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  1. Re:Not to sound cold-hearted (though I am), but... on Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    By that the logic anti-vacation folks are the best thing ever. You are not being cold-hearted; merely following the good old âoeone rule for me, another for theeâ hypocrisy.

    That's double standard, not hypocrisy.

    And yes it is a double standard. The problem is that we can't do everything for everybody.

  2. Not to sound cold-hearted (though I am), but... on Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    this is yet another 500,000 people per year which have to be housed, fed, require sanitation, and then make babies to repeat the process, all while living in dreadful poverty.

    Compassion is great, but there are already 7.7Bn people on the planet, it's still growing, and the place where these bugs will be released already have a high birth rate.

    Someone in power needs to think this through in a dispassionate manner.

  3. Edgy doesn't require explicit sex and foul language, The 1950s showed that, making all sorts of movies about rape, cheating preachers, incest, etc.

  4. "Our processes and policies" on Google Employees Discussed Tweaking Search Results To Counter Trump's Travel Ban (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    LOL.

    Anyone who's ever had a job with a BigCo and isn't terminally naive knows this is a steaming crock of delusion.

  5. Re:This is pretty old news. on Google-Funded Study Finds Cash Beats Typical Development Aid (wired.com) · · Score: 0

    You heard wrong, because "aid to the government for the people" is radically different from "cash directly to the people".

  6. This is pretty old news. on Google-Funded Study Finds Cash Beats Typical Development Aid (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    Back in the 1980s, more than one study showed that the bureaucratic overhead of the multitude of welfare programs was stupendously high.

    Much cheaper to just give poor people the money.

  7. What I can't figure out is... on 'Seven Dirty Words' Restriction Policy Lifted from .US Domain Name Registrations (circleid.com) · · Score: 1

    why people want to have sex with Nazis.

  8. I don't use Winbox.

  9. Re:I'll Play Devil's Court Appointed Attourney on Google Has Notified At Least Dozens of People Targeted by Secret FBI Investigation (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Would you rather NSA / FBI / etc. do their job? Or instead sit back with hands tied so you could blame them for "incompetence"

    You already know the sad, sad answer to that question...

  10. As if Vice would know the truth if it smacked the in the face with a tuna.

  11. Re:Why action for bribes in other countries? on Microsoft Hit With US Bribery Probe Over Deals in Hungary (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

    I've never been able to understand why it's our business to prosecute someone else's criminals. Let Hungary prosecute them!!

  12. Is that her name?

    (Beside which, the NSA has really bad security.)

  13. WaterFox bills itself as a "free-range, ethical browser". LOL no.

  14. Re:Used to be the best browser on Mozilla to Remove Legacy Firefox Add-Ons From Add-On Portal in Early October (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    deduplicate-tabs, "New Tab in Tab Context Menu", "Amazon Smile Redirect" and "Sort Tabs" are what keep me on FF56.

  15. Re:Did you know... on 22 States Ask US Appeals Court To Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Without a citation, some AC spouting "facts" is justifiably ignored.

  16. And gear down when slower speeds are necessary?

  17. The only reason I can think of is that it lets you run the engines at only the most efficient RPM instead of having to throttle them up and down.

    Hopefully someone will clarify.

  18. Re:Poor kid on Melbourne Teen Hacked Into Apple's Secure Computer Network, Court Told (theage.com.au) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    A fan of Apple would have told Apple that their system is hackable.

  19. That breaks the door (and probably door frame) which the hotel will then have to pay to have replaced.

    Don't say, "they'll charge the guest", because it would be a PR nightmare when it turns out that the person inside was a naked Blonde White Woman.

  20. Re:What are Nevada's gun carrying rules? on Hackers Who Attended Black Hat and DefCon Conferences Say Hotel Security Personnel Demanded Access To Their Rooms (the-parallax.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's always the trusty door jamb and security bar.

    https://smile.amazon.com/Maste...

  21. It's been a while since I've stayed in a hotel. What happened to the deadbolt locks that used to be on the inside of every door?

  22. for women to have fewer heart attacks, like they did when they stayed home, kept house and raised the kids.

  23. Re:Which Oracle product line on Amazon Plans To Move Completely Off Oracle Software By Early 2020 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. AWS is just way of spinning up VMs.

  24. "our technology is based on account *behavior*" on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Specifically what behavior? (No, I didn't RTFA.)

  25. Re:Looking at TFA's graph... on Visualizing the Best and Worst Paid Jobs in the Tech Sector (howmuch.net) · · Score: 1

    Agitation Engineer... I like that!!!