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  1. Huh? on Bill Gates: AI Is The 'Holy Grail' (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are we taking predictions from a guy who didn't think the Web was a thing until it was obviously a thing?

  2. Re:I agree, MS could have still employed them. on Finnish Government Criticizes Microsoft For Job Cuts, 'Broken Promises' (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    All Microsoft needs to do is realize that there is a lot of pent-up demand for a top-notch, modern Linux distro that doesn't force systemd on its users.

    Well, I realized the other day that I should be the Queen of England, but here we are.

  3. Re:Lol... on Employers Struggle To Find Workers Who Can Pass A Drug Test · · Score: 1

    I make $500,000.000/year

    It's your attention to detail that sets you apart from the average man.

  4. Isn't wiki software open? Start your own encyclopedia.

  5. that's not begging the question on Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    tisn't

  6. 5. Bell the cat

  7. That's not.... on GoPro Footage Gives You A Rocket's-Eye View Of Spaceflight (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1
  8. He may or may not have fixed your car, and every time the you check you influence the outcome

    So... like my real mechanic.

  9. It would matter if they voted. But they don't. So it doesn't.

  10. Re:50% from tax dodges TANSTAAFL on 40% of Silicon Valley's Profits (But Not Sales) Came from Apple (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    Tax the corps and they pass it through as price increases

    I agree with you, but I also don't think that tax decreases will be passed through to the consumer.

  11. Circle of Life on Human Limbs Evolved From Shark Fins Thanks To Sonic Hedgehog Gene (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shark evolves gills.
    Gills evolve into arms.
    Arms evolve into man.
    Man invents laser.
    Shark gets laser on head.

  12. Black Americans commit a vastly larger number of crimes than any other demographic.

    "Commit"? Or are they disproportionately stopped and searched? Are blacks and whites prosecuted with equal vigor and under the same charges for the same transgressions? The a lot of little factors sum up to "commit" data, one way or the other.

  13. The judge is correct on Worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster Isn't a Real Religion, Court Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the judge wrote "there must be a line beyond which a practice is not 'religious' simply because a plaintiff labels it as such

    The judge is quite right here, unfortunately for him the Constitution expressly forbids Congress - and by extension him - from drawing that line.

  14. That's not begging the question on Piracy Fails To Prevent Another Box Office Record (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    love, Mom

  15. Uncool on Facebook Users Are Sharing Less and It's a Big Problem (fortune.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your mom and General Motors are on Facebook.

  16. Re:Apple sold 13 million iPhone 6s/6s+ in 3 days on Tesla Says Model 3 Had 'Biggest One-Week Launch of Any Product Ever' (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    That would be enough to cause a crash in the oil market

    Why not divert that oil to produce electricity?

  17. I hear this in Clouseau's voice on Japan's $273 Million Satellite Has Broken Up Into 'Multiple Pieces' (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    "That's a priceless satellite!"

    "Not anymore."

  18. Re:When it ends in PORN... on Names That Break Computers (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Lucas used a modified Winchester 44-40 1892 model rifle.

  19. who'd promised 300 guineas for a chance to examine Shakespeare's skull, but who then reneged after learning it had been stolen from Shakespeare's grave

    How did he expect to get the chance to examine it exactly?

  20. having a pool of known terrorists

    If we know who they are, why do we need all that data too?

  21. We are screwed, blued, and tattooed.

  22. The guy's last name alone is an unbreakable password.

  23. Re:Unions have major problems too on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Work smart, not hard.

    Every company says to "work smarter, not harder". But god forbid they catch you not working harder.

  24. Re:This is why America needs President Trump on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Trump would do exactly the same as before, call it a different name, declare it a great success, and then distract the media with bombast.

  25. Re:American people should have a voice on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    We had a decision in 2012. Done and done.