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  1. Inquiring mother, as bad as the pedophiles? on YouTube Videos Could Get Demonetized If They Have 'Inappropriate Comments' · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Well, probably not, but she is exploiting her kid for money. And how many of the viewers are pedophiles? If she's moderating comments she probably knows at least some are, yet continues to try and make money from her son showing off for them.

    Maybe don't put your children on YouTube.

    Maybe don't try or expect to make money from your child being on YouTube.

    Maybe we all know that social media isn't good for kids anyway.

  2. What about state-level extortion? on The Stolen Equifax Data Has Never Been Found, Experts Suspect a Spy Scheme (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Say it was China that hacked Equifax. We're in trade negotiations with them right now. Maybe they try to demand favorable terms in exchange for not releasing all that data.

  3. Re:Human rights... on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ethical To Purchase Electronics Products Made In China? · · Score: 1
    Nobody is perfect.

    But there is a big difference between being an imperfect Republic and being an oppressive totalitarian-authoritarian police state run by a single corrupt party that thinks "human rights" refers to it's power to do whatever the hell it wants to the humans under its vile authority.

  4. Re:As opposed to....? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ethical To Purchase Electronics Products Made In China? · · Score: 1

    Taiwan (the other China) and Korea? Unless LG makes stuff in China. And Foxconn is Taiwanese but I think they have factories on the mainland. But how do you even know? What electronic device doesn't have at least some components that were made in China?

  5. How is that a reason to pass legislation? "We'll have the most extreme laws in the nation! Won't that be... special somehow?"

    And yet it's not even close to being the first time that was used to promote legislation.

  6. Tell that to the vendors stuck on ActiveX! on Please Stop Using Internet Explorer, Microsoft Says (mashable.com) · · Score: 1
    I'd love to have IE completely gone. Problem is that we have sites and devices that depend on ActiveX plugins. Presumably because they are lazy a-holes.

    Wells Fargo check reader - touchy plugin, requires reduced security

    Fingerprint scanner for adding users to security system - touchy plugin, reduced security

    "eRelocation" service - wicked touchy, 32-bit only, security reducing plugin.

    Maybe if MS just kills IE entirely these jerks will have to get with the damn times already.

  7. That math says it's not worth doing. on Green New Deal Bill Aims To Move US To 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Net-Zero Emissions (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    $500 billion of lost output would today be about .02% of GDP, presumably far less in 2100. One trillion dollars in infrastructure damage over 81 years is even less meaningful (normal wear and tear will do it regardless).

    This new New Deal would cost trillions every year, not one trillion over 81 years. It will almost certainly reduce GDP by more than .02%.

    Cost/Benefit analysis => Bad idea, not worth doing by a long shot.

  8. Re:was this a loophole, or actual unpaid taxes? on Apple Reaches Deal With France To Pay Estimated $571 Million In Back-Taxes (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're right. Notice how they are paying a "back-dated tax", rather than, "unpaid" or "owed". So, back-dated as in, "you didn't owe it then, but now we want more."

  9. Re:Trending on changing trends. on 'The World Might Actually Run Out of People' (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The simple rule of thumb is that economic development is inversely correlated with fertility rates. I think you got most of the big reasons why.

  10. Re:Bullshit on 'The World Might Actually Run Out of People' (wired.com) · · Score: 1
    Government support doesn't help. Many European nations provide all the things you listed and have lower fertility rates than the US. Or in other words, increased government social supports correlate with decreased fertility rates. As does social/economic development generally.

    There was a researcher named Thorarnin something (I think, can't track his name down) who described how government support removes many of the reasons people have children - like having someone to care for you in old age.

  11. Yes, there are upsides and downsides, probable benefits and likely costs, and would require a host of exceptions, requirements and so forth. There are plenty of cases where representatives must be physically present, and more where they should be, but the bulk of their duties could probably be done from anywhere.

    Oh, that gives me an idea - don't let it be "from anywhere". Install secure communications hardware at the rep's district office and make it the only location from which they can act as present other than the actual chambers.

    I don't know if it would work, or be a good idea at all, but we'd be fools to not consider it.

  12. How you can tell Ars has an ax to grind on Comcast Lowered Cable Investment Despite Net Neutrality Repeal (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ars Technology also notes: "The corporate tax cut implemented as 2018 began also didn't stop job cuts at Comcast and AT&T, despite promises that the tax cut would create new jobs."

    What did that have to do with the topic of the article? Nothing. Then why include it? Why, to grind a political ax of course!

  13. Re:why is it ethical to analyze this server's data on Online Casino Group Leaks Information on 108 Million Bets, Including User Details (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's like when you accidentally see your neighbor naked through the window. You have to stare for a few minutes to make sure your eyes aren't playing tricks, and you finish masturbating, before you tell everyone else what you saw.

  14. This will make it easy to verify whether or not they're being honest.

  15. Re:No to AI, no to in-brain ads on Elon Musk Wants To Put An AI Hardware Chip In Your Skull (itmunch.com) · · Score: 1
    I was hoping you'd bring up the briefs.

    No, I'm sorry, that's a lie. I was hoping you wouldn't so I could.

  16. So, which amino acids? on Adding New DNA Letters Make Novel Proteins Possible (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Are they wholly synthetic or naturally occurring but unused?

  17. Re:perhaps on Adding New DNA Letters Make Novel Proteins Possible (economist.com) · · Score: 2

    Life, uh... finds a way.

  18. Finally! on Happy 18th Birthday, Wikipedia (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sick of Wikipedia always bugging me to buy it cigarettes.

  19. How much? on Elon Musk Wants To Put An AI Hardware Chip In Your Skull (itmunch.com) · · Score: 1
    And how does it get upgraded when better chips are available? Should I wait for one that "grows" into place like the NN 1 inskin from Daniel Keys Moran's "The Long Run" ("The Continuing Time" series)?

    Is that where Musk got the idea? Because that's exactly what he describes.

  20. I don't understand how this worked. on Verizon Charges New 'Spam' Fee For Texts Sent From Teachers To Students (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    Okay, "To offer our text-messaging service free of charge, Remind has always paid for each text that users receive or send."

    How was it free? Remind is spending money, and presumably not sending ads to students along with the teacher's messages. How were they making money?

  21. Re:Way ahead of you. on Streaming TV May Never Again Be as Simple, or as Affordable, as It is Now (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    If it makes you feel better, I have DirecTV Now, one of what is about to be three AT&T streaming services (assholes), and despite AT&T owning Turner, I can't sign into Adult Swim with my DTVN login.

  22. AT&T is going to have a THIRD streaming servic on Streaming TV May Never Again Be as Simple, or as Affordable, as It is Now (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    What the hell? What does this mean for DTVN subscribers? Do I get to pay even more for HBO? Certainly makes me feel like I'm making a big mistake playing with that retard factory.

  23. Poor planning.

  24. So, no real difference? on No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, you're skipping the loan process, but the end result is the same. Is it really any different to be paying the university vs a lender? You're still just deferring tuition payment until after graduation..

  25. Re:AT&T is a bloated sack of decay on AT&T Preps For New Layoffs Despite Billions In Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's not. But that doesn't change the fact that the company is far too big and bureaucratic to operate effectively. I have a feeling though that they won't be shedding the right employees, more likely it's the ones they actually need being discarded.