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  1. Stallman cares about being dorky? Since when?

    Imagine 007 eating toejam...but in a suave sexy manner. Bond...nom nom...James Bond...nom nom. Sure Bond would suck toes if the girl wanted...safe bet.

  2. Re:Bad for me, but not for thee on Why Free Software Evangelist Richard Stallman is Haunted by Stalin's Dream (factordaily.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    There is nothing liberal about leftism. Liberal means 'pro liberty', more or less, the opposite of (leftist/marxist/socialist/progressive/American 'liberal').

    Leftist say they aren't authoritarians. But they lie, the dumb ones lie to themselves, the half smart ones lie to the dumb ones. Any non-imaginary political philosophy based on Marxism is a command economy, which has to be authoritarian by definition. Can't self organize, no markets, no price signals.

    You can claim leftist don't exist, _nobody_ believes you. Are we to believe you, or our own lying eyes and ears? They just have to change names about every 20 years, as people figure out it's just 'them' again.

  3. Re:Property is dead on Android Q Will Include More Ways For Carriers To SIM Lock Your Phone (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    That is the typical behavior. No ring, straight to voicemail, never losing bars.

    Also why do all cell phone networks give you bogus 'rings' when dialing? They should just admit their networks are slow to connect and give honest rings only when the phone being called actually rings.

  4. Re:Property is dead on Android Q Will Include More Ways For Carriers To SIM Lock Your Phone (9to5google.com) · · Score: 2

    Just a note: T-Mobile doesn't do VOLTE the correct 'standard' way. So your world phone will 'sort of work', but the service is absolute _unreliable_ crap. You miss calls if your have a LTE connection, get it when you have a lessor one.

    AT&T is your only option in America to use standard band 'world phones'.

    Be aware, _punish_ T-Mobile. They've been refusing to comply with the standard for years now.

  5. Re:What's the secret? on How Companies Secretly Boost Their Glassdoor Ratings (wsj.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    'Progressive' is just a political label.

    It means: 'Reactionary that wants to return to the politics of the 1920s, is unaware of history between 1920 and now.'

    They have to keep changing their label, as people figure out who they are and ignore them.

  6. Re:Thinner. Lighter. More Fashionable. on MacBook Pro Stage Light Fault: Apple's Design Turns $6 Fix Into a $600 Nightmare (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    It happens a lot. Honda used the wrong wire across the door hinges about 10 years ago (for about a year). But their warranties are long enough that it landed on them.

    It comes down to buying thousands of miles of wire. The temptation to push the costs down is strong. Until it bites them.

  7. They think they have. Joke will be on them, same as it was other colonials.

    Do the brits and frogs still own the Suez canal? That's China's future in Africa.

  8. Re:Fear on Spotify Will Soon Let You Mute, Block Artists (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    R Kelly's best video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  9. Re: Is there a Youtube equivalent? on Spotify Will Soon Let You Mute, Block Artists (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not good enough. 'The Cure' is on multiple channels, god they suck.

    The problem is YouTube takes money from the owners of shit groups to be suggested based on completely dissimilar music. e.g 'The Cure' as a suggestion based on bands that know how to play their instruments.

  10. Re:Most people can't tell the difference in A/B te on Why High-Fidelity Streaming is the Audio Revolution Your Ears Have Been Waiting For (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Price has come _way_ down. Must be something 'better' now.

    I mean besides a dedicated 200A audio electric service, hard fat wiring and a big old 120 to 120 transformer (to smooth out the sine wave with hysteresis)...Unless you do that, your sound will never be truly warm. Might as well leave a light dimmer in the house, if you just don't care about sound...

  11. Re:Demand is not quite high enough yet it seems on Demand and Salaries For Data Scientists Continue To Climb (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Stop making shit up. Nobody with a degree from 1987 has their graduation date on their resume.

  12. Re:Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    What are you gonna do TODAY?

    Everybody has an excuse, if they go looking for it.

    You forgot 'culture', don't go looking at crime rates for non-poor American blacks. Your head will explode.

  13. Re:Wouldn't uncompression be trivial? on Why High-Fidelity Streaming is the Audio Revolution Your Ears Have Been Waiting For (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    No. Clipped waveforms cannot be recovered. The data is gone.

  14. Re:Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Thunderdome is fine, if you're handing them bread and circuses?

    Have you ever lived in a _crap_ neighborhood? It's expensive, you lose more to crime than you save on rent, if you own anything worth stealing.

    Cops are part of any solution that could work. Cops with full time on cameras though, not typical corrupt cops. Prevention doesn't do anything for people on the ground today.

  15. Re:Where will they drive? on Uber is Exploring Autonomous Bikes and Scooters (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Taser in the seat. Done.

  16. Re:The US imprisons a higher percentage of its peo on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Private prisons also account for a tiny % of bribes being paid by the 'prison system', the vast majority of which is from the guards unions.

  17. No. I'm not listening to disco, not even if you call it 'electronica'.

  18. Re:Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Not an isolated stat. Focus on race of victim and conviction rate, for a bunch of violent crimes.

    It's likely worse than the stats show, as people of color are likely to not even report the crime in the first place, knowing they won't get any help.

    Not that anybody gets much help with property crimes.

  19. You approve of cops doing less for black victims? You are the racist.

  20. Re:Most people can't tell the difference in A/B te on Why High-Fidelity Streaming is the Audio Revolution Your Ears Have Been Waiting For (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    Cheap consumer crap.

    Search for 'Black Mamba' _power_cord_ to see true audiophile stupidity in all its glory.

  21. Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The most blatant statistic that shows cultural racism is the crime clearance rate by race of the victim.

    The computer should send many more cops into 'communities of color', not doing so is racist!

    They aren't getting their 'fair share' of law enforcement, as seen by the fact that blacks are shot at a lower rate than their share of crime committed. Until 40%+ of those shot by cops are black, they aren't being treated fairly.

  22. You can cover a turd in gold spray paint and glitter.

    When you are asked to 'polish a turd', they are telling you to get out the rattle can. You just need cynical ears and a little 'flexibility' in your morals.

  23. In just a few years, the mass of users of Deezer HiFi will exceed that of the observable universe and the edge of that mass will be expanding at greater than the speed of light!

    Invest now!

  24. Re: Devil's adocate on Oracle Systematically Underpaid Thousands of Women, Lawsuit Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    High school would be a big step up for our deranged AC, Hillary loving mascot(s).

    First day of middle school. Moron determined to not have his head flushed weekly this year, so aggression, no understanding.

    It's good to be 'rich', no debate there.

  25. I'd be depressed, if I had to play it.