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  1. Re:Global warming my butt on Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Insecurity is.

  2. No one knows why? on Bitcoin's Value Plummeted Overnight and No One Knows Why (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    The whales are cashing in.
    Whoever bought them in the past months is screwed.
    We told you so.

  3. Re:Solved!: Spinnit and Stuffit on Space Is Not a Void (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    There are many solutions proposed to address these issues, which indirectly proves that they are indeed problems. I never said insurmountable problems, but the claim that the Apollo missions showed us that we can just ignore the effects of zero-G plus radiation for space travel is simply false.

  4. Re:A lack of imagination? on Space Is Not a Void (slate.com) · · Score: 2

    Much longer space sojourns on the MIR and ISS have proven that they are indeed major problems. Apollo 11 lasted 8 days launch-to-splashdown, a mission to Mars will imply more than a year in space.

  5. Re:There's no cloud... on Google Glitch Took Thousands of Chromebooks Offline (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Quite true, considering that Chromebooks are aimed at users using other people's computers (students using school's computers, employees using company's computers, etc.), I'd say they pretty much cover the role.

  6. Re:Why does Apple even bother on Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Somalia is pretty much that. So libertarian, it doesn't even impose which side of the road you should drive. Enjoy your Freedom Car Crash.

  7. Re: Why does Apple even bother on Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    That's just delegating retail sales, the fact that Apple would still benefit from public infrastructure remains, even if it's not used by them directly.

  8. Re:Why does Apple even bother on Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, I'm sure the taxes that an Apple store shop assistant pays totally cover the road maintenance needed by trucks full of iPhones.
    Not to mention the cost on the judicial system imposed by endless IP litigation.
    Or the police investigation needed to track down that crate full of Macs that mysteriously disappeared from logistics.
    Or...
    Or... ...

    Are you seriously so gullible to believe that a corporation doesn't represent a cost on public infrastructure higher that the sum of its singular employees?

  9. Re:Why does Apple even bother on Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh, I wasn't under the impression that Apple uses their own private road network in the EU, but I am clearly mistaken.

  10. Re:We need pretext to split the net. on US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Coincidentally, Saakashvili is now the Governor of Odessa, Ukraine. Quite clear who's pulling his strings at this point.

  11. Re: We need pretext to split the net. on US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Ok, stop giving money and fuck off. Deal?

  12. Re:We need pretext to split the net. on US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Crimea is where the Russian Black Sea fleet is based.

  13. Re:Of course he would say this on US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The burden of proof lies on the accuser.

  14. Re:Henna stencil. on An Unconscious Patient With a 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' Tattoo (nejm.org) · · Score: 0

    Consider moving to Europe, nobody will bill you for saving your life (assuming you want that to happen).

  15. Re:Make it stop.... on Firefox Quantum Is 'Better, Faster, Smarter than Chrome', Says Wired (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Upgrade pushes in work environments can (and should) be disabled, this sounds like very shoddy sysadmin work to me.
    Until a year ago, I used to maintain the ticketing system of the Italian railways, which uses Firefox and some custom built extensions to allow communication between the web application and hardware. We were obviously sticking to ESR portable releases in order not to compromise between security and stability, and obviously automatic upgrades were disabled from profile. Why didn't you do the same to your users, if you knew that automatic upgrades could disrupt their work tools? Especially considering that Quantum has been available for testing for a long, long time.

  16. Re:Make it stop.... on Firefox Quantum Is 'Better, Faster, Smarter than Chrome', Says Wired (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    Why did you allow your users to upgrade then?

  17. Re:I just can't believe on Workers at Amazon's Main Italian Site To Hold First Strike on Black Friday (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    We didn't elect Reagan?
    Ayn Rand was considered laughing stock here (the few who knew she existed anyway)?
    We didn't elect Trump?

  18. Re:Trump/Bannon economic nationalism is anti-capit on H1-B Administrators Are Challenging An Unusually Large Number of Applications (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    it may hurt some workers, but also immensely benefit the American consumer.

    Somehow, you fail to notice those are the same people.

  19. Re:Gold, for future archaeologists . . . on Sex Toy Company Admits To Recording Users' Remote Sex Sessions, Calls It a 'Minor Bug' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe you meant pyroclastic flow?

  20. Re:Reasons not to use cryptocurrency on Someone 'Accidentally' Locked Away $300M Worth of Other People's Ethereum Funds (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Deflation with actual zero monetary mass.

  21. Re:News flash: on CERN Scientists Conclude that the Universe Should Not Exist (ign.com) · · Score: 1

    Now that's something we can all agree on.

  22. Re:whatever on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh deity, that planet of jogging, free-loving Aryan ubermensch! I though years of therapy managed to bury that deep enough...

  23. Re:whatever on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    For once, not being in the US pays off (well, that and free health care ok), as I can watch the show on Netflix.

  24. Re:The key is not getting caught on Russian Troll Factory Paid US Activists To Fund Protests During Election (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Ironically, the Russians probably used the same methods Hillary first tested worldwide to undermine Russian interests.

  25. Re:Linux Mint on Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Same on Fedora.