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  1. The value you get from stopping people from knowing that information is that you can then exchange that info for something else. The value you get from stopping people from getting access to x, be it land, or something you made, or whatever is that you can then charge for obtaining that x.

  2. Re:doubt the viability on Hyperloop One Reveals Test Track Progress (computerworld.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Except if it is nonsense, they are doing a lousy job of demonstrating it is the case.

  3. doubt the viability on Hyperloop One Reveals Test Track Progress (computerworld.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Doubting the viability is one thing, but what people have been saying here is outright rejection.

  4. Religious persecution on How Seven Movie Studios Forced A Pirated Movie Site Offline (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    I maintain that I have a religious belief in the invalidity of intellectual property along the lines of Kopimism. This is a stronger defense than just freedom of speech issues. Don't know about it actually getting tested in court, though.

  5. Copyright law is government infringement. on How Seven Movie Studios Forced A Pirated Movie Site Offline (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Copyright law is first and foremost the thing I have a problem with and then any behavior that is the result of the existence of the law.

  6. If intellectual property is abolished, there will be no piracy, so in a way you are correct.

  7. What if I told you that it wasn't for farmers. on Proof Daylight Saving Time Is Dumb, Dangerous, and Costly (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.bing.com/search?q=... The very first result pokes fun at farmers for being against daylight savings time. I expect the other links to support that it wasn't for farmers.

  8. Flyover country on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Make Novice Programmers More Professional? · · Score: 1

    He could reside in "flyover country". https://www.wired.com/2017/03/...

  9. Re:New on Report: Up To 15% Of Twitter Accounts Are Bots (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    No... in fact, I've seen someone comment "Moderated troll for quoting the summary, that's a new one!", before. You must be new... 738835... oh forget it!

  10. Just wait until you discover emoji.

  11. Thinking of using any software to do anything complex is great until you actually use it.

  12. How their buttons work... on New Bill Would Allow Employers To Demand Genetic Testing From Workers (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    ...on their clothes. Pardon me if that was meat to be the joke.

  13. Re: What for vs Why on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What for implies something was given in exchange. Why is a more open ended question.

  14. More than one claim can be made in one assertion on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That businesses aren't hiring wasn't the only assertion. He further asserted that the reason that businesses weren't hiring was because they were punishing Obama and not for the more apparent to some that new regulations made it appear either less profitable or more risky to hire. That was the assertion he had a problem with.

  15. Two words you seem to have overlooked in your quote: Large as in large companies and foreign as in taxes paid to nations that are not the US. My parsing is usually poor, so I can't come at this from a position of smug superiority, but the fact remains.

  16. Re: Frends and enemies obscures one perspective on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Competition and buyers and sellers are another way of looking at things. In this model you want to get good terms for you from people who in that other framework are friends who you might want to give some sort of "slack" to, and enemies who you wish some sort of harm to. In this other paradigm, people are expected to be more involved in making sure their side of the exchange is acceptable to them.

  17. And non-hospital health companies on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    One mental health company in my area grew to include general practitioners and merged with a pharmacy. My current health company includes a hospital among its facilities/complexes.

  18. Trump's power on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump's power comes not from what he does but what he theatens to do. non-US businesses are among those who apparently are taking Trump's threats to enact new tariffs seriously which seems to be the only thing I can see from Trump to affect things, though there are probably private conversations I am not privy to as well.

  19. Re: Because features are bad for some reason? on How Many Snapchat Clones Does It Take For Facebook To Lose Its Self-Respect? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So that explains Slashdot's relative lack of features I guess, but I almost forgot about their "beta" (non)features and I am beginning to request the desktop site on my phone as well. Slashdot must be more successful than I realize.
    And the decisions you pointed out aren't the only decisions those brands made, so it isn't clear what other decisions they did and did not make effected things.

  20. Because features are bad for some reason? on How Many Snapchat Clones Does It Take For Facebook To Lose Its Self-Respect? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Only one piece of software is allowed to have a given feature. In fact, forget about any software but the first to use the standard internet stack. They should all have to define their own protocols and figure out how to convince network device manufacturers to use their protocols. For that matter... Food? No two people should be allowed to eat the same food. All restaurants should have to come up with a completely new dish for every customer. Language? Everyone should come up with their own words.

  21. Your ideas intrigue me. Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to?

  22. So you're seriously telling me... on Ancient Technique Can Dramatically Improve Memory, Research Suggests (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    ...there's nothing that is sold on Amazon by any of the vendors that you could ever possibly want?

  23. Re:remembering the search engine name. on Ancient Technique Can Dramatically Improve Memory, Research Suggests (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Try Bing, it has less letters so there's more room to remember other important things like Brawndo is what plants crave. But seriously, you can earn points redeemable for things like Microsoft or Amazon gift cards.

  24. Re:AMD laughing all the way to the bank on Project Scorpio Next-Generation Xbox Gaming Console Debuts In Microsoft Store (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    That's SKUs not skews. Stock Keeping Units. https://www.bing.com/search?q=...

  25. Don't worry... after doing it enough times you will get over it not feeling right. On that note, today I commented on how people feel obligated to buy things from restaurants if they go in to use the restroom, but not at grocery and department stores, so I preferred to use the restroom at a KMart and not a Long John Silver's. I browsed the merchandise at the KMart and I can see why the Sears/KMart company is doing so poorly. They had a video playing in the toddler's clothes section to the left of the electronics section. The electronics section had many empty spaces for televisions and the display televisions they did have were all off. The toy section to the right of the electronics section had items strewn all over the place and not neatly arranged.
    This is actually quite fun. You should try it. I can see how people wouldn't care for actually reading it though. Still better than the copy and paste drivel.