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  1. Hmmm...I think not. on 'Americans Own Less Stuff, and That's Reason To Be Nervous' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Then explain the explosion of self storage sites crammed full of junk. It may be in certain areas, Digital media (music, literature, computer programs) that the above is true, but in general I think Americans own and possess a huge accumulation of stuff that is only growing larger.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. The short term stock investors seeking instant profit sure make it difficult for a company to do any sort of long term growth plan or invest in anything for a potential future.

  3. Re:In contempt..backward logic on US Government Seeks Facebook Help To Wiretap Messenger, Report Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Other than simply not complying you mean ?

  4. There's an App for that on Australians Who Won't Unlock Their Phones Could Face 10 Years In Jail (sophos.com) · · Score: 1

    Just get an app that has 2 codes, one that unlocks the phone, and another that wipes the phone. If they are requiring the phone un locked to look for evidence how can they prove that it was there in the first place ? The only thing I keep on my phone is the contact list, I delete call history, received, and outgoing, as well as all my text history on a daily basis already.

  5. Good Ol USA here. I am part indigenous American Aboriginal and part Welsh sand hog. One side of my family has been here for a long time and the other for a few generations, but both sides are familiar with the term and concept of peon or indentured.

  6. So the court is going to hold Facebook in contempt, just like the rest of us. The court is also going to throw 'Facebook' in jail ? Which peon is going to take the fall for the corp ? Can't Facebook just claim the its' 4th amendment right are being violated, or go with the ever popular 5th amendment protection because it might be considered a member of a conspiracy after the fact ?

  7. I use the bank of Czash on Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    In God I trust all others are subject to review...

  8. Does she require a womb or would a self identified women meet the law ? Maybe a gender X requirement should be included as well. I'm all for equal opportunity but this is going too far. If you can't prove discrimination then the government should keep its' fsck'n nose out of it.

  9. What secrets ? on AWS Error Exposed GoDaddy Business Secrets (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Nekkid pictures of Danica Patrick ?

  10. Crows are smart... on Theme Park Deploys Trained Crows To Collect Litter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    How long until they are swooping cigarettes from the mouths of those still smoking ? or bumming them verbally from other people. Hey Buddy gotta smoke I can bum, I need a crow pellet fix :)

  11. High speed NE broadband... on FCC Proposes To Maintain US Broadband Standard of 25Mbps Down, 3Mbps Up (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The advertisers will just switch wording to high speed and keep selling snake oil to everyone.

  12. neonicotinoid = round up on Monsanto Ordered To Pay $289 Million In Roundup Cancer Trial (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did not Bayer just acquire Monsanto for 66 Billion ? That amount should just about cover the damages that are going to be discovered. This cover up is going to make Mesothelioma look like a common cold. Bayer knew long ago that Round-Up was malignant and caused a wide variety of issues, up to and including Colony Collapse Disorder, or the disappearing Bee issue felt around the world.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

  13. Trumplstiltskins' alcohol fueled vision for a space force involves Flash Gordon(trump himself), and Obama the Merciless ? With Elon Musk appearing as Dr. Hans Zarkov ? The role of Dale will be filled with a rotating gallery of women of the week.

  14. The ignorant can be educated, Stupid is forever... on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Try a little history... Go back further than your pathetic little life span and open your eyes. Both parties have switched positions several times. Do you even know what the Know nothing party was ...

    http://www.ushistory.org/gov/5... Political Parties
    http://www.ushistory.org/gov/5... Campaign and Elections

  15. Re:Damn right! on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    If you look even further back, the republican and democratic party have switched positions several times. What we need is open primaries so we can vote for the candidate and NOT the party. Both Party machines have become a plague on America, money and influence peddlers of the worst kind.

  16. Unless of course... on West Virginia To Introduce Mobile Phone Voting For Midterm Elections (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This won't end well. Based on the news stories of how well most facial recognition works on African Americans it will probably only allow one black person to vote and ID the rest as the same person.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...

  17. Re: subsidized housing ? on In America's Big Tech Cities, More People Are Now Living In Their Vehicles (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because the housing was subsidized doesn't mean that non employees couldn't live there as well, but that it might be in the interest of employers to be able to offer prime accommodations as an incentive to attract potential employees to a very expensive area. I understand your point about company housing and company towns in general though, and it is a good point. If company A stole a bunch of employees from company B because they offered housing options that weren't available it might cause a wave of competition that could only help the workers.

  18. and your state jacka$$ ? on US Recycling Companies Face Upheaval From China Scrap Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Well enough that the economy in California is booming. I don't see that the cost of education in California is substantially better or worse than any other state in the US. While the cost of education in the US in general is out of sight crazy granted. How is the cost of 'free' education in '(insert your state)' ?
    https://www.politifact.com/cal...

  19. subsidized housing ? on In America's Big Tech Cities, More People Are Now Living In Their Vehicles (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the companies would put up buildings and subsidize their own workers and then provide shuttle service it could attract qualified workers into very high cost of living areas, while not contributing as much to the local traffic. One problem I did not see mentioned but I've encountered in downtown apartment/condos is parking. I would love to see a building that had apartments, a supermarket, restaurants, a medical facility and maybe a day care/school all combined. No doubt the corps would turn this kind of company district into a for profit trap, but the idea seems solid up front.

  20. Obligatory Python reference on New Alexa Skill Plays Fake Stupid Arguments To Scare Off Burglars (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Will it be an argument or just contradiction ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  21. California on US Recycling Companies Face Upheaval From China Scrap Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Gotta love California. There is a service called Ynotrecycle, that will come to your address and pick up monitors for free.

    http://www.ynotrecycle.com/

  22. I think it might be the opposite. People who have internet access, but not 'highspeed' access spend more time doing the same tasks. I find that the more reading material, be it kindle based or analog paper based, I have contributes to less sleep than anything else. Just one more chapter...I find also working for an east coast based company, their idiotic insistence at an 08:00 start time, when the user base I support are all 3 hour offset costs me a buttload of time as well.

  23. I tried the Apple cobbler, but I hated the iTunes interface I had to use to get it :)

  24. The cobbler bill receives full support from the brownie union. It is unclear whether the SF Pixie trade union will support.

  25. Once again everything comes back to your net connectivity. Sadly where I live for half the year it is crap, thus any remote desktop solution will be crap. What I can say might be interesting is the idea of a local site desktop emulator in house. My GF and my parents, who are snow birds and only use their machines for emails and Facebook, are poster children for a thin client, but I would not have one do to gaming graphics issues and response time.