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  1. As if a feminist working at an employment agency could possibly know what people do the "same work" as other people. Heck, two people being given offers for the exact same job are unlikely to do the same work, once they are there.

  2. Re: cost up, quality down on Student Loan Debt Has Nearly Tripled (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    "If you do that, watch how basically overnight, lenders will start scrutinizing borrowers more"

    That sounds good, except if that lender is a government that is eager to purchase the loyalty of a young voter.

  3. Re:Want to keep property a certain way? BUY IT! on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    "I did join together with my neighbors to purchase the property. It's called being a citizen and paying taxes."

    You and your neighbours paid nowhere near enough in taxes to purchase control rights over that property. You are party to making countless others pay taxes too, and subordinate their personal preferences, in order to "purchase" your beach view.

  4. Re:Only in America on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    "without making any contribution to productivity"

    But without the compulsion of government, this can't really happen. Most middlemen do in fact make a productivity contribution. In this case it's pretty clear: it's an auction / pseudo-credit-rating type system that brings value to the landlord. Enabling finding a rental property even at landlords with such high standards bring value to the renters too.

  5. Re:Only in America on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    "rent-seeking" usually refers to entities that benefit from government mandates. This is not the case here.

  6. "You deserve it!"

    What a dumb punchline. No, you don't "deserve" it (success). Go pursue it, but no one owes it to you.

  7. Re:No complaints here on 'Extreme and Unusual' Climate Trends Continue After Record 2016 (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You slew not just one straw man but a whole field of them. Bravo!

  8. the way you know all this is political BS on Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims To Amend 500 Years of Distortion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Quote from TFA that motivates all this:

    âoeThe Mercator projection is a symbolic representation that put Europe at the center of the world. And when you continue to show images of the places where peopleâ(TM)s heritage is rooted that is not accurate, that has an effect on students.â

    Yes, "has an effect". That's it. Not "bad effect", not "large effect".

  9. Re:Rose tinted glasses on The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    > I'm sorry, but does anyone really think that "equality" from actions like this is a good idea?

    Yes, progressives.

  10. Re:And Muffet is employed by? on Security Experts Rebut The Guardian's Report That Claimed WhatsApp Has a Backdoor (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    "2) It's not a backdoor."

    If facebook received an NSL or warrant, it could trivially trigger this "ugly, obvious, risky" mechanism and read "secure" traffic, with little if any visible sign at the sender / recipient.

    It is a backdoor accessible to facebook or people who control it. That's bad enough.

  11. an edit function on Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Needs An Edit Function (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    What Twitter needs most is an edit function applied to its top management.

  12. Re:Hmm... familiar on Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Needs An Edit Function (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    ha hah ahaha glorious

  13. Re:No. It didn't "predict" anything. on Tesla Autopilot 'Predicts' Accident Before It Happens (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    By the time it "predicted", the accident sequence was already well under way, starting with the sudden deceleration of the larger vehicle. A 100% probability of loss-of-separation is an easy enough "prediction" so as to be called a calculation.

  14. purporting to espouse on IBM Employees Protest Cooperation With Donald Trump (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    > because IBM has purported to espouse diversity and inclusion

    But you see, everyone only purports to espouse that stuff.

  15. Re: Meh. on The UN Will Consider Banning Killer Robots (hrw.org) · · Score: 1

    A "UN" treaty is a treaty between nations, not a treaty between the UN and a nation. A "UN ban" is a joke.

  16. Unfortunately, those people you are sick and tired of are talking about a simple, direct, easily-proven phenomenon, whereas the so-called fossil fuel subsidies are indirect, complex, and are generally bog-standard tax credits available to all industries. Sorry the world is the way it is.

  17. Re:Another step toward tyeanny on South Korea To Kill the Coin in Path Towards 'Cashless Society' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So to protect one's assets from negative interest rates, the closest thing to liquid currency would be ... gold? And to protect one's assets from inflation, likewise?

  18. Re:Another step toward tyeanny on South Korea To Kill the Coin in Path Towards 'Cashless Society' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    ... because central banks can then impose negative interest rates, and you'd have no place to hide your savings

  19. third party == don't blame us on Advertising Company AppNexus Bans Breitbart News Over Hate Speech (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    "We use a number of third-party standards to determine what is and isn't hate speech"

    Nice dodge. Not even willing to man up, state, and stand behind their definitions.

  20. Re: What an empty life on Right-Wing and Fake News Writers Are Now Going After Elon Musk (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Wait a minute - are you saying that "fake" == "not impartial, objective"? Then there is a whole lot of "fake news" out there.

  21. Re:Coal in Canada? on Canada Plans To Phase Out Coal-Powered Electricity By 2030 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    A step taken voluntarily will last longer than a step made at the point of a sword. IOW: absent emergencies, governments should adjust incentives, and gently.

  22. Re:Coal in Canada? on Canada Plans To Phase Out Coal-Powered Electricity By 2030 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "This had the greenhouse gas reduction equivalent ..."

    And all this accomplished -what-, in terms of climactic effect?

  23. Re: it estimates will be worth 250 billion euros on ESA Launches Four Galileo Satellites (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Nothing in that thread substantiates the claim that "if you build equipment which can use GPS or GLONASS, you have to pay a license fee.".

  24. Re: it estimates will be worth 250 billion euros on ESA Launches Four Galileo Satellites (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    [citation needed]

  25. Congratulations, Airstrip One!