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  1. Re:Netherlands called, says you're an uneducated f on Was Venezuela's 5-Day Blackout Caused By Cyberattacks -- or Wildfires? (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    North Korea is an unrepresentative monarchy.

  2. I use 7-zip. Haven't installed WinRAR in like a decade.

  3. I still remember people claiming Russians drones had caused the California fires (lol). Maduro's claim the US sabotaged the power grid sounds less batshit to me. Especially because they already used drones to try to assassinate him.

  4. Re:There's no money to pay anyone on Was Venezuela's 5-Day Blackout Caused By Cyberattacks -- or Wildfires? (apnews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's lots of money. You can even use it as toilet paper.

  5. Re:Trump should take credit on California Declared Totally Drought Free For First Time in Seven Years · · Score: 1

    No, it must have been global warning. Sorry, climate change.

  6. Re:Biting the hand that feeds it... on Apple Dealt Legal Blow as Jury Awards Qualcomm $31 Million (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    They can still sue them for patent infringement if they don't license their patents.

    The alternative would be not getting anything at all. I'm not a fan of patents but I can understand their rationale.

  7. Re:Bye bye on Dropbox Now Limits Free Users To 3 Devices (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I had already stopped using it for several reasons but this restriction is bonkers.

  8. Re:And the world.... on Facebook is Down · · Score: 1

    Nothing of value was lost.

  9. Wow. More free time to actually enjoy life. Yes that must really be bad.

  10. Re:tough road to freedom on Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This is also why the EU won't cut them the deal they wanted.
    Check out the friction between Switzerland and the EU for example. Switzerland is not in the EU either but they still have to accept EU workers inside Switzerland.

  11. Re:tough road to freedom on Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, it's not that much freedom. The UK already had its own unique deal which means they neither have the Euro nor are in the Schengen Area. In fact in several degrees they retain more of their own sovereignty than Norway, a non-EU country, does.

  12. Don't worry. It just means it will all evaporate when the next internet worm or thermonuclear war happens.

    Good thing too. I would rather re-read some XIXth century works.

  13. Re:At least the Chinese gave them the building on Huawei Sues the US In Pushback Against Security Risk Claims (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's another later story on that by a more credible source.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2003/0...

  14. At least the Chinese gave them the building on Huawei Sues the US In Pushback Against Security Risk Claims (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    IIRC the Chinese bought and refurbished a Boeing for the Chinese president to use once. Then they found it was littered with bugs planted by US agents.
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...

  15. With fire.

    I think only metal, paper, and glass is worthwhile to recycle anyway.

  16. Reko is already open source. It has a disassembler and a GUI.
    https://uxmal.github.io/reko/
    https://github.com/uxmal/reko

  17. Re:how about instead... on Amazon's Joint Health-Care Venture Finally Has a Name: Haven (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I can see it already. Amazon workers peeing into bottles serving your prescription on a warehouse without air conditioning. Of course nothing bad will happen.

  18. Re:Haven for what? on Amazon's Joint Health-Care Venture Finally Has a Name: Haven (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    JPMorgan is on the list. So you know their motives must be pure.
    Where did I put my meter?

  19. Re:Nuclear power = clean power on Pacific Northwest Relying On Nuclear Energy During Cold Snap (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Right. But the thing is the price of natural gas fluctuates wildly not only on a seasonal level but also yearly. It is typically highly coupled with the price of oil. Currently the US has a lot of gas from fracking operations but who's to tell this will remain so in the long term? But yes, natural gas is presently the best option in economic terms.

    A nuclear reactor might take 6-8 years to build. So you can't ramp up the amount of reactors if you build it too late. Also, a lot of places in the US have difficulty of access to natural gas because of a lack of pipelines.

    Check out what happened to energy prices in Japan when they shutdown their nuclear reactors as an example.

  20. Re:Nuclear power = Socialism on Pacific Northwest Relying On Nuclear Energy During Cold Snap (forbes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sweden also has huge income taxes and value added tax. With regards to wages, while there is no global minimum wage, wages are decided sector by sector between the trade unions and the corporate organizations. You know trade unions, that thing the US thinks is evil. Also, the employer has to pay nationally agreed upon wages between the unions and the corporations regardless if the worker is actually a union member of not.

    Education is mandatory between ages 6 and 16. With regards to private, for profit, schools those only became a thing in 1992 and are controversial in Sweden. Like 10% of students attend these for profit schools and they are generally considered to offer poor quality education. Higher education (i.e. college) is tuition free of charge in Sweden since 2011.

    Similar deal with Denmark.

    But sure, continue eating what reason.com spouts out without criticism.

  21. Re:Nuclear power = Socialism on Pacific Northwest Relying On Nuclear Energy During Cold Snap (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    Those countries have mixed economies. In practice no country with pure socialism or pure free market capitalism has a decent economy.

    There is a decent argument that natural monopolies are better off being owned by the state than being made private. Roads are one example.

  22. Re:Cant innovate, lets tax on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Companies which destroy businesses which used to pay local taxes. Like bookshops.

    So yes, the amount of taxes collected decreased thanks to these phoney business models. Big woop.

  23. Re:Yup. on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. It is one of the main arguments against Imaginary Property I think.

  24. This is precisely the problem Afero GPL aims to solve.

  25. I guess you never read the GPL.