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  1. Can we get an update where we get to decide when to reboot our machines and what info to send to Redmond? Just 'cause you paint the turd in flashy colors doesn't make it smell better.

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

    That you have to explain. What's communist about ripping off your workers to make yourself even richer?

  3. Re:And you can order one today! on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Expendable human subjects that nobody would be missing if they vanish...

    Say, wasn't Bezos one of the guys that wanted to build a rocket to Mars?

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

    I'm fairly sure the workers like that better, considering that it's legal tender in way more areas than just the company store with the insane prices.

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

    Well, we did spread all right. Entrails, not democracy, but then again, we're eager to export democracy. Mostly 'cause we don't have much use for it anymore ourselves, so maybe someone else can use it. Slightly used, a bit singed at the edges, but it's still good.

    The topic of the thread was the expression of religion and its relation to hate speech. Maybe we can return to that.

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

    That used to be popular, at least until the pesky government had to butt in and demand that workers get paid in actual money instead of food, shelter and scrip.

    Damn government, ruining the economy!

  7. Good one, if you got more bombs like that you have a stand-up program going. Maybe try to tie-in a routine around suggesting them paying their company taxes instead of stashing it away into tax havens.

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

    Building a company town, owning the company store, paying your workforce in scrip... who doesn't dream of this?

  9. Re:And you can order one today! on Amazon To Build Homeless Shelter In Its New Seattle Headquarters (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    He needs cheap workers that will work for pennies and be thankful for his next packing warehouse, now that outsourcing into Mexico isn't feasible anymore.

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

    Civilization?

  11. Re:In other words... on Facebook Downranks News Feed Links To Crappy Sites Smothered In Ads (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No, YOU spread fake news. I give you alternate facts!

  12. Re:So all the Leftist sites on Facebook Downranks News Feed Links To Crappy Sites Smothered In Ads (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Hmm... a few posts up, someone predicted that all the right leaning sites will be out now.

    Maybe that means that all the political crap fake news sites will become unlinked? That could make FB finally relevant as a site that filters all the politically biased crap.

  13. Considering that most real postings will most likely be pro-neutrality, since the average user has exactly zero to gain and everything to lose from abandoning net neutrality, I'd guess that's pretty much the goal.

  14. Re: Adapt/overcome on Why Do Gas Station Prices Constantly Change? Blame the Algorithm (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    And everyone just happens to pick the same price at the same time.

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

    Give it time. All it takes is a charismatic asshole yelling "follow me!". Needn't be from the poor class himself, all it takes is that he claims that he's against "them" and that he promises jobs, food and money. Right now there's an experiment running to funnel this anger into venues that actually reinforce the old system, let's see how long it takes for the masses to realize that they're being bullshitted, or if they even notice it.

  16. Re:"Progressive" solution to inequality on US Life Expectancy Can Vary By 20 Years Depending On Where You Live (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    How the CIA gets its information? I don't know if I really want to know. What I do know, though, is that I cross referenced the information they offer and so far I have not found any (sensible) sources that contradict them.

    The numbers from 2014 and 2015 are probably going to differ, but not by 10 years. Let's face it, I have no idea what the page you cited was but the information it offers should be taken as entertainment rather than as a base for argument. And while your point may be that you desperately want to show that government mandated healthcare isn't a good thing, you fail at it. Because your examples are either bogus or simply don't show what you want them to.

  17. That's basically what a DDoS looks like on FCC Should Prove DDoS Attacks Stopped Net Neutrality Comments (networkworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A lot of people trying to access a resource at the same time.

    We know this phenomenon as "slashdotting". And funny enough, it hasn't really happened a lot in the more recent past, maybe the FCC should get up to speed. Even though unlikely, it might suddenly get hit by a lot of traffic because suddenly a lot of people might get interested in that "net neutrality" thing.

  18. Re:It's. A. Keyboard!! on Microsoft Wants You To Care For Your Surface Like a 'Luxury' Handbag (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the usefulness of the Surface, I'd guess the same amount of touching applies here.

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

    Should I quote Deuteronomy 17 or Leviticus 24 as an example of the bible telling you to kill everyone who doesn't suffer from the same kind of delusion?

    You do have a point with Buddhism, though. Maybe that's why these people usually don't really piss me off remotely as much.

  20. Say what you want on Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know, a lot of you disagree and think that it's cliche and not authentic, but I do enjoy that new sitcom about a TV buffoon getting elected as the US president. Every week a new episode full of laughter and surprises.

  21. Is that the reason why they have to get slimmer and slimmer so you can buy bulkier and bulkier cases required to protect the more and more fragile phones?

  22. Re:"hate speech" is it's defined by idiots on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    And that's ok because it doesn't directly affect you? Then you're probably also ok with the treatment of women in the more insane cults because, hey, doesn't affect you, right?

  23. Biometrics are great for identification, but very, very poor for authentication. As soon as this finally settles in, we can start talking about using it.

  24. Allow me to set this straight on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's take a step back from sensationalism and see what really happened here.

    Nothing. A court in a country nobody gives a shit about made a decision that doesn't matter to anyone. Not even the people in the country itself. What will probably happen now is that libel against Austrians gets deleted quicker. Maybe. Aside of that, not much will be done.

    If she should try to play hard ball, maybe FB has the guts to actually make FB unavailable for Austria and ensure that Austrians get to see in no uncertain terms why this is the case. Election times are coming. And somehow I have this hunch that the Greens, whose main target audience are between 20 and 40 years old, might not enjoy that fallout.

  25. Re:Isn't it odd? on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Certainly. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words, oh don't you dare to speak them!