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  1. Re:Why music ? on Starbucks' Music Is Driving Employees Nuts (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    "why the hell is there a need to continuously blast music in a coffee shop, to begin with?"

    For the same reason music is blaring in bars...

    You have to talk louder, thus get more parched, and have to drink more.

    I kid you not, that is the logic!

  2. There were many negative reviews posted which were retroactively removed after the events of Avengers: End Game.

    Just wait a few months and we'll all see how it was done.

  3. "...some juvenile Fedora wearing basement dwellers no doubt have a problem with female leads..."

    But enough about the tv execs who canceled Agent Carter.

  4. The next line of research... on Scientists Dressed Horses Like Zebras To Figure Out Why They Have Stripes (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are the black stripes wrongfully profiled by the flies to attack them more often than the white.

  5. Re:Nestle "kills babies" for profit on Disney, Nestle, and Others Are Pulling YouTube Ads Following Child Exploitation Controversy (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget the young african children who were slave labor at cocoa plantations. Fully explained in the documentary 'The Dark Side of Chocolate.'

  6. On one hand... on Why Some US Cities are Fighting 'Dollar Stores' (eastbaytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ...give $1 Million worth of tax breaks and incentives to a big box store.

    On the other hand... Give $1 Million worth of tax breaks and incentives to ten smaller local stores.

    Now that I think about it, that won't work. Because all the local cash will go to businesses with city hall connections that don't need it.

    You know, the same ones that don't want the dollar stores in their area either.

  7. Where's the student version? on 1,100 Schools Now Scan Social Media For Violent Students - and Alcohol Use (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, so they can see if the teachers/school administration has had any DUI, domestic abuse calls, etc?

    Oh, that's right. If you're under eighteen you have no legal right to know this information.

    ---

    And as for turning on the camera of student issued laptops to check up on them, let me guess...

    30 seconds to check to see if the quarterback is saying a racial slur.
    5 minutes to see if the head cheerleader is drinking during a sleepover.

  8. Re:Time for a legal check on Lobbyists Demonize 'Right To Repair' Legislation (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    As evidence, I want the lobbyist to play this clip...

    "Look Dewey, I got the microwave to work with the door open." - Hal "Malcolm in the Middle"

  9. Re:Porn wants to be free on Apple Fails To Block Porn and Gambling 'Enterprise' Apps (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Cook: "Wouldn't be prudent."

  10. You'll just have to settle for a paper weight of Jumbo.

  11. Re:misuse of squarebraces on Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser 'Schrodinger's Cats' (livescience.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. Next they'll replace 'pulse' with 'plush'. And optical fiber with 'hugging'.

  12. But is it... on Online Videos Shame Two Sleeping Tesla Drivers (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    ...the sleep of the just or the just asleep? - Douglas Adams (paraphrasing)

  13. How is this good for quantum computers? on Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser 'Schrodinger's Cats' (livescience.com) · · Score: 2

    If it's a cat then won't it just ignore you when you want something from it?

  14. Re: So much venom on The Apple Mac Turns 35 Years Old (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    We're talking way before OSX.

    If you were using one of the early versions of Adobe Illustrator you'd have to tell it to render in order to see the final image. Mattering on complexity, this took some time. And was tedious going from wireframe to render and then back to wireframe to change even the simplest of things.

    With Display Postscript this was all WYSIWYG. NeXT capitalized on this in their advertisements. Where they showed someone using Illustrator in real-time while the Macintosh was limited to toggling between views.

  15. Re:So much venom on The Apple Mac Turns 35 Years Old (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I wish they would have also included Display Postscript.

  16. Re:FWIW: it's the last phone from Apple on Is the iPhone SE the 'Best Minimalist Phone' Right Now? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. I only bought an iPhone SE because my 3-4 year old 5c's battery was only about 50% usable. If it lasts another three years I'll be happy.

    BTW, both cost me $350.

  17. 'Love to Love You Baby' Album Version on The Economics of Streaming is Making Songs Shorter (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Cause I'm gonna get my money's worth dammit!

  18. Re:I never understood on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 1

    Um...yeah.

    4-5-6 . 1-2-3, and now 7-8 (The Last Jedi) -9.

  19. Re:I never understood on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not to sound too inappropriate...

    But I think after we see what they do with Leia in the next movie we're going to wish she would have stayed in space.

  20. Re:Really shouldn't blame Solo on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 1

    I think Solo would have been accepted more if in fact it wasn't a Star Wars movie.

    I feel the same for Hellraiser: Judgement. If they would have made it a generic horror movie it would have been better received.

  21. "...25 hours of questioning thus far." on Tidal Under Criminal Investigation In Norway Over 'Faked' Streams (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Now if they put that on Tidal, I'd actually be interesting in joining.

  22. Knock it off, this has worked for years... on Trump Administration Proposes Rules Allowing Drones To Operate At Night, Over Populated Areas (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    ...in Gotham City. You really think those climbs are manned? And not once has the Joker been able to hack'em.

  23. Re:How about a modicum of objectivity in the summa on Aaron Swartz's Federal Judge Gives Anonymous Hacker 10 Years In Prison For DDoS Attacks On Children's Hospitals (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's like a Youtube video and has to be a certain length before you can make money off of it.

  24. For some reason it didn't take my link correctly and I can't figure out how to change it. :P

    It's suppose to be the article for the Smoot–Hawley_Tariff_Act

  25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...–Hawley_Tariff_Act