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  1. Re:Now we know. on Sucking CO2 From Air Is Cheaper Than Scientists Thought (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And tiny compared to the EU, where petrol prices are much higher than Texas. It's not the size of the US which is the problem, it's how poorly its used. When people have no choice but to commute for hundreds of miles a day, this is what you get. When cities are built upon the presumption that there will always be cars and that said cars will always cost a similar amount of money to run, this is what you get.

    Play shitty games, win shitty prizes.

  2. Re:70 year claim is bullshit on Hurricanes Are Moving More Slowly, Which Means More Damage (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Global warming in the past didn't include human cities needing to be moved, and didn't happen nearly as quickly. Your ancestor would be appauled at your disdain for science.

  3. Re:Biodegradable straws and disposable cutlery? on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    By "Reporter" do you mean hate-group leader Tommy Robinson? He was arrested for standing outside the court shouting at jurors and trying to undermine the trial. He was already warned by the court that if he did that he'd be arrested, so he turned up and carried on, then started crying when the court did what they told him they'd do. He is no journalist, and was not engaged in journalism.

    And you can buy all the German military stuff you want in Germany (as long as it's not a functioning weapon). You can't then dress up in it and march down the street harassing people.

    Your idea of common sense doesn't include being factually correct, it seems. That might explain your confusion.

  4. Re:This seens misplaced on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You are contradicting yourself. If it doesn't generally reach the sea that means some of it does. If some of it does, reducing the amount of "it" will reduce the amount in the sea.

  5. Re:Wouldn't the solution be on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    We've had multiple-use plastic cutlery for years, and wooden cutlery for even longer. Your argument isn't compelling.

  6. Re:there's crazy and then there's crazy. on Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither did Kim Jong-Un...

  7. Re: News for nerds on Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, including one where Gadaffi was overthrown and eventually murdered. Making threats (or just using such ridiculously clumsy language during such a critical phase of diplomacy) is pathetic. It's amateur hour in the White House apparently.

  8. Re:All politians have no respect for security on Trump Ignores 'Inconvenient' Security Rules To Keep Tweeting On His iPhone, Says Report (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    No, more like this is what happens when your political system is run like a team sport.

  9. Re:Ben Rhodes admitted lying to sell it on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1. They don't. Mossad, CIA, MI6 all say they don't. Iran wants nuclear power, not nuclear weapons.

    2. It isn't. There is no such thing as an "enemy country". Land masses cannot hate or disagree.

  10. Re:Nice on Trump Withdraws US From Iran Nuclear Deal (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Mossad doesn't claim Iran wants nukes. The inspection teams all say Iran was complying. Khomeini issued a Fatwa making nuclear weapons illegal to be owned by Islamic countries. The only people decrying the deal were Trump and Netanyahu, for domestic political reasons.

    This deal imposes real restrictions on Iran, restrictions the US has decided to simply remove. If Trump really thinks Iran is dangerous, he just gave them carte blanche to be dangerous. He's not very good at this.

  11. You appear to have just outed yourself as someone who doesn't understand what personal data is, who owns it, or how important it is. No wonder these regulations aren't sitting well with you - you're the type of person whose business models the regulations are designed to protect people from.

  12. Holy Strawman, Batman!

    You just listed a bunch of stuff which is perfectly acceptable under the new regulation. Strangely enough they thought about this.

  13. There is no evidence that will happen, so I fail to see what your point is.

    Can you stop spreading nonsense about Europe, please? It seems every comment you make regarding it is factually incorrect.

  14. Seeing as neither of those things are true, want to try again?

  15. There we go with the lies again.

  16. Re: Somebody doesn't seem to know the law of the p on FCC Commissioner Broke the Law By Advocating for Trump, Officials Find (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't seem to understand what racism is, or what "leftism" is. No wonder you are so confused if you've got those basic premises wrong and then use those broken definitions to understand the world.

  17. Re:Well let's step through it section-by-section on FCC Commissioner Broke the Law By Advocating for Trump, Officials Find (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You might want to read the text again, as that's clearly not the case. I understand you want to be right, but to throw out being right for just sounding right doesn't strike me as particularly wise.

  18. Re: And they want to run a dating service?!?! on Facebook Fires Employee Who Allegedly Used Data Access To Stalk Women (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You sound lonely.

  19. Re:EU Type protection for all users on Facebook To Put 1.5 Billion Users Out of Reach of New EU Privacy Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Which is ~$2B :)

  20. Re:What's there to apologize for? on Facebook To Put 1.5 Billion Users Out of Reach of New EU Privacy Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The press has legal protections social media companies do not. And whataboutery is not a defense.

  21. Re: Anecdote regarding signatures on The Long, Slow Demise of Credit Card Signatures Starts Today (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    We've all been ripped off by people, in different ways.

  22. Re: It's the middle of April on Ocean Current That Keeps Europe Warm Is Weakening Because of Climate Change (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Read the top of the image. It explains it.

  23. Re:I have a question on Apple Tells the EPA Why Cutting the Clean Power Plan Is a Bad Move (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Aaah gotcha. They're direct competition for the US.

  24. Re: Multinationals Only Ones With Your Data on Facebook CEO Says Not Planning To Extend European Privacy Law Globally (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Or just read the regulations - they're not difficult.

  25. Re:Multinationals Only Ones With Your Data on Facebook CEO Says Not Planning To Extend European Privacy Law Globally (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Either the EU has decided to kill each and every non-multinational corporation/entity which handles data, or you misunderstood something. My money's on the latter.