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  1. Re:Job creator in office #MAGA on US is World's Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    Voters make a politician own it after 1 year. It's been some time since the change over.

  2. Re:between the lines on Google To Charge Smartphone Makers For Google Play in Europe (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Nothing is wrong with it, but they take so much weird criticism over it.

    If I have more personal expenses in my personal life, I might get a higher income job or work more hours. No one throws tomatoes at me over it. Some probably would I guess.

  3. between the lines on Google To Charge Smartphone Makers For Google Play in Europe (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When companies pass gov fees downstream ... they are greedy robber barons.

    And that is just so obvious, we will hide that, I mean, we don't have to say anything about that here.

    Move along ...

  4. Re:Or you could stick with the tried and true on Are Universal Basic Incomes 'A Tool For Our Further Enslavement'? (medium.com) · · Score: 0

    I thought Trump was trying to get the US government OUT of free giveaways.

    So how are his rallies an example of bread and circuses in a way that a Sanders or Clinton rally would not be?

    Confused.

  5. We need some drunk people to support our cause on Climate Change Will Cause Beer Shortages and Price Hikes, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    If you have critical thinking skills, we are not interested in your support.

    The effort required to convince you is just too bothersome.

    Thank you and have a nice day.

  6. Is this what Richard Stallman recommended? on MindBody-Owned FitMetrix Exposed Millions of User Records -- Thanks To Servers Without Passwords (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Didn't he want everyone to use the same password? Or no passwords?

  7. Sounds great ... just don't use it against me ! on New App Lets You 'Sue Anyone By Pressing a Button' (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    People don't realize how mortal they are.

  8. paying more money nothing you can see on Sony Says PlayStation 4 Successor is Coming, But Doesn't Call it PS5 Yet (cnet.com) · · Score: -1

    I can't tell the difference between PS3 and PS4. Owned both.

    How can this possibly matter other than to create buzz over nada?

  9. Government and google work together to help people not be so confused by all the stuff that hasn't been vetted by them or that they might disagree with.

    Right now google is helping censor political speech in China so all these wonderful leaders who might not be able to stand on their own or persuade anyone of anything can continue helping. China is also helping make sure people know what religion should be like by only allowing state approved churches and temples and that those places put their political goals over their message and deities. Isn't that so helpful?

    Google's censorship of China is helpful just like the way they censor conservatives. People might trust google a little less or make frowny faces at them, or whatever, but that is okay. The US government has learned a lot about censorship over the last administration. Probably Google wants to learn more about how to make rules against being int the tea party and furthering their political goals (which users who are searching the web probably want anyway. I mean, why would you want to search the internet unless you wanted to help Democrats? It's like the same thing, right?).

    So I see this as more of the same thing. Everyone is helping everyone else learn how to take censorship into new, public/private domains and learning about how much they can get away with it and how to disguise things. Let's make sure these helpers get all the credit they deserve!

  10. >> the USA has even bigger body count doing evil than China ... systematic oppression and genocide

    Huh? You are going so far out on a line here I don't even understand what you are saying. Which ethnicity is the US wiping out?

    Should the US have just let Al Qaeda continue knocking out buildings? What are you even suggesting?

    What is the systematic oppression? This looks like a tough sell.

  11. alternate theory on Why Attackers Are Using C# For Post-PowerShell Attacks (forcepoint.com) · · Score: 0

    C# and Powershell originated in the Microsoft push to Enterprise/Government customers.

    If malicious attacks involve C#/PS more frequently ... there's a chance this could be reflecting that malicious code is being written by salaried employees, under a florescent light, in Cincinatti (or someplace like that) by departments of large organizations far removed from any awareness of any adverse affects they are making.

  12. Re:It's their own fault on Should The US Government Break Up Google, Twitter, and Facebook? (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 0

    What about the implications?

    Should companies spend a lot of money to prevent themselves from being 'too successful' so they don't get broken up?

    Should the prices and features just not be too good then?

    Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

  13. Re:just strip them of legal protections on Should The US Government Break Up Google, Twitter, and Facebook? (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 0

    Huh? If I pick up the phone and call my friend and play some music over the phone ... should Sprint get sued for copyright infringement?

    So all Sprint has to do is invent some algorithm that identifies and intercepts all that?

    And that's going to add how much to my bill? And slow things down how much?

  14. I'll bet there's nothing the FED could ever do to cripple the dollar market.

    Other than, you know QE1 ... QE2 ... Volkerfest interest rate explosions ...

  15. Re:Turns out acting batshit insane politically... on Alibaba To Set Up New Chip Company Amid Fear of US Tech Dependency (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Weird that Trump promoted Brexit so much when he supports the same protectionist policies that make Europe's economy so sluggish.

    People pay a lot more for everything in Europe, and there are no new players in most European countries' top grossing companies' list.

    Disappoints me to see so many GOP people going along with this.

  16. As much as I want this ... I think this professor needs to learn how to make a business case.

    I would never breath a word about any of this to my boss. It just isn't very compelling.

    But if there were a case were, "Between two isolated, controlled groups ... the one working X hours less achieves Y% more". I would consider it.

    In fact I said something like that to one of my bosses once, but he said I was speculating, and I kind of was.

  17. Re:We could have had the 4-day workweek years ago on Wharton Professor Says America Should Shorten the Work Day By 2 Hours (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    The people in those countries are much, much poorer than their US counterparts.

    Also the 'middlemen' fee is about 6%. Would DHHS deliver the same thing on that?

  18. Re:Also, get rid of "exempt" jobs... on Wharton Professor Says America Should Shorten the Work Day By 2 Hours (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Are you talking about comp time or overtime?

  19. Agency, that's why on We Hold People With Power To Account. Why Not Algorithms? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    People can change their minds (not that they DO) ...

    Not so, algorithms.

    #NoThoughtWithoutAThinker

  20. Re:You made your bed, now lie in it on Leaked Video Shows Google Executives' Candid Reaction To Trump Victory (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Just because the government allows it doesn't mean users have to reach for it.

    Michael Jordan realized he could sell more shoes if they weren't just for democrats.

    Google doesn't care.

  21. Re:It's how companies commit suicide... on IBM is Being Sued For Age Discrimination After Firing Thousands (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Their stock has been on a downward spiral for years. Largely following this trend.

  22. no accountability in private schools? on Is Tech Billionaires' Educational Philanthropy a Bug Or a Feature? · · Score: 0

    If a private school fails, the parents can just pull their kids out.

    If a public school fails, it means it is doing better than most public schools which are beyond failure and protected by unions and rules against firing teachers.

  23. better idea on EU To Give Internet Firms 1 Hour To Remove Extremist Content (go.com) · · Score: 0

    Give the Europeans 1 hour to remove the EU

  24. Re:There's another possibility on Marshall Islands Warned Against Adopting Digital Currency (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    If the Chinese love their currency so much, why don't they adopt it instead of using faux-dollars?

    Your proposal still doesn't let them do what they want. They don't get a crypto currency.

  25. Re:It will come down to who has more influence, on European Parliament Votes in Favor of Controversial Copyright Laws (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    How is Murdoch going to get smacked own without harming Turner and his crew?

    Unless someone passes a law that says, "All people named Rupert Murdoch are doth hereby ordered to hand over all assets to their enemies in the spirit of revolutionary activies... etc".

    Sounds like corruption. Among other things ...