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  1. Peter Theil on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, I see an echo chamber that the far right creates their OWN version of twitter, kind of like how the right created their own "news" organization.

    And so begins the true divide in the country, where the fox news people feed their own echo chamber via alt-twitter, and the liberals have msnbc and twitter.

    And the two sides never speak to each other.

  2. Trump will be for it.... on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming it comes with $1 million in cash delivered by a naked supermodel. As long as he gets what he wants, his morals are for sale.

  3. She was obviously holding it wrong.

    The problem is that she had just been handed it from her son, who probably overtaxed the battery by playing too many games. These are not meant to be devices that are "full-on" 24/7, any more than a laptop is now a "workstation" -- bad things happen when components spec'ed for 4-hr day duty cycle are used for 12 to 18 hours per day and the battery has to be recharged 6 times per day.

  4. Re:Destroying taxpayer's property? on Over 10,000 Facebook Users Worldwide Falsely Check in at Standing Rock To Confuse Police (time.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe you should be asking why police are fighting to protect a pipeline from a giant corporation that doesn't pay taxes???

    In a true capitalist society, the corporation should be able to afford their OWN POLICE.

    Right now, *they* are the ones stealing from you.

  5. For Mobile Suit Gundam reference.

  6. Eliminate the keyboard entirely.... on It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    just dictate everything you want to write to Siri.
    Apple could save a fortune and make truly cutting-edge laptops by eliminating the keyboard, the mouse, the screen, and do everything in the cloud. It's a virtual laptop!

  7. When these self driving trucks need fuel, will they take a truck stop hostage???

  8. Open.... on Windows is the Most Open Platform There is, Says Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think that word means what you think it means...

    Unless I can download the source code to the current version of Windows, make modifications and recompile, it's not really "open"...

  9. Drake Equation.... on The Universe Has 20 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, how does this affect the Drake Equation? Even if we assume a very, very low percentage of extraterrestrial life and even a lower percentage of *intelligent* extraterrestrial life, we're still looking at "billions and billions" (sorry Carl) of potential intelligent species out there, we just can't seem to contact them though due to the vast distances involved.

    Too bad really. Until we can come up with some way of cheating physics, we are stuck in this solar system for the foreseeable future.

  10. If they *really* wanted to make a difference... on RIAA Seizes Wrong MP3Skull Domain (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    If they *really* wanted to make a difference, they should go after the source of most piracy. The root servers of the internet. And if they can't do that, go after Youtube.

    Only by the total injuction of all TCP/IP traffic can they insure that there's no piracy.

  11. The scam fell apart..... on Fake Call Centers in India Scam Americans Of Millions (ap.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    When they tried to call Donald Trump to demand back taxes and he told them to fuck off.....

  12. When did "The Matrix" become a religion? on Tech Billionaires Are Asking Scientists For Help To Break Humans Out of Computer Simulation (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously people. This is reality. Deal with it. Just freaking get over it. Just because the universe doesn't fit into your limited imagination is no reason to suspect that we are in a simulation or that an invisible man in the sky created the world, or that we are reincarnated from aliens chained to a volcano.

  13. If you buy 4Chan... on Interviews: Ask Martin Shkreli a Question · · Score: 1

    Will you raise the cost of membership to $25,000, like you do with everything else you buy?

  14. Maybe Uber should partner with Moller. That should put them out of business in no time. Even in the age of "drones" and "autonomous cars", Moller still hasn't been able to put together a demonstration model that works for more than a few minutes. And 5 minutes of flight time doesn't really get you anywhere.

  15. But not Trump's Taxes? on Hacker Leaks Michelle Obama's Passport (nypost.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    How is it that we can have everything on the Democrats hacked, *everything*, but not one little thing comes out from the RNC? I find that highly suspicious.

    Perhaps the RNC is paying someone or is colluding with the Soviets to hack the election.

    If only Anonymous could obtain Trump's taxes to even the score a bit...

  16. And if you're black... on Cops Are Raiding Homes of Innocent People Based Only On IP Addresses (fusion.net) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The cops just shoot you for operating a TOR exit node. But hey no, we don't live in a police state...

  17. Poor George Lass.... on China Confirms Its Space Station Is Falling Back to Earth (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ellen Muth hit by a toilet seat... AGAIN!

  18. HOW are they NOT a TAXI service at this point? on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lyft and Uber can no longer maintain that they are a "ride sharing service" where independent contractors own and operate their own vehicles.

    In the autonomous cars case, Lyft and Uber CLEARLY own the vehicles!!!! They are a TAXI service and need to be regulated as such.

    How the hell have state and local prosecutors allowed them to get away with this??

  19. Re:Meeting someone doesn't qualify on Russia Bans Pornhub, YouPorn - Tells Citizens To Meet Someone In Real Life (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? Because I've only recently come up with this theory. Perhaps you can explain the issues before that. Women, FYI, find me perfectly acceptable company, they just aren't interested in becoming romantic. And I don't try to pressure them into doing anything they aren't interested in, so if they don't bring it up, neither do I.

    But I'm sure you know so much more than me; "Coward".

  20. Meeting someone doesn't qualify on Russia Bans Pornhub, YouPorn - Tells Citizens To Meet Someone In Real Life (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm afraid that "meeting someone" doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get laid. And I say that as someone with tons of experience being in dating situations where I was essentially "friend-zoned" -- I'm not a bad person, I'm not a slob, I don't smell bad, nothing is wrong with me physically.

    However, that said, I am self-deprecating. And because I'm not a typical alpha male, women are able to smell the desperation apparently.

    Let's face it -- woman have sex to "keep their man", so he won't wander off and find someone else. In my situation, the women are well-aware that I won't wander off, so they have no problem dating me, but never actually doing anything beyond having dinner and going to the movies.

    So, Russia can go stick it. Men are still going to need porn and prostitutes, because majority of the female population isn't necessarily into them.

  21. Does Paramount use Ubuntu or any other Linux? on Ubuntu Torrent Removed From Google Due To DMCA Complaint (omgubuntu.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If Paramount's servers, in any way, use Linux, they just committed a GPL violation and are open to be sued. And I think they should be sued hard.

    Furthermore, as part of any settlement Paramount must agree to issue a DMCA takedown notice to Google requesting that the link to Android be removed, since it's related to a Transformers movie.

  22. But Global Warming is a Hoax!!! on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 0

    Funny how the GOP picks and chooses which science they believe in.

  23. Was founded on the East Coast... Harvard, specifically. Unless there's a Palo Alto branch of Harvard I've never heard of....

  24. That means...... on SETI's 'Strong Signal' Came From Earth (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    *WE* are the aliens!!!!! (dramatic sting)........

  25. Have these idiots never watched the movie "Colossus: The Forbin Project" ? Do they have any idea how dangerous they are going to make things.... The reality is that we are headed towards true AI, but, from the nanosecond that it actually becomes self-aware, we won't understand it, and it will be 10000 times smarter than us.