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  1. Re:Why are medallions sold and not leased? on Taxi Medallion Prices Plummet Under Pressure From Uber · · Score: 1

    The summary says they are leased.

  2. Re:If... on Taxi Medallion Prices Plummet Under Pressure From Uber · · Score: 1

    Maybe his first language isn't English and he wasn't sure which one is correct. In Dutch, the plural of driver (bestuurder) is bestuurders, the plural of egg (ei) is eieren, and the plural of taxi is taxi's. If you go for taxi's the first time and taxis the second, at least one of them is right.

  3. Re:Lightsaber crossguard wtf on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    How many katana duels have you seen that you can confidently make that statement?

  4. Re:Lightsaber crossguard wtf on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    That's not how magic works in works of fiction. Along with the magic you introduce the Rules Of Magic, precisely so that not "anything goes". For instance, you can't cast fireballs with the Force, or turn lead into gold, or regrow amputated limbs.

  5. Lightsaber crossguard wtf on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's not something you can do to a lightsaber goddammit. And why to the crossguard beams look like they're on fire?

  6. Re:sooo.... on Complex Life May Be Possible In Only 10% of All Galaxies · · Score: 1

    We are only the initial stage of an elder race. Einstein didn't start off with general relativity, he started with addition and multiplication. Don't give up hope yet. The fact that the world is clogged with retards doesn't mean we can't aspire to become the Great Old Ones.

  7. Re:From Experience on "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" Pulled From Amazon · · Score: 1

    It could be unintentional, but I laughed at "jugsaw" anyway

  8. Adblock plus is free on Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's all.

  9. Sharing vacation photos on BitTorrent Unveils Sync 2.0 · · Score: 2

    Well, they are in bikinis, at first.

  10. It's only a hindrance on Is a Moral Compass a Hindrance Or a Help For Startups? · · Score: 1

    If the purpose of a company (which is what startups are) is to make money, then anything that diminishes its capacity to make money is a hindrance. For example, not engaging in certain money making practices because of ethical reasons.

    The public image of a company affects its ability to make money. However, the public image of a company is just that: an image. You don't need to actually be ethical, you only need to be perceived to be ethical to build a positive public image.

    In short, a moral compass is at best neutral and at worst a hindrance to a startup.

  11. Re:Why is this not in text? on CMI Director Alex King Talks About Rare Earth Supplies (Video) · · Score: 3

    Well, that was dumb. My fault, didn't see the transcript link.

    Nevertheless there is still no reason why this should be in two parts.

  12. Why is this not in text? on CMI Director Alex King Talks About Rare Earth Supplies (Video) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Videos are a worthless communication medium when the intent is the transfer propositional (rather than visual) information. I can't scan a video the way I can scan text, it's hard to pick out when questions are being asked without watching the entire thing, I can't control the rate of information dispersal, etc. etc.

    There is no reason for this to be a video, or for it to be in two parts for that matter. Oh wait, there is, but only for your corporate overlords: money.

  13. Re:Another pro-government article... on The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or perhaps you could assume half a dozen more propositions to spin this into conservative economic dogma masturbation fuel. On the other hand, it would be more parsimonious for us to assume that you are simply a turd that has somehow acquired the ability to operate a keyboard. After all, that only requires one extra proposition.

  14. Re:obligatory Jurassic Park quote: on Scientists Optimistic About Getting a Mammoth Genome Complete Enough To Clone · · Score: 1

    Aperture Science. We do what we must, because we can.
    -GlaDOS.

  15. Because they are mentally deficient and equate high-roading with worth.

  16. Re:and that means it doesn't cost any more? on The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "as the ready availability of other people's cash saps the desire to cut costs."

    Nope, that's just American propaganda talking. It may take living in the Netherlands, or a Northern European country, but when you realize not everything is about money, you realize people can have motivations outside of profit maximization.

  17. Re:Given how most spend their time in college... on Coding Bootcamps Presented As "College Alternative" · · Score: 0

    I wonder how you got to this point in your life without knowing that there should be a comma between 'together' and 'the'. Do you just not view words (reading is obviously beyond your grasp, I'm willing to settle), ever?

  18. The Junction of X, Y, and Z on Interviews: Ask Rachel Sussman About Photography and the Oldest Living Things · · Score: 0

    How do you photograph philosophy?

  19. Why are Asians always ignored in this discussion? on Black IT Pros On (Lack Of) Racial Diversity In Tech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are they not also a significant minority in the US? And yet somehow, they managed to vastly over-represent themselves in STEM fields. Maybe, and this may be just a wild ass guess, but maybe it's because they spent their time focusing on their homework rather than whining about diversity?

  20. The irony of the neofascist left on How To End Online Harassment · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You would think that a group that defines itself by being hyperaware of power dynamics would see the irony in using phrases like "widely considered to be "in bounds" by Internet commenters (whether they openly acknowledge it or not),", but apparently not, so I will spell it out. By putting things like this, in one fell swoop you both demonize your opponent as well as remove their ability to respond. No matter what they say, you can just go "oh, you're just not acknowledging what I know you to truly believe." No matter who they are, you can just say "well, you're an internet commenter, and internet commenters believe certain things whether they openly acknowledge them or not."

    It ends all discussion, and effectively removes any possibility of debate or even reply by describing an entire group as having property X and then removing the ability of that group to dispute that claim. It's like saying "I am right, and anyone who disagrees is a he man woman hater misogynist asshole."

    Whether they acknowledge it or not.

  21. Relevant John Oliver segment on The Disgruntled Guys Who Babysit Our Aging Nuclear Missiles · · Score: 4, Informative
  22. Why shouldn't they? on The Students Who Feel They Have the Right To Cheat · · Score: 1

    Because "But he did..." is not a valid justification for any kind of behavior.

    Of course, the real issue here is that students who cheat care more about grades than they do about learning, but that doesn't make nearly as attractive a headline.

  23. Of course they would on Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    It would make their job vastly easier, and it would only cost us our privacy. Why work hard when you can strip us of our rights to work easy?

  24. GOFAI doesn't work on Does Watson Have the Answer To Big Blue's Uncertain Future? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    no matter how much processor power you bolt onto it, Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence does not scale easily to other problem domains, or even similar problem domains. We have known this since at least the 70s. What's needed for better AI is a conceptual breakthrough, not increasingly powerful hardware and software and things that pretend to not be GOFAI but really are. Deep learning looks promising imo, but that also still has a long way to go.

  25. What is the difference between an animal model and an animal used in scientific experimentation?