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  1. And the business model of Uber's entrenched competition is to pay off politicians to pass laws that unfairly protect their markets from upstarts like Uber. So one is engaging in blatant corporatism while the other is fighting it.

  2. Re:I remember the same predictions about Amazon on 'Uber Is Doomed', Argues Transportation Reporter (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, that's what my point was.

  3. I remember the same predictions about Amazon on 'Uber Is Doomed', Argues Transportation Reporter (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Amazon is subsidizing its prices with losses and venture capital. Amazon will never be profitable. Amazon's advantage over B&M will disappear after they start charging sales tax. Amazon's shipping expenditures are too high. Blah blah blah.

  4. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Per my b: it includes more general classifications as well.

  5. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Those additional definitions I left out support a wider classification of race (which would have further supported my argument), while at the same time I included one definition that didn't support my argument, which means I did the exact opposite of including only the definition that suited me.

  6. Re:"Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebe on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Definition of Race (noun)

    a : a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock
    b : a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics

    Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race

  7. "Police found Purinton 80 miles away at Applebees" on Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!' (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Police found him there after putting out an APB (Applebees Point Bulletin), which is the tool they use to find all racists in the Midwest and South.

  8. Re:Why stop at $50? on Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals (variety.com) · · Score: 0

    err, "..your intention"

  9. Why stop at $50? on Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not make it $500, at least if you're intention is to charge a wishful price that nobody is going to pay anyway.

  10. Ellison needs to read a copy of Moby Dick on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    And take studious notes.

  11. Re:So an American hero might be jailed for life on Russia Considers Sending Snowden Back To US As a 'Gift' To Trump (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    How did what I wrote make this partisan?

  12. Re:So an American hero might be jailed for life on Russia Considers Sending Snowden Back To US As a 'Gift' To Trump (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Russia would have never offered Snowden to Obama. In fact the entire reason Putin took Snowden in was to embarrass Obama.

  13. Re:If your personal emails are released... on State-sponsored Hackers Targeting Prominent Journalists, Google Warns (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    "The public?" The public is only going to notice emails which support their preconceived notions and political affiliation and ignore the rest.

  14. So an American hero might be jailed for life on Russia Considers Sending Snowden Back To US As a 'Gift' To Trump (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But at least your tech jobs will be protected by Trump's H-1B visa clampdown, right? Hope you can sleep well at night.

  15. Re:If your personal emails are released... on State-sponsored Hackers Targeting Prominent Journalists, Google Warns (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    But what if hackers selectively release work emails which individually make the reporter appear unethical but which are not when taken in the context of other emails the reporter sent on the same subject?

  16. Breaking News: Toxic food served in toxic wrappers on Report Finds PFAS Chemicals In One-Third of Fast Food Packaging (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    If you expected any better from these mega-food corporations then you've set yourself up for disappointment.

  17. We lost your data but we're back up and ready on GitLab Says It Found Lost Data On a Staging Server (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To lose more of your data.

  18. Also time to admit nobody gives a shit on It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com) · · Score: 1

    About whether the Apple Watch is a success or not.

  19. Don't place it next to your LG smartphone either on LG's UltraFine 5K Display Becomes Useless When It's Within Two Meters of a Router (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Otherwise it might cause the monitor to go into an infinite boot loop.

  20. Don't be evil on Google Removes Plugin Controls From Chrome, Reports Claim (ghacks.net) · · Score: 1

    Addendum: But if you're going to be evil do it gradually so that it's not so obvious.

  21. Households took a $100 Billion write down on Sony Warns It Will Take $1 Billion Writedown, Blames Slowing DVD Sales (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most households have realized their unwatched DVD collections are worthless and have written their value down to $0.

  22. I wonder how many steps it takes on Fitness Wearable Maker Fitbit To Cut Six-Percent of Its Staff Following a Disappointing Q4 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    To go from your cubicle at Fitbit to the front door security escorts you to.

  23. Re:What? on Server Runs Continuously For 24 Years (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Agreed. Based on one of the embedded articles reference in the original the server had run for at least 4 years continuously, which I still find impressive.

    http://www.computerworld.com/article/2550661/data-center/this-server-outlasts-two-presidents.html

  24. Death of something tends to produce stability on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says PC Market Is Finally Stabilizing (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    No more wild gyrations after that.

  25. Fakes News from liberals or Alternative Facts from conservatives? Hard to tell them apart.