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  1. worker's toolbox on Robots Are Taking Some Jobs, But Not All: World Bank (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Workers have to own their robots.
    A robot is your toolbox.
    Some workers have their tools supplied by the boss.
    A good tradesman has his own tools and keeps them sharp and fit for purpose.
    Well tradies, robots are your new tools, code is your sharpening stone.

  2. No, it's the rule of greed that says send your work to countries with cheap labour and maximise profits.
    Japan did the same thing years ago, they learned fast how to do it better than the fucking Yanks.
    Now China is doing it on a vastly different scale.
    They are going to fuck us over so bad we'll have a new appreciation of what our arses are for.
    Now just bend over and take it like a man.

  3. doing stuff on Miners Say They Dig AI But the Gold Rush Hasn't Come (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    What's the reason we people do stuff ???
    It's to fill in our time and to put our energies toward the common good.
    The aim of ultra automation is to leave most people sitting on their arses twiddling their thumbs.
    We've lost our direction and our purpose for being is fucked up.

  4. it's alright to use personal data so long as there is agreement before using and payment for use.

  5. Microsoft would have to be the least trustworthy arseholes.
    Do they think their shit don't stink ???

  6. There isn't anything stopping a credit card transaction from sending the funds directly to a tax haven.

  7. If Gates says it's good, it's probably bad.

  8. manipulated markets on Price Of Bitcoin Rises 27%, While Price of Bitcoin Cash Triples (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Markets are constantly manipulated to the benefit of a few at the cost of most and the biggest loser is truth.

  9. where's piratebay, or is it like Pirates of the Caribbean and the piratebay sites are just ghosts.
    So does my vpn keep me safe from snooping authorities ?

  10. lots of trucks on Elon Musk Unveils 1.14-Mile Boring Company Tunnel (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    it's not about how fast you bore, it's about how fast you can take away the dirt.
    that's just a fecking lot of trucks

  11. only way to beat plastics on Giant Trap Deployed To Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean Isn't Working (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    the only way to beat plastics is the smart people who invented the chemistry have to invent a way to undo the molecular chains to safe components.

  12. of course it isn't
    it's drifting at the same rate as the plastic bits propelled by the same forces
    you fecking ijots

  13. a lifetime of the doctor on Doctor Who Won't Return Until 2020 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Never liked Peter, I'm warming to Jodie.
    A female doctor was a courageous move and has added a positive flavour to the doctor.
    Over 50 years watching dr who, I can wait a couple of years

  14. employee's skills on 'Send Noncompete Agreements Back To the Middle Ages' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You get employed because you have skills gained from working in the field.
    The employer wants a new employee to hit the floor running.
    But they don't want those skills taken to the next employer.
    They are the employees skills, not the employers skills.
    A company is the sum of the abilities of their employees.

  15. Amazon's own monetary system on Amazon Enters Blockchain Market With Cloud-Computing Services (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So dangerous,
    Amazon is already eclipsing all other companies
    but having it's own monetary system is just insane
    one worldwide money, accounting, tax, trading

  16. pity us oldies just don't trust FaceAche

  17. I want to see billions of trees planted ASAP

  18. New World Order on 'Jeff Bezos is Wrong, Tech Workers Are Not Bullies' (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    When my new CEO stood up on stage and announced "our company is going to have record profits because it is aligned with the New World Order" I left the following Friday.

  19. All's fair in love and war on Russia Jammed GPS During Major NATO Military Exercise With US Troops (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    All's fair in love and war.
    I hope they are still able to operate with map and compass and aim their guns with slide rule calculations.
    The next world war could quickly devolve into a good old fashioned hand to hand blood bath.

  20. tracking petrol price fluctuations would be immense

  21. can't eat virtual cash on A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    if it was based on cash - well you can't eat cash,
    but it's based on blockchain - virtual cash - well you can't eat virtual cash either
    fecking air heads - go out in the desert and fecking die.
    (hmmm - sorry - that's not very nice)

  22. code written in Chinese on English Has the Scientific Edge -- For Now (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Think about having English as your first language and maintaining code written in Chinese.

  23. server / client network on Tim Berners-Lee Says Tech Giants May Have To Be Split Up (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Well Tim, you are also responsible by creating the internet as a server / client network.
    This has caused concentration of data and control.
    Dick head, it has to be changed to peer - peer topology.

  24. movement of money on Germany Urges Global Minimum Tax For Digital Giants (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Tax the movement of money, not profits.
    Tax both sides of all transactions - buying and selling, transferring money overseas or account to account.
    no tax deductions.
    cash gets taxed when it is withdrawn or deposited,
    how to tax circulated cash, I dunno, maybe a high tax on cash to cover projected recirculation.

  25. railgun on Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    base it on a railgun
    good for 5000 mile an hour
    why stop at 1000