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  1. Re:What ever. on Trump Says He Wants Skilled Migrants But Creates New Hurdles (apnews.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    > You need H1B workers.

    No we don't.

    > The visa kids are the ones who have their name on patents, and have a stupidly disproportionate number of phd candidates among them

    No they are not. We already have the O-1 visa for the exceptional talented.

  2. Re:Worked out great in Jurassic Park on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt that bringing back Carolina Parakeets, or Passenger Pigeons, would have the same risks as bringing back a T-Rex.

    BTW: Jurassic Park was run stupidly. The dinosaurs should be kept in deep pits. Zoos have been doing this for over a century.

  3. Re:Of course we should on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > Going extinct is the natural way of things

    Sometimes, not always.

  4. Re:Was the extinction natural? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > We're just another animal, really.

    Things like nuclear power plants are not a part of nature. Don't be ridiculous.

  5. Re:Whoâ(TM)s to blame? on Should We Revive Extinct Species? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    > What makes death by man any less natural than death by any other predator?

    Oh come on. Passenger Pigeons were the common bird in North America, maybe the world.

    Humans drove them into extinction in a very short period of time.

    Saying nature selected these birds for extinction is absurd.

  6. Such laws could defeat their own purpose on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    After a while people just shrug and say "so what? *Everything* causes cancer."

    Cigarettes cause cancer? So what? Everything causes cancer.

  7. Has this worked in Germany? on Wind and Solar Can Power Most of the United States, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My understanding is: they have tried this in Germany, and it has turned out to be astronomically expensive. Energy costs have gone through the roof.

  8. Re:75% is clearly an overestimate on More Than 75 Percent of Earth's Land Areas Are 'Broken,' Major Report Finds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course the USA is only a small part part of the earth's land area.

    Still, I agree: 75% seems like an overestimate.

  9. Consumption of beef largely to blame on More Than 75 Percent of Earth's Land Areas Are 'Broken,' Major Report Finds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    > "The UN-backed report underscores the urgent need for consumers, companies and governments to rein in excessive consumption – particularly of beef – and for farmers to draw back from conversions of forests and wetlands, according to the authors."

    Land degradation threatens human wellbeing, major report warns
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/26/land-degradation-is-undermining-human-wellbeing-un-report-warns

  10. Privacy smrivacy so long as I'm rich on Steve Jobs Tried To Warn Mark Zuckerberg About Privacy In 2010 (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Zuck has made his billions and sold his stocks. What does he care?

  11. Re:Prison for life, eh Trump? on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Prison for what exactly?

    Please be very specific. Please provide evidence and cite your source.

  12. Re:But we must first have ironclad proof on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    - Guccifer 2.0 story relies entirely on the usual anonymous sources

    - dailybeast broke the story and Chelsea Clinton sits on the board of their parent company IAC
    http://iac.com/about/leadership/board-directors/chelsea-clinton
    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/daily-beast-parent-iac-beats-quarterly-expectations-2017-02-01
    for all we know, the anonymous source was Hillary Clinton.

    - IP addresses are easy to spoof and therefore do not mean much

    - It seems unlikely that the GRU internet access would have IPs pointing back to them

    - if the GRU is supposed the Russian version of the NSA, then it seems unlikely that anybody could just accidentally forget to turn on the VPN. There would be a dozen safeguards to prevent that from happening.

    - unconfirmed: Guccifer 2.0 only claimed to have hacked Podesta, not DNC

    - DNC refuses to have it's servers examined by any US government intel agency

    - Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally Suggesting DNC Not "Hacked By Russians"
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-10/new-research-shows-guccifer-20-files-were-copied-locally-dnc-not-hacked-russians

    - NSA experts say DNC "hack" wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak
    https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/

    - Do we have an actual physical person? Somebody with a real name and face? If not, then all roads lead nowhere

  13. > Patreus was head of the CIA and was dumb enough . . .

    Being the head of the CIA does not make you a top-level Spy super-hacker. Typically the head of the CIA is a not a techie.

  14. Re:It was an inside job... Maybe... on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    > Source?

    Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally Suggesting DNC Not "Hacked By Russians"
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-10/new-research-shows-guccifer-20-files-were-copied-locally-dnc-not-hacked-russians

    >> So.. I'm wondering.. Why do we care about the DNC getting hacked at this point? What difference at this point does it make?

    > Because our worry isn't that Trump gets caught for conspiring with a foreign power to win an election, our worry is he gets away with it and then he pulls the same thing again in 2020.

    By that reasoning shouldn't Hillary be investigated over the Benghazi scandal?

  15. Re:IP addresses mean jack shit on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    If the GRU is supposed the Russian version of the NSA, then it seems unlikely that anybody could just accidentally forget to turn on the VPN. There would be a dozen safeguards to prevent that from happening.

  16. Re:local hack = Seth Rich on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Hardly a "hack" more of a leak.

    All Seth had to do was copy a .pst file to a USB stick and send that to wikileaks. Seth had access, there would be nothing to it.

    No hack, no conspiracy.

    Seth had motive to that also. Seth was Bernie supporter, and was understandable unhappy to see Bernie robbed of the nomination.

    The Seth theory is actually the anti-conspiracy theory. The Russia theory is the far-fetched conspiracy theory - especially if it involves Trump.

  17. Re:I haven't seen the evidence. on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is there any evidence to see?

    1) The story comes from the usual anonymous sources.

    2) I think the dailybeast broke the story and I have read that Chelsea Clinton sits on the board of their parent company ICY

    3) unconfirmed: Guccifer 2.0 only claimed to have hacked Podesta, not DNC

    4) Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally Suggesting DNC Not "Hacked By Russians"
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-10/new-research-shows-guccifer-20-files-were-copied-locally-dnc-not-hacked-russians

    5) NSA experts say DNC "hack" wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak
    https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/

  18. 2) Podesta email hack, spearfishing attack but his email password was "password". If I remember right, THIS is the hack Guiccifer 2.0 took credit for.

    Do you have a source on that?

  19. Do we haven an actual individual ? on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Somebody we can exonerate, and put under oath? Somebody who can be put in prison if any of this is true?

  20. DailyBeast owned by IAC & Chelsea Clinton sits on More Evidence Ties Alleged DNC Hacker Guccifer 2.0 To Russian Intelligence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    board.

    Or so I've read.

    https://medium.com/@jashobell/the-daily-beast-is-owned-by-iac-and-chelsea-clinton-sits-on-their-board-of-directors-d6978d1e9ee5

  21. Re:So what's the difference between Trump and Obam on Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes For the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Says He Isn't Opposed To Regulation (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    > Remember, it's illegal to hire foreign nationals directly.

    Remember: Christopher Steele is a foreign national.

  22. Re:curious what NYT/Facebook's thoughts are on... on Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes For the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Says He Isn't Opposed To Regulation (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You clearly do not not know what the word "treason" means.

    Please feel free to cite your source about Trump's capital crime.

  23. Re:Just a hunch, but... on Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Be the World's 'Single Currency' In 10 Years (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they're just bitcoin investors?

  24. Image people jumping to that conclusion just because of three decades of bad behaviour.

  25. Harvesting information is the entire point of FB on Facebook and Its Executives Are Getting Destroyed After Botching the Handling of a Massive Data Breach (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    What did anybody expect? How naive can you be?