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  1. Re:Interesting final statement on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Netflix gives ISPs caching servers to put inside their networks. That reduces external bandwidth and energy consumption.

    Porn sites don't offer such things as far as I know. Not sure many ISPs would take them, in case word ever got it.

  2. Re: ... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    The GP seems to think that men only have children because it means they can get sex. That doesn't even make sense, since the result of getting pregnant is no sex for months or even years.

    Apparently relationships and actually wanting kids doesn't factor, except when the women it's deceptive as makes him raise someone else's child.

    This whole philosophy makes no sense.

  3. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Most guys worry about being rejected and feeling bad, not getting tazed.

  4. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Anti-feminists have ruined dating and then basic social interaction for a lot of men. They are now so paranoid they feel unable to even talk to or work with women.

    Resist. Don't believe it, don't fear women any more than you fear the Muslim or the black guy sat next to you.

  5. Re:... and also think of ... on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do some people assume that if someone criticises something they must also want it banned?

    It's creating a chilling effect were people are afraid to speak their minds.

  6. Re:FCC claims competition exists on Someone Used Wet String To Get a Broadband Connection (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    In the UK 2Mb/sec for everyone is the current, unmet goal. So this would actually qualify.

    "Super fast" is only 24Mb. Fibre is extremely rare.

  7. Re:Humans! on Robots Are Being Used To Shoo Away Homeless People In San Francisco (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    They have been doing something like this with kids for years in the UK. Instead of robots they have speakers outside the building that play classical music all day. The cool kids don't want to hang around asking people to buy them booze any more.

    Of course, all it does is displace the problem.

  8. Re:The case for BREXIT on Russia-Linked Accounts Were Active on Facebook Ahead of Brexit (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    1. We could have had immigration controls on EU citizens. Other countries did, limiting numbers for the first few years, and it worked. The Labour government chose not to.

    Similarly, EU migrants can't claim benefits right away and can be asked to leave if they are unemployed for a few months. We choose not to enforce the latter at all.

    Now that EU citizens are leaving, we don't have enough doctors and nurses. Will Brexiteers volunteer to wait for British staff so that the rest of us don't have to wait longer?

    2. You propose paying companies like Nissan to offset the tariff costs. Aside from being state aid that even under WTO rules is problematic, it means that every company that exports can forever demand compensation.

    Also, did you hear Honda's statement to the Brexit committee? 30 minutes of stock, hundreds of trucks from the EU with parts every day. Border controls will be a huge problem and the government hasn't even started to build new truck parks or recruit the tens of thousands of staff they need.

    3. These regulations have been good for us. Do you really want to work longer in worse conditions too? In any case, if we drop them, trade becomes harder. It's called a non-tariff barrier.

    4. As demonstrated by our own parliament in the last year, the EU is much more democratic and is actively reforming and improving, unlike us.

    6. As we will find when we leave, our "net contribution" actually gets us a lot more back in terms of trade and joint cost savings. For example, we will have to run our own medicine approval agency, at our expense.

  9. Re:Or maybe you're a lying piece of garbage? on Russia-Linked Accounts Were Active on Facebook Ahead of Brexit (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Who cares about that ancient history? Trump supported a PAEDOPHILE! And what about all the women he sexually harassed? Or that terrible Xmas video his wife made?!

    See, we can do what-about-ism too.

  10. Re:"200 news feeds"! on Russia-Linked Accounts Were Active on Facebook Ahead of Brexit (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    So far the vast majority of identified Russian fake accounts have been leave supporters. It makes sense, Russia's goal is to weaken and destabilize it's enemies and that's exactly what has happened. Remaining would have been much less beneficial to them.

  11. Re:75p's worth on Russia-Linked Accounts Were Active on Facebook Ahead of Brexit (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    The ads were only a small part of the problem, the main one was fake accounts. Russians pretending to be ordinary British people.

    It's a very powerful technique, more so than obvious ads. That's why it's banned, companies aren't allowed to do it.

  12. Re:Move those people out ! on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was in Tokyo back in March 2011 for the big one. The epicenter was out to sea so it wasn't a 9.0 in Tokyo itself, but still pretty powerful.

    The thing is, they have plans for when a big one does hit Tokyo. A few million homeless are being provisioned for. The large buildings will be fine, but lots of smaller ones maybe not, and even if they are the people inside them could be injured.

    They only build there because they have to. America is big and lots of it is sparsely populated. You should build new cities in better locations. I think the real problem is that because of the way states and the federal system work, and a general dislike of government planning and infrastructure projects, there is no ability to make sensible decisions like that.

  13. Re:Not much of a paradox on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It means your income to mandatory expenditure ratio is so bad that a single event can leave you unable to afford food. Car breaks down, you get ill etc.

  14. Re:The Alabama Paradox on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Tu be fair he is a shitty individual in many other ways too, that more than justify not voting for him.

    Anyway, it's done now. Let's see how long it takes Trump to turn on him. I haven't checked but there's probably already a tweet.

  15. Re:Saw it coming on Trump Signs Law Forcing Drone Users To Register With Government (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump gets advice from people like Steve Bannon, who if not a confirmed Nazi certainly shares their views on many things. Of course he is out now but that's where Trump the politician comes from.

  16. Re:the first women in tech.... on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    That's just crazy talk, no one is going to accept forcing people to work!

    Just make it easier, and many people will choose to take advantage of that.

  17. Re:Huh - a subject I'm entirely divided on on Apple's Alleged Throttling of Older iPhones With Degraded Batteries Causes Controversy (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    You may well be right, they did have some issues with premature shut down that seemed to be related to times of high load on the battery.

    The thing is, it's bad design. They use very small batteries compared to other similarly sized phones. It's the old form over function decision, 0.01mm thinner at the expense of having an inadequate battery.

    Also reminds me of the iPhone 4 antenna. Simple lack of experience designing phones, leading to them forgetting to test things like holding it or when the battery is aged.

    It really looks like the iPhone 6 design was a lemon.

  18. The rest of the world will make America pay for it now, by setting standards and tariffs that account for emissions and pollution. The US will have to choose between that and isolationism.

  19. Re:It is called a visual style.... on Why Is Anime Obsessed With Power Lines? (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 1

    They are everywhere and it's really helped Japan have good infrastructure. Not just power, but phone and internet. They string fibre onto those poles and bring it right to your home.

    Many different companies use the poles, so there is immense competition.

  20. Re:First men in nursing? First men in Schoolteachi on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    Got any examples of feminists "rallying round" these accused and fighting for them? It never happens here.

    Seriously, where do you get this stuff from? I want to read it myself.

  21. Re:First men in nursing? First men in Schoolteachi on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    Mashiki, what did I tell you about making stupid assumptions about me?

    I was referring to bullying by women in my post. That's exactly what I meant. And as usual, you made an incorrect assumption that doesn't even make sense in this context.

    Ignoring the bullshit about feminists, your are right that paranoia over paedophilia is driving men out of teaching. The has been a big push to fix it because young children need male role models. Make teachers can get extra money to do training courses etc. It's very hard to combat the newspapers pushing that nonsense though.

    I guess you don't follow UK news but in the last year at least three women went to jail for sex with children they were teaching (all teenagers). On the sex offenders register for life, obviously never going to be allowed to work with kids again. It's that what you mean by "slap on the wrist"?

  22. Re:This sexist drivel again on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Indeed, a core part of the anti-feminist movent is this false narrative that men are being persecuted for imaginary crimes.

    They don't want to just say "we don't like being equal, there is more competition for jobs and I like being my wife's boss", so they have to manufacture a narrative to justify their demands.

  23. Re:This sexist drivel again on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Working with a vet is often mentally demanding, as you see death and grieving families every day.

    Being a waitress on your feet all day is not fun and http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-422...

  24. Re:the first women in tech.... on The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    If the work of bringing to kids was more evenly distributed between both parents and it was easier to integrate work and parenting (flexible hours etc) it wouldn't be a problem.

  25. Re:Not all downside on AI-Assisted Fake Porn Is Here and We're All Screwed (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Why bother when you can have actual sex with your celebrity-look-alike sexbot, or your VR sex sim?

    The copyright claims are going to be epic when celebrities start complaining that the 'bots look too much like them.