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  1. Mr. Trump's 'Buy American, Hire American' on Trump Administration Tightens Scrutiny of Skilled Worker Visa Applicants (inc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    First off, it's "President Trump" and execution of his platform is pretty much what the voters expect, isn't it? Or have we come to expect less of our voted officials?

  2. Wrong! The content is still hosted at the server.

  3. Does this mean.. on Russia Posts Video Game Screenshot As 'Irrefutable Proof' of US Helping IS (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    we can't be friends?

  4. Re:events should have a ticket lottery system on Paradise Papers Expose Canadian Scalper's Multimillion-Dollar StubHub Scheme (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    "And it's called gouging. "

      No it's not. It's called profit. Don't like it? Become a seller, assume the risks, partake in the profit or just don't buy.

  5. Whose responsibility at the Financial Times is it to verify data before publishing it as fact? How culpable are the editors here for publishing fake news?

    "UPDATE (2:53 PST): Google say it hasn't lined up any deals to share revenue and user data with online news sites, calling Sunday news reports "totally wrong."

  6. "Preferably with blackjack, and hookers."

      And what, forget about the blow?

  7. Re:Natalie Portman's grits on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    "Lost my 5 digit userid when I couldn't remember"

      This is what happens when.... what were we talking about?

  8. Whiners on Toymaker Mattel Cancels AI Babysitter After Privacy Complaints (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "A petition asking Mattel not to release the Aristotle gained more than 15,000 signatories."

      It's a pretty easy fix for a product you don't like or agree with, DON'T BUY IT!

      Petition, please. Some parents may WANT to expose their children to this type of technology and you don't have the right to tell them not to.

  9. Here's a very populated swarms hash.

    efc0b058374d2d8f0867958d01ce5cb404e65f37

  10. Proof of concept.. on Swarms Of Flying Robot Bees Could Monitor Weather, Collect Data (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    .. with no supporting facts. Important things like how long can you "fly" a device that weighs 100 mg? How do you control the device with even a 3 mph wind?

        The article is so significantly short of fact it reads like a new kickstarter project (without the CG video).

  11. A little late on Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I haven't have a cable sub for over 10 years. Currently there's no show, event, or news I can't get live or with a 15 minute delay on the stream, without commercials, without ANY subscriptions. The first few years it was a little difficult, but today is click and point for anyone with any research ability. It's child's work to watch any content today without subscription (regardless of how many times addons/plugins/protocols/services) are "shut down").

      But, when Joe Sixpack finds this out, we all find another route, as we did with guntella, supernova, mininova, TPB... and countless other swarms, clients or services. Until the distributors play nice, there's no other viable route.

  12. Outsourcing is just a way on The US Is Becoming a Hot Spot For Outsourcing (bendbulletin.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    for employers to avoid paying benefits and their part of FICA by hiring subcontractors.

  13. Re:Oh puh-leeze. Mussolini? on SEC Rules That ICO Tokens Are Securities (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    ". Do you really want the kinds of markets we had before the SEC was around?"

      No, but I do want the type of SEC that was in operation before the Clinton(s) were in office. You know the one that required transparent, orderly and fair markets for all buyers and sellers (not just for club members)?

  14. But once it's published, it's pretty much ratified. Here's the mess https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc31...

  15. So it comes down to.. on Alleged Dark Web Kingpin Doxed Himself With His Personal Hotmail Address (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Dupes for those that don't RTFA? Or is to that slow a news day?

  16. Obligatory on Researchers Have Figured Out How To Fake News Video With AI (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=...

    Just a more polished version.

  17. .. a bowl of humboldt, now they're blaming computers?

    "This self-inflicted distraction comes at a cost, as students are spending up to one-third of valuable (and costly) class time zoned out,"

  18. Why are they worried? on Newspapers To Bid For Antitrust Exemption To Tackle Google and Facebook (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Someone still sells buggy whips.

  19. Can you hear me now? on Comcast and Charter In Talks With Sprint To Offer Wireless Service (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you hear me now? No? Ah.. must be Sprint...

  20. Re:"Lawmakers want to move fast . . ." on Lawmakers Want To Move Fast On Self-Driving Car Legislation (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    That's just because there's a steaming pile of feces on their desktops that they don't like the smell of, don't understand the application and don't care that they are actually making laws that effect the way new technology gets to be developed and implemented (and they're too scared to ask their 12 year old daughter what it means).

  21. I would bet on YouTube Claims 1.5 Billion Monthly Users (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    the number is an understatement. Welcome to 1984 (30 years late).

  22. "Will people then be sold in supermarkets too?"

    Of course not, they'll be an app for that (like Uber). No one wants to pay retail for people!

  23. "Remember - only Russia posts your private business on the internet. "

    That's correct. Here in the USA we use unwarranted surveillance only to get sufficient enough information necessary to do a parallel construction of legal evidence to legally convict those we don't like. That way they can't say we violated their civil rights. Heck, it's easier than a FISA warrant.

  24. Everyone knows humans were created 5777 years ago ( 3761 BC). What's this world coming to?

  25. Just use XBMC/KODI.