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  1. Re:Well, duh on The Problem, Really, is This Thing Called 'Disruption' (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    But what about when the rules themselves aren't good. Medallions are particularly awful. They don't do anything to regulate bad or criminal behavior; they're just an artificial limitation on supply.

  2. Re:Well, duh on The Problem, Really, is This Thing Called 'Disruption' (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    People love the idea of disruption when it rapes and pillages monopolistic industries that deserve to be disrupted. Yellow Cabs, yes. Corner convenience stores, not so much.

    Well, cabbies don't love the idea of disrupting Yellow Cabs that much. They've been pretty vocal about it in a lot of places.

  3. Hasn't this been around for awhile? on Move Over Connected Cows, the Internet of Bees Is Here (cityam.com) · · Score: 1
  4. Google testers could find no security bugs whatsoever in Chrome. "It's a fucking rock," said one tester.

  5. Re:You can still get the book... on Amazon 'Reviewing' Its Website After It Suggested Bomb-Making Items (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    People who actually follow the recipes in The Anarchist's Cookbook will find they've found an excellent way to blow up themselves instead of other people.

  6. Re:Let's not forget "Memogate" 2004 on Meet the Font Detectives Who Ferret Out Fakery (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Never claimed to have a built-in "truth detector." That's the province of people who know Bush is guilty with no evidence. Also, who's Seth Rich and what about his murder?

  7. Re:Let's not forget "Memogate" 2004 on Meet the Font Detectives Who Ferret Out Fakery (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You've got it backwards: when you make a claim, you have to provide the evidence, not tell people, "You have to go find the evidence I'm not willing to research."

    However most people are more interested in defending their predetermined political position rather than looking at evidence so I have no real hope of anyone here paying attention.

    How dare these people not look at the evidence you can't be bothered to show!

  8. Re:Let's not forget "Memogate" 2004 on Meet the Font Detectives Who Ferret Out Fakery (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah, yes. "It was all fake from beginning to end, but it was true anyways! I have no actual evidence, but I know in my heart it was true!"

  9. Well, of course. on You Are Already Living Inside a Computer (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    The Matrix has you.

  10. My vote is to store my data myself and decide how long it's kept and who gets to see it.

  11. I guess they made it better, stronger, faster. They have the technology.

  12. Re:Named Manchester on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    More importantly, can it play soccer?

  13. Color emoji! on GNOME 3.26 Released (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Truly, it is a new era.

  14. Re:Aaaaand .. they're already pissing people off on Two Ex-Googlers Want To Make Bodegas And Mom-And-Pop Corner Stores Obsolete (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    McDonald's disrepects Scottish people!

  15. Re:As someone who has to administer firewalls... on FTP Resources Will Be Marked Not Secure in Chrome Starting Later This Year (google.com) · · Score: 1

    Sftp is scp with its interface reworked to look like an ftp client. It really has no relation to ftp.

  16. Google has documentation? on Google Publicly Releases Internal Developer Documentation Style Guide (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    In fact, does anybody have user documentation any more? At least, any that's slightly useful?

  17. Re:What I Can't Understand on ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual That Targets Windows Machines (schneier.com) · · Score: 1

    PSP is also in the same trash can.

    I dunno, I liked it better than the Vita.

  18. The iPhone 8 is responsible for this, how...?

  19. Translation service on The Washington Post Pans Apple-Sponsored School Reform TV Special (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We'll be supporting all candidates who stand with us"

    Translation: "We'll be supporting all candidates who will buy our stuff."

  20. Re:Yes but what use is a non-Newtonian speed bump? on An Intelligent Speed Bump Uses Non-Newtonian Liquid (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    "Non-Newtonian" in this context doesn't mean what you think it does. Or maybe you're just making a joke that's not that funny.

  21. Re:No thanks on Linux.com Raves About New Snap-Centric 'Nitrux' Distro (linux.com) · · Score: 1

    Not Slackware. We need a DIY distro. Sure, it's a niche and most people won't want it, but it needs to exist.

  22. Re: They're just giving people a helping hand... on Twitter is Just Randomly Deleting People's Lists -- and No One Knows Why (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Here's a little hint: INT.

    Integer? International? The Intergovernmental Treaty TLD? The World Fuel Services Corporation? The Institue for Nuclear Theory? Intermittant Needle Therapy? Intelligence? We could use more of that...

  23. Re:And nothing of value was lost. on Twitter is Just Randomly Deleting People's Lists -- and No One Knows Why (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    So you have something you put thousands of hours of work into, and you have no form of backup under your control? You're an idiot, lady.

  24. Re:Thanks for clarifying on Alphabet Wraps Up Reorganization With a New Company Called XXVI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Or possibly Vin Diesel.

  25. Re:Not enough users for Facebook... on Facebook Has Mapped the Entire Human Population of Earth (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If Facebook becomes a Landru like religion then you may just have to pretend to be absorbed.

    You don't want to be declared Not of the Body.