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  1. *Reads report from Open Data Institute saying that companies should give data to the government* *Goes on a rant about the government demanding the data be given to them*

  2. Re:#MAGA on 'Why PC Builders Should Stock Up on Components Now' (pcmag.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You seemingly don't realize that this is just a tax on American citizens... There is no "American-made" alternative to most of these components, so it will serve only to raise the prices Americans are forced to pay while the countries of production don't notice a difference.

  3. Re:What's the term ... on Pentagon Wants To Predict Anti-Trump Protests Using Social Media Surveillance (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Right. Thanks for the anecdotal "evidence" with zero basis in reality. That's really changed my mind. Clearly the guy who murdered an unarmed woman in a terrorist attack was really the victim.

  4. Essentially. States' rights is what they want when they don't control federal government (e.g. the right to carry on owning slaves); and federal law is what they want when they do control the federal government (e.g. this).

  5. Re:Apple should be at the top of the list. on Should The US Government Break Up Google, Twitter, and Facebook? (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 2

    But the software isn't a product. It's just an OS that comes with the computers. It's no different than buying a router and having that company's firmware locked in to use it. As for iOS and unsigned apps... perhaps, but then they would sacrifice device safety, privacy and integrity and you'd lose a ton of functionality (or have to lock out all unsigned apps from being able to access absolutely anything on your device.

  6. ...and your phone, and your phone's backup battery charger, and your console controllers, and your laptop. ... And now your headphones.

  7. Re: It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters on Someone With an iMac, iPhone, and iPad Might Soon Need Three Different Headphone Adapters (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure it came from Van Gogh University.

  8. Re:Gone fishin' on World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens Off Northwest England (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Wind turbines kill around 300,000 birds annually, house cats around 3,000,000,000. Clearly we need to be throwing cats into turbines!

  9. What about ending data roaming charges across the entire EU? What about human rights laws? What about the subsides that keep UK farmers in business? What about financing billions in UK infrastructure including bankrolling the SuperFast internet rollout in 98% of the country?

  10. Re:Confused on AWS Error Exposed GoDaddy Business Secrets (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah. They really need to be clear that the open bucket, called "abbottgodaddy," also included what the company believes to be business information relating to GoDaddy and Amazon AWS' relationship, including rate negotiations. This information should have been kept confidential. Sloppy reporting not to include that info.

  11. Re:Not *just* due to tariffs on PC Case Maker CaseLabs Closes Permanently (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 0

    It's likely that the default was due to another company going bankrupt... tariffs again maybe?

  12. Re: Look at all these jobs... on PC Case Maker CaseLabs Closes Permanently (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And that's how you end up with cases that cost $500 and are kinda crappy.

  13. Re:We want to have our cake and eat it too. on Julia 1.0 Released After a Six-Year Wait (insidehpc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you haven't used or benchmarked the language, I don't get why the armchair criticism? People like yourself were once saying 'that plane will never get off the ground. We can't fly!'

  14. Re:Lesson: Hide the filename of pirated material on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    You mean like "IMG_ l563.TRIM.MOV"?

    There's a difference between pirated footage and stolen production footage. Anyone who tries to leak the latter is just asking for the full weight of law enforcement.

  15. Re:Good luck with that on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please, point me to the part of Dr Who lore that says upon regeneration, the doctor must be male? It's more interesting that you find the mere presence of a woman on your screen to be such a political and subversive act... How do you make the magic box go bright using the pointy-clicker?

  16. Re:BBC can suck a BBC on BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So it's owned by the conservative government and is simultaneously liberal propaganda? That's.... interesting.

  17. Re:It doesn't do any good to fire them on FCC Admits It Was Never Actually Hacked (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Haha... I love this new tactic handed out at Trumpets HQ where you accuse the left of everything you are... It's not at all like a 5-year-old's argument... "Nuh uh... you are!"

  18. I can't imagine this will fly with European users. No way the storage of dns requests by a private company on US soil is going to be GDPR compliant.

  19. Re: Harder if you're a child on New Study Finds It's Harder To Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging For Its Life (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait wait wait... are you a scientologist? Because they're the only idiots I know who believe the crap you're saying.

  20. Re: "I have friends who own coal mines..." on White House Proposal Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards, No Exception For California (npr.org) · · Score: 2, Informative

    So why did oil companies spend so much time and energy spread misinformation about climate change then? https://www.scientificamerican...

  21. "since government tends to add indirect costs, so the benefits need to exceed those indirect costs..." You mean like paying its employees a decent wage, implementing proper safety protocols and not cutting corners?

  22. Didn't the world start on January 1, 1970?

  23. Re:Please for the love of god on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    No. The Libertarian policy is "Live and Let Die", as in, I don't give a crap what happens to you as long as I've got mine.

  24. Why are you homophobic nutjobs always so obsessed with sticking things up other men's butts?

  25. Wouldn't want private conversations in the open... on FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    "I don't want to characterize private conversations we're having with people in the industry. " Somebody missed Irony 101 at the academy...