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  1. "The five petabytes of data took up such a massive amount of digital and physical space it couldn't be sent over the internet.'

    Subcontract the job to the adult video industry.

  2. Hard problem. Letâ(TM)s get started. on LA County Is Using An Algorithm To Clear 50,000 Pot Convictions Faster (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    if Prisoner race is Caucasian then continue consideration, else return false.

  3. In Mark's defense: on Mark Zuckerberg Wants The Government To Help Police Internet Content (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Government(s): "Fix it so it's better!"

    Mark: "What would you like it to look like?"

    Governments: "We don't know! You decide! But we'll know it if we see it, and will punish you if we don't like it!" ...He's just asking for the kind of regulatory oversight that most communications businesses eventually receive.

    I don't do Facebook and I wish it would go away. But he's not wrong here.

  4. Affairs happen all the time. And the majority go undiscovered and fade into the past without terminating the relationship.

    Given that nothing seems to stem the tide of infidelity, it seems to me that the cashless society would cause a rise in the divorces.

  5. Who said anything about drug abuse? on USA Today Tech Columnist: Millennials Will Live To See a Cashless World (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I mentioned alcohol abuse... but only drug use. Not abuse. Conflating one to the other is a mistake.

    I'm saying a happy, balanced life is not necessarily the normal state of man. Mostly balanced, okay.

    "I personally have no respect for people who don't have the courage to lose complete control of their lives for a few years." - Marc Maron

  6. The cashless society is a mistake on USA Today Tech Columnist: Millennials Will Live To See a Cashless World (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The cashless society is only of interest to that portion of the population with absolutely nothing to hide. And I donâ(TM)t trust those people even a little bit.

    No way to buy some mushrooms or hash... no hiding your hotel tryst from your spouse... no way to hide your alcohol abuse from your insurance company... if there isnâ(TM)t something you want to hide from prying eyes youâ(TM)re living life wrong.

  7. Thatâ(TM)s right! But... on President Trump Wants US To Win 5G Through Real Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You canâ(TM)t tell the useful idiots that theyâ(TM)re idiots if you need them. And she needed some of them.

    She couldnâ(TM)t smile and nod, and let these people believe theyâ(TM)re important. She was a terrible candidate.

  8. Re: Not a Spotify customer and never will be, then on Spotify Bans Ad Blockers In Updated ToS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    âoeAnd nothing of value was lost.â

    Are you referring to your traffic on their site? Then yes. I agree.

  9. Sure. Pick on apostrophe usage. on Highest Court In Indiana Set To Decide If You Can Be Forced To Unlock Your Phone (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    âAre you trying to spell "parties"?â(TM)

    The last bastion of people with no argument and no footing - go to minor grammar issues. Thatâ(TM)s not contributing or challenging. Itâ(TM)s just assholery.

  10. Are you kidding me? on LSD Changes Something About the Way People Perceive Time, Even At Microdoses (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    How is this news? In 2000 I took 6 tabs and we somehow stumbled across the South Park movie on TV. It lasted for eight hours and our chests hurt from laughing.

    Acid makes 5 minutes feel like an hour. Did that need studying?

  11. None of this is true on Yellow Vests Knock Out 60 Percent of All Speed Cameras In France (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was born in 1970 my father cut hair and my mother worked at the post office. We lived in a trailer until I was 9. I didnâ(TM)t go to post secondary school. Yet somehow my parents are retiring in comfort in a $400,000 condo with comfortable savings. I lead a team of industrial software developers, and my total compensation in 2018 was about $180,000. They did not get money to start out and neither did I.

    I donâ(TM)t discount that some people start out in a negative, but declaring that everybody needs to inherit some amount of wealth to be successful is an easy out for some.

    Now, donâ(TM)t think I donâ(TM)t understand that the luxury of starting from zero is a Caucasian perk. My parents were employed. I never went hungry.

  12. Not American - Don't know the Kate Steinle story on Google Shifted $23 Billion To Tax Haven Bermuda in 2017, Filing Shows (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    So I thought I'd look it up.

    https://www.businessinsider.co...

    I could have predicted it would be a lot more complicated than your post made it out to be. Step #1 in the misinformation playbook - strip all context from the discussion, and paint things in broad, simplistic - and inaccurate - terms.

  13. When did this become a thing? on 'The Five-Paragraph Essay Must Die' (psmag.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm serious. The 5 paragraph essay is something with which I am completely unfamiliar. Is this some kind of gateway to literacy?

  14. Am I missing something? on System76 Thelio Computer is Open Source, Linux-Powered, and Made in the USA (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    âoeThelio Systems are designed to be easily expandable, making personalizing the computer a tantalizingly easy process. Slip in drives, add memory, and upgrade graphics cards at will.â

    Like every Windows-based machine I have bought and built since 1995?

  15. Alternative autism. Great. on FDA Approves First New Flu Drug In 20 Years (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Low hanging fruit, I know...

  16. "I think it's insance to see people doing 80 mpg when it's snowing..."

    Damn. Where can I buy one of those?

  17. Re:Use good passwords on Hashcat Developer Discovers Simpler Way To Crack WPA2 Wireless Passwords (hashcat.net) · · Score: 1

    Why would you limit yourself to 15 characters? Mine is 63 characters of gibberish. Cut/Paste from my phone's KeePass client.

    If you must give it to somebody, do it in email with no context. Knowing the password doesn't help when you don't know what network it's for.

  18. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not a valid comparison. If the tobacco sellers stop selling tobacco, the result is people don't get to smoke.If the oil companies turn off the tap, people will die.

    And even if they had put up their hands decades ago and said, "Hey, this isn't good for the environment, and it'll heat up the planet causing all sorts of problems!", would it have changed behaviours at all? The mountain of evidence available now isn't good enough to do that today.

  19. "It's more likely to be two bucks a pound less than regular stuff, eventually and you probably won't be able to tell the difference either in terms of nutrition, taste or texture."

    Meat changes texture as it gets used. Chuck and tenderloin wind up being very different. Unless you've got a machine working that vat full of meat stuff, it's never going to have the taste and texture of the real thing.

  20. So the organisation can invest in one guy for part of a year, provided the founders don't get any of it. Essentially they expect that the replacement is somehow under way and mostly funded through other means - this is meant as a tiny little top-up.

  21. "...but some wily students think that investing in Ethereum or Ripple may be a better investment than a bachelor's degree in comparative English literature."

    I wish to see your venn diagram.

  22. Jackass Nitpicking on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    "jackass: anyone expressing things I don't like."

    Well, no. Pretty much any idea can be presented with jackassery or without.

  23. Credibility and Integrity? on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Those things only take a hit if your goal with your site is to be a beacon of free expression. These numbnuts damage the credibility and integrity of the site simply by being present on it.

    Frankly, given the unending game of whack-a-mole that is banning individuals, I think this is a perfectly elegant alternative.

    The internet doesn't owe you a place to be a jackass. Don't like it? Start your own site.

  24. HAHAHAHAHA

  25. Well... add in the ancillary costs on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    There's also the energy taken up running the computer systems used to view all that porn. That's a considerably larger amount.