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  1. Re:Material and modern design, DIE. on Google Tests Curvy Chrome Tabs With Material Design Overhaul (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Shut up. You are not their customer.

    That said, there are people who design slaughter houses to make the animals less stressed, because it makes the meat a better quality.
    But, as a /.-er, perhaps you know how to change to a different browser. That means you are more equal than others.
    (Yes, that was a reference to animal farm.)

  2. Re:Legalize poaching to protect endangered species on Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces To Overhaul the Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    And even IF hunting is better than the _current_ laws, it does not mean that hunting is good in any way for the species, just less worse than the current laws.

    If current laws are bad, that means in general two things: it is badly written and needs adaptation to reflect the current situation or there is no accountability, i.e. no follow up on the law.
    One does not exclude the other.

    Example: If it would be forbidden to hunt children, but nobody does anything if you do, it will be de facto legal, even if not in writing.
    You see this also with other things, like the constituation of the US.

  3. Re:Legalize poaching to protect endangered species on Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces To Overhaul the Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    They said that before, but nature finds a way.

  4. Was there not an explanation somewhere that introducing wolves had indirect impact on the flow of the river, resulting in less overflowing downstream and thus economic gain?

  5. Re:Bald Eagle, the other white meat on Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces To Overhaul the Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, I must disapoint you on one thing. White spotted owl just tastes like chicken and Panda is a bit tough.
    On the plus side, Canned Tuna can hold Dolphin now, so that pisses of the non-meat eaters who now can't eat it anymore and that will save the tuna, right?

  6. Re: And apologies are free on People Like Getting Thank You Notes, Research Finds (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Ours does. Ypu must just be careful not to admit being guilty while doing it.

  7. ir depends on People Like Getting Thank You Notes, Research Finds (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    At work, when I cam asked to do something and I wrote back "done" I hate ot when people write "Thank you". To me that is a useless mail that I need to read to see if they have added anything else.
    They wasted time writing it and I wasted time reading it.

    It becomes tiresome when you get many per day.

  8. Re:No thanks on Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter Launch the Data Transfer Project (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We have noted your motivation and it is added to your data sheet and shared with all members.

    Just so you know, motivation levels go from 1 to 5 and they are as follows
    5) I happily agree
    4) I agree with a smile
    3) I agree
    2) I reluctantly agree
    1) I resent that I have no option and agree

    Please state your choice in the sharing of your data. Your choice is important to us.(tm)

  9. I doubt this will go well when looking at that other European thing: GDPR.

  10. I am sure many people will not believe it on New Zealand Firm's Four-Day Week an 'Unmitigated Success' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    I am sure and so far the comments agree is that many people will not believe it.

    They have been told so many times that if you work hard, you willbecome rich. Hard working is doing everything for the company. It means that you need to do a lot of hours, otherwise you do not work hard and do not deserver anything.

    If that has been told your your whole life, it is very hard to understand that other ways are possible. But just try to understand that there are many people who work to live and not live to work.

    That if you come in as the first person in the office and leave as the last day in day out, they will keep an eye on you, because you will be the first to crack down when the situation at home, that you are running away from, escalates.

    Nobody here blinks if you say "To travel and have fun with my family." instead of "Be a higher up in this company." if they ask where you see yourself in 10 yeard during an interview. I have refused people a job because they said that, because I knew he was lying or he would be expecting unrealistic behaviour from me and others around him.

    But perhaps you still do not believ or understand it. Here a different explanation. When you try to solve a difficult problem. Be it debugging a program or fighting a boss to get to a next level in a game, the advice you might have heard or taken or experience is to 'sleep on it'.

    The next day you do it with ease. This is what is going on. You take a break for a period, let your brain defragment itself as if it ran Windows95 and it goes a lot smoother. That is what free time does to you.

  11. Re:In related news: water is wet. on New Zealand Firm's Four-Day Week an 'Unmitigated Success' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    4 x 8 hours is 32 hours. 5 x 8 hours = 40 hours.
    They used to work 40 hours and got paid for 40 hours. Now they work 32 hours and still get paid for 40 hours.

    32 hours is less than 40 hours. So they work less than what they did before.

  12. Re:I'm sure the Russians would NEVER.. on Killer Robots Would Be 'Dangerously Destabilizing' Force in the World, Tech Leaders Warn (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    How much of a lying creep Putin is, I still trust him more that the orange one.

  13. Re:Most feared robot is autonomous cars on Killer Robots Would Be 'Dangerously Destabilizing' Force in the World, Tech Leaders Warn (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    At this moment car sharing IS already cheaper than owning a car for many people. (No, not for everybody). As the majority of people how not yet changed over means that many people do not only thing rationally, but also emotionally when doing things like buying a car, talking to peope and voting.

  14. Re:If it can be done, it will be done on Killer Robots Would Be 'Dangerously Destabilizing' Force in the World, Tech Leaders Warn (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    They do not WANT it to think, because then it will learn thet the best option to win is not to play.
    So how about nice game of chess, professor Falken?

  15. 5 prayers per day. We will tell you what direction you should be facing. We could yell the prayers from towers all over the city.

    That will show those terrorist basterds that we do not want to have anything to do with their religion.

  16. Re:It swhould work both ways ... on Senate Wants Netflix, Spotify To Send Out Federal Emergency Alerts (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    ... and if the kid is in your cellar, it is not really missing, now is it? Stupid kid cried also all the time when we walked in the woods during the night. Why is HE afraid? I have to walk back alone.

    (Darn, that went dark fast.)

  17. Re:Crazy MSM on Chinese Hackers Targeted IoT During Trump-Putin Summit (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure the Russians try to manipulate the US people and the Chinese want to manipulate, but so do the people in power that hold your welth and have an American passport.
    Just because their passport sayd "No1 Country" does not mean they have amny interest in you, the wellbeing of your fellow sitizens or anything that the country has been, is or stands for.

    Do not think that if you hand over the puppet strings to anybody, that they are somehow treat you different than a puppet.

  18. Re: It's not their job to prevent crime on FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    What if I do not have the key to open it? I know there are several instances where I have no idea on how to access it.
    Or what if a person hacked my email account and used it to hide stuff? There could be things that proves me innocent.

    And do not say "I forgot it" Say, I have no recollection of it." Even better is to let your lawyer say it.

  19. Re: SAY IT ALL WITH ME, NOW: on FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the time of newspeak. Uber is not a taxi company. Quting potus is loies. Ingnorence is strength. We have always been at war with terrorism. Backdoors are secrecy. Freedom is slavery.

  20. Re:Back assward on Trump Slams EU Over $5 Billion Fine on Google (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    AB InBev has an almost monopoly on water in the US. Theyt are located in Belgium, about 100m from where I live,

  21. Re:not for long on Trump Slams EU Over $5 Billion Fine on Google (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    The thing is that fines will get higher as they go on. A fine is not a 'get out of jail' card. It does not mean they can continue doing what they do.
    First there is a fine, then there is a higher fine and there also is the abilityto take away the licence to do business.

    This has nothing to do with milking companies. This is about punishment and hurting them in the wallet. And they have the power to say "all you (European) bank accounts are now below to us."

  22. Re:EU has always been tough on US companies. on Trump Slams EU Over $5 Billion Fine on Google (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    EU has always been tough on companies. They do the same to EU companies. It is just that the US companies somehow like to do this much more in public than the EU companies who like to keep this behind closed doors.

    In July 2016, the Commission fined MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF a total of 2.93 billion euros for forming a cartel and colluding on truck prices for 14 years

    In November 2008, several car glass producers were hit with a cartel fine for illegal market sharing and exchanging commercially sensitive information.
    French firm Saint-Gobain received the largest fine of 880 million euros, while U.K. firm Pilkington was hit with a fine of 357 million euros. Japanese company Asahi's fine was reduced by 50 percent to 113.5 million due to leniency, while Blegium's Soliver received a fine of just 4.4 million euros.

    Spanish telecom Telfonica received a fine of 151 million euros in July 2007 for setting unfair prices for five years in the Spanish broadband market, according to the Commission.

    French drugs giant Servier, Teva and five other drug companies were fined â427.7 million in July 2014 for colluding to delay the introduction of a generic version of perindopril, a popular blood pressure treatment.

    And there are more.

    That said, the fines are also based on the companies revenue and as the US ones are generally bigger, they get the bigger fines.

  23. Re:How can they possibly not be making bank? on eBay Is Conducting a 'Mass Layoff' In the Bay Area (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    I use email adresses like companyname.com@example.com so that I know where spam comes from. In the 10 years (or more) that I have been doing this, only ebay was spamming me. Well, probably their sellers. For that sole reason I removed the address and gladly give my money to others.

  24. Re:Tell me about it on Frequent Smart Phone, Internet Use Linked To Symptoms Of ADHD in Teens (npr.org) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It IS that easy. You are not his friend. You are his parent. You decide what he can and can not do till he is 18.

    And kids NEVER could sit still for the whole day. I bet you he is sitting pretty still when he uses his phone and not running around. Kids need to run around and have time NOT to sit still. By using his phone, that time not sitting still will be done at other moments, like when you HAVE to do something you do not like. Eating sprouts or doing homework come to mind.

    Althou I am sure, your kid is special. Your kid is the execpetion, like all the other kids.

  25. Re:Could they make two versions? on Google Warns Android Might Not Remain Free Because of EU Decision (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The second fine will be higher. A third one will be even higher and a fourth one would probably include blocking the ability of doing business in Europe.