We've managed to get our puppet government installed, so there will be no crisis for the fossil fuel industry any time soon. You'll have plenty of time to move your personal interests out of those companies while staying below the radar of what regulators may still be on the job later this year.
That is the point. In the "Five Eyes" (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ), data is being collected, and it is possible that maybe someday that data could be used to roundup and arrest dissidents or people that question authority.
Exactly, and it's already started. I certainly feel just a little bit less safe since the election last month, given the incoming administration's plainly stated intent to violate my Constitutional rights. Then again, they're probably going to have a bitch of a time pinning down the political leanings of a liberal who likes guns and NASCAR, so I may be safe for a while.
No. You are not, so let's dispense with the bullshit. M'kay? You are flat fucking delighted that technology has reached a point where you can ship work to places where labor is cheaper, thus increasing profit and, of course, your bonus. You don't give a shit that your actions suck all those wages straight out of the domestic economy, and you're happy as hell that there are no regulations prohibiting it.
"...hundreds... thousands of them. People are telling me all the time how great our desktops are, and believe me, our great desktops are going to make America great again. Nobody can innovate like us. We're going to save this country...."
I don't know. Maybe Tim should not spend any more time with The Donald. Empty promises are the last thing that Apple needs to be making right now, when it comes to a market segment that they have neglected for so long.
And you aren't concerned that a foreign country directly altered the outcome of an election here?
I'm more concerned that a domestic party nearly got away with doing the same thing.
IF you believe the Russian hacker bullshit (and we have seen ZERO evidence of it), all they did was expose truth.
The evidence is abundant and incontrovertible, the sore-winner party's whining notwithstanding. Also, "all they did" was commit a crime and use the fruits of that crime to tilt an election. Kind of a different thing. Ya know?
If they plan to be the Uber of trucking, they would start at something slightly less than 15% and then jack it up after they drive their competitors out of business and become the monopoly provider.
Yes, that's very likely what they will do. That is the magic of the "free market". Eventually, a bigger, badder competitor, with deeper pockets, will beat you up and take away your lunch money. Only a stinking socialist would find fault with that, right?
Why not? There's still people around here blaming Bush...
For the shit he pulled and the messes he made? Yep. We also point out how Obama fixed much of that damage. 81 consecutive months of job growth, for example. Keep leading with your chin, buddy. I can do this all day long.
Solution to the problem? It's not that hard.
Schedule an end to the H1-B program. Send the remaining time investing in education and training of American workers so that they can do the job. Watch the "free market" dictate the wages to be paid to this pool of workers.
Yes, it is really just that simple. When you can't dip into a pool of labor that is willing to work for pennies, and instead have to actually compete in attracting talent, the free market magic works. No, spare me the "global economy" bullshit.
kind of stupid question is that? Totalitarian, violently oppressive, culturally backwards, and an environmental shithole. What person with "tech talent" would be attracted to that?
I'll continue to stay home. If I go out to a movie now, it is at a venue like Alamo Drafthouse, exclusively, where they still demonstrate that they care about their customers once they've sold them the ticket.
I understand if "Hollywood" can't fix the problem with dirty multiplex theaters filled with clueless boors. I really do. Just don't whine that your plummeting revenues are the fault of BitTorrent, m'kay? Let me put first run movies on my own screen and you'll get my money again.
FTFA, Bitcoin is currently trading around $754.51, according to fake news published by CoinDesk data..."
TFTFY. Don't you just love the new post-truth economy?
I have no doubt that it would be great for your industry, there, Braxton. That means it will be bad for consumers. No. We absolutely do not trust that you will be a responsible steward of your portion of the Internet. We expect that you will squeeze as much profit out of it as possible. That's your job. Furthermore, it is the legal responsibility of the corporation you work for to make profit for it's shareholders. I have no problem with that. But I will do everything in my power to convince my elected representatives to understand the difference and to support regulation that sees to my interests first. Yeah, I know. Probably a pipe dream, but if enough of us are loud enough, maybe someone will finally hear it.
We knew Trump had shortcomings, and still elected him - warts and all. We did it because he promised to fix certain issues that we felt were more important in the near term.
Holy shit. Only the most inattentive, uninquisitive, and gullible moron would have actually believed those promises. Now, weeks before he even takes office, Trum is already rubbing their ignorant noses in it. Or have you not been paying attention... again. He promised to save jobs, then conned Indiana's voters into paying 7 million dollars to send 1,300 jobs to Mexico, while "saving" a few hundred, and also while funding studies to replace those with automation. That's a shitty deal for those who thought he was going to be their salvation. So yeah, you're right. His actions are going to cause way more suffering in the short term than global warming. Of course, those short term things we might be able to actually fix.
Not you, you are already blinded by your own bias. A conjecture has become your faith, and you are a zealot of the cause.
By what twisted reasoning do you arrive at this conclusion? Surely not by any path that includes a dispassionate assessment of readily discernible facts.
Oh, right. You're just parroting bullshit you've been getting from your echo chamber "news" sources.
People who actually believe it are in the minority and are simpletons or mentally ill.
Hey. Stop putting the mentally ill and intellectually challenged in the deplorable basket with the willfully ignorant who believe ridiculous shit because it simply feels better than the truth.
Only if you take the time to move it off site once you've copied your data to it. If it can fall victim to the same threats that your primary device might suffer, it's just a copy, not a backup.
My point is that even though she has been found unofficially not-guilty by the lack of recommendation to indict I still don't trust her.
To further my point: Even though Casey Anthony wasn't found guilty of killing her kids, would you still trust her to babysit your children? Because I wouldn't.
You did know that the false equivalency gambit has been thoroughly debunked. Right? All the bad things that Clinton might have done is not, in any way, shape or form, the same has all the bad things that Trump has done, in public or on "tape". His record in this area is so deplorable that those Republican leaders who still "support" him won't even say his name. That is pathetic enough, but we haven't even started to compare actual qualifications, and we hardly need to. One candidate has thirty years of public service with any enviable record of success, experience that, by virtually all credible accounts, makes her the most qualified candidate ever to seek the office. The other has a string of spectacular business failures and lawsuits against him and his companies.
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We've managed to get our puppet government installed, so there will be no crisis for the fossil fuel industry any time soon. You'll have plenty of time to move your personal interests out of those companies while staying below the radar of what regulators may still be on the job later this year.
- Your friends, The Fossil Fuel Lobby
Yet.
That is the point. In the "Five Eyes" (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ), data is being collected, and it is possible that maybe someday that data could be used to roundup and arrest dissidents or people that question authority.
Exactly, and it's already started. I certainly feel just a little bit less safe since the election last month, given the incoming administration's plainly stated intent to violate my Constitutional rights. Then again, they're probably going to have a bitch of a time pinning down the political leanings of a liberal who likes guns and NASCAR, so I may be safe for a while.
I am sorry that...
No. You are not, so let's dispense with the bullshit. M'kay? You are flat fucking delighted that technology has reached a point where you can ship work to places where labor is cheaper, thus increasing profit and, of course, your bonus. You don't give a shit that your actions suck all those wages straight out of the domestic economy, and you're happy as hell that there are no regulations prohibiting it.
...then we desperately need to factor it into voter registration.
The drama has only just started.
I don't know. Maybe Tim should not spend any more time with The Donald. Empty promises are the last thing that Apple needs to be making right now, when it comes to a market segment that they have neglected for so long.
And you aren't concerned that a foreign country directly altered the outcome of an election here?
I'm more concerned that a domestic party nearly got away with doing the same thing.
IF you believe the Russian hacker bullshit (and we have seen ZERO evidence of it), all they did was expose truth.
The evidence is abundant and incontrovertible, the sore-winner party's whining notwithstanding. Also, "all they did" was commit a crime and use the fruits of that crime to tilt an election. Kind of a different thing. Ya know?
If they plan to be the Uber of trucking, they would start at something slightly less than 15% and then jack it up after they drive their competitors out of business and become the monopoly provider.
Yes, that's very likely what they will do. That is the magic of the "free market". Eventually, a bigger, badder competitor, with deeper pockets, will beat you up and take away your lunch money. Only a stinking socialist would find fault with that, right?
Why not? There's still people around here blaming Bush...
For the shit he pulled and the messes he made? Yep. We also point out how Obama fixed much of that damage. 81 consecutive months of job growth, for example. Keep leading with your chin, buddy. I can do this all day long.
Run far, run fast, don't look back.
Yahoo's CSO, Alex Stamos sure did. He clearly saw this train-wreck a'comin' and jumped just in time.
This judge isn't qualified to practice law in the United States.
Agreed. That's why he's practicing law in Florida.
Florida... That's one of the states in Dumbfuckistan, right?
Schedule an end to the H1-B program. Send the remaining time investing in education and training of American workers so that they can do the job. Watch the "free market" dictate the wages to be paid to this pool of workers.
Yes, it is really just that simple. When you can't dip into a pool of labor that is willing to work for pennies, and instead have to actually compete in attracting talent, the free market magic works. No, spare me the "global economy" bullshit.
kind of stupid question is that? Totalitarian, violently oppressive, culturally backwards, and an environmental shithole. What person with "tech talent" would be attracted to that?
I'll continue to stay home. If I go out to a movie now, it is at a venue like Alamo Drafthouse, exclusively, where they still demonstrate that they care about their customers once they've sold them the ticket.
I understand if "Hollywood" can't fix the problem with dirty multiplex theaters filled with clueless boors. I really do. Just don't whine that your plummeting revenues are the fault of BitTorrent, m'kay? Let me put first run movies on my own screen and you'll get my money again.
FTFA, Bitcoin is currently trading around $754.51, according to fake news published by CoinDesk data..."
TFTFY. Don't you just love the new post-truth economy?
I have no doubt that it would be great for your industry, there, Braxton. That means it will be bad for consumers. No. We absolutely do not trust that you will be a responsible steward of your portion of the Internet. We expect that you will squeeze as much profit out of it as possible. That's your job. Furthermore, it is the legal responsibility of the corporation you work for to make profit for it's shareholders. I have no problem with that. But I will do everything in my power to convince my elected representatives to understand the difference and to support regulation that sees to my interests first. Yeah, I know. Probably a pipe dream, but if enough of us are loud enough, maybe someone will finally hear it.
We knew Trump had shortcomings, and still elected him - warts and all. We did it because he promised to fix certain issues that we felt were more important in the near term.
Holy shit. Only the most inattentive, uninquisitive, and gullible moron would have actually believed those promises. Now, weeks before he even takes office, Trum is already rubbing their ignorant noses in it. Or have you not been paying attention... again. He promised to save jobs, then conned Indiana's voters into paying 7 million dollars to send 1,300 jobs to Mexico, while "saving" a few hundred, and also while funding studies to replace those with automation. That's a shitty deal for those who thought he was going to be their salvation. So yeah, you're right. His actions are going to cause way more suffering in the short term than global warming. Of course, those short term things we might be able to actually fix.
Not you, you are already blinded by your own bias. A conjecture has become your faith, and you are a zealot of the cause.
By what twisted reasoning do you arrive at this conclusion? Surely not by any path that includes a dispassionate assessment of readily discernible facts.
Oh, right. You're just parroting bullshit you've been getting from your echo chamber "news" sources.
Trump is cracking down on that
Obligatory... [citation needed]
People who actually believe it are in the minority and are simpletons or mentally ill.
Hey. Stop putting the mentally ill and intellectually challenged in the deplorable basket with the willfully ignorant who believe ridiculous shit because it simply feels better than the truth.
Only if you take the time to move it off site once you've copied your data to it. If it can fall victim to the same threats that your primary device might suffer, it's just a copy, not a backup.
an external hard drive is not a backup. hello...
Only if you count illegals. .
[citation needed] Take all the time you want.
about Black Belt training?
LOL. Touche'.
Better question might be whose teams do not suffer from this madness?
My point is that even though she has been found unofficially not-guilty by the lack of recommendation to indict I still don't trust her.
To further my point: Even though Casey Anthony wasn't found guilty of killing her kids, would you still trust her to babysit your children? Because I wouldn't.
You did know that the false equivalency gambit has been thoroughly debunked. Right? All the bad things that Clinton might have done is not, in any way, shape or form, the same has all the bad things that Trump has done, in public or on "tape". His record in this area is so deplorable that those Republican leaders who still "support" him won't even say his name. That is pathetic enough, but we haven't even started to compare actual qualifications, and we hardly need to. One candidate has thirty years of public service with any enviable record of success, experience that, by virtually all credible accounts, makes her the most qualified candidate ever to seek the office. The other has a string of spectacular business failures and lawsuits against him and his companies.