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  1. Re:Thank you leftists on iPhone's Summer Production Glitches Create Holiday Jitters (wsj.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    These supply shortfalls are related to increased labor and environmental regulation by leftists.

    This is China. What labor and environmental regulations are you babbling about?

  2. I would rather they spent their working days naming post offices, but that's just me.

  3. Re:The Republicans own Congress on The Trump Administration Has Announced the End of DACA -- Unless Congress Can Act To Save It (recode.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even more so: to save the ACA, Republicans can simply do nothing (and they are). To save DACA, they must by means of legislation affirmatively extend it or make it permanent. Not happening.

  4. Re:it was a scam on Juicero, Maker of the Infamous $400 Juicer, Is Shutting Down (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't know I needed that video in my life, but I did. It's redneck zen.

  5. It seems like the "peers," instead of testing the new theoretical proof, are instead simply looking for errors in it because they refuse to believe that someone has solved it when they could not.

    You don't "test" math proofs. They are either true, or they are not. If they have errors, then you got good ol' TPATWTCIF.

  6. The original sentence flows more smoothly without any commas at all while still being unambiguous in structure. This is one of those cases where less punctuation is more. (Disclaimer: I, too, tend to overuse commas, as my brain thinks, incorrectly, that the mental pause it elicits conveys gravitas.)

  7. Re:I have the opposite on We Can't Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    They can't control you if you don't listen.

  8. I have the opposite on We Can't Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    I have a deep, intense fear that I will fail to miss out on the news. This fear is usually validated by the weekly shitstorm on my FB feed. Also, when /. posts "current events" articles.

  9. Re: You have ask why? on Sony Blocks Yet Another Game From Cross-Console Play With Xbox One (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    You're forgiven and forgotten SecuROM pretty quickly.

  10. Re:Yeah, but it's not a problem... on Code42 Says Crashplan Backup Service Will Discontinue All Personal Backup Plans (crashplan.com) · · Score: 1

    I assure you, I back up all the seconds!

  11. Yeah, but it's not a problem... on Code42 Says Crashplan Backup Service Will Discontinue All Personal Backup Plans (crashplan.com) · · Score: 0

    ...because everyone has a backup of the backup, right? It's supposed to be backups, all the way down...

  12. Re:Are we sure that it's a free spech issue? on WordPress Bans Fascist Website Linked To Charlottesville Killer (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, so, I need to get this cake, see...

  13. Re:Where is the evidence? on No Cash For Hate, Say Mainstream Crowdfunding Firms (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    You need to remember the biblical admonition against throwing pearls before swine. GP knows exactly WTF this guy did, and is being a parrot. Your effort is wasted on him.

    I'm sorry.

  14. Re:Well, that's done then on Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    "Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen, Gretchen. It's not going to happen!"

  15. Re:Well, that's done then on Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 2

    Diplomatic relations are based on reciprocity. Germany would be well within their rights to reciprocate by halting intelligence-sharing activities with the US. If a specifically appropriate reciprocal response is unavailable (for instance, if there were no intelligence-sharing to halt), a well-honored tradition in diplomatic relations is to expel diplomats (as Russia did recently in response to US sanctions). Reciprocity is what makes bilateral relations work.

    The problem here is that there IS no possible (internationally legal and acceptable) reciprocal response to physical harm. There must be a response, but it cannot be in any way close to what the Cubans did here. Since physical security of diplomats is paramount in diplomatic law, there is no *actual* diplomatic relationship here, anymore.

  16. Well, that's done then on Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    Immunity and protection are the precepts of diplomatic law. Without them there are no diplomatic relations. Time to take our ball and go home.

  17. I got the joke, even if no one else did. Also, that damn jingle is in my head, now; thanks.

  18. This post isn't called 'what phone should I buy?'

    No one cares what phone you have.

    Quoth the GP:

    What's the best dumb flip-phone these days?

  19. Re:Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=political...

    You can ignore the Breitbart link, if you like. Seriously, what search terms were you using????

    Here, I'll pick one out of the list for you: http://thehill.com/homenews/ca...

    That wasn't hard.

  20. Re:Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 1
  21. Re: Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    And to be clear, we're talking out tens of millions of dollars. So, not "a handful."

  22. Re: Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    It's no secret that most people do not donate to political cause they believe in, much less ones they don't. And given that FEC donation information is the best (possibly only) indicator we have of political affiliation, you need to show that a 90% skew in favor of democrats in all donations is somehow statistically insignificant.

  23. Re:Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    See my post above responding to AC. You are incorrect.

  24. Re:Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In almost every branch of the federal government, employees who donate to democrats outnumber those who donate to republicans more than 10-1. This is no less true of the State Dept. Defense Dept employees (that covers the NSA) gave 84%, and DHS gave 75% of their contributions to democrats, so they aren't quite as liberal, as a whole, as the State Dept. The only exception is the US Postal Service, where the numbers are almost (but not quite) in parity.

    Fact: Civil servants (including intelligence services) aren't just liberal; they're liberal enough to put their money on it.

    [source: Federal Election Commission report from 2016 election. You can search it at fec.gov, or find report breakdowns at many outlets.]

  25. Re:Vague accusations from one of Trump's people on Intelligence Chairman Accuses Obama Aids of Hundreds of Unmasking Requests (thehill.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not a stretch. Our intelligence services are staffed by life-long civil servants (who are predominantly liberal), and journalists are overwhelmingly liberal, also. After the JournoList revelation, there is no doubt in my mind that the press was an extension of Obama's executive branch.