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  1. Re:Least hirsute haplorini on Ancient Tools May Shed Light On the Mysterious 'Hobbit' (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    So if we cut people down to 100 calories a day they should fit in the palm of your hand?

  2. Re:Timeline on Ancient Tools May Shed Light On the Mysterious 'Hobbit' (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Wait until they find the walking trees.

  3. Re:What's next? on Twitter Sued For Giving Voice To Islamic State (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Especially number 1. I have zero fear of ISIS but there are some local threats that cause me to carry a pistol.

  4. Re:fast winds on Kite Power: The Latest In Green Technology (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    If you put it all the way up into the Jet Stream it would be pretty steady.

  5. Re:Brutus on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I know it on an intellectual level. On a gut level though it's frustrating. I'm sure I'll end up voting for one of the establishment cock suckers in the end but I can't help fantasizing about the shocked looked on all those fuckers faces if Trump won. It'd almost be worth having him in the oval office.

  6. Re:invite more people in? on More People In Europe Are Dying Than Are Being Born (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    It's better based on survivability. If you get outnumbered you wont survive. An evolutionary process doesn't take into account your high moral ground. Only grubby and brutal survival matters.

  7. Re:invite more people in? on More People In Europe Are Dying Than Are Being Born (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    I disagree. I feel that by and large the melting pot did work. The thing is that it doesn't happen overnight or without some friction. The one thing is a common language. I feel that having everyone learn English is a big part of it. I don't have a problem with anyone who wants to immigrate to better themselves but I feel they should do so in accordance with US law. To tolerate millions of people flooding in without registering is crazy.

  8. Re:we need a public utility on Are Phone Numbers Doomed To Die? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm a libertarian but the thing is that some things are rightly a function of government. Things like electrical, water, cell and internet need to be managed by someone for the public good. That's government. Buying shares in Chevrolet is bullshit. There is a difference.

  9. Re:Easy Fix on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 2

    Ask them if the police should be able to decrypt "their" phone. I'd bet it would swing to 80 percent saying NO!

  10. Re:Brutus on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    I don't really like Donald...it's just that I dislike the other boobs in the race. In fact, until the national media pundits started teeing off and hating on Trump I didn't like him at all. Somehow the fact that people I despise hate him makes me like him more. I'm so disappointed with US Presidential politics.

  11. Re:Brutus on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Cruz most likely would approve of this Bill. Almost anything at all would be better than Hillary or Jeb! or one of the other Republican establishment losers. I'd love to see Trump VS Sanders for the general election.

  12. Re:we need a public utility on Are Phone Numbers Doomed To Die? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    How about making internet service a public utility?
        It's past time I think.

  13. Re:That sucks on Al Jazeera America Terminates All TV and Digital Operations (theintercept.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It might have had some bias but I'm so used to CBS, MSNBC, CNN and FOX acting as propaganda outlets outlets that they seemed unbiased. It was refreshing to have a channel that mostly just reported the news.

  14. The problem isn't that the nerds need to eat. The problem is the hogs that take over the trough and want it all.

  15. Secure? on Carrier iQ Goes Under, AT&T Buys Assets and Staff (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if anyone is foolish enough to consider their cellphone secure? I assume the bastard is hacked and reporting everything I do and where I am and who I'm talking to at all times. If I ever considered doing anything illegal I'd certainly leave the damn thing at home.

  16. Re:Government should enforce more standards on Switzerland Moves Toward a Universal Phone Charger Standard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If you think she did no wrong in Benghazi then you are blind. The best that can be said there is that maybe she's just stupid but I don't believe that. Just like the e-mail thing. Something that would get any other person in deep shit but it just slid off of her. She's above the law and she knows it. It took her months to even admit she wasn't supposed to have a private server for work e-mail. Months just to deign to admit that she might have done something ever so slightly improper. I can just imagine how arrogant she'll be when she finally gathers the reigns of power that belong to her. She's a cunt. If you don't like it, hate me for it. I'm not taking it back because I believe it to be true. Sure she doesn't care, hell I'm sure below her notice. I'm nothing to people like her. I actually have to work for a living. You know she despises little peons like me that have to obey laws.

  17. Re:Even if we solved all of them... on List of Major Linux Desktop Problems Updated For 2016 (narod.ru) · · Score: 1

    If it's open it can be included in the kernel. It's then operating at a lower level instead of having to work around the blob. This cripples the hardware, without proper driver support it's handicapped. I use the proprietary drivers because that's what works best but it's not the best possible solution. Still and all my situation is better than the AMD people. I don't even buy AMD graphics at all.

  18. Re:Even if we solved all of them... on List of Major Linux Desktop Problems Updated For 2016 (narod.ru) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's the chicken and the egg thing. The more users the more support from hardware makers. If linux was even 5 percent of the market it would make a big difference in the level of support. We're too few to matter.

  19. Re:Even if we solved all of them... on List of Major Linux Desktop Problems Updated For 2016 (narod.ru) · · Score: 2

    I can't help but imagine how things could be if we just got real cooperation from hardware manufacturers. So much bullshit to wade through just to make their shit work. I just installed SolydK on an old Dell E6500 with an NVidia graphics accelerator. I installed scorched3d from the repository and played it with the open source Nvidia driver then installed the proprietary one. It was like night and day. Barely playable without the proprietary ones. Why? How does crippled hardware benefit Nvidia?

  20. Re:Strongly recommended accessory... on Rail Gun Controller Lets You Pack the Heat of Your Air Soft Gun In Any FPS Game (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    If they tried that here you would have a stack of dead cops.

  21. Re:Sounds like a good idea on Brazil's Biggest City Wants To Charge Fees For Uber Rides (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They tax everyone else, why should Uber get a free ride?

  22. Re:Strongly recommended accessory... on Rail Gun Controller Lets You Pack the Heat of Your Air Soft Gun In Any FPS Game (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    You think cops wont shoot a white guy that points a gun at them? Shit, I wouldn't try it. Those guys are paranoid. Whenever I get pulled over at night I make sure my hands are up on the steering wheel where they can see them. Most of them are young, stupid and scared. Then there are the ones that get turned on by any chance to shoot somebody. If you think they wont shoot a white guy if they feel threatened you're a fool.

  23. Re:Just upgraded from a Lumia 928 to 950 on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    I went to the AT&T store just yesterday looking at one of those. I've had an android phone too long to ever adapt to that. 5 minutes playing with it and I couldn't stand it. They couldn't give it to me. I'm sure if you're not an android or ios user it might work good for you but I don't see many people switching to it.

  24. Re:Like that scene from The Princess Bride... on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell yes. Nokia had it all and threw it all away.

  25. Re:Move past local apps on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? For me there is no such thing as "good enough." It's never good enough, I always want more. It starts off okay but then I wish it was faster and I wish it had this or that. Nothing is ever fast enough or energy efficient enough or have enough battery life or something else that isn't apparent at first but becomes evident over time.