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  1. Solar is not cheaper, on Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Coal, Says India Energy Minister (climatechangenews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not that Solar has become cheaper, but coal is being regulated out of existence.

    Some plants have even shut down. If you followed along he law of supply and demand in high school you can see where prices would go.

  2. Re: Short-term benefit? on Google Books Can Proceed As Supreme Court Rejects Authors Guild Appeal (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Because a lot of material published is absolute tripe and you won't know it until you actually buy the book.

    How many books have you read, and of those books which authors would you immediately recommend?

    Being able to preview the book via Google Books allows you to do more than judge a book by it's cover and avoid a poor financial investment.

  3. Re:So that Serverfault question wasn't a hoax on UK Hosting Provider 123-Reg Accidentally Deletes Customer Sites (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Or the poor admin that thought he was in the dev environment.

  4. It's safe to say that people that live in, or frequent, poor communities are disproportionately stopped and searched.

    It's sad that many black people live in these communities for the sake of rejecting what they perceive as 'white culture' aka, 'education'.

    Education and success are not white attributes, or every trailer court would be a castle. Everyone seems to forget that the Good Reverend Martin Luther King Junior was also the Good *Doctor*, Martin Luther King Junior. When black people stop rejecting education en-masse then we will see those stats alter.

  5. Rachel Dolezal Bot

  6. Re:I have a better idea on MPAA Wants ISPs to Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Never let the facts get in the way of this tired clickbait:

    http://www.latimes.com/enterta...

  7. Movie Theaters will actually do this.

    My Wife and I sent to see the new 'Vacation' disaster and walked out One quarter of the way through. We spoke with Management about it and they gave us free tickets to use at some other date. Which we used when Dead Pool came out.

    If you are kind and polite when talking to people magick happens.

  8. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a shame AOL couldn't keep your kind locked away.

  9. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You're implying parties are required for social acceptance or affluence.

    Please read between the lines.

  10. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0

    That was beyond disgusting.

  11. 1899 All over again. on After 150 Years, the American Productivity Miracle Is 'Over' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    This sounds Oddly Familiar...

    "America is past it's prime and over, nothing better is coming"

    http://patentlyo.com/patent/20...

  12. Re:False premise on After 150 Years, the American Productivity Miracle Is 'Over' (qz.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    You blew it.

    When you report to a VP you *are* expected to pony up and pitch in. That's what reimbursements are for.

    You have two things in life, excuses or results. I can see which you chose.

      I also doubt you got there with only 5 years under your belt.

  13. Re: Temporary Hope? on 'Neural Bypass' Links Brain To Hand To Get Around Paralysis (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Then we concur that a paralyzed person can jump at a something or a blind person can see the light.

    Figuratively speaking of course. Gotta love Idioms. :)

  14. Re: Temporary Hope? on 'Neural Bypass' Links Brain To Hand To Get Around Paralysis (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    *Whoosh*

  15. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0

    Gushing over a number is not *news that matters*

  16. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    I think I should have summarized it better as 'Low quality click-bait'.

    Sorry, but calling it as I see it.

  17. Re:Editing... on Golden State and the Mathematical Magic of Seventy-Three (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gives a damn is good. Deliberately pointing traffic for a story on *sports* while masking it as tech by trying to bring math into the equation... Not so much. An improvement in the attempt for certain but still a paid for traffic generator.

    Site owners used to cringe at the threat of being slash-dotted.

  18. Re:Repeat after me... on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Adding to AC's astute observation: ..."In the cloud" does not mean "Is backed up." ...'Deleted' from the cloud does not always mean 'deleted'. ;)

  19. Re: Temporary Hope? on 'Neural Bypass' Links Brain To Hand To Get Around Paralysis (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    For the hope of helping research like this I would gladly volunteer.

    If someone asked me to help test a procedure that would fix my knees I would be willing to pay some expenses myself, even if I didn't get to benefit in my lifetime.

    Why? Because not everyone in this world thinks about money, and I like opportunities to serve a 'greater good'.

    There's a good chance this test subject jumped at the chance to help. :)

  20. Re:Lol on US ISPs Refuse To Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    This is good to know and explains much. Thank You for the info.

    +1 informative. :)

  21. Thank God Common Sense isn't dead. I was beginning to worry.

  22. Re:Need a safe "reinstall" button on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Bring Snap Packages For Up-To-Date, More Secure Apps (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    You kids and your 'installers'. I admit they are nice now, but in 1997 you had to know how to do things and some methods were easier or safer than others.

    I think this is what RghtHndSd was referring to.

  23. Ubuntu is the slowest Linux distribution by far that I have worked with anyways. This is just a more clandestine way to kill it off.

  24. Re:The customer losses would be too big. on US ISPs Refuse To Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you calling CNN Liars then?

    http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/1...

    Or USA Today that mentions Charter a year later.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/...

    Interesting lists of acquisitions and mergers in that second one.

    You tell me oh wise one, learn me the truth, preach to me the error of my ways and set my foot right apon the digital path.

  25. Re:The customer losses would be too big. on US ISPs Refuse To Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I read the headline and a few supporting paragraphs and came to my conclusion. Whether or not the sale finally went through I haven't fully read. For all I know it could have gone through and I am just feeding a troll.

    Beyond that, what do you care that some random person on the internet was incorrect, was deceptive or *just read bad data*. you are making a lot of assumptions about people you have no context to pretend to judge.

    For that matter I don't really care what you think as you appear hell bent to take joy in calling people liars.

    I really do wish you the best of luck in life. From my perspective it looks like it's going to be full of challenges.

    Good Day.