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  1. Pot Calling Kettle Black on Facebook Are 'Morally Bankrupt Liars' Says New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you are in New Zealand, you can get up to 10 years in jail just for having the shooter's manifesto in your possession:

    Link Here

    Ten Years. For having a hateful text document on your computer.

    I would call that morally bankrupt.

  2. Re:A toilet for every street corner in SF on Gates Foundation Spent $200 Million Funding Toilet Research (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Is that too much to ask? Just send the bill to Salesforce and Twitter.

    San Francisco voters approved Measure C yesterday to tax Salesforce, Twitter, and every other business with more than $50 million in revenue in order to fund solutions to the homeless problem. The tax is .5% of gross revenue. The measure was promoted by the CEO of Salesforce but opposed by the CEO of Twitter.

    The measure however might be challenged in court because it is a new tax and probably won't get 2/3rds of the vote, which is needed if a new tax is proposed by government officials. SInce Measure C was proposed by a group of citizens, it might only need 50% + 1.

  3. Government blocks new housing on High Housing Prices In Tech Cities Are Now Raising Home Prices In Other States (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    In San Francisco, where rents are sky-high , a developer has been trying to build 75 new housing units since 2014. He has been battling the city and local activists: More info

    Berkeley throws roadblock on developing a parking lot into 260 units: More info

    "From 2007 to 2014, San Francisco only approved half of the building permits necessary to accommodate its growth, the San Francisco Business Times reported." Source

  4. Re:I've always hated Python because... on Twelve Malicious Python Libraries Found and Removed From PyPI (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Python 2 or 3 or whatever it is now?

    I'm on Mac so I'm stuck with Python 2 because of some reason that has never been explained in a way that makes any sense: it was all just hearsay.

    You are not stuck on Python 2.

    Python 3 is easily installable on the Mac: Click here.
    3 steps if you already have Xcode installed. One step if you already have homebrew installed.

  5. Good ol' fashioned Lexus Lanes, if you have money then of course you're not a threat!



    Global Entry is $100 and is good for 5 years - that's $20 a year, or less than the cost of checking a single bag. It also give you TSA Pre-Check. Chances are that if you can afford to fly internationally, you can afford $20/year.
  6. Denmark vs. Pakistan on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Countries with the highest rates of drinking: Denmark and Norway
    Countries with the lowest rates of drinking: Pakistan and Bangladesh.

    I'm betting people are happier in Denmark and Norway vs. Pakistan and Bangladesh. They certainly are wealthier, healthier, and live longer.

    Maybe drinking is good?

  7. Aren't board of directors elected? on California May Become First State To Require Companies To Have Women On Their Boards (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The board of directors of a public company are elected by the shareholders. So how can a company ensure that the stockholders will elect a board which contains at least one woman? I recognize that in most cases, board members are recommended by the company itself and stockholder almost always vote in favor of the company's choices, but still....

  8. I will love spending the extra money for a wireless charger at home, at work and in the car. Assuming I can find a place to put the wireless charger in the car.

  9. Firefox lost me years ago on 'Why I'm Switching From Chrome To Firefox and You Should Too' (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 0

    I was a huge fan of Firefox until 2013, when they made their big U/I change that most people didn't like. https://www.ghacks.net/2013/11.... Mozilla's attitude of making changes and ignoring their users will keep me from going back.

  10. Quintupling your population is not sustainable on Coastal Megacity Karachi Is Running Out of Water (earther.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pakistan has gone from 40 million people in 1955 to 200 million in 2018. That is a 5 times increase in less than 65 years. Is there anyone who thinks that is sustainable? http://www.worldometers.info/w...