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  1. Re: Shocking Headlines on Shocking Maps Show How Humans Have Reshaped Earth Since 1992 (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Why didn't you expect it? North America has a lot more forest than it did 100 years ago.

    Look at the maps, notice the location of a lot of the new forests. Sure, I expect new trees in green states like California, or on the edge of farmland like the great Lakes, but the quantity and location is rather surprising.

  2. But it should also be noted that when Soviet archives were opened in the 1990s, some of the people that Joe McCarthy was accused of unjustly persecuting turned out to have actually been commie agents.

    That's how it always is.......there is a problem in the world, but then a stupid politician (or group) comes along and tries to co-opt it for their own purposes.

    Yeah there are terrorists in the middle east, but Bush used that to manipulate the public into supporting an Iraq invasion. Yes, there were Russian spies in America, but McCarthy used that fact to push his own agenda. Yes, atmospheric CO2 does have an effect on global temperature, but plenty of people have tried to use that problem for their own agenda (and the agenda can be anything from winning an election to wealth redistribution).

  3. Re:Comparisons and policies... on George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Dies At 94 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    He's only viewed with rose-colored glasses because the current vulgarian is so awful.

    He handled the end of the Soviet Union really well (even sending $1biilon to the former enemy). His team handled the end of the El Salvador civil war with (especially in retrospect) surprising skill. He also committed to "full enforcement" of the Anti-Apartheid Act in South Africa (unlike the Reagan administration). In many his foreign policy was great (and again, in retrospect, he made the right decision to not conquer Iraq).

  4. Re: "Read My Lips...." on George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Dies At 94 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    He should have thought about that before promising it then, don't you think?

  5. Someone else did it?

    Jed Bush.....to gain sympathy for his next presidential run. He had access, motive.......it all lines up.

  6. Eisenhower presided over the McCarthy era and a lot of FBI abuses. He seems to have been a likable guy, but the best you can say is his eyes were half closed during his presidency.

  7. "Read My Lips...." on George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Dies At 94 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He was famous for saying, "Read my lips, no new taxes." and then raising taxes. Awful liar.

    In retrospect, that was a fairly harmless lie compared to what's come since.

  8. Re: Shocking Headlines on Shocking Maps Show How Humans Have Reshaped Earth Since 1992 (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not shocking, but the maps are really cool. Something that surprised me about the maps is how much forest area has increased over that time. I didn't expect that.

  9. Porn at Starbucks? Yeah.........nothing of value.

  10. Re:How Dare They on Facebook Quietly Hired Republican Strategy Firm Targeted Victory (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The logic is irrefutable: the other party is evil (Hitler, racist, or unchristian), so by working with evil people, Facebook is at a minimum marking themselves, and there's a good chance they've become evil themselves.

  11. Re: the 70's and beyond were horrible for american on 'The Supremacy of Japanese Cars Has Been 40-Plus Years In the Making' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd be willing to bet in a decade or so, Ford will start making small cars again......At a nonunion plant in Alabama.

  12. Yeah you're right. I'm sorry, I let my privilege show.

  13. Says someone who never drove down highway 5. The population isn't the problem here otherwise rural people would not be falling for this kind of thing.

  14. I agree with disclosure, but if anyone bought cryptocoin because of advice they got from Floyd Mayweather, they are going to be parted with their money sooner or later. I don't know what is wrong with America that allows this kind of advertising strategy to work, but it might very well be the central problem in America at the moment.

  15. Re:Net neutrality arguments? on Starbucks Says It Will Start Blocking Porn On Its Stores' Wi-Fi In 2019 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    No one is going to run a home server on Starbucks wifi.

  16. Re:No Starbucks in FEDERAL PRISON on Starbucks Says It Will Start Blocking Porn On Its Stores' Wi-Fi In 2019 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    The Mueller investigation seems to be coming to an end soon, give it a rest and just let it finish.

  17. And nothing of value was lost.

  18. Are you smarter than fifth grade citizen?

    Yes, in fact, I am.

  19. . Notice it's also a cross. It is especially evident nowadays. Even Microsoft company logo has a cross sandwiched between color cubes.

    I'm not seeing it.

  20. Re:WTF is ambient computing? on Microsoft's Surface Roadmap Reportedly Includes Ambient Computing and a Modular All-in-One PC (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's Ubiquitous computing + Voice recognition. In other words, Cortana is now the central computer piece of all your devices in the home, car, and work (or so Microsoft hopes).

  21. Indeed, the entire thing can reasonably be blamed on APK and his troll followers. They've been causing trouble for a while and something should be done!

  22. I think we'll probably see open source photoshop at a high quality before we see high quality CAD

  23. Re:If a human chooses the algorithm, is it AI? on Uber has Cracked Two Classic '80s Video Games by Giving an AI Algorithm a New Type of Memory (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    idiot. I give you knowledge and you'd rather argue.

  24. Re:We need to consume less and better on France To Close Four Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2022, 14 Nuclear Reactors By 2035 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's also extremely good at conducting electricity without heat loss.

  25. Re:We need to consume less and better on France To Close Four Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2022, 14 Nuclear Reactors By 2035 (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I would build my house out of gold just to spite you. But I'm generous, I would give you some, too.