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  1. Re:EXCLUSIVE on The Shutting Down of FilmStruck and the False Promise of Streaming Classics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not only that, but apparently they think Barack Obama didn't stand for "science and progress," since "so many" of us ignorant and racist/sexist/homohobe/blah blah Americans were perfectly fine with electing him to two terms.

    No, the fact that we didn't vote for a long-despised political player who was notorious for sucking up to corporate America, defending her #metoo husband, and who stole her nomination away from Bernie Sanders is just because we hate science and women. Yeah.

  2. "It made it clear that a passion for art-house and classic film was not exclusive to old white men"

    WHO CLAIMS THIS?

    People who hate white men and want to downplay their accomplishments in any field, excise them from history, and steal any power they have for themselves?

    Just a guess.

  3. Every film critic is an armchair businessman on The Shutting Down of FilmStruck and the False Promise of Streaming Classics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    (The movie diet wouldn't be an entirely balanced one: the site does poorly with such domains as American independent filmmaking, African cinema, and the past forty years of film history. Its over-all flaw is its reliance on recognized classics: the programming of the site is more responsive than it is proactive, and it might have been improved by more personalized, idiosyncratic selections that would have made it more like a permanent online film festival.)

    Well, Richard, why don't you start up your own fucking streaming site then? I mean, since you think that adding all of that is so fucking easy. I'm sure you'll make a goddamned fortune.

  4. Limited time offer: security monitoring for free on China's OnePlus, Backed by Qualcomm and T-Mobile, Launches OnePlus 6T Smartphone in US (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Live 24/7 security monitoring of all your capitalist yankee calls is provided free of charge for an unlimited time, courtesy of Glorious Leader Xi Jinping.

  5. Re:blame social media on Tech Groups Step Away From Gab Network After Shooting (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Political views are something you choose, so they can never be a protected category.

    So is religion, and it's a protected category.
     

  6. Re:Teach parenting instead on With Few US Students Taking CS Classes, Code.org 'Scales Back' Funding For CS Education (acm.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yep, good programmers don't need to be recruited or sold on programming. They'll do it with or without a class at their school, because it's who they are. Begging randos to become coders will only get you a bunch of shit coders.

  7. Re:Linus was blackmailed on With Few US Students Taking CS Classes, Code.org 'Scales Back' Funding For CS Education (acm.org) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone who hasn't figured that out by now is pretty naive. He was even warned about this years ago. The arrogant motherfucker apparently either didn't listen or let his guard down.

  8. I've got a crazy idea on With Few US Students Taking CS Classes, Code.org 'Scales Back' Funding For CS Education (acm.org) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Maybe allow some white boys to take these classes too, instead of focusing 100% of your CS class recruiting efforts and class time focusing on girls and minorities?

    Just a crazy thought.

  9. Re:Republicans are against this on 190 Universities Launch 600 Free Online Courses · · Score: 1

    Education is free. You can learn anything online.

    You pay for the diploma.

    This. No one goes to university and spends a small fortune to *learn*. You can already learn for free. You pay the university for a piece of paper that will get you past the HR screeners.
     

  10. Re:You dropped your pacifier on Star Trek Animated Comedy Series Is In the Works (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    but I do care when every character that doesn't belong to some minority group is either evil, a fuck-up, or both.

    Oh bullshit, STD has a ton of straight white male characters who aren't portrayed as evil or incompetent. Let's see, there's....ummm....ummm....uh....ORANGE MAN BAD!

  11. Re:Huge surprise! on Thousands of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Every man in Valhalla must be hanging his head in shame to see this country today.

  12. Here's my review without words on 150 San Franciscans Explain How Tech Money Changed Their City (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    jjsj alka aaow aooa pap pwps oowa.

  13. Re:There are some great ones and mostly not so gre on Movie Commentary Tracks Are Back (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Three words: Cannibal! The Musical

    Greatest commentary of all time. In fact, it's so great that time-travelers from the future built a time machine specifically to come back and inform us that it's still the best commentary track ever, even in their time.

    South Park is great. Team America is great. The Book of Mormon is great. But nothing Matt and Trey ever do will ever top the commentary track on Cannibal. It should be taught in schools. It should be preached in churches. It should be elected President. Shrines should be built to it.

  14. Re:AI really can't replace everything. on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Some fathers do it too, but it's not as common because they know that it's a lot less likely they're going to be believed.

  15. Re:I'm sure this won't be abused on New App Lets You 'Sue Anyone By Pressing a Button' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, if it suits you.

  16. Re:AI really can't replace everything. on Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    False accusations of abuse are quite common in bitter divorce and child custody cases, and they're almost always are leveled by the wife/mother against the husband/father. I've personally known several men who have had to deal with this in their divorce and/or custody cases. But to my knowledge, I've never met any men who were struck by lightening. So your "getting falsely accused of assault or rape is as rare as getting struck by lightening" analogy is laughably poor.

  17. Why is Soyuz in quotes? on Crew of 'Soyuz' Spacecraft Establish Contact After Failed Launch (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you implying that this was a fake Soyuz, masquerading as the real thing?

  18. For decades, everyone has been talking about self-driving cars, self-flying cars, etc. But myself has yet to see them.

  19. Is there anything we can't blame them for?

    If there is anything we can't blame them for, we'll just blame global warming instead.

  20. Just do what I did: Don't go to see it on 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Negative Buzz Amplified By Russian Trolls, Study Finds (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not interested in Disney's fanfic anymore. Made the mistake of seeing The Force Awakens. The plot was just a fan-service rehash of the original Star Wars and Rey was an annoying Mary Sue. So I just stopped giving Disney my money after that. Didn't make a YouTube video bitching about it or anything. I just stopped buying their toys and seeing their movies. Problem solved.

  21. Re:Virtue signalling on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And if the lesbians were blocking the parade, why didnt the police do anything

    They were probably too busy laughing their asses off at the spectacle.

  22. How do I get to the ending where the actors from Stranger Things are freed from their stage parents and get to live normal lives?

  23. Meanwhile in Appalachia... on Facebook is Equipping K-8 Classrooms With Robot Sets To Boost Tech Diversity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some poor little white boy, who lives with his methhead parents in a run-down trailer with no running water, is asking his teacher if he can have a robot too.

    "Sorry kid. These are just for the under-privileged."

  24. Re:Show, don't tell. Less hype, more details. on Tim Berners-Lee Announces Solid, an Open Source Project Which Would Aim To Decentralize the Web (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    These are very nice puff pieces claiming a lot of good intentions, but how does it work?

    Probably the same way Theranos' magic blood tests worked. It's powered by bullshit.

  25. "Personal empowerment through data" sounds like a bunch of buzzword bullshit to me.