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  1. Re:Cue the outrage! on Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    That's true only if you're unaware of how much that field has been infiltrated by the social science people.

    Well, don't keep it all to yourself, tell us more about it!

  2. Re:Cue the outrage! on Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Cue the outrage! on Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In as universe where your opinion on this supersedes any medical authority, sure.

  4. Re:Cue the outrage! on Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Considering the mental health field has been moving steadily away from classifying Gender Dysphoria as a mental illness, I'm not sure that argument's as useful as you think it is.

  5. Re:Cue the outrage! on Tech Leaders Speak Out Against Trump Ban on Transgender Troops (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe because the US military is knee deep in conflict zones? Sure, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and all the places we don't know about might not be Normandy, but it's still harm's way.

  6. Re:Way to understate it! on How Jony Ive Masterminded Apple's New Headquarters (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    He's British, right? Understatement is the name of the game.

  7. And how does one make steel?

    One does it in China, so that the environmental problems aren't yours to deal with.

  8. LOL, I love me a good slashdot pedant in the morning...

    So let me help you out: You focused on the specifics of the post (good for you!) and not the theme, which was: I don't fucking care what the method is, find one that works since a dude with a cricket wasn't, according to you, enough. You chose the most extreme example out of many and ran as fast as you could with it. Does that make you technically correct? Yes it does! Congrats, you are the best kind of correct! Shame you still have a massive underlying problem, which is:

    you state "they have it for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the panels". You're either dumber than a gnat and/or lying.

    What? That's from the TFS, you jackass. And you still haven't addressed my point: According to you, they're going to install the panels, but there is nothing they can do about roof riders? Why the fuck would they plan the panels and not the method to keep people off? Might as well not plan the panels then. But you have no answer for that.

    When I tell you that I have ridden Indian trains & that you clearly have no idea of their conditions you move on to

    Man, you are one deranged puppy. We have never disagreed on this point. I got no idea why you thought you needed to use this cudgel four times. Reading is hard, huh?

    instead of admitting that you really don't know

    ROFL! Yup, reading is hard....

    When engaging with others on /. it's often useful to look at their other posts to see whether they're a troll or not. You're a troll

    Ah well, at least I'm imaginative. You'd apparently install the panels and throw up your hands when they didn't work cuz they're covered in Indian butt. But fuck actually grappling with the question, much easier to be pedantic little pissant and score your points. Enjoy your dull life.

  9. Re:Why do they care? on Public Service Announcement: You Should Not Force Quit Apps on iOS (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    I think what they're trying to say is that the process of starting an App uses more resources than letting it sit in the background for however long. Which might be true in the lab, but when you're away from a wall socket and down to 10% you'll do whatever you have to do to keep your phone going and worry about the rest later.

  10. it's a ridiculous argument that you pretend your opponent supports that makes you look good when you knock it down.

    Hence how a dude with a cricket bat becomes Blackwater.

    As you have no idea of the conditions on indian trains and _I_ and others who have commented do

    This is the third time you've brought this up, which I find hilarious since that was never a point of contention between us. Your time would be better served bitching at me about the things we disagree on.

    and yours the evasive maneuvering

    You'll be able to point out in my posts where I avoid your questions, then.

    your lies

    Looking forward to you pointing those out as well. I won't hold my breath.

  11. What, you think that Blackwater only takes a single contract at a time and employs the entirety of it's personnel on it?

    Another strawman! Will he make the trifecta? Can. He. Go. All. The. Way?

    my arguments are far fetched strawman.

    That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

    But you still think that your imagination trumps everyone else's reality.

    GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!

  12. Who is it that was proposing to hire a dozen or more men -- per train -- and barbed wire to stop people from riding on the train roofs? Oh, yeah that was you.

    Still a far cry from the world's most expensive mercenary outfit.

    Again, you have literally no idea of the conditions on trains in India.

    Oh cool, you do strawman arguments as well!

    Stop proposing idiotic "solutions".

    That's OK, at least I didn't write this:

    They have the money for panels that will be saving money on diesel fuel, not for hiring thousands of people to stop people from travelling on train roofs.

  13. They already don't have enough money to improve their infrastructure enough to make riding on the tops of the cars a non issue

    But they have it for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the panels? Maybe should have thought that argument through a little...

    and you want to hire blackwater

    Jesus, hyperbole much?

    Do you also advocate pointing a revolver at your face to "solve" toothaches?

    That answers the hyperbole question...

    your imagination" isn't solving any problem that needs solving.

    If you're gonna go strawman on me, then sure!

  14. Then get two guys, or a dozen. Or give them tasers or MP5s. Use barbed wire. Run the ground wire through the panel frames. Whatever works. Just don't make your lack of imagination my problem.

  15. Just need one train guard with a cricket bat. Problem solved.

  16. Re:Quality doesn't matter when it's disposable any on iPhones Are Priced 'High in the Extreme' But They're Worth It, Says Apple Co-founder Wozniak (scmp.com) · · Score: 2

    Meh. The iPhones I've owned have had better shelf life than a lot of crap I'm forced to buy. They're neither the worst nor the best. Treating them either way is for zealots.

  17. Re:Quality doesn't matter when it's disposable any on iPhones Are Priced 'High in the Extreme' But They're Worth It, Says Apple Co-founder Wozniak (scmp.com) · · Score: 0

    This is just another bit of bogus nonsense from the Apple cult.

    Apple didn't invent planned obsolescence.

  18. Re:Sell! Sell! Sell! on Negative Free Cash Flow Will Be an Indicator of Enormous Success For Netflix, Says CEO (barrons.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sales is!

    That'll be the 5 million new subscribers referenced in the summary then.

  19. your usual projection again

    Which is?

    Some other time...

    Nah, you'll be back.

  20. fascinating... But hey, it's your internet.. You define the words

    Yup, there's that passive-aggressive bullshit again. Glad we settled the issue of you being twitchy though.

  21. Where do I get all 'twitchy'?

    Well, generally speaking, that's like 50% of your shtick: The passive-aggressive cheerfulness, the short, choppy sentences, etc. I told you a long time ago your writing skills are your biggest impediment and suggested video would be a better fit, but apparently you think you're ugly or something.

    And why do you single out the Americans?

    Well, we were talking about rich and famous Americans until you popped in with your off topic axe grinding, if that helps.

    But generally speaking, we're all still living in the American Empire. There's really no getting away from that until the Chinese take over.

  22. And your post doesn't make sense.

    Interesting. I'd think Americans making democracy a popularity contest as much as possible would be right in your wheelhouse. But you do get twitchy when I slight the Fatherland, so it's a toughie, huh?

  23. Yeah, cuz Yanks don't have a penchant for selecting 'rock stars" as their leaders: Trump, W, Clinton, Reagan, JFK, Eisenhower.

    Thanks for showing up right on schedule, btw. Not creepy at all. No sir.

  24. When you're grasping at straws, you don't really care how fragile they are...

  25. Because he's rich and famous as fuck. Which also answers the question of "Why is Donald Trump president?"