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  1. Re:Ambulance chasers on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    Even better. A 'city car' that looks uninsured is the best way through traffic. The nicer the car, the faster they get out of your way.

  2. Re:What? on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    If 'Hell's Kitchen' can become 'Chelsea' than anything is possible. It will take time to drive out the scum.

  3. Re:San Francisco Shithole on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    I cut a bunch of donuts down there last time I drove through. Burned out down the tunnel.

    Just to piss of the locals.

  4. Re: What does this mean? on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    I grew up in west misery.

    They are mostly incredibly _bad_, slow drivers. Everytime I go to see the folks, I have to constantly remind myself to drive extra extra extra slow.

    A lot like Origonions, left turn from right lane kind of shit.

  5. Re:What does this mean? on Pedestrian Attacks Self-driving Car in the Mission (curbed.com) · · Score: 1

    Homeless dude needed curb stomping. Why didn't you?

  6. Re:Epic bullshit on Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says He Does Not Regret Firing James Damore (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Your argument makes no sense. They didn't fire the people that spread the memo outside the forum where the discussion was SUPPOSED to take place.

    The problem is the discussion was supposed to be an echo chamber, nobody likes the dude that breaks up a circle jerk. So the 'obnoxious ass clowns' removed the cites and posted the memo far and wide. They should have been fired for that.

    After Damore gets done with Google, he has good cases against the 'journalists' that slandered him by editing his memo. Also against any Googlers that altered it then posted it. He should put them _all_ in the poor house.

  7. They know they will lose, have budgeted a few million.

    The jury should punish them, hard, ghost peppers as lube. Using Odorous' stage gear.

    They will likely settle, to control the press. Not get publically caught in lies.

    Damore shouldn't settle for less than a public written apology, lots of cash and Google firing the people that made the decision.

  8. Epic bullshit on Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says He Does Not Regret Firing James Damore (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Of course it was political. How stupid do they think we are?

  9. Re:Idiot for buying a BMW on BMW's Apple CarPlay Annual Fee is Next-level Gouging (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Stealerships aren't just BMW dude. Anybody who has non-warranty work done at a dealer is too stupid to live.

  10. Re:Idiot for buying a BMW on BMW's Apple CarPlay Annual Fee is Next-level Gouging (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    LOL. You trust CR...chump.

    VW/Porsche/Audi is one company. They've standardized. The perform like VWs, are reliable like Porsches and have maintenance costs and parts availability like Audis.

  11. Re:Simultaneous to claiming its use to abuse him.. on Trump Signs Surveillance Extension Into Law (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Duh, and it will be used against all non-incumbent/appointed successor presidential candidates from now until it is revoked.

    The only other option is a bunch of feds and Hillary campaign workers (same people) go to prison, even then...

  12. Re:Well known: 2 sigma gap on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Been done. Jet engines _suck_ for cars.

    What you want is a Hayabusa engine in a smart car.

  13. Re:There has to be a better way on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    The Germans went 99% pure defense on the trench lines once they saw that traditional frontal attacks were just wastes of men. The English and the French just continued to send men into a meat grinder.

  14. Re:There has to be a better way on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    It was stalemated until the Americans showed up.

    They were good at frontal attacks against machine guns. Clueless criminal incompetents.

  15. Re: They talk funny on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    How the hell is she supposed to 'message' rank incompetence into something positive? Hillary couldn't even pull that off, not outside MSNBC and the NYTimes anyhow.

  16. Re:They talk funny on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Regulations often make things WORSE. e.g. the American mortgage mess.

    If you assume regs, at worst, are neutral, everything downstream of that fallacy will be wrong.

  17. I've never had more copied music than today. I can copy my collection in about 12 hours, would have taken about 10 years, dubbing, 5 with a late 80s high speed dubbing deck.

    It only takes one person to buy the CD. Then it's off to pirate bay.

  18. Re:Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    They can tell synthetic diamonds by the types of inclusions.

    Some really fancy diamonds are etched with serial#s, but that's to make them less stealable. At least in theory.

  19. Re:Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Water is for washing, wine is for drinking.

  20. Re:Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Maple syrup out of a beer bong...

  21. Re:I'm not opposed to cane sugar on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Make sure you use that before it's expiration date.

  22. Re:What's wrong with the existing 3.5mm jacks? on Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, but one theoretical advantage of bluetooth is one less opening in the case. I mentioned 'water proof' because it removes this advantage.

    No new connectors on their current generation flagship phones. Though I'm not sure about the insane large, uncarriable 'premium' version of the phone.

  23. Re:Stand your ground on Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You did have a choice, but you made the wrong one.

  24. Unless they drop CDs entirely, they're just wasting their efforts. Attempting to plug the analog hole, while shipping easily ripped digital media? Makes no sense.

  25. Re:What's wrong with the existing 3.5mm jacks? on Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The newest Sony phone, has a waterproof 3.5 mm jack.