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  1. Re:The denialists need to be dealt with somehow. on CO2 Levels Likely To Stay Above 400PPM For The Rest of Our Lives, Study Shows (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Not even close to being true. Amazing.

  2. Re:We should speed this up on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Your post would make sense if reliable grids with lots of renewable energy were impossible. As we know they are possible, you will have to explain how that is nonsense before your point holds any water.

  3. Re:We should speed this up on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The dose makes the poison

    - Paracelsus.

    Misrepresenting "the other side"'s argument is never a wise idea, especially if "the other side" is supported by the scientific method, and decades of research. All you'll do is expose the superficial nature of your own argument, hurting both it and you in the process.

  4. Re:lets wait what happens if Trump gets president on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    So every other community has to suffer because some people's dead-end careers need to be propped up? If the market is moving away from coal then it's moving away from coal. A more functioning country would have safety nets for the affected workers and a system of retraining.

  5. Re:We should speed this up on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My reply was for people reading your post - you are clearly already lost. I think that is a far more classy endeavour than misrepresenting science in order to make some pseudopolitical or pseudointellectual point. I'll say it again: You are terrible at this. You don't even understand the basics of what's being discussed. It's like if we were talking about the best way to make a car go faster, and you said "improving the engine is a terrible idea because daisies are French, bamboo sandwiches are bad for digestion, and my uncle was a turtle". Should someone go back to engineering 101 and walk you through the countless steps you seem to have misunderstood, or should they merely point out that you are lost in this conversation, clearly have nothing to contribute, and that anything you say in this thread can be safely ignored?

    Your opinion is not as valid as everyone else's if you can't even bother to at least try to understand the topic at hand.

  6. Re:Meanwhile in the 1940-50's... on Alien Contact Unlikely For Another 1,500 Years, Says Study (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Aaah yes - misinterpreted papers are definitely going to help further science.

  7. Re: radiated into space as gravitational waves?! on Second Gravitational Wave Detected From Ancient Black Hole Collision (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, instead of reading a scientific report on these findings you went to the mass media and complained it was the mass media. The problem lies with you not knowing where to find what you're looking for, not that what you're looking for doesn't exist.

  8. So you are in favor of extrajudicial punishment if you are suitably inconvenienced by the person in question? Is visceral response to a crime more important than society itself?

  9. Governments invariably tend to scope creep, so by your stilted logic we should go back to living in caves. But then caves invariable tend to scope creep due to erosion, so I guess we should all kill ourselves immediately.

  10. Re:Frankly on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    We all know that wind speeds can reach those numbers, but unless it happens across a wide enough region, not all turbines will be affected. A good grid with decent dispersion of turbines mean it's very possible to get a usefully-stable baseload from wind.

    You either didn't understand his point or you'd rather misrepresent it to score some quick vacuous "points". Neither is particularly fetching.

  11. Re:We should speed this up on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for letting us know you have trouble understanding this, or that you'd rather let someone with vested interests at odds with your own to speak for you. Wonderful stuff. You are a real treasure. Such an intellect, such a waste.

  12. Re:title seems to be misleading, at best. on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Hydro is a renewable, so clearly something is wrong in your understanding.

  13. Re:"Hacked" is a strong word on Texas Traffic Signs Hacked With Anti-Trump and Anti-Hillary Messages (hackread.com) · · Score: 1

    The access was still unauthorised, regardless of how easy it was. That's all that's needed for it to be considered hacking.

  14. Re:I guess the lesson here on Peter Thiel's Lawyer Wants To Silence Reporting On Trump's Hair (gawker.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is another explanation for why outing him would be bad for him: homophobia is bad. He was dealing with entities who are themselves homophobic (despite them being homophobic), and outing him would inform them of his homosexuality.

    So no. There is a rational explanation you missed entirely.

  15. Re:News for Nerds? on Peter Thiel's Lawyer Wants To Silence Reporting On Trump's Hair (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article?

  16. Re:Sources of Support on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 1

    How? It is working, and is decreasing the threat of Iran as a nuclear aggressor (even though that wasn't a real risk in the first place, so much that even the CIA, MI6 and Mossad all agree on that). But whatever gets you through the night - facts can be cold bedfellows.

  17. Re:If Swift is any guide... on Apple Introduces New File System AFPS With Tons Of 'Solid' Features (apple.com) · · Score: 1

    They call you a fanboy because you clearly are one. Your name screams it.

  18. Re:It's amazing she still has defenders on Assange: Wikileaks Will Publish 'Enough Evidence' To Indict Hillary Clinton (rt.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When discussing politics and democracy and how they can be perverted through providing the electorate with a terrible choice, their comment was precisely apt. Invoking Godwin's law here makes no sense.

  19. You have no earthly reason to think that, though. The evidence is already in, and Saddam knew he didn't have the things the west claimed he did. The west knew that and kept on making the scary scary sounds we heard anyway.

  20. Re:You know, we'd study it, but... on Repurposing Drugs To Tackle Cancer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    America has the healthcare system it deserves, it seems. If "politics as team sport" is more important than "functioning government", this is the sort of crap that will plague the US for generations. If a demonstrably good idea is despised because of which political team suggests it, the system is a failure, and democratic in name only.

  21. Re:Cancer, like AIDS, is Gods... on Repurposing Drugs To Tackle Cancer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    We get it. You are incapable of understanding that groups of people don't all act as one and don't all share the exact same opinions and understanding of complicated issues.

  22. Re:You think you are making a point you are not on NASA And The UAE Will Collaborate On A Journey To Mars (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Eich was not hounded for his beliefs (as onerous as they are), but for personally funding a group which sought to deny human rights to people. Saying it was just his opinion which people found offensive means either you don't actually know what happened, or are purposefully trying to mislead people reading your comment.

    Eich can do whatever he wants. He is not immune from people finding his desires ugly and complaining, however. This is how a society functions. This is not new.

  23. Re:Is there some reason this is here? on Alienware Launches Laptop With QHD OLED Display After 20 Years of Business (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Hint: Don't use "shill" when you can spend a few seconds and figure out the correct name for the particular conflict of interest. That way you won't be confused with someone who just shouts "shill" when they hear/read something they don't approve of.

    For your information MojoKid is Dave, the Editor-in-Chief at HotHardware, so this story is just driving traffic to his site. It's repugnant, yes, but hardly "shilling".

  24. So be cautious. Babysit your certificate upgrades if you really can't get it together enough to automate them. Clearly babysitting certificate upgrades is not scalable, and is prone to introducing errors. No one will stop you from being overly paranoid and under performing.

  25. Re:The culture of this company is toxic. on Uber Banned in Germany and France, and Faces Lawsuits in Multiple States (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a ride sharing service though, it's a taxi service. Ride sharing is when someone is going from A to B regardless of anyone else and finds someone else also wanting to share part of that route, and paying for fuel/coffee/etc on the way.