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  1. Re:Double Checking on Here's Elon Musk's Plan To Power the US on Solar Energy (inverse.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, the solar powers will serve as a canopy, so the snipers will have some protection against the sun's harsh rays.

  2. Re:Fuck off america on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not sure how the context you provided changes it.

  3. Re:Fuck off america on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Trump is the new King Canute. He believes his words can command nature itself.

    this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal

    - Barack Obama

  4. Re:Busted on How Fonts Are Fueling the Culture Wars (backchannel.com) · · Score: 2

    I noticed a lot of "parodies" of Trump's hat around. And almost exclusively from people that would not be admirers. When I saw this "MAKE AMERICA RAGE AGAIN" cap, pretty much straightforward and unironic in its copying, I thought Trump's messaging might be on point.

    There was even a girl attacked because her "make bitcoin great again" cap was apparently mistaken for the real deal.

  5. Re:What does this have to do with science? on 'Science Must Clean Up Its Act' (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 2

    I think they're going to add a few colors to the rainbow, too.

  6. Me? Working until the day I die. And on the date of the funeral, will probably have to put in a half day.

  7. It's become derogatory? on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not widely. I've never heard of this.

  8. Oh noes!!!! on Americans' Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    More Republicans!!!!

  9. Re: It's rock and hard place time for youtube on YouTube Loses Major Advertisers Over Offensive Videos (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    To honor the days when the internet was fun: they can suck a llama's ass

    WinAmp reference?

  10. Re:That's why I pay to recycle monitors on Some Recyclers Give Up On Recycling Old Monitors And TVs (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    A warehouse full of dead monitors will not just sit there "forever".

    When I read this, it reminded me of the final scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Maybe we should have top men working on this recycling problem?

  11. Re:Because it's a totalitarian government on Why Has Cameroon Blocked the Internet? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, commenter's handle IS "Opportunist"

  12. Re:You know what they say... on Story Of a Founder Who Burned Through $21M While His Social App Fling Crashed (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't be nice to see a video of Steve Ballmer yelling "APPS! APPS! APPS! APPS! APPS! APPS! APPS! .." Ah, the good old days.

  13. Re:Not believed to be because of climate change on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 1

    All I meant was - a comment about climate change prompted me to post my asinine comment, which in turn caused your comment.

  14. Re:Not believed to be because of climate change on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 1

    everything is caused by climate change

    I'll be fascinated to learn how climate change caused you to post this utterly asinine comment.

    The same way it caused yours.

  15. Re:Not believed to be because of climate change on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Scientists actually don't believe this particular instance to be caused by climate change. So, if people could read up a bit ...

    This seems counter-intuitive (since everything is caused by climate change). Do you have a source or link?

  16. How do you explain those companies investing large sums of money trying to train up American kids if they prefer the slave-labour H1Bs? Insurance perhaps?

    Intel threw $300,000,000 at increasing diversity and equality.

    I don't see anything about training and skills in "diversity and equality".

  17. Re:God created the moon on Scientists Calculate the Moon To Be 4.51 Billion Years Old (go.com) · · Score: 1

    This was funny the first 6000 times I read it. Wearing thin now.

  18. Anti-discrimination laws are allowed by the constitution. Those laws can prohibit certain speech. That's well established and tested in court.

    Can you supply some of these laws and court cases? I'm not trolling nor is it a rhetorical question. Free speech has been on my mind lately, and I see a lot of people state (without evidence) that the US (or states, or something) has a few, narrow restrictive laws regarding racism and discrimination, in regard to what can be said/printed. But nobody is interested or able to provide examples. Thanks in advance.

  19. Re:How strange on Why China Can't Lure Tech Talent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've lost count of the number of states that have banned smoking

    I'm thinking no more than 50.

  20. Re:How strange on Why China Can't Lure Tech Talent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What about my freedom to be free of your secondhand smoke?

    Then you need modern America style freedom. :)

    (BTW I don't live there or anything, was just watching some YouTube videos featuring western guys working in China.)

  21. Re:How strange on Why China Can't Lure Tech Talent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Daily life in China is closer to that in the USA than to North Korea.

    Most personal, daily life is even freer than in the USA. For example, nobody gives a shit where you smoke, and hardly any concern about how you drive, where you park, etc.

  22. I was reading this thread, and this WSJ opinion piece at the same time, and my attention was snagged.

    Politico reports the electors in question are “mostly former Bernie Sanders supporters who hail from Washington state and Colorado,” which means they are Clinton electors. If they prove faithless, it would widen Trump’s margin—not that it matters, for at least 37 Trump electors would have to defect to deny him a majority.

    Now I'm actually interested in observing the electoral ballot casting!

  23. Re:Great for China! on Trump: I'll Ditch TPP Trade Deal on Day One of My Presidency (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    In trade, China needs the U.S. more than vice-versa.

  24. Re:I don't want to pay for this. on Amazon Wants To Include Live Sports as Part of Prime Membership (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    So then what? Prime becomes $150/mo?

    To me, it sounds like this would be some kind of add-on to Amazon Prime. But I can't say for sure.

  25. Re:Question is... on Facebook To Stop Ads that Target, Exclude Races (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Everything about you is their business.

    Literally