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  1. " when we know the US government has been doing exactly this with equipment form US companies " = Backdooring switches? You're lying, or you could prove it.

    Overly specific. They have been and are spying on e.g. Germany, I don't care so much how:
    http://www.spiegel.de/internat...

  2. China is not their friend. They are a Communist Dictatorship and they will behave like a Communist Dictatorship.

    You don't have to be best pals with anyone to remind them of this.

    That's true, but the US is not shy to follow their interests either and we already know that they are already spying on e.g. German citizens.

  3. Re:Is this new? on iRobot Unveils Terra, a Roomba Lawn Mower (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You're redefining what it means to "mow a lawn" now, to make this product viable? Wow. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised. Idiocy knows no bounds.

    He's wrong. There are different methods, but all actually do cut the grass

  4. Re:Is this new? on iRobot Unveils Terra, a Roomba Lawn Mower (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I've had a Robomow commercial product for years, Husquarna/Gardena (big garden tool brands in Europe) have mowers as well, as have various other manufacturers

  5. Re: $3,000 laptop on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you miss the part where he said "it cost less and is still more powerful than the MacBook"?

    Methinks you did.

    And this Mac comparison would be true, but he replied to "there are still reasons to buy a $3k laptop" with the words "Not really", then proceeded to give an example configuration that can easily cost exactly that

  6. Re:$3,000 laptop on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And the Precision configuration that you list can easily cost 3k and more

  7. Re:WHATTABOUT HILLARY, COMRADE? As Trump hangs? on Mark Zuckerberg's Mentor 'Shocked and Disappointed' -- But He Has a Plan (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is President of the USA, aka the sovereign.

    A king or emperor would be the sovereign of a state. In the United States of America, the sovereign is the people.

  8. Only do this if you want to wipe out the value of your classic Aston

  9. Re:Question on NASA Decommissions the Kepler Space Telescope (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks

  10. Question on NASA Decommissions the Kepler Space Telescope (space.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why go to the trouble of shutting everything down and not just leaving it as-is?

  11. Re:As far as I know on America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, and those who cared enough were IIRC below 1% of EU citizens

  12. Re:As far as I know on America Braces For Daylight Saving Time - And Missing Medical Records (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    the Russian Federation stopped changing clocks. And the EU follows this example in 2019.

    The EU has not decided and it is complicated because the preferences vary. In the recent online survey a tiny number of people took part and the votes for abolishing the switch came mostly from two or three countries.

  13. Is it never dark in winter when kids go to school where you live?

  14. Actually, this says more about the advertisers than Facebook itself. We all know Facebook is this soulless amoral corporation, that will do anything for money. (And stop only if publicity threatens the money flow.)

    But who pays to specifically advertise to nazis?

    I don't know if they advertise specifically to nazis. They may have other options to check for "give me guaranteed morons" as well, this may be just one of them

  15. I am as skeptical of Facebook as anyone, but in this case ... is it really wrong to identify morons and give the opportunity to advertise specifically to them?

  16. It's telling only I have limited time to deal with other people's emotional issues

  17. This whole discussion is not about gays and lesbians in the first place, so no, but it is no surprise that you don't understand that

  18. Plus Trump's plan is not making allowances for the less than 1% either

  19. I didn't say a single word about frequency, it's all in your mind. Anyways, there is sex that is not always unambiguous, and there is gender which isn't always either. If a person feels like A although her genitals are B it is not your or my place trying to force them to feel differently

  20. Yes, both things exist. Sex is biological and not always unambiguous. People are born with ambiguous genital attributes. That's because there is not a fundamental difference between the male and the female genitals, and sometimes the result is not clearly either-or. This is one reason for why Trump's idea is not a good fit for reality. In addition, our brains, emotional states, and culture are complex and the way the brain deals with the biological states is also not always unambiguous. Some people are biologically toward one end of the scale and emotionally on the other. Forcing them to conform is just as idiotic as trying to force a gay person to be straight or a straight person to be gay. This is the other reason for why Trump's idea is not a good fit for reality.

  21. So called "regular guys" are regularly wrong in their believes regarding all kinds of science, from physics to biology. Do you believe "regular guys" opinions about evolution or relativity as well?

  22. The only reason you are so upset about this is because you are insecure and prefer others to bear your burden. People are not binary. Just like people are not either "black" or "white" there are grades elsewhere too. If you don't believe it I suggest you familiarize yourself with the details, there sure is enough porn to do so

  23. It was not me who made up an imagined group of so-called regular guys.

  24. Nevertheless, the convictions of "regular guys" are very often wrong in all kinds of things. You know this.

  25. There are people whose penis/vagina situation is not clear at birth. And there are people who have one set but in all their being are sure that the should have the other. Fact.