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  1. Re:Yeah on Why Tether's Collapse Would Be Bad For Cryptocurrencies (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    "I personally am betting on ASIC-resistant, mineable coins."

    I'm starting a new XRayGlassesCoin. To mine one, send 1000 bubble gum comics, or $1 and 25 comics, to PO Box...

  2. Eat shit and die.

    200 years ago, everyone was completely on their own regarding healthcare. 100 years ago, it was family and trading a chicken for some care. STFU and be thankful for the advances since then, you don't deserve the benefit.

  3. Re:Good! on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "Any system that gives people all the healthcare they want will bankrupt the nation. You have to ration, whether it is by price, willingness to wait in a queue, or death panels."

    +1

    Much of the cost of healthcare is because people expect that because there's a treatment available, they have a "right" to it, cost be damned. Society can't afford expensive treatments which have a small probability of extending a life for a short time. Hence the GP's "all of the reasons that they have found to deny people care that need it." He says it like it's a bad thing - nope, it keeps overall costs down.

    Any "right to health care" is not a right to force others to collectively pay for it.

  4. Re:why fb users are dumb on Facebook Users Cry 'Censorship' After Being Told Which Russian Troll Pages They Liked (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Facebook is actually an Internet entertainment site and should not be taken literally, or seriously."

    Take my Facebook. Please.

  5. Re:Are these guys serious? on Lawyers Faced With Emojis and Emoticons Are All \_("/)_/ (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    If you have a penis which looks like an eggplant, seek medical attention.

  6. Google it.

  7. Whoosh. I see numerical illiteracy still runs rampant. I specifically said "as a multiplier." Ask your grade schooler how multiplication works.

  8. Re:And this is why... on Fitness-Tracking App Reveals Locations of Secret Army Bases (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why the military shouldn't allow personal Internet connected electronics.

  9. Re:Nice on Giant Tesla Battery In Australia Earns A Million Bucks In a Few Days (electrek.co) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Dollars are not SI units, and financial info has traditionally used Roman numerals as multipliers. MM = thousand thousand = million.

  10. Why as us? on Do Particles Have Consciousness? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want the answer, just ask a particle.

  11. Re:Cool on ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US · · Score: 1

    Citation needed. 50x.

  12. Yeah, that's just it. "Locke2005 adds, "That, my friends, is the prime reason why speculating in cryptocurrency is a bad idea!"?" No. Speculation is bad because it entails high risk, whether tulip bulbs, subprime mortgages, or crypto currencies. The prime reason for trouble with crypto (if you're willing to take the risk) is letting someone else hold your wallet.

    Traditional equities (stock markets/bonds) have well established and proven methods of maintaining accounts with reasonable security. These new fangled things, not so much, which only adds to the risk.

  13. Re:Cool on ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US · · Score: 2

    So, state law requires a valid registration plate. But there's nothing preventing someone from putting a dozen other, different ones, on their car as long as the legit one is displayed (free speech!). Wanna do each other a favor? Let's crowd source a variety of license plate stickers. Fun times!

  14. ...to simply say that parenting affects children.

  15. Re:Going to be some resistance to this one on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    *plonk*

  16. Re:Going to be some resistance to this one on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you believe that files are self-aware? Is this part of your religion?

  17. Re:Going to be some resistance to this one on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    No, just whether it's ASCII, EBCDIC, UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32 (and a whole bunch of others). Once you get through CS101, you'll understand.

  18. I'm not random. My Kibo number is 1. K+++

  19. Re:Going to be some resistance to this one on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    A batch file is a program. That's it's in human readable ASCII text has no bearing on that. Perhaps you're familiar with JavaScript? That's "just a text file," too.

    More specific to my OP - for a while, Apple included a PPC to x86 translator to allow applications compiled for PPC to run on x86. They dropped that too, deliberately breaking backward compatibility. Apple has a short attention span and doesn't give a shit about protecting their customer's investments. (see: recent deliberate slowing of older iPhones)

  20. You can do that for a while, but most of them can only counter to 10.

  21. Re:"Physics-based attacks"? on Researchers Warn of Physics-Based Attacks On Sensors (securityledger.com) · · Score: 0

    "TFA is using the term "physics-based attack" to mean any attack that is not via software."

    So, the TFA claims phishing and social engineering are "physics-based attacks?" I'm not seeing it.

  22. Re:It's a trite saying, but... on Former Employees Say Lyft Staffers Spied On Passengers (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    "There will always be some *ssHoles"

    This is /. You can write "asshole" and it won't be redacted or changed, your post will still post, and your account won't be canceled. Really!

  23. Re:Going to be some resistance to this one on Apple Prepares MacOS Users For Discontinuation of 32-Bit App Support (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Bend over and take it.

    Macs haven't run my 68K apps for years. 8088 MS-DOS 3.1 batch files still (mostly) work in Windoze, though.

  24. Whoosh. Jaywalking is a cause for a fine. When's the last time you met someone who was fined for jaywalking?

  25. "A Lyft spokesperson issued the following statement..."

    Which noticeably didn't end with "...and any and all employees who have violated that policy will be immediately fired for cause, with no termination benefits."