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  1. That and getting people to quit smoking.

  2. It was the French people that killed him.. on Pepe the Frog Is Dead (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They cooked him in a butter, wine and garlic sauce and had him for dinner over the weekend.

  3. Re:And my meth dealer told me coke was bad for me. on Facebook Takes Out Full-page Newspaper Ads To Help UK Citizens Detect Fake New (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    They have to at least pay lip service to the problem - otherwise people will grow to regard FB as the land of tinfoil-hat wearing kooks.

    Which in a way it already is.

  4. Re:Good on France on Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nearly every word you use to describe Hillary can be easily applied to Trump.

  5. Re:Good on France on Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Instead we have a government that passed a bill to allow people with mental illness to purchase firearms.

  6. The question is... on New Shodan Tool Tracks Down Botnet Command-And-Control Servers (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The question is probably unanswerable, but I would be curious to know what fraction of all of the C2 servers have they identified.

  7. How long until we have a robot bank robber? on Credit Suisse Deploys 20 Robots Within Bank (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It is just a matter of time...

  8. Skull re-accommodating.

  9. Yeah, but all that will happen is.. on We're Getting Closer To Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    All that will happen is that rich people will get 10 and 12 inch penises.

  10. They could channel "This is Spinal Tap" on AT&T To Roll Out 5G Network That's Not Actually 5G (yahoo.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    and call it 11G.

  11. When I was a kid... on What Happens To Summer TV Binges If Hollywood Writers Strike (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    We had this thing called a frisbee. It is kind of limited for today's crowd however - no WiFi, no Bluetooth, you can't use it to take selfies. But we had lots of fun with it, and if you have a dog it is even better.

  12. Well, they ignore laws passed by local governments. It only stands to reason that they can also break the laws of physics..

  13. And these flying taxis will come flying out of my ass..

  14. So you are telling us... on Discovery May Help Decipher Ancient Inca String Code (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    That the Inca came up with string theory?

  15. Is anyone surprised by this? on Uber's 'Hell' Program Tracked and Targeted Lyft Drivers (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not me..

  16. Re:Stolen Goods on Pirate Bay Founder: 'I Have Given Up' (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This +1000.

    The IP owners may be greedy assholes, but the way to get back at them is simply to not watch the movies or listen to the music. I can't say that I find it hard to resist either - nearly all movies seem pretty pointless to me.

  17. Re:Numbers on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This one is different in the following sense. Normally if you get a boarding pass with a seat assignment, you generally are good to go. If you don't get the seat assignment, there is a possibility that you might not make it. And I have never heard of anyone being removed from a plane once already seated.

    The flight in question had been oversold, but they resolved that at the gate through the normal means (offering cash vouchers). But after the passengers had boarded a different flight crew showed up that needed to deadhead back to Louisville, and all of a sudden they had a problem. If those four people really needed to fly, they should have offered enough cash to free up those 4 seats. Just picking people at random and throwing them off the plane is just wrong.

  18. Re:What should victims of the scam do? on Amazon's Third-Party Sellers Hit By Hackers (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    The only real victim is Amazon. Log into Amazon, and click the "Get Help with Order" button. I have heard it takes a week or two, but they should refund your money.

  19. Reminds me of "The Brain that wouldn't die". on The Story of the First Human Head Transplant Won't Die (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    I think I only saw it on MST3K. I still remember the wise cracks about "neck juice".

  20. Email still required... on Yes, You've Still Got Mail (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In order to sign up for any of those other messaging services, you need to have an email. If you get locked out of your account, password reset links will be sent to you via email.

    I frankly have no use for most of these other forms of communication - for the most part they are just new and different ways of goofing off.

  21. Unwinding it all to figure out who contributed to what source files is the hardest part. I suppose at

    In reality my guess that of the 400 contributors, a much smaller number contributed to the bulk of the code. Some of the contributors might have only made one or two small contributions that would be easy to work around if they didn't give consent or they could not be located.

  22. OK, that sets the baseline when you first start. But what happens if something new comes along after you have started work?

  23. Re:Ridiculous Extrapolation on In 18 Years, A College Degree Could Cost About $500,000 (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Federal loans are a small part of it. Many educational loans are private loans. And guess what - you can't discharge them in bankruptcy, so the lenders have very little incentive to not throw money at you.

    Some of it was caused by Mom&Dad being able to take out cheap home equity loans on their homes. The crash in 2008 kind of brought some of that to an end.

    A lot of schools have gotten into "amenity wars". To attract students, they build ever fancier dorms and facilities. And yes, it does attract, but at a cost. As long as there is no pushback from the potential students that the costs are too high, schools will continue to act like this.

    And finally, not every student pays sticker price. Many pay far less than that - it depends on family income.

  24. The routes that I fly typically have just an RJ. Flying coke cans I call them.

    A 737 feels like a wide body even though it technically isn't.

  25. Re:"professional" ? on Researchers Build An AI That's Better At Reading Lips Than Humans (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, there is "Bad Lip Reading" - their videos are usually pretty funny.