the only reason corporations don't try it is that they currently even get away with spending less on their workers.

  22. Re:Amazon Science! on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon Prime is people!

  23. Re:Communism on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    So the old joke is right?

    What's capitalism?
    Exploitation of man by man
    And communism?
    The opposite, of course.

    In the end, the systems aren't too different. Here the party nomenclatura screws over the rest of the population, there the fat cats do it. In the end, your chances to get screwed aren't so different in either system.

  24. Are you talking about the spider bite now or using Win10?

  25. Re:This is VERY frequent on New Windows Look and Feel, Neon, Is Officially the 'Microsoft Fluent Design System' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This whole stuff reminds me more and more of one of those Soviet speakers who keeps talking about the successes of Communism and how glorious our athletes, our space stations and our heavy industry is while the average worker wonders when he might get some butter and toilet paper.