I'm talking about WAY MORE than anything this article is about but you're too blinded by your own massive denial to see that are you? So you descend into base insults. You're just proving my point for me, caveman.
Assholes like you attack me because the truth about our entire species is too bitter a pill for you to swallow. At least be honest with yourself: you're a caveman as much as the rest of us are and we NEED TO EVOLVE, AS A SPECIES. Probably won't happen though it would require everyone to get out of their comfort zone and actually TRY to be better.
So are you agreeing with me and expressing your displeasure at those who attack me, or are you saying that racism, sexism, bigotry, willful ignorance, superstition, et al, are all perfectly okay? You can be one or the other not both, which is it?
DeVos is promoting so-called 'charter schools' and funneling money away from public schools with 'vouchers' that will benefit the rich more than anyone else, and the poor will be left with shitty underfunded schools if they have any school at all -- and minorities will be hurt the worst since the vouchers won't cover tuition at a charter school by itself. This alone will destroy the public school system. DeVos is not even qualified to be Secretary of Education, she has NO credentials, Trump had NO business appointing her in the first place.
Don't pretend to know anything about me or my life, asshole, because you don't, and YES, I complained about the public school system before, butr deVos has an agenda.
No, you give us a break, asshole. DeVos isn't in the least bit qualified to being Secretary of Education, and she has an agenda to ruin the public school system, prove me wrong.
Sure. All for it. First, get rid of Betsy deVos and get someone in there that believes in quality public education for all, not just rich white christian kids.
Oh, no worries, there'll be education -- for The Rich, white, Christian kids. If your kids aren't all of those, not so much, then, they'll be lucky to be literate at all by the time they graduate from highschool, and forget about college. You can thank Betsy deVos for all that, and Trump for appointing the evil bitch.
tendency to violence, racism, sexism, bigotry, wilful ignorance, superstitious nonsense
That might be true.. if I had anything to do with 'outrage(d) fueled media', which I don't. It's my observation of the human species, formulated over all the decades of my life. That's okay, I don't expect most people to be honest enough with themselves to admit what I'm saying is true, the truth hurts too much for most people, and to be quite honest it hurts me deeply because I know I'm fundamentally no better, even if I try to be. Admitting I'm right is admitting you're just a caveman with high-tech toys; I get it, it's too hard for most people to admit to anyone else, and that's okay. At least be honest with yourself in the privacy of your own mind, though, you might just be a little better person on the outside because of it.
I really wish I'd live long enough to see our species evolve past all the tendency to violence, racism, sexism, bigotry, wilful ignorance, superstitious nonsense, and all the other stupid crap that we, as a species, seem to be infected with, but as-is I'm not even so sure the human species will manage to survive to see the year 2100, when even the greatest minds among us aren't immune to all the above.
Don't have or use a phone that uses 'something you are' (like your face or fingerprints) to unlock it, use one that needs 'something you know'. Or better yet stop using smartphones, or at least don't put anything important on them. Going on a trip? Either get a burn phone that is empty and that you don't care about, or have your phone shipped separately, don't carry it to the border with you.
Fuck off. Corporations and governments should BY DEFAULT respect people's privacy. 'Monetizing' people's personal informtation, after having them click on a EULA or site agreement that deliberately obfuscates what it is they're 'collecting' from you and why, is bullshit. Sifting people's private email messages is bullshit. Databases of what people buy and where they buy it is bullshit. Selling people devices that intentionally watch and listen in on what happens in people's homes or around their persons is bullshit. It's only lazy pieces of shit like you who accept being abused in this manner who, through your complacency, apathy, and cowardice, allow these practices to continue. People need to be less shitty, less lazy, and more courageous, and stand up for the basic human right of privacy. We are not convicts in prison, we are not 2 year old children, we are not animals on a farm or in a zoo, we are not property, we are citizens of an ostensibly free country and bullshit like this should not, under LAW, be allowed, ever. Any other answer just reveals you to be part of the problem, perpetuating it through your own complacency, apathy, and cowardice. Prove me wrong, if you can; pro-tip, you can't, it's the 800 pound gorilla in the room, it's the Uncomfortable Truth, it's the thing people don't want to admit about themselves: they're lazy, and they've allowed themselves to be conquered, to have their power taken from them, for the illusions of things like 'security' and 'convenience'.
I will NEVER change my mind about this, and neither you nor any other lazy cowards like you will change my mind, EVER. YOU need to change, not me, YOU need to fight this bullshit.
Nice and free, and you don't need internet or a subscription to receive it. Or, you know, you could own copies of music you like, and listen to that for free as much as you like. Or you can have bait-and-switch tactics to deal with because you got conned into renting everything and never owning anything yourselves.
Okay.. but I don't think anyone is concerned about human-caused waste-heat, it's our greenhouse gas generation that's causing the problem overall. That plus destruction of natural CO2 conversion (i.e. rainforests, and so on) are what are causing solar radiation to be trapped in our atmosphere; anyone who thinks it's human-generated waste heat clearly doesn't understand the problem.
I mean, I guess it's not going to affect me, we're probably not going to slow down the rate of warming during my lifetime and I don't have any kids to worry about
..and THAT is precisely the attitude that way too many people have, which is what brings us to this point of crisis: "doesn't affect ME, why should I care?". Humans, stop being so gods-be-damned myopic!
The 'technology' already exists, it consists of ceasing to dump assloads of CO2 into the atmosphere (mainly by not burning fossil fuels anymore) coupled with planting more forrests and other plants that magically eat up CO2 and produce O2. Might take a century but the reduction of CO2 would mean a reduction in trapped heat buildup and eventually a cooler planet.
Slashdot Mirror
composed of most of the important Web companies (Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft,...)
So I assume it contains spyware that collects data on you and sends it back to them?
I'm talking about WAY MORE than anything this article is about but you're too blinded by your own massive denial to see that are you? So you descend into base insults. You're just proving my point for me, caveman.
Assholes like you attack me because the truth about our entire species is too bitter a pill for you to swallow. At least be honest with yourself: you're a caveman as much as the rest of us are and we NEED TO EVOLVE, AS A SPECIES. Probably won't happen though it would require everyone to get out of their comfort zone and actually TRY to be better.
So are you agreeing with me and expressing your displeasure at those who attack me, or are you saying that racism, sexism, bigotry, willful ignorance, superstition, et al, are all perfectly okay? You can be one or the other not both, which is it?
You just lost all credbility when you used the term 'SJW', so please fuck off.
DeVos is promoting so-called 'charter schools' and funneling money away from public schools with 'vouchers' that will benefit the rich more than anyone else, and the poor will be left with shitty underfunded schools if they have any school at all -- and minorities will be hurt the worst since the vouchers won't cover tuition at a charter school by itself. This alone will destroy the public school system. DeVos is not even qualified to be Secretary of Education, she has NO credentials, Trump had NO business appointing her in the first place.
Thank you for proving that there's at least one other person around here who isn't totally blind.
Don't pretend to know anything about me or my life, asshole, because you don't, and YES, I complained about the public school system before, butr deVos has an agenda.
I don't watch CNN or 'any other media outlet' so how about you eat shit and die?
No, you give us a break, asshole. DeVos isn't in the least bit qualified to being Secretary of Education, and she has an agenda to ruin the public school system, prove me wrong.
Sure. All for it. First, get rid of Betsy deVos and get someone in there that believes in quality public education for all, not just rich white christian kids.
Oh, no worries, there'll be education -- for The Rich, white, Christian kids. If your kids aren't all of those, not so much, then, they'll be lucky to be literate at all by the time they graduate from highschool, and forget about college. You can thank Betsy deVos for all that, and Trump for appointing the evil bitch.
tendency to violence, racism, sexism, bigotry, wilful ignorance, superstitious nonsense
That might be true.. if I had anything to do with 'outrage(d) fueled media', which I don't. It's my observation of the human species, formulated over all the decades of my life. That's okay, I don't expect most people to be honest enough with themselves to admit what I'm saying is true, the truth hurts too much for most people, and to be quite honest it hurts me deeply because I know I'm fundamentally no better, even if I try to be. Admitting I'm right is admitting you're just a caveman with high-tech toys; I get it, it's too hard for most people to admit to anyone else, and that's okay. At least be honest with yourself in the privacy of your own mind, though, you might just be a little better person on the outside because of it.
I really wish I'd live long enough to see our species evolve past all the tendency to violence, racism, sexism, bigotry, wilful ignorance, superstitious nonsense, and all the other stupid crap that we, as a species, seem to be infected with, but as-is I'm not even so sure the human species will manage to survive to see the year 2100, when even the greatest minds among us aren't immune to all the above.
Leave it at home, get a burner phone, or at least ship your sensitive data-bearing electronics separately, don't carry it to the border with you.
Don't have or use a phone that uses 'something you are' (like your face or fingerprints) to unlock it, use one that needs 'something you know'. Or better yet stop using smartphones, or at least don't put anything important on them. Going on a trip? Either get a burn phone that is empty and that you don't care about, or have your phone shipped separately, don't carry it to the border with you.
Fuck off. Corporations and governments should BY DEFAULT respect people's privacy. 'Monetizing' people's personal informtation, after having them click on a EULA or site agreement that deliberately obfuscates what it is they're 'collecting' from you and why, is bullshit. Sifting people's private email messages is bullshit. Databases of what people buy and where they buy it is bullshit. Selling people devices that intentionally watch and listen in on what happens in people's homes or around their persons is bullshit. It's only lazy pieces of shit like you who accept being abused in this manner who, through your complacency, apathy, and cowardice, allow these practices to continue. People need to be less shitty, less lazy, and more courageous, and stand up for the basic human right of privacy. We are not convicts in prison, we are not 2 year old children, we are not animals on a farm or in a zoo, we are not property, we are citizens of an ostensibly free country and bullshit like this should not, under LAW, be allowed, ever. Any other answer just reveals you to be part of the problem, perpetuating it through your own complacency, apathy, and cowardice. Prove me wrong, if you can; pro-tip, you can't, it's the 800 pound gorilla in the room, it's the Uncomfortable Truth, it's the thing people don't want to admit about themselves: they're lazy, and they've allowed themselves to be conquered, to have their power taken from them, for the illusions of things like 'security' and 'convenience'.
I will NEVER change my mind about this, and neither you nor any other lazy cowards like you will change my mind, EVER. YOU need to change, not me, YOU need to fight this bullshit.
Privacy should be 'free' by default, everywhere, every time.
Nice and free, and you don't need internet or a subscription to receive it. Or, you know, you could own copies of music you like, and listen to that for free as much as you like. Or you can have bait-and-switch tactics to deal with because you got conned into renting everything and never owning anything yourselves.
Okay.. but I don't think anyone is concerned about human-caused waste-heat, it's our greenhouse gas generation that's causing the problem overall. That plus destruction of natural CO2 conversion (i.e. rainforests, and so on) are what are causing solar radiation to be trapped in our atmosphere; anyone who thinks it's human-generated waste heat clearly doesn't understand the problem.
I mean, I guess it's not going to affect me, we're probably not going to slow down the rate of warming during my lifetime and I don't have any kids to worry about
..and THAT is precisely the attitude that way too many people have, which is what brings us to this point of crisis: "doesn't affect ME, why should I care?". Humans, stop being so gods-be-damned myopic!
The 'technology' already exists, it consists of ceasing to dump assloads of CO2 into the atmosphere (mainly by not burning fossil fuels anymore) coupled with planting more forrests and other plants that magically eat up CO2 and produce O2. Might take a century but the reduction of CO2 would mean a reduction in trapped heat buildup and eventually a cooler planet.
Bullshit. You're an intellectual coward.
Do you not understand what 'greenhouse gasses' are? Or are you being intentionally dumb, what, for laughs? Trollololol, perhaps?
'nuff said.
Get Trump and the rest of these idiots OUT, NOW. Then we can get some people in who will at least TRY.