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  1. Wasan't the founding of the U.S.A. concerned about turning away from such a system and its class system.

    It was more about keeping slavery and being able to tear up British treaties with the natives that were stopping colonial expansion. The 'founding fathers' were all rich slave owners who wanted to keep their privileges, they didn't even let ordinary people vote.

  2. Re:Business Model on Sears, the 125-Year-Old Iconic Retailer, Has 24 Hours To Survive (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How much of that purchasing is because of credit? All the panic over the feds putting up interest rates is pretty telling.

  3. An unlicensed, quasi-legal, unregulated gig-economy 'hotel', that one.

  4. Re:Lots of people like living in NYC on Google To Invest $1 Billion in New Campus in New York City (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Tech companies are willing to spend big money to get what they want. It's worth the taxes of NY or California to get access to all that concentrated talent. It wouldn't be worth just giving it to you, nor would it be worth moving to a place they don't want to go to just because taxes are low. Fwiw, Apple are opening a billion dollar office in Austin.

    It may be cheaper to move to Dallas, but it'd also be cheaper to move to Mongolia. Cheap places are usually cheap for a reason.

  5. Re:I'm talking big picture on Screen Time Changes Structure of Kids' Brains, NIH Study Shows (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    I do not see how access to a transformative learning device can be bad in the end,

    A wheelchair is a transformative mobility device, if you put young children in them instead of teaching them to walk it would be bad for them.

  6. Re:So... on People Are Harassing Waymo's Self-Driving Vehicles (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are you saying that a vote shouldn't be able to change the law?

  7. Re:There isn't on Start-Ups Aren't Cool Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course he doesn't. Since when are boomer rants based on facts?

  8. Re:The attitude has changed. (And don't forget cus on Start-Ups Aren't Cool Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Your third paragraph is confusing businesses and startups. Immigrants start businesses, but usually something safe that doesn't scale. And many of them fail.

    Your fourth paragraph is contradicted by reality, most successful startup founders are from rich backgrounds. Their wealth and connections allows them to gamble on speculative startups.

  9. Re:Maybe they are right this time on China To Force Changes To 20 Popular Games, Ban 9 Including Fortnite and PUBG (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So does this mean American getting a taste of their own medicine? The rest of the world has had to put up with their cultural influence pushing their weirdo values for decades. Now we get Chinese weirdo values instead.

  10. Re:Maybe they are right this time on China To Force Changes To 20 Popular Games, Ban 9 Including Fortnite and PUBG (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Anti-globalists wouldn't have many video games to play at all. Or any hardware to play them on.

  11. Re:The Justice Dept has already said no on President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't write that, it was ghost written.

  12. Re:The Justice Dept has already said no on President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not an American, can I assume that 'Trump Derangement Sydrome' is what Trump fanatics call anyone who doesn't like their Dear Leader, because they can only imagine that someone must be deranged not to also worship him? Personality cults are a dangerous thing, I'm glad we don't have them in our country and we're free to criticise our politicians. I also like that our justice system is free from political interference, the thought of a trial being interfered with by politicians or judges appointed by politicians is terrifying.

  13. "He won't interfere politically, he'll only interfere if it's beneficial politically."

    Why do AC exist again?

  14. Re: Hmmm on President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com) · · Score: 2

    Did no-one tell him that you're supposed to get the hostage first before using them as a bargaining chip.

  15. Re: Hmmm on President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    It should also advise them not to travel to Canada, as Canada is now involving itself in disputes between other countries.

  16. The American economy was built in IP theft, what are you complaining about?

  17. Good luck with that. The US is a huge net exporter of software, there's no way you could win a trade war on that. It would cripple the US software industry and create new ones elsewhere. India and Europe would end up with their own Googles, Amazons, Microsofts etc.

    Wait, you are aware that other countries would hit back with their own tariffs, aren't you? Or are you like Donald Trump who thinks crying 'America first' means the world will do what America wants?

  18. Re:Sure you can hire people for $15 on How A Mysterious Tech Billionaire Created Two Fortunes -- And a Global Software Sweatshop (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a very complacent comment. What exactly stops Eastern Europeans making good software? They have a strong education system and a thriving tech sector. People used to think Japanese manufactured goods were junk.

  19. Re:America is masturbating ... on What's the Next Big Thing in Tech? It's Up To Us (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    If Americans think globalism is bullshit, I'd like them to stop selling their software, films, music and junk food all over the world.

  20. Re: The desktop is dying! on Tech Shoppers in the UK Ditch Desktop PCs and DVD Players (ofcom.org.uk) · · Score: 1

    That's a very niche market.

  21. Re:A nightmare for freedom, but no benefits? on Beijing To Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Except for all the times they have.

  22. Re:Beijing is creating its own biggest headache on Beijing To Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    From the article: "The Beijing project will improve blacklist systems so that those deemed untrustworthy will be "unable to move even a single step,"

  23. Re:We should cancel NASA's budget... on NASA Will Land InSight on Mars With Cunning -- and Lots of Cork (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    SpaceX is expecting to bleed off 99% of energy by atmospheric braking with its Mars rocket. It might be thin but it can still be useful.

  24. Re:gratuitous insult on Bill Nye: We Are Not Going To Live on Mars, Let Alone Turn It Into Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    It would always make sense. Mars has as much land as Earth, it would be like having a second Earth to live on. It would be easier to terraform Mars than build huge space habitats, and wouldn't be anywhere near as vulnerable to malfunctions and damage.

  25. Re:gratuitous insult on Bill Nye: We Are Not Going To Live on Mars, Let Alone Turn It Into Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    There are plans that could terraform Mars within 50 years, 200 is easily doable. It would just cost a lot of money.