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  1. The article you linked to is far from exculpatory.

  2. Not according to the FBI http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/09/...

    Your explanation of the evidence makes no sense.

  3. An imaginary server that made DNS requests? The denial is deep with this one.

  4. Re:So, in other words it was worthless on Expiring Section 702 of FISA Helped US Conclude Russia Hacked Election To Help Trump, NSA Chief Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The thing that makes me sad here is how deeply you are in denial. There are facts here. The only way that you could think otherwise is if your world view was guided by your party over country. When did you start hating America?

  5. OK, so why not just share every Trump campaign email now? Or how about that private server that only sends email to Russia?

  6. It was asymmetric. Looking in one sides dirty laundry hamper and not the others isn't an unbiased exercise.

  7. Yes, something domestics can do and foreigners can't. That said, I'd love to see the US pass laws preventing itself from attempting to influence foreign elections.

  8. Re:So, in other words it was worthless on Expiring Section 702 of FISA Helped US Conclude Russia Hacked Election To Help Trump, NSA Chief Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Except that the FBI is making good progress on prosecuting Flynn. The current FBI director just said it is, "a highly significant investigation." I think you should get out of your media bubble.

  9. Re:Humor is good at dispelling fear on FCC Says It Was Victim of Cyberattack After John Oliver Show (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I take it you never watched these shows. Stewart and Colbert would totally gore a Democrat for hypocrisy. I have watched Oliver less so I don't know about him. As for now the government is entirely Republican controlled (with a majority / control of all three branches), so Democrats are largely irrelevant and I don't really care what about comments about Democrats or what they are doing. They will next be relevant in 2018 when there is an election.

  10. beowolf cluster! on All-Electric 'Flying Car' Takes Its First Test Flight In Germany (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Can we please get over flying cars just like how we got over beowulf clusters?

  11. Re:Assessment of 100% renewables studies on Portland Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not forever. But a lot long. Also you get an increasing amount of nastier junk that you have to deal with. But, since you're tossing it in breeder reactors you get to hide it until you end the program.

  12. Re:Assessment of 100% renewables studies on Portland Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    except, these people are trying to help. They are saying that current plans suck--you need new ones. That's a good thing.

    Honestly, I'd throw fission power under the green tent because that would help a lot with base load and distribution. It won't last forever, but it will buy us some time.

  13. Re:Erm, not legal tender on Bitcoin Becomes Legal Payment Option In Japan, Prices Spike (investopedia.com) · · Score: 1

    This is usually used at restaurants where a diner can be expected to pay $200+ at the end of the meal. Handling that much cash becomes a problem.

  14. Re:Erm, not legal tender on Bitcoin Becomes Legal Payment Option In Japan, Prices Spike (investopedia.com) · · Score: 2

    OK, so I can't use cash for that purpose in several restaurants in my city. They operate under a (state issued) license that allows this. So, is cash not legal tender in the US?

  15. Re:"clear technical" on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's an example that side steps deflators by looking at real changes in consumption http://www.nber.org/papers/w23...

  16. Yeah, because people usually don't count their employer's contribution to health insurance, US health insurance generally drags down compensation people report.

  17. To give an example, Thomas Jefferson agreed that slavery was wrong and should be abolished. It was just that they couldn't maintain their life style without it, so it had to go on. Jefferson was also worried that he had a wolf by the ear, as in, if he let go he would likely die. He basically explained the whole thing as self interest / self preservation.

  18. Self-interest is a more plausible explanation.

    when you are talking about racism, self interest is usually pretty strong in the mix. It's basically people in power holding down people out of power. This is often done, in part, to keep the power. In this case, that power is high salary.

  19. Re:"clear technical" on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, no, the government provided statistics are made incredibly carefully and with an incredible amount of thought. The article is correct where it points out that e.g. some of GDP growth is due to population growth, it's pretty breathless text and makes many horse shit points like that the chain weighted inflation isn't right. Even chain weighted is too fast and doesn't account for e.g. the fact that cell phones didn't even exist.

  20. Re:"clear technical" on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    FYI, this article is a mix of horse shit and real points.

  21. Re:no recovery; no growth on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Just like the last depression, Republicans got us into it by completely deregulating everything and lowering taxes.

  22. I don't know about that, but it can help physicists.

  23. I don't think the second law ever references little pipes.

  24. Right, but it maxes out when you have 4pi of heaters around you.

  25. Ask Maxwell how he did it.