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  1. Re:Yay, hypocrisy. on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    He was lying, he didn't change his mind. If h changes his mind that quickly in such a short period of time about someone who he's known for decades, then he's a complete moron, and that's worse than lying.

  2. Re:Can i still write in Bernie? on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It's knowable within the 95% confidence level.

  3. Re:Look on the bright side on Donald Trump To Announce Mike Pence As Vice-Presidential Running Mate (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's optimistic.

  4. If you're going to mention French economists, you might as well point out that France actually did implement an income tax that high.....

  5. Re:All About the H-1B on 145 Tech Leaders Say 'Trump Would Be A Disaster For Innovation' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What's in his tax returns that he is hiding?

    That one's obvious.....he doesn't have as much money as he claims.

  6. Re:Translation on 145 Tech Leaders Say 'Trump Would Be A Disaster For Innovation' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Does anyone see Congress approving anything Trump asks for?

    Yes, for example, from his platform, a Republican congress would approve repealing Obamacare (they've already done it what, a dozen times already?). They would likely increase spending for mental healthcare as a way to handle mass-shootings (again, Republicans have already tried to do that in the last year).

    Will they vote for the wall? Maybe, if Trump can actually get Mexico to pay for it. If Trump gets his way, he'll have a bunch of copycats, and then congress will be filled with hucksters. Wait.....

  7. Re:Yay, hypocrisy. on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    He was lying.

  8. You can't judge by appearance.........but Pence does kind of look homosexual.

  9. He seems like a one-issue, "no new taxes/spending" kind of guy.

    he really bears no marks of being a person who could be sold as a moderating influence to Trump.

    It kind of makes you wonder if Trump actually is on the conservative side of the divide, despite spending plenty of money on democrats in the past (and avowing liberal opinions).

    tbh he comes across as kind of a blockhead, so maybe he matches Donald Trump. I can't stand listening to him, so in that sense he matches Trump.

  10. Re:Yay, hypocrisy. on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Because people vote based on what thy say. Imagine you voted for someone to do something, then they changed their mind and did the opposite. The more common scenario was that they were lying (see for example: Mitt Romney on abortion, Obama on gay marriage, Arlen Specter on party).
    People are allowed to change their minds, but politicians should have a good reason why, which Sanders did not.

  11. Re:Where's the anti-trust and RICO action? on Microsoft: Only Microsoft Edge Will Play Netflix Content At 1080p On Your PC (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft won't be subject to another anti-trust lawsuit because they pay their 'bills', donating to politicians.
    Antitrust lawsuits are almost always political tools.

  12. Re:Bot manufacturer's press release here: on Parents Upset After Their Boy Was 'Knocked Down and Run Over' By A Security Robot (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    According to them, the robot tried evasive action, when the kid changed direction and ran directly into the robot. At which point the robot halted.

  13. Re:News flash: People live and work elsewhere on 90% Of Software Developers Work Outside Silicon Valley (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do people think that Silcon valley is the be all and end all of software development?

    It pays better. That's why for me.
    Yeah, it's true that housing costs are expensive, but where else can you get $170k-$200k? That's more than enough to make up for the increased expenses.

  14. Re:How convenient on 90% Of Software Developers Work Outside Silicon Valley (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Too much focus on New Technology that the organization may not implement. Too much focus on older technology that we are trying to faze out, or had removed a long time ago.

    So no new technology, and no old technology.
    I think I see your problem.

  15. Re:xkcd on 90% Of Software Developers Work Outside Silicon Valley (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Every major city I've ever lived in across the US has been teeming with job openings in the tech sector.

    Sometimes it feels like there's nothing but software jobs in Silicon Valley.

  16. Re:Lol, Sarah Palin? on Guccifer 2.0 Drops New Documents (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. I was hoping I would never have to hear about Sarah Palin again.

  17. Re:It's got to be said. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    FFS it's shit like this which makes outsiders look at the Linux community and wonder why we can't just get over things and focus on actual issues, like making desktops that rival Windows and focus on the actual issues with Linux rather than these trivial matters.

    Code quality is the actual issue....otherwise we might as well give up and just use Windows. We want a clean, good system.

  18. Re:Only as safe as the sandbox on Mozilla Will Ship Its First Rust Component In Firefox 48 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Java isn't supposed to be able to get out of its sandbox without permission, yet it's the source of many vulnerabilities. Why would we trust Rust to be any safer?

    You don't know what you are talking about. Rust is built to make avoid memory leaks and buffer overflows. It does a good job at that.

    Java doesn't have a problem with memory overflows, either, but you got confused between the plugin and the language. The Java language was fine, the plugin (with its sandbox) had problems.

  19. Re:Can i still write in Bernie? on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    At least your argument there is based in facts, instead of abstractly saying "all things are unknowable" like that other guy. So good job.

  20. Re:This reminds me of top-posting in newsgroups. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I think gmail set the precedent, by collapsing the quoted text, and setting the cursor at the top of the screen. At least, the disappearance of bottom-posting seems to coincide with the rise of gmail in my memory.

  21. Re:It's got to be said. on Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Informative

    He has influence over comments. He doesn't have influence over systemd.

  22. Re:Oracle, the company most likely to make you ... on Oracle Asks Judge To Throw Out Java/Google Verdict...Again (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    Tengrism. There is nothing but the sky.

  23. Re:Can i still write in Bernie? on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Descartes proved that.

    He made an argument about it, not a proof.

    Since you are having trouble distinguishing the difference between a proof and an argument, that is just further evidence you're off your groove today. Take a rest.

  24. Re:Can i still write in Bernie? on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know that he would have been better

    You don't know you exist.

  25. Re:Can i still write in Bernie? on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it was both a bad plan, and also poorly implemented.