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  1. 100ms is a very long time.

  2. Re: LOL industrial processes on Eating Processed Foods Tied To Shorter Life, Study Suggests (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And the FDA lets manufacturers call things normally heavy in cream "creamier" when they replace the cream with junk like carrageenan.

  3. RTFA, already.

  4. Of course Google cannot explain how this private map violates its rules, because it doesn't. Every time some state official voices a desire, Google says Your wish is my command.

  5. Re: Just sick of this on America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Permanent DST is the most idiotic. Just stop the madness, and organizations and individuals will adjust to schedules they like.

  6. I literally want to shoot myself in the face as a response to the fact that anyone thinks this is in any way a problem or something that needs to be regulated.

    RIP, Ian.

  7. Re: So.... fix the laws, I guess? on Nestle Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You are either too lazy to read that document, or seriously deficient in reading comprehension ability.

  8. Re: So.... fix the laws, I guess? on Nestle Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What bilge.

  9. Re: So.... fix the laws, I guess? on Nestle Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem here is not that Nestle owns this scarce resource, but that no-one does. So they just grab all they want.

  10. That's 180 weekdays, which means 36 weeks -- more than half a year.

  11. Re: Death To All Jews on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    True -- not many places. But that's irrelevant.

  12. Re: America hates Hillary Clinton on Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The US does not hold a nationwide popular presidential election. Period. Each state chooses its Electors as it pleases. It just happens that right now all the states are popularly electing their Electors. If even one state did it differently, propagandists would not get away with trotting out this mythical nationwide popular vote.

  13. Re: Obviously never met a $10 hooker on Lack of Penis Bone In Humans Linked To Monogamous Relationships and Quick Sex, Study Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If humans were not monogamous, there would be no concept of infidelity or cheating.

  14. Thank you for being the first to say anything reasonable here.

  15. Can the cops use a warrant to order my neighbour to help them batter down my front door?

  16. Re: Market failure on Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Allocation of scarce resources by price is not market failure. This is of particular importance during unusual circumstances.

  17. Re: Same problem as the "lending library" on Amazon Adds Audiobooks and Podcasts To Prime Membership (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it's great if you read the kind of books they include in it.

  18. Cruel Tease on Amazon Adds Audiobooks and Podcasts To Prime Membership (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    unlimited access to podcasts and audiobooks from Audible

    Did you flunk Reading Comprehension 101, or do you just take delight in abusing fellow human beings?

  19. Re: Everyone should be forced to obey the law. on Unredacted User Manuals Of Stingray Device Show How Accessible Surveillance Is (theintercept.com) · · Score: 2

    A search warrant would not empower a cop to violate federal comms law.

  20. Given that he didn't even build a clock, the discussion of the relation of "build" and "invent" is a waste of words.

  21. Re: Don't buy a Mac for Specs. on Apple Should Stop Selling Four-Year-Old Computers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I understand this being modded up, but not as Funny. It's perfectly serious.

  22. Nothing Built In? on Facebook Is Wrong, Text Is Deathless (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    Human brains process it absurdly well considering there's nothing really built-in for it.

    A claim like that requires either a citation or a sound, persuasive argument.

  23. Your problem is use of the house/doorway metaphor where it does not fit. Even if you could make a case (which I'll not address here) that allowing someone to log into a server does not automatically grant the right to download files to which they have been given read access, you certainly cannot make such a case for an FTP server, which is dedicated to allowing downloads and/or uploads of accessible files. The fact of its being an FTP server that allows the user access counts as the "Please download" sign.

  24. It's hard not to suspect that your silence on the central question (whether Amazon gave you notice that the apps allowed in-game purchases) means that they did give you notice, and you were thus a victim only of your own carelessness.

  25. Re: Yeah, so? on Seattle Police Raid Tor-Using Privacy Activists (thestranger.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't feed the troll.