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  1. good only when it helps the democrats on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    When Bill Clinton never got the popular vote, and when the electoral college gave Obama a firewall, that was good.

    But when the firewall crashes on Hillaries head, that is NOT OK!

  2. Re:haha - Russian government is so ignorant on Russia To Block LinkedIn After Court Ruling on User Data (go.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't seem to understand how when the government punishes companies other people end up paying for it.

    The people in Russia should decide whether they want to use LinkedIn. Their government shouldn't make that decision on their behalf.

    I can't imagine how you can make the case that LinkedIn is a threat to society while ISIS is going around blowing up all kinds of stuff.

  3. BHO is going waay extreme here.

    Facebook was just exposed for censoring conservative news ... so now he's saying what exactly?

    Facebook isn't biased in favor of liberals ENOUGH ??

    Oh, boo.

  4. Surprised you dispute this.

    Buzzfeed is closely tied to Ben Smith who used to work at Politico.

    Although I give him credit for writing very interesting articles from all sides, the guy definitely roots for the dems.

    Plus buzzfeed is full of gossipy, celebutard stuff. The celebutards support the dems 90% of the time.

  5. Re:Like fear of the brown people... on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmm ... sounds like you're saying in some cases it's okay to lump a person's circumstances together with how they behave.

    Which, by the way, is the underlying problem with racism.

  6. What ?? What do you think immunotherapy is?

    There are literally BILLIONS of dollars pouring into it and it is being described by MDs as a "cure" for cancer - not a treatment.

    Recommend watching Ken Burn's Cancer documentary on Netflix.

  7. Is this why Microsoft and Hillary are so flawed ?

    I always knew Donald Trump approved of making Windows worse, and now he is using Putin to do it !!

  8. What about threats like government imposed mediocrity?

  9. Don't stop don't stopping, man

  10. Re:Learn before you code always on Ask Slashdot: What Training Helps Older Programmers Most? · · Score: 1

    Two sides here:

    Maybe you are *right*:
    1) The median age of SW people is 42 years. Right at about where most other professions are. Supposedly.
    2) The unemployment rate for SW people is supposedly negative. As in people who aren't looking for work are getting hired.
    3) The one guy I interviewed who was 50+ didn't know a lick of the programming language we were hiring for. Didn't hire him.


    But ... maybe you are *wrong*!
    1) A lot of 50+ year olds report that no matter how much they've learned they can't get work (unless they're in COBOL or stayed in a job for a while or don't met their clients face to face)
    2) I've seen statistics showing a lot of software developers switch professions at 35 ... almost none left by 39.
    3) Eric Schmitt's email just surfaced showing he thought of himself as entitled to success because he was only going to fresh meat to work on the DNC voter system he pitched. Zuckerberg has explicitly said the same thing (that's google and FaceBook respectively). I've had a boss tell me we can never hire older devs.
    4) Talked to a recruiter who told me she wouldn't even talk to anyone over 50. Another recruiter told me they only work with up to 45.

  11. Re:As an older programmer... on Ask Slashdot: What Training Helps Older Programmers Most? · · Score: 1

    He's saying that's not the argument he's making and you're putting words (i.e. a poorly formed argument) in his mouth.

  12. Trump is not desperate for money on Computer Scientists Believe a Trump Server Was Communicating With a Russian Bank (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't see the motive thing here.

  13. Re:This is a good thing. on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    "BOTH sides are about suppression of freedom and control of the masses."

    Why is it that when a Democrat does something corrupt or bad it means all politicians do it ... but it's a Republican problem when Republicans do it.

    This is a major equivocation.

  14. Re:This is a good thing. on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    "All surveys show that Republicans have more years of formal education, on average." http://www.socialsecuritywaste...

    Aggregates data from pew and a few other notable research outfits.

    Note: I don't buy into the 'more educated is always better' formula, but if I did it would support the GOP.

  15. Re:Like fear of the brown people... on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Feelings aren't racist.

    What you do with them might be racist.

  16. opinions are not news on The AT&T-Time Warner Merger Must Be Stopped (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    People have had this opinion before. I have this opinion.

    But it isn't news.

  17. Re:Oh shut up on Google's AI Created Its Own Form of Encryption (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Julian Assange noted Hillary Clinton thinks so much about her constituents that she has no idea about what she herself wants and believes personally.

    Which is pretty much how robots are different from humans.

  18. Lots of thinking about safety is a bigger threat than wreckless behavior.

    Consider the government sanctioned Committee on Public Safety during the French Revolution.

    They didn't prevent a whole lot of accidents, but they did lop all the heads off during that tumultuous time period.

  19. Who is it for?

    The White House constituencies in the Middle East like us flying at these speeds by wire.

  20. Re:Oh shut up on Google's AI Created Its Own Form of Encryption (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You're not appreciating the polish they put on the excrement here.

    "willingly allowed"

    The researchers ALLOWED these systems to do this ... just like puppeteers allow the puppets to anything they want.

    Oh wait, it's all rigged up to do what humans taught them to do, and it would never pass a Turing test even if it weren't rigged.

  21. Deal !

  22. real reason on Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced To Undiscovered Planet (spacedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    The real reason for the tilt of the sun is to secure more grant money for watching the stars float by.

  23. There is some truth there.

    Honestly, I don't think any kind of contributions (even open bribery) should be restricted by the FEC. It should be up to voters.

    There's a lot of examples of politicians accepting a lot of money and going down in spectacular defeat.

    Also money can be an indicator that a politician is more of an ally of the market than the bureaus.

  24. public information is fair game on Should Journalists Ignore Some Leaked Emails? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    When the East Anglia Institute refuses to respond to FOIA requests because they couldn't hide the decline in temperatures it is de facto / de jure legit for hackers to extract whatever they can get their hands on.

    In the same way if a subpeona is issued for Hillary to hand something over and she lies and says she gave it all over, then let the hackers go at it.

    42% of voters say their biggest issue of concern is federal corruption!

  25. Re:That judge failed history on Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 1

    Should have been in the summary.