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  1. The U-3 number doesn't account for such realities like:

    * Lowered labor participation rates
    * Amount done by citizens vs. non-citizens
    * Regional differences

  2. Re:The vote is on November 8th on EFF Delivers 210,000 Signatures Opposing Trans-Pacific Partnership (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Hillary is *saying* she opposes it. Her history says that she supports it.

  3. Re:Nice, but try answering the question. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet there are plenty that put their work in for majors within STEM/Business and see a null return, courtesy of guest worker abuse and permatemping.

  4. Different company.

    Only on paper, not by any other visible measure. It's no different than the New GM/Old GM in that regard.

    This one uses automation. They do not NEED those 22000

    That alone does not preclude the 22,000 from being re-hired.

    Why the fuck should they be forced to hire them?

    I provided a choice that the company could voluntarily take to hire them. You implied that it would be by force.

  5. Re:Save? They've made things worse. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a distinction that exists largely on paper. Aside from the purged parts, new title, new owners, and worse product, it is the same essential company.

  6. It's not a fallacy if it's correct. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should try an actual answer instead of bromides.

  7. N/T

  8. Staggered hiring such that the entirety are brought back in a reasonable time - while reducing the effects of a bump?

    They managed to get along with those 22,000 for quite a long time. Nothing says they couldn't survive by hiring them.

  9. Nice, but try answering the question. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    People are rational in not doing negative/uncertain return activities. Offer something more than blind faith and most will learn.

  10. Nice bromide, but how about an actual answer? on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it's society's responsibility when it's a matter of deference to business friendliness, but it's the fault of individual when they can't second-guess the desires of employers?

  11. U3 is a very poor measurement. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    U6 combined with the labor participation rate shows a very different, but more real picture.

  12. No, the company did. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The company had other choices than sabotage.

  13. Save? They've made things worse. on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only do they have a worse product, they decided to put nearly all the workforce on welfare (which means that Apollo's just paying from a separate bucket).

  14. Re: Bad advice to forgo the V6. on New Cars Are Too Expensive For The Typical Family, Says Study (gulfnews.com) · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day, I still have my engine while the Subaru owner blew theirs trying to race a Tesla.

  15. Re:Bad advice to forgo the V6. on New Cars Are Too Expensive For The Typical Family, Says Study (gulfnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuel and maintenance costs are not static.

    Besides, if I want a glowing red turbocharger, it's going to cook my burgers. Not in my car.

  16. Flexview T60p? on Linux Letting Go: 32-bit Builds On the Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Now might be a good time to upgrade to at least a T7200 if not put in a 14" T61 board. Did the latter with a T60p, adding a SSD, 8gb of memory, and a T9500 without regrets.

  17. Or a Thinkpad. on Linux Letting Go: 32-bit Builds On the Way Out (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Even the worst of them run longer than the support life of their intended software.

  18. Bad advice to forgo the V6. on New Cars Are Too Expensive For The Typical Family, Says Study (gulfnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Except when you end up with another problem part - the turbo. When it does work, you have the issue of increased fuel costs vs your turboless V6. When it doesn't work, you have dead weight that impedes the engine.

    Displacement and cylinders will always beat air-based imitations.

  19. tl;dr: Clinton hates Americans, loves foreigners. on Clinton Tech Plan Reads Like Silicon Valley Wish List (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Since she's for more guest worker fraud, she's against her own country.

    Then again, she's one of the globalists.

  20. RTBL did that for moderation. on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    One of the many posts on the subject of RTBL, which did almost as you suggested.

  21. Let the human intervene. on The Moral Dilemma of Driverless Cars: Save The Driver or Save The Crowd? · · Score: 1

    Cases like this are why we still have human drivers and should continue to let them have the final override.

  22. Thank Denuvo malware on A New 'Quake' Episode Appears 20 Years Later (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    In the quest to delay piracy, it's also killed modding.

  23. Ask Mr. Farage about it. on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    It requires the UK to follow the EU's lead, disenfranchising their own country.

  24. The right result was Leave, via voters. on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    While I understand it might be difficult to see them choose freedom, but the Remain side is lying.

    Globalism lost, the British won.

  25. Predictably, they think their citizens == idiots on Web Petition For 2nd EU Referendum Draws Huge Interest (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    They questioned the results of their betters, so the pro-EU media promotes a second referendum to get the "right" result. Never mind that the second poll has largely been faked.

    Naturally, such a post would attract tons of pro-EU shills to attack my post.