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  1. Stopped reading at "Slate magazine" on Computer Scientists Believe a Trump Server Was Communicating With a Russian Bank (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Enough said...

  2. Here we go again. "could have been changed forever" Just like liberals saying sharks still circle an area in the Atlantic Ocean, where slave ships dumped slaves bound for the America's. Oh, by the way, the AFRICAN people put their own in slavery...others just bought them.

  3. Why not just outsource it to China on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    "low paid workers" Schmidt should have just imported a bunch of H1B visa types to do this. Cheap skate.

  4. Thank you Captain Obvious on Cable TV Price Increases Have Beaten Inflation Every Single Year For 20 Years (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Explains why there are a lot of cord cutters. That, and about 75% of what you are forced to subscribe to is JUNK.

  5. President Trump How's that??

  6. NYTimes, Washingon Post etc on FBI Probes Newly Discovered Hillary Clinton Emails and Reopens Investigation (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Just checked, as of 2pm central time, These news sites have it FRONT PAGE. cnn.com washingtonpost Nytimes msmbc Cbsnews abcnews nbcnews huffingtonpost wallstreet journal dailyKOS dailycaller Foxnews drudge report democraticunderground So, it's not like this isn't being reported on, unlike some past events. Also, not that it holds much weight, but, wiki also said next weeks dump will "get Hillary arrested". Doubtful, but seeing her do a perp walk would just tickle my innards. She & Bill have transferred almost 2 million dollars from accounts in the USA, to Dubai. Now why do that? Planning on fleeing the country on November the 9th if you lose?

  7. Apparently, there is suppose to be another dump sometime next week which according to wiki (doubt if I believe it) should "get Hillary arrested". Now, as much as I think the Clinton's are crooks, and should be in jail, I doubt it will happen. Interesting though, the Clinton's have transferred over 2 million dollars from their accounts in the USA, to Dubai. Are they planning some sort of escape in the near future, to a country that will not extradite them to the USA? Why transfer all of your assets to another country? She has to know, if she loses, Trump, even though I still have it in the back of my mind he only got into this election to help Hillary, by taking all of the spotlight off of other candidates, may of had a "come to Jesus meeting" and got his mind right with God...I hope so! This is about the screwiest election I've seen in my 57 years of life.

  8. THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS on Rich People Pay Less Attention To Other People, Says Study (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Most super wealthy are like that. They are surrounded by yes people, enablers and what not. They end up with a superior attitude, even if they are the biggest morons in the world. The news media, entertainment media, social media just fawn all over them, which makes it even worse. Personally, if anyone treats an underling bad, I don't want to have anything to do with them.

  9. Just blame man on World Wildlife Falls By 58% in 40 years (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's all they want everyone to know that its mans fault and if we don't just die and leave the planet, all hope is lost.

  10. Not surprised one bit on No One Is Buying Smartwatches Anymore (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Those that wanted one, already have their "fashion statement" Others, the smart ones, figured, three hundred bucks or more for a stupid watch, said "NO WAY". When you can buy a DUMB watch, that tells time for 20-30 bucks, and you carry a smartphone 99.99% of the time, plus the dumb watch battery lasts thousands of times longer than a smart watch, why bother. Smartwatches were a DUMB idea.

  11. Retweet stuff to bring more people to twitter?

  12. Give it up! In the 90's, we have a decade, or the Earth will fall into the abyss. Earth's polar ice is melting. We're all doomed! Ice is thicker than ever. Hey you stupid scientist...try turning your attention to THE SUN! It's what controls the weather on earth, not the puny humans. lDIOTS...

  13. Waiting for the "just as good as a dSLR comments" on Apple Releases iOS 10.1 With New Portrait Mode For iPhone 7 Plus (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, for a smartphone, on a 4-6" screen pretty good. But, print them out 8x10 to hang in your home and you'll quickly understand why an f 1.8-2.8 lens is SO EXPENSIVE. The bokeh you get from a tiny pinhole sensor is no match for even a consumer grade APS-C sensor on a dSLR camera.

  14. I never JUMPED on the smartwatch bandwagon on No One Is Buying Smartwatches Anymore (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Too expensive 2. Too short of a battery life 3. Too easy to break 4. Smartwatches were a dumb idea 5. Most under 40's don't even wear a watch...they have a smartphone. I have a cheap Casio that tells time, within 1 minute per year, 5 time zones, calendar, stopwatch, 30 bucks pretty much unbreakable, 10 year battery life. For everything else, I use my smartphone.

  15. Geez, people are lazy! on Television Needs To Be Reinvented, Says Apple SVP (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I just to go titan tv, look up what I want, and if it is something I want to record, click the record button. 1,2,3 done.

  16. ITS ABOUT TIME on First New US Nuclear Reactor In 20 Years Goes Live (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Too much regulation that could be STREAMLINED.

  17. False "feel good" on Higher-End Smartphones Make You Happier, Says JD Power Study (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In our narcissistic self absorbed world, it's like a junkie getting a fix. It works for a few days/weeks/months. Then, as with a junkie, you want more and more and more. It's an endless cycle. We have one guy at work that has traded/bought a 5 new phones this year, always chasing the mythical "next best thing. I usually keep a midrange phone about 2 years.

  18. They have all the money on China Overtakes the US in iOS App Store Revenue (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    People in the USA, for the most part, are living paycheck to paycheck, haven't had a raise in 12 years or more. Between the Bush economy and the Obama economy, which did nothing but print money to prop up the stock market artificially, no one had any money to spend. Oh, there are spots in some areas, but for the most part, everyone is tapped out. Once the China market dries up, and it has started, the entire world will be in for another "reset". Will make the 29 crash look like chicken feed!

  19. If the tables were turned on Ecuador Acknowledges Limiting Julian Assange's Web Access (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And, someone was dumping on a Republican candidate, and, they clamped down on his internet, the media and 3/4 of the /. users would be screaming "free speech" all over the place.

  20. Modern aircraft carriers, the handling room, where they have an outline of the aircraft carrier, and use colored nuts and bolts to represent where the aircraft and other details on the flight deck, works better and quicker than the electronic version they tried years ago. They said the computerized version was too slow, which impacts performance on the deck, so they scrapped it and went back to the old way. Sometimes, old stuff works better than the new stuff.

  21. Once you take away the human desire to better themselves, you end up with socialism. Why push yourself to do better, if the bum next to you knows regardless if they do anything, they will receive the same amount, as someone who busts their ass to achieve? Look at all the poor job quality that came out of the old soviet union? Look at the problems in the welfare class? Is that what you want for the entire world?

  22. The "state" actors name on Assange Internet Link Cut By State Actor, Claims Wikileaks (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    Is Hillary Rotten Clinton et al

  23. Ummmm, read the ENTIRE story on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There were people there DESTROYING PRIVATE PROPERTY. Most likely these "reporters" were caught in "a net". Once it goes to court, they will weed out the troublemakers. Another NON story trying to get everyone worked up, BEFORE all of the facts are know.

  24. Duh! on More Lithium Battery Product Recalls Predicted (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Been saying this a while. Anyone with an electronics background that also knows anything about chemistry could tell you these Lithium Ion or polymer batteries are ticking time bombs, just waiting for an excuse to go off. Usually there are 3 backups. 1 in the phone (or charging device) and 2 in the battery. The charging circuit, will cut off current once it reaches the programmed level. The thermistor(s) in the battery, will tell the charging circuit to stop the current flow, if the battery heats up to whatever the cutoff level is. And the fail safe, is the thermal fuse. If all else fales, and the battery continues to heat up, the thermal fuse will melt in two pieces, which cuts off all current flow (and requiring the battery to be replaced, it is a one shot device). But, if the thermal fuse is close to the breakdown of the chemicals of the battery, it might be too late to prevent a thermal runaway. If phone manufacturers would stop cow-towing to the "fashion designers" in Hollywood and make phones that aren't "slim and stylish" for the lDIOT hollywood types that run around all the time with their phones in their hand, and start "beefing up" the cases, it would provide enough ROOM inside a phone, to go back to a removable battery. The batteries in non removable battery phones, typically do not have a protective plastic case surrounding them. That plastic case takes up room, room that can be used to increase the capacity of the battery, which given the manufacturers silly idea of continuing to increase the processor speed, screen density etc, need a bigger and bigger battery, in hopes it will make it through the entire day, without needing charging. Now, the problem is you combine a battery that can flex, that has as much capacity that they can squeeze into it, coupled with a very thin casing, then, place said phone, in your tight jeans back pocket, front pocket, and sit down and get up a few dozen times a day and that battery starts to flex. Once you break down the barrier shield that keeps everything separated (anode, cathode, electrolyte) and they all get together, you end up with a thermal runaway. People "think" they wanted thinner and thinner phones, because that's what the industry produced, and they go along like little sheep. Now, you are stuck with non removable batteries, thin phones and the result is BOOM! For Samsung's part, they tried to "one up" Apple, by releasing their phone, without really testing for durability. This time, it costs them DEARLY!

  25. Gotta feel for the employees of Samsung's printer/MFP division, who HP purchased. I bet a LOT of them will get terminated also.