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  1. Yet, Amazon pays more than china on Trump Wants Postal Service To Charge 'Much More' For Amazon Shipments (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, somebody screwed the pooch in making a letter or small box cost $.01 for a Chinese business ( not Chinese citizen ) to send said item to America.

  2. Re: BFR? Big Friendly Rocket? on The Biggest Rocket Launches and Space Missions We're Looking Forward To in 2018 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure. Let's call it big friendly rocket. Or big falcon rocket. Or â¦

  3. SpaceX is putting up a new building for doing the the BFR's first stage. In addition, they have bought the equipment for building the BFR. Construction starts in the second half of 2018.

  4. Some of the Indians that are doing contracting work on western software are putting in backdoors for Russians, who then replace it with a different one and then let the code sit for a bit. This is why Microsoft has done tons of work to secure windows and yet the penetration rate on the most advanced continues to stay high. If CIOs continue to pay other nations such low money, then it should not be surprising that this has been going on for over 10 years.

  5. Which is not true. Plenty of workers died way early from Chernobyl as well as Fukushima. In fact, with Fukushima, the purposely brought in retired workers knowing the heavy radiation dose that would be received.

    OTOH, has either of these impacted society? Fuck no, other than to allow a bunch of whiny extremists to block development of SAFE nuclear, and leave us stranded with OLD reactors that really need to be replaced. And not with Wind, solar, coal, or nat gas.

  6. The problem is not one over the other on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The problem is when 1 of the many greetings are forced on ppl. Seriously, back in the 60s, we used both, but probably more merry Christmas. However, the far left started pushing out merry Christmas, then the far right tried to force it on everyone, and finally, the extreme far right runs around screaming that it is all about baby Jesus birth, hates santa, trees, etc and ignores the evidence in the Bible that proves, he was either spring/fall.

  7. apps should PREFER IPv6 on Some Telcos and ISPs are Frustrating IPv6 Adoption (guardian.ng) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, at this time, it would be better if apps would prefer IPv6 and start running massive traffic through it.
    If IPv6 is not available, so be it. BUT, by moving Chrome, Firefox, etc to 6, it will only hasten the move.

  8. Re: Where did you read that? on Tesla Is Prohibiting Commercial Drivers From Using Its Supercharger Stations (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. You are correct. https://insideevs.com/rush-shi... Toyota is switching big time over to EVs and will be trying to grab as much of Tesla's work as possible.

  9. Re: Well Damm, there goes my life on Tesla Is Prohibiting Commercial Drivers From Using Its Supercharger Stations (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No. They are altering it only for those that have not bought it yet. For example, if you buy a used MS that was originally sold before Dec 15, you will still have the right to use these. I will say, that i.am a bit surprised that they do not create special chargers for them. A smart place would be to add these to taxi lines at airports. They could increase both MS and MX sales quickly.

  10. Re: Well Damm, there goes my life on Tesla Is Prohibiting Commercial Drivers From Using Its Supercharger Stations (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Far from it. I know taxi and Uber drivers who switched from ice because it is cheaper to own. One guy owns 20 MS and got rid of all his ICE vehicles.

  11. Nor did she deny that they HAD been banned on CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC (pbs.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    She said that the words are NOT banned, BUT when asked if they had been banned, she would not answer the question.

  12. Re:smart on CHina's part on China Blocks Foreign Companies From Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars (thedrive.com) · · Score: 0

    I do not make it war. The average Chinese person is not at war with America, Americans, the west, or westerners. The fact is, that the average CHinese person just wants to live a normal life and have a good time the same as anybody else. I admire the hard work that the average Chinese does towards that goal.
    It is the CHinese GOV that is in a war with the west. They desire to remain in power, not just of China, but ideally, of the world. Right now, they are taking on Japan, S. Korea, Phillipines, Vietnam, and India. They would have invaded all of these nations fully except that would mean a HOT war with America which they are not ready for. However, they are preparing for not only a hot war, but many of their generals and leaders believe that a nuclear war IS winnable. As such, MAD is not going to work to contain both of us. However, if you look carefully at what CHina is up to, you can see that they are headed towards a nuke first strike on America and will then likely offer Europe a chance to stay out of it (like Hitler did with USSR) in hopes of splitting us apart.

    And CHina's gov desperately needs the west to not know what they are up to fully. For example, we know that they had over 3000 miles of underground tunneling that was no less than 8 lanes wide (i.e. 4 lanes in each direction) AND they have multiple labs/factories along it.

  13. Re:smart on CHina's part on China Blocks Foreign Companies From Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    China and Russia are spending a TON of money on space-based weapons. They are not allowed to, but, they do not care about treaties. While W broke one, at least he said that he was breaking it.
    China is working hard on being able to take our America's sats, and China is counting on America taking out China's. That is why China is working on developing nuke powered drones that can fly around 100K' in the air and just quietly relay pix, comms and then finally lasering away.

  14. not really. China did the same back in the 50s forward. Their maps did not line up either.
    And you can bet that China is about to block Tesla from getting information from their vehicles. After all, they ARE mapping out the roads.

  15. Re:Then the cars aren't truly self-driving on China Blocks Foreign Companies From Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars (thedrive.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    trump can not, nor will, make an issue out of this.
    So far, trump has shown more favortism towards china and russia than either W or O. Hell, he PROMISED to stop China's dumping and once his kids got their IP from china, he turned china into his best friends, while they are laughing at what a traitor Trump is.

    But, CHina will crack down further in a short bit and prevent any western car maker from having self-driving vehicles in CHina. They really are a danger esp. since CHina is in a cold war with the west.

  16. China is very much in a cold war with the west (and is winning). The ability to map the streets and then have a self-driving car with multiple cameras,move around, means that these vehicles can be used for weapons,but also for spying on what is happening.
    As such, I fully expect china to block ANY self-driving western company car from China. Likewise, the west would be very wise to follow their steps on this.After all, China is just as likely to use their manufactured buses and vehicles as weapons and spy devices as well.

  17. Re:this kills me on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    yeah, you guys tried DAB, but it was too early. Sadly, after that, your standard is now the same standard as America's. And yes, you DO have HD radio. It SUX. Basically, it is killing radio as we know.
    Hopefully, AM stays around, but I suspect that down the road, GOP will demand that it be killed and the spectrum given to some of their business friends.

  18. Re:this kills me on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    yes, but it was europe that caused Libya to be bombed, not America. O had to be dragged into that, by Italy, France, and Germany.

  19. Re:this kills me on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 1

    hey, what you guys have is lightyears ahead of what America did. I love Canada,but there are days that I wish they would look at what America does and when we get off the track, they should implement the right shit and force AMerica back on.

  20. this kills me on Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (thelocal.no) · · Score: 2

    It used to be that America was the leader on tech and pushed open source and effective solutions. DAB is absolutely the RIGHT way to do that.
    Then we have America. We picked not only a closed architecture, but one that sux.

    Keep up the good work Europe.

  21. The frustrating part is that this would be easy enough to deal with if the site was willing to make a minor change.
    Rather than get rid of ACs, we posters/readers should be allowed to set a minimum read level of ACs vs norma posters.With that approach, I would simply leave the normal posters at 0, and set ACs at 1 or maybe even 2. Obviously, the moderators should not be seperated on named vs ACs.
    Oddly, the FAQ say no because they want us to read them. Yet, nearly all of the ACs are worthless and if they have value, a moderator will increase them to readability.

  22. I already have a Chinese troll that is following me around the site.
    I am guessing that he modded me up because of that last line. Sadly, the more information that the intelligence world has to give out about Trump's dealings with Russia/China, the easier it is for them to figure out what is going on and where the sources are
    So, no, nothing funny about this. Trump/Pence are traitors and if they were the least bit American, they would step down rather than continue to disgrace the office and harm America/West the way they have.

  23. Trump was too casual on this. And like this intelligence world is holding more. If Trump/pence loved America, they would simply step down and allow ryan to take over. Neither trump nor pence love America enough to do what is right. They are going to force America to release more which will only help Russia/China know how and where we monitor them.

  24. Re:Simple solution for Google & Facebook on Google and Facebook 'Must Pay For News' From Which They Make Billions (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    well, obviously, they are not priceless. They are worth 'billions and billions of dollars'. That is until silicon valley gets smart and creates their own company to do the right things.

  25. Re:Better not rock that boat too much... on Google and Facebook 'Must Pay For News' From Which They Make Billions (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish that silicon valley companies would actually fund a single news company, think Reuters or CNN from 2 decades ago, and then require that it be politically neutral and simply report, we would be better off.