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  1. Re:Yet another profit center for the Trump admin on US Government Wants To Start Charging For Landsat, the Best Free Satellite Data On Earth (qz.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is it America's job to do everything for the world? It's just expected everything will be free of charge. GPS, military protection, US Navy keeping the sea routes open for wealthy nations like Germany to make a mint on exports, American citizens dying from hyper expensive medical costs while the world benefits from cures we develop, the list goes on. It's bankrupting us to carry all these free riders along. It's literally killing our people. Why is it America's job to do everything for the world? It's just expected everything will be free of charge. GPS, military protection, US Navy keeping the sea routes open for wealthy nations like Germany to make a mint on exports, American citizens dying from hyper expensive medical costs while the world benefits from cures we develop, the list goes on. It's bankrupting us to carry all these free riders along. It's literally killing our people. The world's voice has been loud and strong telling the Americans to back off and stop bullying. It's about time everyone learned to ride the bike without training wheels and pay for themselves. The transition period will be painful but ultimately beneficial for everyone. Short term pain long term gain.

  2. Re:Labels? What about on Tidal Is Reportedly Months Behind On Royalty Payments To Labels (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    So? That's not mental illness. He doesn't read books? So do most people. The fact you want him hospitalized is fucked up. He's not mentally ill, but saying that he is allows you to avoid talking about his political views, and suppressing heterodox political views is what it's all about today.

  3. Re:Labels? What about on Tidal Is Reportedly Months Behind On Royalty Payments To Labels (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Having heterodox political views does not make you mentally unwell. Unless you're in the Soviet Union, or have a political view that sympathizes with the Soviet Union.

  4. Re:A super-liberal company... on Amazon Threatens To Move Jobs Out of Seattle Over New Tax (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    It makes perfect sense. Socialism is all about redistributing other people's money. When it's your money that's getting redistributed, you suddenly see hardcore leftists become tightfisted fiscal conservatives. You see it all the time. Look at how angry Californians get when they see their wealth redistributed to less fortunate states. Now that I've pointed it out to you, you're going to start noticing it all the time.

  5. Re:Where's #metoo on workplace injuries? on Scientists Find Physically Demanding Jobs Are Linked To Greater Risk of Early Death (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    The moral hierarchy of victimhood culture places entire groups of people at the top or bottom based on the whole groupâ(TM)s victimhood status. And while itâ(TM)s not always clear which groups qualify, Jonathan Haidt identifies seven groups that are currently treated as sacred: people of color, women, LGBTs, Latinos, Native Americans, people with disabilities, and Muslims. Under this schema even many minority groups, such as Evangelical Christians, fail to qualify, and any discrimination against them is ignored or celebrated.

    Understanding Victim Culture

  6. Re:Not that unusual on Why Are the NBA's Best Players Getting Better Younger? YouTube (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    That slogan was dropped quite a few years ago by Dice.com. Slashdot is just another web property that gets bought and sold now.

  7. Re:"roiled the U.S. election" on Russian Fake News Ecosystem Targets Syrian Human Rights Workers (securityledger.com) · · Score: -1

    Even if you aren't a ShareBlue paid shill, you unfortunately are propagating their ideas. You should really consider signing up with them and picking up a paycheck for doing nothing more than posting your views on your 12 year old account. They pay extra for that kind of authenticity. ShareBlue is the flagship of progressive anti Trump opposition and if you're not on board with them, you should be. You're just working for free, which makes you a sucker. :(

  8. The passage from Earth to Mars is neither vacuum nor absolute zero. Science, do you do it?

  9. Re:China has to change on Young Chinese Are Sick of Working Long Hours (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Actually people under Saddam, and Assad, and Khadaffy had decent enough lives, as long as they didn't speak out against the government. You know, kind of like what we have in America. Fun fact: did you know that Libya was a socialist government that provided for all its people? That's right! There was no hunger nor no want. The petroleum wealth provided for all. Even more fun fact: Libya was bombed to hide the fact that French Premier Sarzoky was corrupt! Yup, that's true. The more you know.

  10. Re:China has to change on Young Chinese Are Sick of Working Long Hours (bbc.com) · · Score: -1

    The different way of life wanted by the rebels is Islamist. Assad is secular, remember?

  11. Re:Cue idiotic millenial jokes in 3,2,1... on Young Chinese Are Sick of Working Long Hours (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Meanwhile in America we're censoring left and right. Actually, just right. But it's not the government doing it so it's OK! Because under corporatism the government and megacorps are totally different!

  12. Re:Numeric keypad? on System76 Oryx Pro Linux Laptop is Now Thinner and Faster (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Believe it or not, other people's use cases are different from yours. The keypad doubles as directional keys, in case you never noticed. Shock, I know.

  13. Re:Even more advertising... on Google Maps Is Getting AR Directions, Recommendation Features (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Having already used this with Baidu Maps, I can tell you that you don't really glue your face to it. It mostly says go straight ahead. If anything it makes you more attentive to the street, because if you put it in the background to do anything else on your phone, Google's aggressive task killing on Android means it stops tracking where you are and has to start over.

  14. Re: Shouldn't last too long. on Food Calorie Counts Will Start Appearing in US Restaurants and Grocery Stores (qz.com) · · Score: -1

    Seriously? You actually think Trump is doing this just because Obama did it? Wow. I didn't think people could be that stupid. Obama left the Middle East a smoking wreckage heap -- a situation so grim that even Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan have been forced to ally with Israel to allay fears of an Iranian regional takeover. Obama and his staff lied repeatedly to the American people about the Iran deal -- and they continue to lie. When Kerry says that the deal will "empower Iran's hardliners," he is repeating an outright fabrication: The hardliners are in charge of the government, and the deal strengthened them. When Samantha Power speaks as though Obama alleviated the possibility of Iran's nuclear program, she's lying, too: The deal explicitly paved the way for an Iranian nuclear program free and clear of consequences from the international order. When Obama speaks as though our Middle East allies were pleased by the deal, he's lying: They all opposed it, and they're all celebrating its end.

    Barack Obama had a peculiar vision of the Middle East remade: Iran ascendant, the power of Israel checked, the Saudis chastened. He achieved that vision at the cost of tens of thousands of lives across the region. President Trump is undoing that legacy. Good riddance.

  15. Baidu Maps has had this feature since 2016. With the camera going and everything. Google, leading from behind.

  16. Re:If I were Iran I'd just wait it out on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    So did we miss the entire mainstream media flushing it's credibility down the toilet by openly supporting Hillary and lying about Trump? It's barely been 18 months, did people seriously forget this happened?

  17. Re:If I were Iran I'd just wait it out on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Uh, the entire world rates the USA as its biggest threat. They've been loudly demanding an end to American bullying abroad. Intervention brought us wonderful success stories like Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and so on. Have you been in a coma the last few decades?

  18. Re:If I were Iran I'd just wait it out on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Moral high ground? The nation that napalmed Vietnam, interned the Japanese Americans, and invaded Iraq has a moral high ground? In what universe? Try that line in Europe and see how many minutes of laughter you get. Moral high ground...Jesus.

  19. Re: Its not really a problem on In Banking, 70% of Front-Office Jobs Will Be Dislocated By AI (americanbanker.com) · · Score: -1

    What jobs do illiterate peasants from Third World shitholes create? I'm just curious. When I say illiterate, I don't mean in English, which naturally they don't speak and have little need to learn. I mean they're illiterate in their own native languages.

  20. Re: Shouldn't last too long. on Food Calorie Counts Will Start Appearing in US Restaurants and Grocery Stores (qz.com) · · Score: -1

    Gosh, who would have thought that ruling by decree was a bad idea in a democracy? When Obama did it is was for our own good, but when Trump does it he's a nazi tyrant? It's the exact same thing.

  21. Re: First things first on White House To Host Tech Giants For AI Meeting (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    Eh, Obama got his honors in college due to his heritage. He called himself Barry Sotero back then.

  22. Re:Sure sure sure on Microsoft Says 700M Devices Now Run Windows 10 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0
  23. Congratulations on Google Tests Submitting Question Directly In Search Results (seroundtable.com) · · Score: 0

    Well, it looks as if they are re-inventing Google Answers, one of Google's best services from the early 2000s before Google went evil. It was discontinued, of course. Getting answers to questions from subject matter experts was great. The only thing missing here is payment. With Google Answers, you could offer more money to get a better, more detailed answer.

  24. Re:Sure sure sure on Microsoft Says 700M Devices Now Run Windows 10 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: -1

    It's not about being smart enough. Microsoft was using malware-like techniques to force upgrades. You'd go away to lunch, and come back to see your unsaved documents lost as Windows was upgrading itself without prompting.

  25. Re:This is what I don't get... on Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That $6.99 is the revenue they will be foregoing by blocking the robocalls. Kind of puts it all in perspective, eh? Millions of people have to have their day disrupted so that a tiny amount of money can be made by an already-rich megacorporation.