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  1. ntr

  2. Nice straw man from a communist.

  3. And if we had spent the R&D money back in the '70s to continue the nuclear energy program we wouldn't have this problem at all. FTFA

  4. Governments are largely incompetent on Governments 'Not on Track' To Cap Temperatures at Below 2 Degrees: UN (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Governments are largely incompetent - leave this to markets. The issues are being worked on. Just get these idiot bureaucrats out of the way.

  5. Kill the student loan programs. on 30% of America's Student Loan Borrowers Can't Keep Up After Six Years (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Leftie: "Everyone should go to University! It's a Human Right!"
    Normie: "Er, everyone can go to university. What's the problem?"
    Leftie: "NOOO! Poor Brown people can't because Poor, Brown, Misogyny, Racism, Patriarchy, NAZIS!"
    Normie: "Huh? We have bursary programs. Kids with good grades can fill out a form and get their education paid for. So what's the problem?"
    Leftie: "REEEEEEEEEEEE! Everyone should go to University! It's a Human Right! REEEEEEEEEEEE!"
    Normie: (sigh) "Ok, assuming you're right, how do you propose to pay for all that. University education is expensive."
    Leftie: "Well tax the rich of course! Tax the evillll corporations!"
    Normie: "Fuck Off"

    Leftie thinks about this for a while rubbing 2 brain cells together then comes back.

    Leftie: "I've got it! Why not a student loan program! We can setup yet another government bureaucracy to manage it! Big Government YAY!"
    Rightie: "Hmmm, my banker friends would like that. They can profiteer from that. I think we need to ask University Administrators what they think of this."
    Universities: "So what you're saying is we can take everyone in and we'll just get paid no matter what? HOLY SHIT THAT'S FANTASTIC!!!!"

    Results:

    Now Universities are all about asses-on-seats and not about higher learning.
    It gets worse. Universities pressure professors and threaten their tenure if they fail too many students. Sorry Quantum Field Theory is hard...
    It gets worse. Universities emphasize retardo courses like gender studies, intersectionality, postmodernism, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc..
    It gets worse. Kids get saddled with 50000 of debt and useless degrees living at home with mommy and daddy into their 30's.
    It gets worse. Now we have a situation where universities can charge whatever they want for tuition fees. 200+% over CPI.
    It gets worse. Because courses get dumbed down Industry has trouble finding good candidates and therefore look outside. > 50% PHDs are H1B visas.

    Solution: Kill the student loan programs. Whoops not so easy when the Banks, Government and University Administrations all support it.

  6. Fermi Paradox finally explained! on Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ntr

  7. JavaScript itself is a vulnerability. Why do I have domain blocking of CSS but not JS in browsers?

  8. Liberalism is dead on The Consequences of Indecency (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Enjoy mad max millennials. Maybe your grandkids will rediscover real liberal principles. Or Not. At least it's an answer to the Fermi paradox

  9. MacOS is microkernel on Linux Study Argues Monolithic OS Design Leads To Critical Exploits (osnews.com) · · Score: 1

    So STFU - Linux is the worst - get over it.

  10. Reason on Recruiters Are Still Complaining About No-Shows At Interviews (kyma.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Leftie: "Everyone should go to University! It's a Human Right!"
    Normie: "Er, everyone can go to university. What's the problem?"
    Leftie: "NOOO! Poor Brown people can't because Poor, Brown, Misogyny, Racism, Patriarchy, NAZIS!"
    Normie: "Huh? We have bursary programs. Kids with good grades can fill out a form and get their education paid for. So what's the problem?"
    Leftie: "REEEEEEEEEEEE! Everyone should go to University! It's a Human Right! REEEEEEEEEEEE!"
    Normie: (sigh) "Ok, assuming you're right, how do you propose to pay for all that. University education is expensive."
    Leftie: "Well tax the rich of course! Tax the evillll corporations!"
    Normie: "Fuck Off"

    Leftie thinks about this for a while rubbing 2 brain cells together then comes back.

    Leftie: "I've got it! Why not a student loan program! We can setup yet another government bureaucracy to manage it! Big Government YAY!"
    Rightie: "Hmmm, my banker friends would like that. They can profiteer from that. I think we need to ask University Administrators what they think of this."
    Universities: "So what you're saying is we can take everyone in and we'll just get paid no matter what? HOLY SHIT THAT'S FANTASTIC!!!!"

    Results:

    Now Universities are all about asses-on-seats and not about higher learning.
    It gets worse. Universities pressure professors and threaten their tenure if they fail too many students. Sorry Quantum Field Theory is hard...
    It gets worse. Universities emphasize retardo courses like gender studies, intersectionality, postmodernism, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc..
    It gets worse. Kids get saddled with 50000 of debt and useless degrees living at home with mommy and daddy into their 30's.
    It gets worse. Now we have a situation where universities can charge whatever they want for tuition fees. 200+% over CPI.
    It gets worse. Because courses get dumbed down Industry has trouble finding good candidates and therefore look outside. > 50% PHDs are H1B visas.

    Solution: Kill the student loan programs. Whoops not so easy when the Banks, Government and University Administrations all support it.

  11. Utter failure of education. on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Drop them off in North Korea for a while so they learn a lesson.

  12. Success rate of Environmentalists Predictions on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    There IS NO SUCCESS RATE. FAIL!

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/20...

    MANY more here:

    https://www.google.com/search?...

  13. What a load of crap on Earth Overshoot Day Came Early This Year. That's a Bad Thing. (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    ./

  14. Feels Reals now? on More Than 60% of Tech Workers Feel They're Underpaid (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "Feels" - what a joke /. has become.

  15. Just slowly reduce the 40 hour work-week to 20.

  16. HAHAHHAHA

  17. Don't punish a company that does diversity hiring! on One Year After Data Breach, Equifax Goes Unpunished (boingboing.net) · · Score: -1

    The Wahmen will get mad!

  18. Who TF thought there was any guarantee? on There is No Guarantee That the Products You Recycle Are Actually Recycled, the UK Watchdog Warns (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Stupid naive leftists.

  19. SO FUCKING RETARDED on Uber Faces Federal Investigation Over Alleged Gender Discrimination (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ntr

  20. moar dead humans.

  21. Good on Instagram is Down [Updated] · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stay Down!

  22. How about unbanning conservatives? on Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter To Slash Millions of Followers (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    You fucking cunts.

  23. Digg? on Magic Leap Finally Demoed Its Headset And It Is 'Disappointing' (digg.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is this, 2006?

  24. But ISIS is still there.... on Twitter Suspended 70 Million Accounts In Past Two Months, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    things that make you go um...

  25. Re:MicroIncompetents on Microsoft Removes 'Sets' Tabbed Windows Feature From Next Release (groovypost.com) · · Score: 1

    > but executing it well is non-trivial.

    Quite trivial if you're not incompetent.