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  1. Pretty sure it is doing exactly what autopilot does in a plane. The difference is you have very little chance of colliding with something while traveling at 30,000 ft. That isn't the case on the highway, which is why you still have to pay attention.

  2. Well, at least 60 million of them properly dispersed in the right states.

  3. Re:Snowden's hypocrisy knows no bounds on Edward Snowden On Trump Administration's Recent Arrest of an Alleged Journalistic Source (freedom.press) · · Score: 1

    It's a little late for that. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/...

  4. Re:Data ain't free. on How One Little Cable Company Exposed Telecom's Achilles' Heel (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    There are countries you can move to that won't tax you. However, they are primarily in the middle east. Feel free to move there at any time.

  5. Pretty sure it is already upon us. We just had an election between Trump and Hillary. How much lower can we go?

  6. Re: 10,000 new worker? on India's Infosys To Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Criticism (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I worked near Indiana (12 miles from border, south of Chicago) when I got out of college. Almost everyone working there lived in Indiana. They worked there because it paid so much better than anything in Indiana. I moved to a job in the western suburbs a couple months later that paid 50% more. Based on that, I'd imagine the wages in Indiana aren't all that much more than India. Of course the talent is any better either.

  7. Re:Funny on Geek Builds His Own NES Classic With A Raspberry Pi (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Millennials are generation Y.

  8. Re:This is the real reason H1B scares Americans on Salary-Comparing Survey Identifies Top-Paid Developers, Discovers North America Pays Better (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    but there's other really nice functions, like the seat warmer

    I always associate a warm toilet seat with another person's ass having just been there.

  9. Re: Westinghouse a unit of Toshiba Bankru on Westinghouse Files For Bankruptcy, In Blow To Nuclear Power (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Then they should have stayed under the bridge.

  10. Re:Bias from personal preference on 58% of High-Performance Employees Say They Need More Quiet Work Spaces (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's how it was in the dorms in college. Never stopped me from using the bathroom or even the showers. I only made sure to avoid it when the maintenance guy was in there because it would take at least 30 minutes for the smell to clear out after he wrecked havoc on the toilets.

  11. Re:Do you Know WHY it sucks? on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems like a current reference. Where do you think they got the name "Mad Men" for the TV show?

  12. Re:H1B is deeply flawed on Disney IT Workers, In Lawsuit, Claim Discrimination Against Americans (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The H1B program was created as part of the WTO and US signing on. When India agreed to let US sell Coca Cola in India , US agreed to let India sell Software Services in the US . Now selling services needs people to be onsite hence the H1B. If you want to get rid of H1Bs leave the WTO and watch Caterpillar and Boeing factories close.

    What does Coca Cola have to do with Caterpillar and Boeing?

  13. Re: You Can't Do The Time on Sysadmin Gets Two Years In Prison For Sabotaging ISP (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Where is your source for Tom Cruise being 201lbs? There is no way he weighs that much. Conor McGregor is 5'9" and 155. There is no way Cruise is packing another 45lbs on a shorter frame. AC poster being 2" shorter, yet 5lbs heavier, is probably not as small as you think.

  14. Re: You Can't Do The Time on Sysadmin Gets Two Years In Prison For Sabotaging ISP (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Why couldn't he be muscular? You are assuming that weight is fat, which is the problem with any metric regard just height and weight. Per BMI, Dwayne Johnson is obese. Would you like to tell him that?

  15. Re:Above post is absolutely correct on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The other thing is, well, he's not in the US anymore. Nixon was pardoned but he was still in the US. All pardoning would do is allow a free return to the US, but other than that, he's really free to roam the globe at anywhere other than US.

    Finally, what's the benefit to him? He's just winding down the couple of months he has left, and it's generally considered rude to screw the next guy to take over no matter how much you hate him. So let the guy who will have a few years decide the fate, rather than try to make a quick forced decision.

    What difference does it make where Snowden is or how many days he has left in office? Presidents always issue pardons during their last days in office. Marc Rich had fled to Switzerland and Clinton still pardoned him on his last day in office.

  16. Half of Trump's transition team has been fired. Chris Christie was fired because he was Governor when Trump's son-in-law's Jared's, father was prosecuted on fraud charges and didn't pardon the fraudster.

    No, Christie was the US District Attorney who prosecuted Charles Kushner in 2004. He didn't become governor until 2010.

  17. Re:Oh NOW they want to talk to him on US Internet Firms Ask Trump To Support Encryption, Ease Regulations (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Trump's son-in-law has also been working to push out Chris Christie. Seems he is bitter that Christie prosecuted his father for, wait for it, tax evasion among other charges!

  18. Re:Going by this logic on US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 1

    The MSM has reported both candidates' foibles fairly well. What made the latest FBI email story float better than the one before it was that, for once (and way too late) Trump finally learned how not to try to dominate an entire news cycle even when his opponent was floundering.

    I don't think he learned so much as his campaign finally took away his twitter account. If they had only thought to do that before the Alicia Machado rant.

  19. It's not about the people going to work, it's about the children going to school in the dark. Won't you people think of the children!

  20. Re: quick on Hulk Hogan Settles With Gawker For $31 Million (go.com) · · Score: 1

    There aren't any laws against adultery, however there are laws against privacy violations.

    Actually it is illegal in 21 states.

  21. Re:Expect conservative meltdown. on Google News Introduces Fact Check Feature -- Just In Time For the US Election (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 2

    On average... women are emotionally more stable and less aggressive than men...

    I'm sorry, you lost me. What is your definition of emotional stability?

  22. I've had mixed results (Chicago). Sometimes ordering multiple items (not from the same business) together to get the free shipping will cause delays. I've had a few orders take over a week just to be shipped. On the other hand, my most recent order included multiple items and was shipped the Friday I ordered it and delivered on Monday. They even attempted delivery on Sunday.

  23. Re:Who cares if they actually help on Aetna To Provide Apple Watch To 50,000 Employees, Subsidize Cost For Customers (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    You won't *have* to use one, but if you want the lower rates you will.

    Why can't I just point them to Strava. When running 70 mile weeks, does it really matter how many steps I take the rest of the day? My Garmin has those stupid features available. An hour after a 20 mile run it's beeping, telling me to move again. Fuck you, it's nap time.

  24. Related to the second issue is that you see people playing on bicycles, motorized vehicles, and other means that are essentially cheating..

    I would agree with you if not for the fact the game already shorts you on distance when travelling by foot. I used to play on my easy runs (7-8mph) and would only get credit for about 30% of the distance I ran towards my eggs.

    My biggest problem with the game was the instability. Game would crash half the time I tried to battle/train at gyms. Even being near too many of the gyms caused problems. Also there changes to the capture and flee rate drove me nuts. Having 100CP Weedles breaking out of 3-4 super balls and then fleeing gets old really quick.

  25. Re:Facebook is still a thing? on Facebook Rolls Out Code To Nullify Adblock Plus' Workaround (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a POW camp, not a concentration camp. Still not an accurate portrayal, but it was mocking the Nazis.