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  1. Re:It's all in a slogan on Hillary Clinton Rips 'Bankrupt' DNC Data Operation (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Please reference a specific example of my liberal elitist contempt (with the exception of Trump himself). If you consider explaining in the broadest of terms how economics works to be "contempt," then I have nothing further to discuss.

  2. Re:It's all in a slogan on Hillary Clinton Rips 'Bankrupt' DNC Data Operation (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem with your line of thinking is that you're saying she should have blatantly lied about policy choices in order to win. "Change" is/was not what the US needs, despite a vocal minority shouting at the top of their lungs. We've seen the projections for "change" over the last 8 months - 24 million Americans losing health insurance, regulations lowered or removed altogether on financial institutions and environmental pollution, weakened security due to willful ignorance and insults aimed at our allies.

    The so-called "liberals in the big city" are doing well because they're adapting to, not fighting against, economic reality. The stagnation you mention in the rust belt has nothing to do with Obama, or "elitist liberals", or the ACA. It has to do with the economic realities of a 21st century global economy. I'm truly sorry if coal mining is no longer a viable means of supporting your community, but economic and political isolationism isn't the answer. Investments in education and subsidies for emerging markets (like clean energy) are the only real way to avoid the collapse of the rust belt. Unfortunately the GOP is doing its best to undermine both, while making entirely unrealistic promises to their base, like "we'll bring back coal".

  3. Re:I dont get it on Facebook Knows What You're Streaming (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Facebook (the app) can't, but Facebook (the ad network streaming commercials to set-top devices through Tubi TV) can see your IP, and then compare it to Facebook (the app) users' IP addresses. What a terrible, misleading headline - Facebook knows what you're streaming because they're serving the commercials that are streaming to you. Still, note to self: NEVER use Tubi TV.

  4. Re:Apple's Still Growing on Apple Is Outdated, Says Chinese Conglomerate LeEco CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    When it comes to measures of success, I tend to give more credence to Apple's quarterly earnings reports than to the anecdotal ramblings of an anonymous coward who claims to "see almost no one with an iwatch on".

  5. Re:Obligatory on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    It varies from person to person

  6. Re:Why stop there? on A Plea For Websites To Stop Blocking Password Managers · · Score: 1

    is that really big enough of an issue to complain about?

    You must be new here.

  7. Is it just me? on The Quantum Experiment That Simulates a Time Machine · · Score: -1

    The whole idea of the grandfather paradox always seemed absurd to me (along the same lines as Zeno's paradox of a runner never being able to reach a finish line because he'd have to cross an infinite number of subdivisions first). It sounds clever until you actually think about it.

  8. Re:In spite of this and other similar phenomena... on Robot Makes People Feel Like a Ghost Is Nearby · · Score: 1

    Don't confuse consciousness with sentience or intelligence.

  9. Re:Is this technically impossible - no. on Tim Cook Says Apple Can't Read Users' Emails, That iCloud Wasn't Hacked · · Score: 2

    If you think marking a U2 album as "purchased" across all users' accounts is comparable to cracking strong encryption or secretly stealing private keys from remote devices, you really have no business commenting on this.

  10. Re:Biggest concern is the data usage on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 1

    And downloading purchased music is also off by default, as well as using cellular data plans to do it...so that's THREE settings your hypothetical user EXPLICITLY turned on to put them into that situation. And you somehow think it's Apple's fault?

  11. No it does not on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 1

    Even if they only do it after the users explicitly turn on the feature to push music down to their phones, and then it still will only work over wifi unless the users explicitly turn on another feature to "download over cellular"? You really think they have no business doing exactly what the user has asked for?

  12. Re:Downloading music for free? Scandelous! on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 1

    If a) I already knew you and had set up an arrangement to grant you access to my home to deliver books that I've purchased in the same manner, and b) you ONCE put a free book that you, the store owner (not the publisher), paid for as a promotion, then I would not be upset about it...EVEN IF it were not a book I wanted, because the solution would be to throw away/give away the book, and then my "problem" would be solved.

  13. Re:Not good enough on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The MOST troubling part here is how disproportionally butthurt people seem to be over having a free album given to them. Also, spare me from having to read one more person prattle on about how their "curated" iTunes library has been harmed.

  14. But will it work with HomeKit? on Nest Announces New Smart Home API · · Score: 1

    If it's compatible with the iOS framework then I'll probably cave and get one.

  15. the basic blocks are still basic on Kids Can Swipe a Screen But Can't Use LEGOs · · Score: 1

    If you actually looked at the kits, you'd see that yes, there are some specialized pieces, but the majority of the licensed kits are made with the same basic bricks as every other Lego kit.

  16. Re:That's not a refund. on Apple Offers Refund To Stiffed Breaking Bad Season Pass Customers · · Score: 1

    If there were rules on how many episodes constituted a "season", you might have had a valid point. Unfortunately for you and the validity of your rant, it varies from show to show, and even season to season.

  17. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if you're being willfully obtuse or not. AMC refers to and sells the 8 episodes as "Breaking Bad: Season 5". You can debate the merits of that all you wish, but are you seriously suggesting that Apple (or Amazon, or any other retailer) are being disingenuous for listing the product as "Season 5" and selling it as a single season?

  18. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 1

    Change their advertising...how, exactly? They're using the name of the product.

  19. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 2

    If AMC gives Apple a bundle of episodes to sell and calls it "Season 5", how would you reasonably expect Apple to advertise it? Would you expect other retailers to be similarly liable? Amazon is selling all 8 episodes of "Season 5" right now - does that make them liable if I bought their season pass option?

  20. I can beat that on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 1

    I can describe anywhere on earth in only 2 words: mostly harmless.

  21. Re:Samsung on Apple Renews Contract With Samsung Over A-Series Processors · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then where would Samsung turn to for their product designs?

  22. Re:Video?!? on Florida Researchers Create Shortest Light Pulse Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    I don't want to sit through 68 attoseconds of video - is there a tl;dr version?

  23. Re:Methinks people don't appreciate the scales her on Bill Clinton Backs 100 Year Starship · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, if someone on slashdot says it can't be done, then that's enough for me...

    Call it off, boys!

  24. Re:Patched Already? on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    I recommend not going to /. for advice when it comes to Macs and anti-virus software :)

  25. Re:Character vs. actor on Remastered Star Trek: the Next Generation Blu-ray a Huge Leap Forward · · Score: 1

    Spoiler alert: he doesn't actually create the AI. He creates self-replicating machines, which quickly evolve into a collective intelligence. Slightly different.