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  1. Planet! Planet! Planet. on Pluto Should Be Reclassified as a Planet, Experts Say (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, a wanderer by any other name....

  2. Good for Them, Going Under Like That on Theranos To Close Shop (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 0

    This should send a message to others who try to contrive medical processes and devices that don't work.

  3. This Person Might Have Saved Lives on White House Says Anonymous 'Coward' Behind New York Times Op-Ed Should Resign (freerepublic.com) · · Score: 0

    Trump is at least a sociopath. We do not know what the people around him might have saved the world from.

    Trump'ism is over.

  4. Boycott Twitter Until Trump is Off It on Inside Twitter's Long, Slow Struggle To Police Bad Actors (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Twitter is just a a platform for crazy old Trump to spew hatred, deceit, paranoia, racism, and generally working on destroying America.

    Do what I did, close your account.

  5. I guess the economics of letting the occasional ship sink with lives lost, is cheaper than securing the load.

  6. It's Insane to Think Your Computer Cares for You on How Telepresence Robots Are Combating the Debilitating Effects of Isolation and Loneliness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have even a bad moment with a person, at least you know that that interaction was real.

  7. There once was a time when being a musician was more a profession--than a lottery.

  8. For Tech, Consider Self-Taught on 30% of America's Student Loan Borrowers Can't Keep Up After Six Years (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    For many things in the tech world, people can teach themselves, but it's up to you to consider hiring them.

  9. There is Plenty of ABS to be had for Recycling! on Lego Wants To Completely Remake Its Toy Bricks Using Plant-Based Or Recycled Materials (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Lego blocks are made from ABS, and there is plenty of it in our garbage:
    Almost everything on the outside of printers.
    Computer accessories: charger and keyboard housing, monitor parts, those crappy computer speaker enclosures.
    Many parts in a car interiors. If a plastic part isn't soft in a car, it's likely plastic.
    The outside of many laptop computers
    The outside of many kitchen appliances: blenders, mixers.
    Housewares, outlet plates, bathroom accessories,
    and many others.

  10. The majority of people hate Donald Trump; the results should reflect that.

  11. Nearly seamless multitasking over an entire network.

  12. What Would a Fascist Dictator State? on Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results To Favor 'Bad' News About Him (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    First it was media, and now it's the search engines. What's next?

  13. Go Tell it to Steam Train Engineers on It's Not Technology That's Disrupting Our Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Generally, technology can erase entire industries.

  14. Vote against Intel's malarkey with your money.

  15. Firefox Smites Its Supporters, Again, and Again. on Mozilla to Remove Legacy Firefox Add-Ons From Add-On Portal in Early October (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm writing browser APIs, catch me if you can. I dare you develop a plugin. It will be obsolete by tomorrow.

  16. Boycott Twitter Until Trump is Banned on President Trump Says It is 'Very Dangerous' When Companies Like Twitter Regulate Own Content (reuters.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Twitter should go down in flames for giving a platform to that crazy, traitorous, pussy-grabbing, confederate nazi.

  17. Netflix Endgame on Netflix Deletes All User Reviews (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    In the end, Netflix will only have one movie that exists in every category.

  18. Another Divining Rod on Wifi Could Be Used To Detect Guns and Bombs, Researchers Say (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Another device and a gut full of prejudice for detaining people.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html

  19. Commerve and Free Enterprise != Capitolism on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    People have made, bought, sold, and consume things for money long before capitalism.

    Capitalism is ONLY the idea that if you have money you can invest it, so you don't have to work.

    The problem is: some people were born into money; some people weren't.

  20. All GM Food Should Go Throught FDA Approval on Will the Food Industry Botch the Introduction Of Gene-Edited Foods? (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because a company can synthesize a food, it doesn't mean that it will work well with us. The food we usually eat, we have been eating for quite some years, but with the introduction of a new food, a latent problem could wipe out a great deal of the human population.

    I think that all GM modified foods should have to go through the same FDA approval process as drugs. If one rouge prion/protein makes it way through, so many people will have a horrible death that the creator's insurer would afford.

  21. As a Note 3/4/5/8 owner, I feel the 3 and the 4 were the best.

    The Note 3/4.
    Had flat screens, which are more practical.
    Had 16x9 aspect ratio, which made more sense than the Note 8 screen.
    Had home button.
    Had flash.
    Had user replaceable batteries.
    Were lighter.
    Pens didn't ruin phone.
    No fires.

    Samsung has lost its way, and now only caters to gageteers.

  22. Old Tango Icons Much Better than New Ones!!! on LibreOffice 6.1 Released · · Score: 1

    The new icons rot. The old Tango icons are much easier, much faster. Thanks for leaving them intact!

  23. So Good that I Turned Down MS Office Disk on LibreOffice 6.1 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've used LibreOffice since it started, likewise OpenOffice before that. I like LibreOffice enough that I turned down a friend's offer for a MS install disk.

    LibrieOffice's menus are much more coherent than MS Office. At least when I used it, MS office had serious problems with Word loosing formatting on text, whereas if you backspace you lose formatting.

    LibreOffice has smaller file saves than MS Office because the file is gzipped after, so I am more likely to keep more backups--in less space.

  24. It's Over on Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The cellphone gravy train is over. The market is saturated with good enough phones, and making marketing-designed phones with gimmicks like curved screens and multiple crappy cameras, and the lack of headphone jacks is just turning me off.

    My next phone with be a Cheap phone.

  25. Vote with Your Money on The Touch Bar Could Replace the Keyboard on Future Macbooks (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't buy it if you don't like it.