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  1. Re:What a stupid idea that was on Amazon Stops Selling Press-to-Order Dash Buttons (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, let's say I use these buttons. If I do this for a lot of my consumables, where do I put all those buttons? I can see soft-buttons on the amazon page, but actual physical buttons? IMHO, no wonder they quit.

  2. Re:So much for electric powered aircraft on US Bars Lithium-ion Batteries From Passenger Aircraft Cargo (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    when you develop the "stops between the end cities", the high-speed rail ceases to be high-speed. That is what our current rail infrastructure is like.

  3. Re:wow this is amazing on Virgin Galactic Reaches Space Again In Highest, Fastest Test Flight Yet (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Huh? If you're talking Kennedy being socialist, he's so far to the right of the current democrat party you can't even see him. If you're not, your claim makes no sense whatsoever.

  4. Re:A... kitchen table??? on Israel Launches Spacecraft To the Moon (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    riiight. What's a cubit?

  5. Re:Tax is for the little people on New York Mayor Says Amazon Headquarters Debacle Was 'an Abuse of Corporate Power' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    substitute "WILL loot" for "can loot" , and you've got it. The rich can get around the taxes, the poor don't pay tax. All these taxes are on the middle class.

  6. Re: Tax is for the little people on New York Mayor Says Amazon Headquarters Debacle Was 'an Abuse of Corporate Power' (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Right now we tax income. But A. Occasionally Coherent (and her ilk) want to tax wealth, too. So that money you've got in your 401K for retirement? They may claim otherwise, but that's still wealth and it will get taxed.

  7. Re:In all seriousness, folks: I like this idea on NASA's Plans To Build A Human Settlement on The Moon (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Since YOU are a member of humanity, ...uh, you can figure out the rest.

  8. Re: Slight correction for you Americans... on Hundreds Still Live In The 'Exclusion Zone' Around Chernobyl (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Much safer than places like Chicago...

  9. I don't know if it was actually "proven", but evidence suggested (STRONGLY) that it worked. Corollary: tear down your crack houses, and the druggies will move on. Also, if someone is fixing those broken windows, there are people in the area. And those tend to drive out the criminals.

  10. Citation, please. And CNN/MSNBC/NYT have *proven*not to be a reliable source. (Go back and look at all the (breathless!!!1!) stories that have shown to be untrue.) Unemployment is down, and there are stats that show the # of jobs looking for people are more than the # of people looking for jobs. Supply & Demand will raise the rates w/o govt action. Or the jobs won't get filled. Of course you have politicians like A. Occasionally Coherent (an economics major...really? $30M-$3M = $27M, which is greater than $0 +$0M. And how did you get a degree when you don't even understand how the most-reported jobless rate is calculated!) driving jobs away, but can't blame that on Trump. To be honest govt (& Trump) can't really create jobs/raise wages. But it can step out of the way and let private enterprise do it. Example: the depression under Obama and the recovery under Trump. Extreme examples: Cuba & Venezuela. And, sorry, Obama can't take credit for the recovery.

  11. Besides, architecture tends to be like Pro Basketball. If you're good & lucky, you make good money. Otherwise, most of the ones I've known are barely getting by.

  12. I don't think a hammer will teach them about architecture. Wrong tool. But it will teach you about construction. Possibly woodworking. And when you reach the limitations of hammer-and-nail joinery, you can then progress to screws, pocket-hole joinery, dovetail. Maybe even timber framing. Possibly starting a business and hire employees, contributing to multiple families. Go get that hammer--Harbor Freight has some for under $5.

  13. Hang on--I need to get some popcorn and watch the Rasp Pi flaming begin. (BTW, I agree with you; raspberry pi is plenty to start learning on. When you get to the limitations, you learn from them, and if necessary you can then get something "better". )

  14. Re:Apps to use fewer apps? on Is the Next Big Thing In Tech -- Disconnecting From It? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well we sorta do...shoot-em-up parks, free needles,...

  15. Anything with carbon? Great, let's start burning CO2!

  16. No. there will still be planes and meat for the elite. Just not you, peasant.

  17. Re:The kids are only partly to blame on Teenagers Charged With 'Intimidation' After Sharing Siri's Helpful Response For A School Shooting (nwitimes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This. And a bias towards making anything that makes "g.g.g.g.guns!!!" look bad. Kind of why I quit listening to most media outlets now. Look at how many times T____ has been proved to be Workin' with the Ruskies---only to need to retract the story. Our the recent condemnation of a boy in a MAGA hat just standing and smiling, while the Viet Vet Native American who was praised for everything---oh, by the way, tried to disrupt a Catholic mass. BTW, when was the most recent school shooting vs Police getting shot?

  18. Re:I've decided to not care on Ubisoft Apologizes for The Division 2 Email Promising a 'Real Government Shutdown' (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    HR is calling--they want you to report at once.

  19. Re: I thought it was funny on Ubisoft Apologizes for The Division 2 Email Promising a 'Real Government Shutdown' (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the name of the game?

  20. Re:All 3-4 letter combinations taken on How Many .com Domain Names Are Unused? (singaporedatacompany.com) · · Score: 1

    A few years back I was able to find a 6-letter .com that included the initials of my LLC (3 of which where LLC) at the time. I grabbed that puppy up right then.

  21. Re:Less Positive News on E-Cigarettes Are Effective At Helping Smokers Quit, a Study Says (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The question I would ask, how do those who experienced the strokes/etc (which are tied to nicotine use) compare to the same for nicotine/tar users? I'd expect those who vape nicotine to still experience the same nicotine-related problems. But less on the tar-related problems. Now if vaping causes increased nicotine use, that might be an issue. I'd still rather die from a stroke or heart-attack than lung cancer. (Disclosure: no personal experience with either.)

  22. Re:what about better IO? more then 1 usb for all? on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Promises Better Performance, Starts at $25 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It's hot in Texas, but I've never been able to bring a pot of water to boiling water just by putting it in a truck...

  23. Not necessarily an argument for quality, but if it's shipping that many units w/o a competitor blowing it away, it must be "good enough" and "suitable" for the market they fill.

  24. Re: Dunning-Kreuger effect at work on Those Opposed To Scientific Consensus Bolstered By 'Illusion of Knowledge' (edmontonjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    ...or just urban legends. How many times have cell phones been shown to have blown up gas stations? Even cigarettes are not the culprit...it's the lighting of said cigarette that causes the problems...

  25. Re: Dunning-Kreuger effect at work on Those Opposed To Scientific Consensus Bolstered By 'Illusion of Knowledge' (edmontonjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, the laws implemented before it was determined wrong remain in place in order to support the entity that used the "now-wrong" consensus to put them in place and now reap lot$ of dollar$ from it...