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  1. Not so much that they get associated with "piracy", but by being associated with DRM.

  2. No, people hate murderers. on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    People like to live more than they like to suddenly and inexplicably die.

  3. For leftist definitions of "fact" on Google Tackles Fake News With Global Fact-Checking Rollout (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the lack of credibility of existing media and Google's Silicon Valley alignment, this is a narrative checker more than it is a "fact checker".

  4. N/T

  5. .90 cents for every dollar

    I'm quite sure that they're not asking for parts of a cent per dollar earned.

  6. They've yet to deliver on the Mac Pro on Apple Will Ship A Pro iMac Later This Year, It Won't Feature Touchscreen (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    They're interested in things like performance and storage and expandability.

    Not doing too well on that front after they switched to the trashcan.

  7. For assholery definitions of the concept. on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness for regulation to slap things like this down.

  8. Re:Owner sees it as not awful on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Leverage.

    Before you ask, I've dealt with the best and worst of tenants. However, I've not lost the tenant's perspective that you seem to have never had.

  9. Re:Market efficiency on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Anything the increases the market efficiency is better for all players.

    Not in reality.

    Landlords will maximize their profits and maybe build more rental units which while ultimately lower prices.

    Citation needed, especially for non-luxury units.

    Even in the worst conditions, they'll build.

  10. I've been on both sides, and this is bad. on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    For someone that has seen both sides, this isn't exactly a good thing. If anything, the landlord's the one that has lost their perspective for offloading risk.

    Better to kill this thing with fire and nuke it from orbit. Then point to the crater when anyone thinks of following in their footsteps.

  11. Really, alarmists? on Climate Change Is Altering Global Air Currents (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    One of the scientists who demonstrated conclusively that global warming was an unnatural event with the famous "hockey stick" graph

    Trying to teach the controversy of a falsified graph?

  12. No, just conservatism. on Britain Wants Tech Firms to Tackle Extremism (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    They're happy to defend their extremists of the Islamic kind....

  13. Cities will fix that landlord leverage problem. on Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Unlike the "non-taxi" taxi services, there will be enough pressure to stop this cold.

    It's bad enough to have rent as it is, it's another to throw another degree in uncertainty.

  14. Re:First, we need to submit to the automatons on Fear of Robots Taking Jobs in the Short Term is Overblown, Says General Electric CEO (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Someday, the company will lose out to competitors who do automate their work more effectively,

    Or the other companies will lose out to someone that makes automation work for them.

  15. Easy to say when it's not his job on the line. on Fear of Robots Taking Jobs in the Short Term is Overblown, Says General Electric CEO (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If he wanted people to trust the direction of advanced automation (robotics, AI, ML), he failed at that objective.

  16. No, just conservatism. on Britain Wants Tech Firms to Tackle Extremism (fortune.com) · · Score: 0

    They're happy to defend their extremists of the Islamic kind.

  17. Purchase the activists' histories and publish theirs, even if it requires digging deeper.

  18. Now let's start seeing convictions. on Bay Area Tech Executives Indicted For H-1B Visa Fraud (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Indictments are one thing, but actual scalps are another.

  19. When you thought call centers were bad enough... on Amazon Web Services Jumps Into Call-Center Market With New 'Amazon Connect' Service (geekwire.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...someone decides to make them worse.

  20. Really, alarmists? on Climate Change Is Altering Global Air Currents (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    One of the scientists who demonstrated conclusively that global warming was an unnatural event with the famous "hockey stick" graph

    Trying to teach the controversy of a falsified graph?

  21. Does Comcast really want to be hated *more*? on Comcast Launches New 24/7 Workplace Surveillance Service (philly.com) · · Score: 3

    This just reeks of micromanagement.

  22. She naturalized unlike many guest workers. on After Healthcare Defeat, Can The Trump Administration Fix America's H-1B Visa Program? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Melania came over on an H2B visa

    Unlike many guest workers that are here solely for duressed knowledge transfer (a la Disney), she ended up with naturalized citizenship.

  23. Then you admit that Trump is more truthful for lack of any substantial argument against him.

  24. Unlike the ACA, guest worker fraud is something that is less controversial.

  25. TWTR: conservative ideology = "violent extremism" on Twitter Suspended Hundreds of Thousands of Accounts Amid 'Violent Extremism' (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    To Twitter, it's only "harassment" or "extremism" if it's against the left. They'll happily defend terrorists, criminals, and child abusers that follow their narrative.