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  1. AI will benefit everyone on Futurist Predicts AI Will Take Jobs, Benefiting the Rich But Not Workers (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Like all disruptive industry technologies, It will generate new sources of wealth and make services that used to be expensive and labor intensive cheaper and more accessible.

  2. I don't need to feel like a hero on Linux Mint 19.2 'Tina' is On the Way, But the Developers Seem Defeated and Depressed (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I just want to get paid and be on a development team that isn't sloppy.

  3. It will get squandered, spent poorly, and there will be no accountability when the program goes over budget and the same lawmakers look for more money to squeeze.

  4. Re:Drops the energy efficiency of EVs below ICEs on Oslo Will Build Wireless Chargers For Electric Taxis in Zero-Emissions Push (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Efficiency is not the only factor to consider. Convenience also plays a role. For example, I have air powered tools that are inefficient relative to the electric ones, in terms of energy used, but the convenience they provide by being smaller and lighter than the electric tool counterparts outweighs this.

  5. Re:My bud's been looking for a few years now on Number of Workers in Jobs That Can Be Automated Falls (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Is your friend pursuing jobs beyond entry level, and is he putting any effort into training for a profession?

  6. Re: No, thank you. on Consumer Groups Want To Tax Facebook To Save Journalism (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Fearmongering is not just a free market issue. Politicians do it all the time.

  7. Re:The internet does not need saving on Democrats Introduce 'Save the Internet Act' To Restore Net Neutrality (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Somebody is triggered

  8. The internet does not need saving on Democrats Introduce 'Save the Internet Act' To Restore Net Neutrality (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    The internet is doing just fine, and deregulation is what allowed it to become an amazing miracle that has benefited everybody on the globe. And yes, for all of the misgivings about the spooky, corporation$, I trust them more than I trust the government.

  9. 40 Gbps on a 40 Gbps cable? on USB 4 Will Support Thunderbolt and Double the Speed of USB 3.2 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Well this is some seriously impressive backwards compatibility.

  10. In a free market, absolutely on Goldman Sachs Asks: 'Is Curing Patients a Sustainable Business Model?' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In an unregulated market, competitors could compete directly on price and quality of care.

  11. This won't crack down on human trafficking on House Bill Requires Pornography Filter on All Phones, Computers Purchased in Kansas (cjonline.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe that human traffickers need to be castrated, however a fee of $20 per device won't fund or be effective against human trafficking. Legalizing sex work between consenting adults will go farther to reduce it.

  12. You can source parts oversees on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You are able to sourcing parts oversees and mark your product as "assembled" in the USA.

  13. Some of the Obama era protections were wrong on Google Urged the US To Limit Protection for Activist Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    If you are using a resource someone else owns and pays for (such as corporate email) then on principle they should be allowed to set the limits for the use of that resource. Encrypted email services are cheap and free, and workers are free to organize their gripes outside of those channels.

  14. Re:Not going to happen on Android Q Will Include More Ways For Carriers To SIM Lock Your Phone (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    Regulation is big businesses way to keeping smaller businesses from being able to afford to compete. For example, Amazon and Walmart both support higher minimum laws, because they can afford it, but their smaller competition can't.

  15. You are not "being screwed" on Streaming TV May Never Again Be as Simple, or as Affordable, as It is Now (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    This is an unpopular decision, however you are not "being screwed" by a company deciding to charge a different value for streaming its movies. There is plenty of consumable streaming media even if the ecosystem for it splinters.

  16. "I'm pretty good with humor, but potty jokes incense me" said no person who was good with jokes ever.

  17. Re:Someone Somewhere on Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Poses New Questions for Religious Leaders (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    If there is enough of a market demand for "non-lab grown meat" then the suppliers of that can voluntarily label their product as such.

  18. Rich people mad at poors on People Are Harassing Waymo's Self-Driving Vehicles (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Soon people less affluent will be able to gain access to cheaper transportation, and those Teslas are coming down in price and the middle class can now afford them. This is an outrage that deserves protest.

  19. True pixels? on Apple Lied About iPhone X Screen Size and Pixel Count, Lawsuit Alleges (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wasn't aware that for a pixel to be "true", it had to have a red,green,and blue subpixel. There are plenty of cell phones with LCD subpixel shapes that aren't "RGB" subpixels either. These can be for a myriad of design trade-offs, but at the high resolutions of those small displays, it's not really that noticeable. Older CRT televisions weren't "true" in their rbg pixel resolutions either.

  20. Re:That's why we need rich people on Sean Parker Builds Beach-Access App To Atone For His Rule-Violating Wedding (wral.com) · · Score: 2

    I believe that everyone should follow the same rules, there should just be less rules overall.

  21. Their designs are decent, but I've never seen them as a value proposition.

  22. College should be training for a career or job on Who'd Go To University Today? (spiked-online.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the job or career path can't reasonably pay back, then unless you have extra cash, a different path should be taken. Trade schools can be gateways to decent jobs and cost a fraction, and even if you do take college courses, things can be done to make them cheaper: A community college has a lot of inexpensive, transferable, General education credits. In my engineering program, one of my classmates was simultaneously taking engineering courses at my university and driving to a nearby community college for the Calculus courses.

  23. Other than sounding fancy and futuristic, why not just mix a bunch of proteins together like all other fake meat does?

  24. Google pay, paypal, prepaid and debit cards on NYC Politician Wants To Ban Cashless Restaurants (eater.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    A politician grossly out of touch with what technology is actually available? Well I never

  25. More choice is good on There Are Way Too Many Streaming Services · · Score: 0

    I don't have to pay for the things I am not interested in, and if I am interested in something and don't feel like subscribing to the service, well, tough luck, I am not entitled to everything I want in this world.