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  1. I've never been to Vietnam, but south China (Guangdong, HK) is definitely cleaner than it was when I first visited the region 10 years ago.

  2. Re:The real problem we have is on A Million Bottles a Minute: World's Plastic Binge 'As Dangerous as Climate Change' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because there aren't people actually living in a given place doesn't make it "untouched". Not by a long shot.

  3. Re:As Dangerous as Climate Change on A Million Bottles a Minute: World's Plastic Binge 'As Dangerous as Climate Change' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that record-tying high was in Iran, but we don't like Iran, so that's good, and therefore not evidence of climate change.

  4. And yet you were able to get to the shop to buy them in the first place.

  5. Re:/. Headline style on Germany Approves Plans To Fine Social Media Firms Up To $57M (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they've quit trying to invoke Betteridge's Law of Headlines with every story--a vast improvement IMNSHO.

  6. As an EU citizen, I'm here to inform you that you do not speak for me.

  7. Re: Rewarmed malware finds some networks? on Petya Ransomware Outbreak Originated In Ukraine Via Tainted Accounting Software (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Sending a signal on Mayors of 7,400 Cities Vow To Meet Obama's Climate Commitments (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, strong language from an AC. Bet you don't talk like that in real life. Well, no, probably you do, to women and children...

    If you knew the first thing about Australia and Aussies, you'd know that Dave was speaking to you as one typically does to children there.

  9. Re:Your kids won't get jobs on Mayors of 7,400 Cities Vow To Meet Obama's Climate Commitments (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This was information largely hidden by the Obama administration, and Trump made it public.

    Anyone who "hid" that information was only hiding it from themselves.

  10. And Canadian bacon!

  11. Re: Rewarmed malware finds some networks? on Petya Ransomware Outbreak Originated In Ukraine Via Tainted Accounting Software (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    If you really think this is random, I've got some beachfront property in Kiruna I'm prepared to let you have at a really great price.

    But I suspect that the AC's right, and you do really know better.

  12. Re:Excellent news. on Google Slapped With $2.7 Billion By EU For Skewing Searches (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    EU law != US law.

  13. Re:Another FAKE News Site on Zillow Threatens To Sue Blogger For Using Its Photos For Parody (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No, you're a complete moron who hasn't a clue how Slashdot moderation works.

  14. Re:Last I checked... on Zillow Threatens To Sue Blogger For Using Its Photos For Parody (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    [For the avoidance of doubt...]

    Good indicator that parent is probably a lawyer.

  15. Re:You Can Do Something About It on New Study Explains Why Trump's 'Sad' Tweets Are So Effective (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, emotionally manipulative language is effective, but it doesn't have to be. Train yourself to look for it, and then choose to reject it. When you see someone appealing to your emotions instead of your reason, recognize what they're doing and call them out for it.

    They ought to be teaching this to school kids.

  16. Re:That's not a style on New Study Explains Why Trump's 'Sad' Tweets Are So Effective (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The majority of the world is clearly against it while those who are for it are dying out and on the way to the genetic dumpster due to negative birth rates.

    [citation needed]

    (And just so you know... I've already one handy that says you're wrong.)

  17. Re: Aliens would be great for NASA on Sorry, But Anonymous Has No Evidence That NASA Has Found Alien Life (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    You do, but in the former case, it's not the same one.

  18. Re: Aliens would be great for NASA on Sorry, But Anonymous Has No Evidence That NASA Has Found Alien Life (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Reincarnation is not the same thing as resurrection.

  19. Re:You're unquestionably a "ne'er-do-well" on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    I love the fact that you have no other purpose in life than to scan Internet forums for occurrences of your initials, and knowing that I can summon you up anytime I want just by inserting them into a post. It's like the master whistling for his dog. HAND.

  20. Re:Why was CFC gasses so widely used in refrigerat on What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    You're right that I messed up the "decade" part, but 1978 is still a year before 1979 AFAICT. So it looks to me like the regulation came first:

    In 1978 the United States banned the use of CFCs such as Freon in aerosol cans, the beginning of a long series of regulatory actions against their use. The critical DuPont manufacturing patent for Freon ("Process for Fluorinating Halohydrocarbons", U.S. Patent #3258500) was set to expire in 1979. In conjunction with other industrial peers DuPont sponsored efforts such as the "Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy" to question anti-CFC science, but in a turnabout in 1986 DuPont, with new patents in hand, publicly condemned CFCs.[14] DuPont representatives appeared before the Montreal Protocol urging that CFCs be banned worldwide and stated that their new HCFCs would meet the worldwide demand for refrigerants.[14]

    The OP is also barking up the wrong tree because DuPont didn't have a "replacement" process and patent until nearly a decade after the first one expired. Which is where the "decade" actually came from--I got distracted and did not edit/preview properly, or maybe I'd've caught my error beforehand.

  21. Re:Why do we care what he's up to now? on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    I think he's probably allowed to talk about himself in his own blog.

  22. Re:Free market at work on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're basically another APK, only with (slightly) better punctuation.

  23. Re:It's easy on Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    They weren't helped by the fact that existing players in the market would not allow ports of their apps.

  24. Re:Why hate this because it's a private program? on What Happens When Geoengineers 'Hack The Planet'? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    1. The fact that there'd be no oversight is *entirely* relevant.

    2. "Governance" != "[US] Government".