User: Hognoxious

Re:Yuo have to pay high taxes for big government

On: Bad News If You Make $150,000 to $300,000: Higher Taxes for Many (wsj.com)

My decision to care for others should be my choice and not enforced at the end of a gun through higher taxation.

If the law says that's how it is and you want to live in a developed country then sorry, but that's how it works. Otherwise nobody pays for anything and it all turns to shit.

Perhaps Somalia would be more to your liking?

Re:About time

On: Bad News If You Make $150,000 to $300,000: Higher Taxes for Many (wsj.com)

You should ask two separate questions - one about his supporters, one about his controllers.

Re:Too much, too late

On: LibreOffice 5.4 Adds More New Features, Improves Office File Format Compatibility (betanews.com)

It also lacks an init system, a mail server, a DNS resolver, a process monitor, an ssh client and an init system.

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On: Samsung Ends Intel's 2-decade-plus Reign in Microchips (ap.org)

makerawithahatdoublequote? Is that Portuguese?

Re:Head of user experience

On: Former webOS, Pebble Design Lead, Who Just Left Andy Rubin's Essential, Heads To Google (variety.com)

Yes. And none of them lifted a finger against systemd either.

Re:Basic planning and preparation...

On: Solar-Eclipse Glasses On Amazon May Not Meet NASA's Safety Requirements (qz.com)

Good times ahead for the American eye-care industry.

I just bought a labrador farm.

Re:Simultaneous, not symmetrical

On: AMD Launches Ryzen 3 Series Low Cost Processors Starting At $109 (hothardware.com)

I think you are overestimating Lennart's ability.

I'm not alone, am I?

Re:Simultaneous, not symmetrical

On: AMD Launches Ryzen 3 Series Low Cost Processors Starting At $109 (hothardware.com)

It'll stand for Systemd Multithreading before the year's out.

W00t

On: FreeBSD 11.1 Released (freebsd.org)

frosty psit du 2 lennart-free startup!

Re:Both Sides?

On: First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com)

Certainly worth getting a popcorn machine. Do you think neutrality will be an option?

Re:Gattaca predicted the outcome in 1997

On: First Human Embryos Edited In US (technologyreview.com)

I've only seen the movie 5 or 6 times and the last time was at least 10 years ago.

It could have changed a fair bit since then.

Re:But only 56% of scientists agree with this

On: Scientists Propose To Raise the Standards For Statistical Significance In Research Studies (sciencemag.org)

I'm a biologist, I don't understand P values

Are you sure you're a biologist and not a gardener?

Re:Six-sigma!

On: Scientists Propose To Raise the Standards For Statistical Significance In Research Studies (sciencemag.org)

most mouse studies use only male mice

I bet they're white & middle class too.

Re: Virtue signaling douche bags

On: Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com)

The sooner we build the B Ark the better.

Re:Cue the outrage!

On: Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com)

some of that comes down to mincing words

I see what you did there, you cheeky boy.

Re:Virtue signaling douche bags

On: Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com)

I have been treated like shit by a lot of people, and I never wanted to kill myself.

In your case it was justified.

Re:Meh...

On: The Quitting Economy (aeon.co)

Don't even get me started on how the people who are left behind usually end up doing their job, plus your job when you leave, and that becomes the new normal.

Given the topic at hand, they do have a potential solution ...

Re:About that

On: Google Is Testing Autoplay Videos Directly In Search Results (thenextweb.com)

As my physics teacher used to say: if you know the result beforehand it's not an experiment - it's a demonstration.

Re:Virtue signaling douche bags

On: Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com)

Strategic PR

Fuck me with an unfinished plank sideways, is that an actual thing?

I fro oen

On: Qualcomm Opens Its Mobile Chip Deep Learning Framework To All (techcrunch.com)

Welcome our new singularty overloads!

Also, fort pots!

Re:it's too late to save Jobs

On: India's Transport Minister Vows To Ban Self-Driving Cars To Save Jobs (arstechnica.com)

Jobs was a Buddhist

Fascinating. He probably wasn't (lots of people play at it), but do you think the Indian transport Minister is?

Re:reasonable gamble

On: New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com)

Northumbria will rise again!

Re:Short-sighted view

On: New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com)

Maybe another 4 billion years but hardly always.

I'm panicking here. Is that short scale or long scale billions?

Re:it's too late to save Jobs

On: India's Transport Minister Vows To Ban Self-Driving Cars To Save Jobs (arstechnica.com)

Hindus believe in reincarnation.

Re:the real question is...

On: Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder (gizmodo.com)

Dam you!