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  1. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    for being unable to write a good essay about Shakespeare's "Midsummer night's dream". Real life is not like college.

    Given your capitalization, maybe you should have spent more time working on that.

    Programming is not a lone activity anymore. You write code in a way that other people will understand it. Understanding literature will help you write better code, for that reason.

  2. Re:Nothing of Harm Was Done on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope I never work with you.

  3. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I know about your education because you've revealed it. You never took an economics class, or if you did, you didn't learn from it. Economics makes plenty of predictions accurately, but you don't realize it because of your information sources.

  4. Patent number on Nintendo Faces Switch Patent Infringement Investigation In the US (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The patent is 9,126,119. Not sure how this is different than a portable keyboard and mouse on a tablet, but I didn't read the primary claim too carefully.

  5. Re:This is all about making Facebook "sticky" on Facebook Reaches Its Natural Conclusion As A Dating App (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Facebook has plenty of ways to work around this problem, since they have so much cash. Consider that Microsoft is perceived as 'cool' by a lot of kids because they have the Xbox. Also, they have Minecraft so they have plenty of other kids on board, even if those kids don't know it.

    A lot of the Facebook deleters are going to Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, so big deal.

  6. Re: Nothing to see here on YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop confusing the first amendment with free speech. Private entities can censor, it's not illegal though. I am free to criticize their censorship though, and I do.

  7. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    You're dumb. You get your knowledge of economics from politicians and people who are trying to manipulate you. Take a class and become smart.

  8. Then sure, I am open minded to your ideas. Your comments in particular are actually usually high quality anyway.

  9. Re:Nothing to see here on YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Google is free to do what they want, but their censorship policies suck. At least they should be able to give a clear reason when they ban something. Nothing much was lost with these videos of course, the only reason to defend them is on principle (not because you like what is in them).

  10. Re:Is this still QNX/Blackberry? on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Black hats are worried about GDPR? Really? Why?

  11. Re:Is this still QNX/Blackberry? on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    the outlandish claim that they could have messed with the brakes, "but stopped due to fear of breaking VWs intellectual property on those systems."

    Yeah that's the nonsense quote of the week.

  12. Are you saying that Foxconn will be polluting the rivers? Because that would be bad.

  13. Are you saying that this factory shouldn't use the water?

  14. Re: Dear Democrats on Senate Democrats Plan To Force Vote On Net Neutrality (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    The really funny thing is they couldn't get it repealed even after getting all of Congress and the presidency.

  15. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet economics textbooks completely ignore the capacity of banks to create that additional spending power out of nowhere

    If you take a macroeconomics 101 class you'll spend a couple weeks on this exact topic. In mv=pq, which really is the most helpful model for understanding inflation, it's covered under m.

  16. Re:Trump's rhetoric was proven empty on North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Says He'll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, I find it pretty interesting that you accuse GP of lying by showing the wrong statistics, and yet you end up digging up that image, as opposed to this one [wikipedia.org] at the very tip top of the wikipedia article

    Why is the one I used the wrong statistic? Can you justify your assertion, or are you just blowing shit?

  17. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It would if it triggered a larger issuance of debt

    How exactly are you thinking that would that happen?

    Economics books are rarely helpful.

    Uh, stop posting while drunk.

  18. That's three possible things off the top of my head. I don't know exactly what's going on

    Yeah.

  19. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to write a paper about it on Slashdot,

    That's good, because it's obvious you've been getting your economics knowledge from blogs written by failed portfolio managers, and probably some podcasts in there too. Your idea of money supply is bizarre (where exactly do you think wages come from? They don't change the money supply. And your comment on "more liquid forms of money supply" should be entered under velocity. Furthermore the P definitely does take into account how inflation can hit different types of goods and services very differently. I can't even fathom what misunderstanding you might have that causes you to think that it doesn't). Seriously, take a class or something because your ignorance is embarrassing. Stop getting your knowledge from websites that are trying to sell you things.

  20. Well, you are enthusiastic in your partisan blindness, I'll give you that.

  21. If you're not insulting and annoying about it then sure.

  22. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is that one better?

  23. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    You are oversimplifying a bit:

    I didn't, I gave the full equation, mv=pq. If you don't understand it, you should go look it up right now.

  24. Re:Trump's rhetoric was proven empty on North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Says He'll Give Up Weapons if US Promises Not to Invade (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Those are questions you should have searched for instead of asking me. I'll help you by giving you a start with this graph.

  25. Re: Median Salary on Talent War in Silicon Valley Demands High Salary (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is a rather ignorant way of looking at things. Inflation is caused by printing too much money. The federal reserve is largely in control of inflation, and can usually get as much or as little as they want. Inflation is not controlled by either the maximum or minimum wage. For more information on this topic, look up the monetary equation mv=pq. Raising the minimum wage doesn't affect inflation, but it increases unemployment as some businesses won't be able to afford the new higher wages, and will hire fewer people. The labor pool has its own supply demand curve. Again, if you don't understand why it is called a curve, please don't waste your time arguing. To really understand this topic well it would be helpful to get a good economics book.