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  1. Re:They took the worst part of Python on New Release Of Nim Borrows From Python, Rust, Go, and Lisp (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    > The fact is you should be indenting consistently anyway, so braces and semicolons are superfluous, and ugly.

    Why do python advocates always assume you have the luxury of exclusively working with your own code?

  2. Re:Systemd, WTF? on Interviews: Ask Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst A Question (redhat.com) · · Score: 2

    This is why I suspect most systemd advocates are paid shills, or something.

    When people advocate systemd, typical all they do is ad hominem attacks.

    I have yet to see a strong, logical, argument in favour of systemd. I suspect there are no good arguments for systemd, just the same tired, childish, insult spewing.

  3. Jobs ads always seem to ask for C/C++ on Is The C Programming Language Declining In Popularity? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    That is what I seen. I can't remember the last time I saw a job ad for just C.

  4. They don't live long enough to test. Stroke is very common when you live on that diet.

  5. What is the best non-systemd distro? on Linux.com Announces The Best Linux Distros for 2017 (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    I am using FreeBSD 10.3 - it's not bad. I am thinking about moving to slackware.

    Mint 17.3
    Slackware 14.2
    Gentoo
    CentOS 6.5
    Calculate Linux
    FreeBSD 10.3
    Something else?

  6. More fake news from so-called MSM on Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Just more crap from the crap factory. And they call alternative media "fake news."

  7. If Empire remake: will Carrie wear slave outfit? on Lucasfilm Creates A 4K Ultra-HD Restoration of the Original 'Star Wars' (4k.com) · · Score: 1

    Or will that get disneyfied out?

  8. Actually, before the election, they were saying the election couldn't be hacked.

  9. Was Trump "hacked?" on US Announces Response To Russian Election Hacking [Update] (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    According to Obama: a leak == a hack.

    And because information, unflattering to Hillary, was leaked: that means the election was hacked.

    What about Trump's Access Hollywood comments? I doubt Trump wanted those comments to be public. Clearly that recording was leaked - i.e. hacked.

  10. Re:Retaliatory measures based on no evidence. on US Announces Response To Russian Election Hacking [Update] (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    > The Nordic states have been the best examples of Socialism anywhere and have not approached anything resembling authoritative regimes.

    Are they "socialist?" What makes the Nordic states more socialist than the UK?

    The Nordic states will all be under Sharia law soon anyway, followed by the rest of Europe, then the US.

  11. Re:Retaliatory measures based on no evidence. on US Announces Response To Russian Election Hacking [Update] (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not ask Venezuela?

  12. Re:Reasonably priced? on Unannounced ASUS C302CA-DHM4 Chromebook Hits Newegg, and It Looks Great (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Very good point. I agree $499 is way too high.

  13. More globalist scare mongering? on After Brexit, More Than 100 Firms May Move To Ireland (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Sure sounds like it. The remain crowd said the market would crash. The anti-Trump crowd also made numerous brain-dead predictions that have already been proved false.

  14. You know that Clinton got huge amounts of money from China, and Saudis, right?

  15. Re:The days of high taxes on corps are numbered on After Brexit, More Than 100 Firms May Move To Ireland (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Clinton Foundation is worth hundreds of millions, thanks to Hillary's pay-for-play state department.

    Trump is working for $1 a year, and turned down a new Air Force Once.

    Don't let facts get in the way of your irrational hatred.

  16. Re:The days of high taxes on corps are numbered on After Brexit, More Than 100 Firms May Move To Ireland (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Not as if Hillary lied about Benghazi. Four Americans dead because of her incompetence. At this point, what difference does it make?

  17. MSM also predicted a Hillary victory on Twitter Is 'Toast' and the Stock Is Not Even Worth $10, Says Analyst (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I suspect that many twitterers were just repeating what they were hearing on MSM.

    Is MSM also toast?

  18. Re:America hates Hillary Clinton on Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    > Mocking crippled people

    He wasn't. That has already been proved.

    > questioning a judge's impartiality based on his ethnicity

    Is that so impossible?

    > urging his followers to violently deal with protestors

    Protesters? You mean the violent thugs that Hillary hired to disrupt Trump rallies?

  19. Re: Can Trump con his way around China? on China Says It Will Return the Underwater Drone It Seized From the US (thehill.com) · · Score: 0

    WTF!? Last I checked Obozo was still president. Trump is just a private citizen.

    Want to try again?

  20. Re:This whole story line is ridiculous on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    > If the public sees DNC's dirty laundry but not the RNC's dirty laundry, then the public is getting lopsided information.

    It would be true if it were the other way around as well.

    What about Trump's "pussy grabbing" comment being leaked? I don't remember anybody complaining about that?

  21. Re:This whole story line is ridiculous on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > They... hacked some servers and released information which influenced voters. That's it. It doesn't require anything else.

    Okay emails were leaked. Public got information that Hillary did not want the public to have.

    How is that any different than Trump having his "pussy grabbing" comments leaked? Certainly Trump thought his conversation was private. Certainly the public got information that Trump did not want the public to have. Certainly that could have influenced voters.

  22. Any real evidence that Russia hacked DNC? on President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems to me there is just anonymous sources, and baseless assertions.

    As I understand it: the FBI, and the NSA, are not convinced of such hacking. And the CIA refuses to allow congress to see it's so-called "evidence." I also understand that Putin has essentially asked Obama to put up or shut up - provide evidence or stop accusing.

    I want real evidence. I don't care if it's pro-Trump, or anti-Trump, or whatever.

    I am sick to death of baseless assertions from anonymous sources. That sort of thing is beneath the standards of the National Enquirer.

    IF (and I do say "IF") the CIA has evidence, then have the head of the CIA come out on national television and say that he has unequivocal evidence that Russian hackers substantially affected the US election. And let him explain exactly how the election was hacked, and explain exactly what evidence the CIA has. And let other agencies, such as FBI, and NSA, review the evidence and come to the same conclusions, and make similar announcements.

    Also, what do they mean by "hacked?" Do they mean the Russians actually changed the vote counts? Or do they mean that Russia gave hacked emails to wikileaks? Or what?

    If it's just email, then what difference does it make if they came from Russia, or another source?

    If the dems don't want their shameful behaviour publicised, maybe they should stop their shameful behaviour.

    Before we do something as drastic as overthrowing the election, let's have such actual facts.

  23. Didn't MS-DOS do this? on GoboLinux 016 Released With Its Own Filesystem Virtualization Tool (gobolinux.org) · · Score: 1

    Everything about dBase was in your dBase directory, etc.

  24. Any thoughts on Thorium? on World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    From what little I know, Thorium seems like it might be viable alternative.

  25. PizzaGate Is 100% Real, Why Is Media Lying? on Fake News Prompts Gunman To 'Self-Investigate' Pizza Parlor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Decide for yourself:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVSA2Jjelo