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  1. Re: Just plain hypocrisy on Former Google Employee Files Lawsuit Alleging the Company Fired Him Over Pro-Diversity Posts (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is just the opposite end of the spectrum from James Damore.

    Maybe if you're looking at it as the irrational bigotry in this chick's rants being the polar opposite of the kind of rational, nuanced case put forward by Danmore. But if you're talking about politics and particular stances, then no, there's no "opposite spectrum" to a centrist.

  2. As a side note, as this reads they were selling these cars as used / loaner vehicles even though the damage that was repaired was incurred before they were ever sold or used as loaner cars the first time. A vehicle that was damaged and then repaired before ever being sold is NOT a used vehicle, it's refurbished merchandise that was originally damaged in shipping / manufacture.

    Yeah, this would make those vehicles a great deal for the buyer. A used vehicle has we wear and tear on it. A brand new vehicle which was damagedbefore delivery and then repaired to spec has no wear and tear. By all rights they could have sold them as new. Whoever ended up buying them at used prices got one hell of a discount on a brand new vehicle.

  3. Of course they do real work. Someone has to find and demonitize all the conservative YouTube channels ...

  4. Re: how about on Barbie Will Be Used To Teach Kids To Code (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure I've seen that story on PornHub.

  5. Re: but coding is hard! on Barbie Will Be Used To Teach Kids To Code (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Prostitution in women's cases. You never get respect for it though in other cultures, it is treated like a real career.

    It's like a real career here, too; an entry level job in which workers with very little upward mobility constantly get screwed, and the overwhelmingly male senior managers reaps most of the rewards.

  6. Re: The best of all three worlds! on Venezuela Launches Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Dumping destroys industries.

    In some cases, sure, but what's that got to do with it? If Venezuela could get all of it's food 50% cheaper from overseas, it might destroy their farming industry, so you might end up with some starving ex-farmers. But every other industry which isn't related to farming would be untouched, and anyone who isn't a farmer would suddenly be able to afford a lot more food.

    Is there some evidence that only ex-farmers are starving in Venezuela?

    Either they have to equally subsidize their own industries so they can survive or go for tarriffs and get sanctions for breaking WTO rules.

    Sure, so why wouldn't they subsidise it? I guess subsidizing their oil industry was a bigger priority for them; remember how all the commies were crowing about cheap gas in Venezuela, before the country went tits up?

    Who needs food as long as you have super cheap gasoline, eh?

  7. Re: Masters of the Universe on Barbie Will Be Used To Teach Kids To Code (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't really expect Pope Nutso to understand anything about geeks. Only reason he ever wound up on this site is because he made some typos while googling "stash pot".

  8. Re: US sanctions on Venezuela Launches Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    If you're stupid enough to believe that ... well them you're pretty much like Hitler except with a nicer moustache.

  9. Re: The best of all three worlds! on Venezuela Launches Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Venezuela has an ideal climate for agriculture. But they import food because NAFTA has dumped subsidized crops into the market below the cost of production. As with most American complaints on Venezuela, this one needs to be aimed at the nearest mirror.

    Wait ... what? Venezuela can't afford to eat because Teh Eeeebil Amerikkkans are charging too little?

    Do you have a history of repeated blows to the head?

  10. Re: What is it really? on Venezuela Launches Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Whereas you don't give a shit if people starve as long as The Glorious Revolution marches on?

  11. pay attention slashdot admins! on Barbie Will Be Used To Teach Kids To Code (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Your demographics are changing ... better bring back the OMG Ponies! theme.

  12. Soooo ... on Researchers Develop Online Game That Teaches Players How To Spread Misinformation · · Score: 4, Funny

    They reinvented twitter?

  13. that seems to be a concession that you were in fact not right, von Braun was not American and the GGP was not a "silly git".

    Incorrect. von Braun was definitely American.

    I don't get your point. It's very widely known that Hitler was Austrian.

    Hitler was German.

  14. Either that was an unnecessary correction, or you need a correction to your correction ...

  15. Re: Why has the bar set to be high? on Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem (screenrant.com) · · Score: 1

    let them eat cake

    FTFY

  16. Re: Why has the bar set to be high? on Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem (screenrant.com) · · Score: 1

    everyone is running to the probiotic stuff

    Everyone is retarded. Probiotics are just one of the newest fads, like taking lots of vitamins so you'll have expensive pee, or insisting on eating "organic" and "gluten free" because you're afraid of frankenfood and Teh Glutens.

    No, you don't need probiotics, and no, they won't help you in any measurable way unless you've recently been taking antibiotics or have had a disease which affected your gut microbiome. They're also not free of negative side effects.

    Like most health/diet fads probiotics on the general market are basically a way to make the aforementioned privilidged twat feel special in order to get them to open their wallets. Which I'm actually pretty OK with; I find it incredibly annoying to listen to stuck up cunts talk about how their choices are better than everyone elses, but I also find it quite satisfying to realize that some corporation somewhere is making billions thanks largely to those same gullible stuck up cunts.

    On the other hand, those corporations are also making billions off the backs of average Joes (and Jills) who, while trying to do the best thing for their family, get fooled or guilted into buying unnecessary overpriced crap. Would be nice if they would just stick to fleecing self righteous idiots with more money than sense.

  17. Re: Why has the bar set to be high? on Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem (screenrant.com) · · Score: 1

    This might come as a shock to privilidged twats like you and the other one I responded to, but in many parts of the world eating at McDonald is something people do on rare, special occasions, because they cannot afford it on a regular basis. Trevor Noah, in his book, devotes several pages to talking about how, as a teenager in South Africa, he felt so successful and proud when he could finally afford to show off by eating at McDonalds. I myself, having spent my formative years in a less-than-successful nation, remember McDonalds as being an incredible treat; my parents could afford to take me once or twice a year, and it made my friends incredibly jealous.

    tl;dr: get some perspective. You have no clue how lucky you are.

  18. Pretty sure you replied on the wrong website. Amazon product reviews are on Amazon.com.

    Cheers.

  19. Re: Why has the bar set to be high? on Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem (screenrant.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No houghi, fast food is bad. It's unhealthy pure and simple.

    You know you're a privilidged 21st century 1st world twat when you can look at a plate of insanely inexpensive, safe, tasty, and sustaining food ... and declare that it's horribly "unhealthy" garbage.

  20. Correct. And Hitler was born in Austria. Moved to Germany at 23.

  21. There's no such thing as an american name, dumbass. You're speaking about a nation built through immigration.

  22. Von Braun was an american you silly git.

    BTW how's the German moon shot coming along?

  23. Sounds like someone is confused about the difference between UPS and USPS. Amongst many other things.

  24. It's so cute when someone thinks private industry will pass on cost savings to consumers.

    Check out the price of a 70" 4k LED TV in 2015 vs now. Let me know what you find.

  25. So you're using "diversity" to mean "globalisation"?

    Interesting. Not sure how exactly you're associating a larger potential applicant pool with more difficulty finding candidates, but OK.