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  1. we Americans do not live in a democracy. We never have, of course.

    You are an idiot.

  2. They lost because they ran a candidate who was widely disliked.

    More than Trump? Give me a break. And Ivan, you are glossing over a host of other dirty tricks, such as widespread and methodical Republican gerrymandering.

  3. Re:Why foolish names like "Rust"? on Rust Blog Touts 'What We Achieved' in 2017 (rust-lang.org) · · Score: 1

    Why do technology people and groups give foolish names like "Rust" to what they create?

    You are welcome to come back and ask that question again if you ever create anything.

  4. Re:Is the Rust community still toxic like I found on Rust Blog Touts 'What We Achieved' in 2017 (rust-lang.org) · · Score: 1

    Lots of rhetoric about language issues but no specifics.

  5. Re:death of google on Eric Schmidt Is Stepping Down As Executive Chairman of Alphabet (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems google will be going further downhill after losing this founding member.

    Actually, Eric is a bid of an ass and not particularly brilliant. Google won't be any worse off without him.

  6. Re:How about... on Ban Sale of Mini Mobiles, Says Justice Minister (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm having trouble understanding a) why these phones aren't seen as an intelligence asset rather than a threat b) what is so hard about detecting the transmissions?

  7. Re: not engage in coordinated activity to mislead. on Google News Will Purge Sites Masking Their Country of Origin (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    so they're gonna block foxnews, infowars and breitbart? sweet. so i can use google news again. that's great!

    Google. Helping you build your liberal echo chamber since 1998, one biased filter at a time.

    Thanks for your opinion, Ivan.

  8. Re:ask me if I care about Google News . on Google News Will Purge Sites Masking Their Country of Origin (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    I had finally enough of google news and went to Bing news. Even though I hate Microsoft... this Google arrogance is really getting to me. Bing news format is a lot better, it presents a lot more articles, and it has a politics section, which is about the only thing I read these days.

  9. Actually, $100 always gets you a "too slow to play the latest games on high settings" video card, while $200 (nearly) always gets you a more than satisfactory experience. That said, I put a $50 fanless GPU in my primary workstation just for the blessed silence. The gaming machine beside it has a $140 GPU (RX 460) that will easily meet my needs until AMD's next process shrink arrives. What I want in my next card: 3X throughput bump, but fans completely stopped when not cranking 3D. Reasonable to expect given that the 460 already runs nearly silent at idle.

  10. Re: Thank you to the Linux laptop vendor on Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled (liliputing.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the catch.

  11. Re:"Disabled", not disabled. on Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled (liliputing.com) · · Score: 2

    I've also never seen it used.

    Not for anything useful, however it is well known to cause horrible, unavoidable latency spikes in real time response, for example in financial transaction platforms.

  12. Thank you to the Linux laptop vendor on Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled (liliputing.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Thank you to the Linux hardware vendor who took the leadership role in opting out of this Intel spyware madness. For any of you thinking about finally escaping the Windows chamber of horrors, this company deserves your business.

  13. Re:Celebrate because: on HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, sure, but you actually want displayport.

  14. -1, Liar

  15. -1, Misogynistic

  16. Re:here's hoping next year's word is.. on 'Complicit' Is The Word Of The Year In 2017, Dictionary.com Says (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    There are only two paths for Americans: impeach Trump or accept diminished stature on the world stage, in addition to the damage he plans to perpetrate on the homeland.

  17. Re:Provided you have infinite hardware resources.. on Why ESR Hates C++, Respects Java, and Thinks Go (But Not Rust) Will Replace C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    Do you have any level of competence in it?

  18. Re:Why refer to him as ESR? on Why ESR Hates C++, Respects Java, and Thinks Go (But Not Rust) Will Replace C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    We have enough abbreviations in tech. Hate it when people do that.

    You are just going to have to slit your wrists then because in this industry, even TLR is a TLR.

  19. Rust and Go, yeah doubt there's a single company of any size running their business processes on either

    I don't know about Go's popularity for business processes, but I do know that there is a huge pile of middleware out there already, written in Go. I don't see any reason why it would be bad for business processes.

  20. Re:This seems to reinforce how clueless he is on Why ESR Hates C++, Respects Java, and Thinks Go (But Not Rust) Will Replace C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    ESR is kind of famous for not being, on a technical level, a very good programmer.

    Right, and he's constantly in search of the best crutch to work around that. More power to him, if he would just keep his mouth shut and take care of his own needs.

  21. Re:This seems to reinforce how clueless he is on Why ESR Hates C++, Respects Java, and Thinks Go (But Not Rust) Will Replace C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    that's the problem ESR is grappling with-- most programmers are lesser programmers.

    And ESR is a lesser programmer than he thinks he is, case in point is, he obviously has not been able to learn C++. Maybe he wrote a hello world or something, and now considers himself and expert but his clueless spew speaks louder.

  22. Re: This seems to reinforce how clueless he is on Why ESR Hates C++, Respects Java, and Thinks Go (But Not Rust) Will Replace C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    The Java designers correctly thought that having 1 extra bit so you can store a slightly bigger number was not worth having unsigned types for.

    What is correct about that? It is just typical of the countless doubtful decisions that turned Java into cruel and unusual punishment for systems programmers. Don't take my word for it, just notice that Java's role has devolved to a dumbed down crutch for second tier business programmers. Oh, and Android, too bad about that. Google already paid many times over for that idiotic decision.

  23. Re: Musk completes largest tax drain on Earth on Tesla Completes World's Largest Battery Project In Half the Time Promised (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    As everyone knows, Zerohedge is the scum that floats to the top of the internet.

  24. Re:Linux is awesome - but Windows 10 is not terrib on Linux Pioneer Munich Confirms Switch To Windows 10 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 2

    You have to understand users, whatever is easy - and whatever gets them trough the every day life - is what they will chose.

    Nice fiction. This decision was made by greased palms, not by users.

  25. Re:Munich confirms it on Linux Pioneer Munich Confirms Switch To Windows 10 (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Linux desktop use has more than doubled in the past ten years.

    Much more than doubled in terms of absolute number of users. The market share has more than doubled while the market was expanding. With the Microsoft desktop market shrinking now, Linux's share is likely to expand at a faster pace.