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  1. Re:Bullshit narrative ... on How Uber Takes Over a City · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Uber being self-entitled douchebags doesn't preclude evil cartels.

  2. Re:I'm not smart enough on Emails Show How Industry Lobbyists Basically Wrote The Trans-Pacific Partnership · · Score: 2

    You can have give and take without an omnibus treaty. The omnibus technique is an intentional defect that could be trivially avoided if the goal was actually free trade.

  3. Re:I'm not smart enough on Emails Show How Industry Lobbyists Basically Wrote The Trans-Pacific Partnership · · Score: 2

    As for the secrecy, unfortunately, this is generally how complex international treaties are negotiated

    Then, perhaps we shouldn't have complex international treaties. We can do this in small pieces that can be decided in an actually democratic matter. It's the same thing with omnibus bills. If you break them down into smaller pieces, it's harder to get a rider in there.

  4. Re:But Bernie Sanders is 'IRRELEVANT' on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    Historically, a university education was about becoming a scholar. The vocational role is rather new, and vocational schools are likely better suited for vocational training.

  5. Re:And why is university so expensive on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    Imagine if the incumbents in any particular industry where allowed to get together and decide laws barring others from entry!

    So, imagine a modern industry?

  6. Re:Fraud is a felony kids on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    Fraud doesn't seem to slow down banks. Why should he let it slow him down?

  7. Re:Free college education == civilization on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we could better afford those things if we weren't so beholden to the Military Industrial Complex and other such parasites.

  8. Re:One word summary. on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    So, instead of just taking money, they take money, and then take more money? How is this in any way advantageous once you stop deifying the military.

  9. Re:One word summary. on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    The world WOULD be a wonderful place if everyone were wealthy, or at least having nobody lacking in basic material needs. Economics is the means of addressing the problem of scarcity, but if there is no scarcity, there is no problem, and economics becomes redundant.

  10. Re:But Bernie Sanders is 'IRRELEVANT' on Writer: "Why I Defaulted On My Student Loans" · · Score: 1

    I think it's a great disservice to higher education to define it solely within the context of getting a job. Most people's jobs aren't closely tied to their degree anyway, and jobs are usually a means to an end.

  11. Re:Come on! on Indicted Ex-FIFA Executive Cites Onion Article In Rant Slamming US · · Score: 1

    I expect at least basic fact checking from anybody regardless of their nationality. This goes doubly so for someone fact checking within their own organization. America has a lot of that shit too, and I hate it, but don't defend this piece of shit for trying to defend himself with a claim he could have investigated by calling up any single person in his office.

  12. Re:Come on! on Indicted Ex-FIFA Executive Cites Onion Article In Rant Slamming US · · Score: 1

    Yes, how the hell would a FIFA executive be expected to know about the FIFA World Cup? He literally worked for the most direct source of information. He doesn't have to know that The Onion is satire to ask some of his ex-colleagues to know if a a World Cup is actually happening or not.

  13. Re:Come on! on Indicted Ex-FIFA Executive Cites Onion Article In Rant Slamming US · · Score: 1

    I think the bigger issue is that a high ranking executive from a multinational sports organization should do more fact-checking than a stay-at-home mom on facebook when making a public statement.

  14. Re: Tesla Is Good For All on How Elon Musk's Growing Empire is Fueled By Government Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Actually you can, it's called economies of scale, and it's how basically everything cheap became cheap. Whether or not Tesla can achieve those kinds of economies of scale is a different question, but keep in mind that I can buy a $35 computer that is orders of magnitude more powerful than what once was the fastest computer in the world.

  15. Re:Music has been about tech for decades on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 1

    Typically, music is measured in BPM, not RPM.

  16. Re:There are quite a few haters on this thread but on Secret Files Reveal UK Police Feared That Trekkies Could Turn On Society · · Score: 1

    If you wanted to nip Scientology in the bud, you could do so by fighting their lawyers to make it safe to expose their wrongdoing. But preventing blackmail and protecting whistleblowers isn't in line with the wishes of those in power.

  17. Re:military applications on US Levels Espionage Charges Against 6 Chinese Nationals · · Score: 1

    According to TFS, It looks like it's primary usage is in telephones. You should stop being obtuse and realize that saying something has military applications is just some bullshit to add on to make it scarier.

  18. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on US Levels Espionage Charges Against 6 Chinese Nationals · · Score: 1

    Actually the US government does very little to no industrial espionage

    You should do stand-up

  19. Re:Sales people do on Microsoft To Teachers: Using Pens and Paper Not Fair To Students · · Score: 1

    So you are saying they have to be smarter than average by definition. Curious argument you have there.

    More specifically, they have to be smarter than average in the area of their sales. Also, it's worth keeping in mind that above average doesn't mean you aren't an idiot.

    The sales reps for my company all have engineering degrees and are probably more competent with CAD and product design than 99% of the people reading this. The sales reps that sell equipment to my company know in exquisite detail how their products work and are quite capable of repairing it when the need arises.

    My experiences have been quite different. Perhaps it is something that varies greatly by field.

  20. Re:Arrogance about a job you don't understand on Microsoft To Teachers: Using Pens and Paper Not Fair To Students · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In all fairness, the sales and marketing folks just have to be smarter than the general public/potential customers (typically a low bar), and aren't always entirely honest. More importantly, their domain of expertise is not in how things actually work, but in how to sell something to someone, so paying them heed in regards to public policy is probably not wise.

  21. Re:All about tha Benjamins on Cocaine Use Can Now Be Tested In Fingerprints Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry · · Score: 1

    The FBI apparently found that screening out pot users hurt their recruitment, although they backtracked on that statement once they got orders from above that they can't be that honest publicly. It's a competitive disadvantage to needlessly remove a pool of employees.

  22. Re:Pay Settlments from Police Pension Funds on Baton Bob Receives $20,000 Settlement For Coerced Facebook Post · · Score: 1

    And this differs from what we have now in what way, exactly?

  23. Re: Oh for fucks sake on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    And currently, neither is 80% unemployment. When machines can do 80% of our current jobs, production costs are going to be very different. It would also mean that there is a very different dynamic in manufacturing. These would all be changes greater than a shift to an 8 hour work week would be.

  24. Re:All about tha Benjamins on Cocaine Use Can Now Be Tested In Fingerprints Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry · · Score: 1

    Use doesn't imply addiction. It is unwise to conflate the two.

  25. Re: Oh for fucks sake on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How is making a living off of 8 hours of work only achievable in a utopia? This could be accomplished with only a fivefold increase in productivity. Higher standards of living result in lower birth rates, which means that there can be an increase in the ratio of resources to people, and there would be considerable gains due to the Flynn effect and a more well rested workforce. Cut out the fat from the military-industrial and the prison-industrial complex, as well as their effects on our policy, and we've got a good head start already.