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  1. Re:Remember this when they decide fake news... on Facebook Is Sorry for Taking Down a Photo of a Nude Neptune Statue (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    You just don't understand! Our entire civilization might collapse if enough people see some long-since-dead dude's junk etched in marble. This is exactly what happened to Sabine!

  2. Re:So now, they're digging in their heels? on Consumer Reports Stands By Its Verdict, Won't Recommend Apple's MacBook Pro (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    They should, if such company came along with "we fixed the issue you identified, please re-test updated product". However, this is not what Apple is doing.

  3. Why is this on /. ? Too much eggnog by msmash ?

  4. Re:Delay Windows Update? on Windows 10 Getting a Game Mode That Would Improve Game Performance - Report (gamespot.com) · · Score: 2

    If BSM losing its charm, then you need to escalate. Take denial and withholding to the next level - refuse to allow any games unless you show deference to the patching mistress.

    On other hand, many people might not be into that at all.

  5. Re:Misleading? on Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'a Runaway Success' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In other news, Tim Cook was overheard stating: "The customer beatings will continue until morale improves". Next version of iPhone was rumored to remove the charge port, instead placing hand-crank.

  6. Retaliation from Samsung on Qualcomm Fined $865 Million By South Korean Antitrust Regulator (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    This is corporate lawfare by Samsung, which is quasi-government corporation in Korea, against Qualcomm which is a public US-based corporation. This move is also likely Korean government response to Apple vs. Samsung. As such, this will quickly become political fight between Trump administration and Korean gov't.

  7. Victimhood identity won't work in politics on GamerGate Critic Brianna Wu To Run For Congress (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    Victimhood identity won't work in politics. First, scrutiny and criticism is expected part of politics. Second, the moment you transition from private citizen to public person, censorship becomes a big no-no.

  8. Lonely in my basement on Steam Is Down (steamstat.us) · · Score: 2

    With Steam down, I had a chance to clear old Doritos bags and a pile of Mountain Dew cans, go look for my missing cat, and take a shower. I found dead and dried husk of my cat in the shower. I think I forgot to feed him this months. I also talked to my elderly mom upstairs, who didn't recognize me at first because I also shaved off my neckbeard. She asked me if I run out of Mountain Dew. I told he it was much worse - Steam is down.

  9. Re:Proof read on Steam Fined $3 Million For Refusing Refunds (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    What do you call a penalty which is a prime number?

  10. Partner and Share = Give up IP on China Opens Door For Tesla and Other Foreign Automakers To Produce Electric Vehicles (electrek.co) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    China wants free IP, and even next quarter myopic CEOs no longer falling for "partner and share" scam.

  11. At least they are not working on bringing back glassholes.

  12. He dictated it to his secretary in-between downing scotches, you insensitive clod.

  13. Re:C'mon Folks! This Does Not Make Sense! on A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    Commercials, re-runs, and dead air 3am to 7am.

  14. Re:The Illusion of Capacity and Greed. on White House: US Needs a Stronger Social Safety Net To Help Workers Displaced by Robots (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Why do you have the need to villainize opponent in the argument? You keep attributing contempt and otherwise attempting to stigmatize me instead of addressing the argument.

    Let me simplify - your very different intelligent roofers will be out of a job due to automation. In this case, different intelligence won't allow them to secure gainful employment. There will be a lot of them, they will starve, riot, and could bring down society with them. We need to pay for bread and circuses to avoid that.

  15. Keep your MUFFIN out of my face on LibreOffice Will Have New 'MUFFIN' UI (documentfoundation.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I haven't seen this new UI, but it is safe to assume "usability experts" were hard at work at making trendy and user un-friendly changes to it.

  16. Re:Providing an SJW platform is not a viable busin on Twitter Is 'Toast' and the Stock Is Not Even Worth $10, Says Analyst (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Twitter already allows some individuals to engage in "arbitrary amounts of harassments, death threats and stalking". You should have instead said: "If they allowed everyone arbitrary amounts of harassments, death threats and stalking...".

  17. Re:Providing an SJW platform is not a viable busin on Twitter Is 'Toast' and the Stock Is Not Even Worth $10, Says Analyst (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    While rampant SJWing certainly didn't help, Twitter sans SJW is still not viable.

  18. Re:I can hear crying on Twitter Is 'Toast' and the Stock Is Not Even Worth $10, Says Analyst (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Doesn't Trump has to at least assume the office before he has means of enacting tyranny? It is still Obama's show for now.

  19. Re:The Illusion of Capacity and Greed. on White House: US Needs a Stronger Social Safety Net To Help Workers Displaced by Robots (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Appeal to authority. False equivalence. Ad hominem.

    I understand your need to construct a positive narrative, but it is manufactured and counter-factual. Intelligence is heritable. A population of pygmies will not product any NBA players no matter how much they believe in themselves. Presently, our society structured that intelligence is not strictly necessary to prosper. This is rapidly changing and unless we ensure that most people have a way to prosper and it is decoupled from having a job - there will be looting and rioting and it might even escalate to societal collapse. So nobody gets to Mars and beyond, no matter how smart or dumb.

  20. The sound you just heard is social bubble popping on Twitter Is 'Toast' and the Stock Is Not Even Worth $10, Says Analyst (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sure, Twitter is most notable failure. Other social media is not categorically different and stock values are equally divorced from reality.

  21. Re:The Illusion of Capacity and Greed. on White House: US Needs a Stronger Social Safety Net To Help Workers Displaced by Robots (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    Much simpler explanation is that Johnnies are coming from a line of 'strong backs weak minds' and will never get math no matter what you do. Strongest of Johnnies will play football, the rest will do roofing gigs and beat their wives.

  22. Bottom half? You are an optimist. Try bottom 90%.

  23. You see, in our victimhood culture, 'trying to hurt' suffers from definition creep. For example, you will encounter people seriously arguing that using racial slurs is "trying to hurt' and therefore should be considered an assault. Is sending a rape survivor explicit pictures constitutes an assault? What if he kills himself as a result of seeing such pictures?

    If miscreants attempted to punch each other, it would have been much more black and white situation. However, they posted flashing pictures on Twitter. This doesn't fit my concept of assault. I also don't fully understand the implications of setting precedent that such action constitutes an assault. Are pictures actions or speech? Does it have to be targeted or broadcasting is sufficient?

  24. I understand that, but what I find interested is this situation. Asshats sent flashing gifts to other asshats. Nobody got any sizure and everyone has demonstrable intent to be an asshat. Who gets charged with an assault and why? Keep in mind, being asshat is not a crime.

  25. Re:So Twitter is now actively doxing people? on Twitter Will Hand Over Data On the User Who Sent a Seizure-Inducing Tweet To a Journalist (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It shouldn't be up to twitter to decide this - they should contact account owner and ask if this owner intends to appeal.