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  1. Twitter is correct on Why Twitter Hasn't Banned President Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Banning Trump from twitter will have no impact on him. He can release the same vitriol from the whitehouse website or some right-wing twitter equivalent website and have more deniability. People will see what he says because he is the president â" he will gather the same amountnof attention.

    Twitter needs Trump, Trump doesnâ(TM)t need twitter.

  2. Re: Was I supposed to take that as a negative? on Apple Product Delays Have More Than Doubled Under Tim Cook's Watch, Says Report (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Eh I dont know about the software, the UI is measurably slower than the iPhone 6 running an old version of iOS. One example to measure this .. go to the home screen and place your finger on the screen and slowly start to swipe. The UI reacts after your finger moves an eighth of an inch. Try it on the iPhone 6 with an old version of iOS detect your swipe intent and react faster.

  3. âoeItâ(TM)s not a bug itâ(TM)s a feature. âoe

    Well played SpaceX. Well played.

  4. Dont worry the cost of this will drop dramatically on Price Tag On Gene Therapy For Rare Form of Blindness: $850K (apnews.com) · · Score: 0

    I am in this field and there is no reason it cant cost less than $500. In fact i bet it costs $500 to make currently with zero new technological advancements needed . You are paying for all the prior research, clinical trials, FDA bullshit. It costs $2 billion to push a sugar pill through the FDA clinical trials process. The early adopters have to pay off the $2 billion. Think about how few people need this treatment and those few have to pay off $2 billion plus provide a decent return for investors.

  5. Re: How many defects? on The World's First 88-inch 8K OLED Display (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Intolerance of dead pixels is why these things are so expensive. That said, I agree we should never be tolerant of them, let them improve manufacturing technology.

  6. Re: Off to MetaMod on Trump Wants Postal Service To Charge 'Much More' For Amazon Shipments (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That part aside, how is it cool for the president to publicly target companies he doesnâ(TM)t like. If amazon is doing something illegal then give them due process and a trial. Remember trump himself took advantage of tax loopholes and immigration loopholes to enrich himself and then declared himself âoesmartâ .. why isnâ(TM)t he exalting amazon instead of defaming them?

  7. Yes but the moron himself runs the USPS or âoeUnited States Post Officeâ (does that even exist?). How can someone b!tch about an organization they themselves run? Itâ(TM)s like he is officially declaring himself to be an idiot. Second, is it legal for a president to punish and interfere with the private sector in this manner? Last I checked, private entities and people should not be subject to defamation by the government unless without due process and a trial. If any other president told people that particular companies are evil they would have gotten impeached.

  8. Re: Just Use a Tesla Coil on FCC Approves First Wireless 'Power-At-A-Distance' Charging System (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Eugenicists are mass murderers trying to hide the fact that genes can be corrected nowadays by technology. The FDA approved the first gene editing drug (fixing an eye disease) a week ago.

  9. Re: Another "great" article on The Lower Your Social Class, the 'Wiser' You Are, Suggests New Study (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Tell yourself anything to justify your behavior. If you do something that increases suffering in the world, you are evil. Loaning money improves the world, but charging exorbitant interest from a poor person or making somebody starve who needed money for an emergency increases suffering.

  10. I am super wealthy, worth more than a million bucks. I always give a dollar to the panhandler at traffic lights. Yay! Iâ(TM)m a saint going straight to heaven.

  11. The wealthy are evil obviously, because they are too afraid to use their wealth and financial security to help others. I mean in many cases beyond $10 million dollars accumulating wealth is merely for greed. How do you ignore someone in need and keep money for yourself? If you were super empathetic you would be broke all the time. While 99% of the Bible is useless, the biblical note about the camel and needle has some basis in truth. That doesnâ(TM)t make the poor any better or more trustworthy though. The poor are capable of great evil too. When you are resource starved and surrounded by people flaunting their wealth and status that affects your ability to empathize with others. A survival trait of all creatures is to secure financial, food, mental, and other resources for oneâ(TM)s self and family. I am not saying itâ(TM)s a good thing, but it is one of the things that must be controlled or it will lead a man to commit evil. What do you think drives people to
    to get doped up on meth? Most petty felonies are committed by poor people. Just do any objective survey of violent felons in prison and tell me the poor are saints. The rich can be greedy and commit evil, but the poor are no better and maybe even more dangerous. The middle class sucks as well, but I wonâ(TM)t get into that.

  12. Micro LED on Samsung Could Make $22 Billion Off Next Year's iPhones (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody at Samsung even knows what tf a microLED is. It is the next big thing, and other companies are way ahead of the game. Samsung executives better make sure they pay off all their mortgages by 2019.

  13. Re: In Solar System?! Oh no... on NASA, Google Spot Eighth Planet in Solar System Rivaling Ours (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    We can get there in 100,000 years if we start building generation ships 1000 years from now. Traveling at 3% of the speed of light is not inconceivable.

  14. Re: things you won't miss... on PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes I know American Sign Language, but isnâ(TM)t it easier to type in English?

  15. Re: Not much of a paradox on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You help build a city and then you are forced to leave? It doesnâ(TM)t seem right a society that does or allows that. We should be finding ways to help our neighbors not ways to get rid of them.

  16. How is there a limited amount of customers? If I could get my orders faster I would go more often.

  17. False on 'Cards Against Humanity' Gives Out $1000 Checks (nbcchicago.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Walls work temporarily, but eventually they fail. Look at all the walls of history, no ancient wall marks a modern border.

  18. Series of tubes on "The FCC Still Doesn't Know How the Internet Works" (eff.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Come on it's just a series of tubes, it's not that hard to figure out.

    Don't blame the FCC, blame the 48% that voted to put a lunatic administration in charge. If you assign a wolf to protect the chickens, you don't blame the wolf for eating the chickens.

  19. Driving is a waste of time. on Insurers Are Rewarding Tesla Owners For Using Autopilot (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I am amazed that there are so many people with so much free time that they want to sit and rotate a wheel side to side for an hour a day. Are they F-ing crazy? Let's be clear, driving is a waste of time, you could be spending that time doing so many other things like being productive, drafting a presentation, video conferencing to your family, watching TV, playing video games, or Netflix. The more you can do in your car during the commute, the more time you can get back so you can do other life things. Some people may consider playing video games to be a terrible waste of time, but at least when you play video games you create jobs, unlike time wasted driving.

  20. Who didnâ(TM)t know this? on 'Watershed' Medical Trial Proves Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Reversed (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Who didnâ(TM)t know this? Itâ(TM)s literally in every book about Type 2 diabetes.

  21. Wouldn't they be driving the behavior underground? There needs to be investigations on the people uploading this crap.

  22. Re: AFTER the drug's patent expired??!! on Mobile Homes Are So Expensive Now, Hurricane Victims Can't Afford Them (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Insulin is cheap to make. You can do it with less than $100k of equipment bought new or slightly used. Insulin can be produced using bacteria grown in bioreactors â" and they have a good yield. Iâ(TM)ve seen it being made, and understand the entire process. The problem really is the market entry requirements.

    The microprocessors being used in computers today are much more advanced and require far more capital intensive manufacturing equipment than what was used 2 decades ago â" yet the cost has reduced. There is even a DIY Open Insulin project of people making their own insulin. The insulin we have today has changed only slightly over the years (donâ(TM)t buy any BS that itâ(TM)s dramatically better), but the cost has skyrocketed. Obviously some nefarious force other than laissez faire competition is at work.

  23. Re: Not really a new idea on The Secret to Tech's Next Big Breakthroughs? Stacking Chips (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I donâ(TM)t think he was trying to show off his intelligence. Anytime somebody introduces some science or engineering there is always an idiot (you, in this case) who thinks that person is showing off.

    I guess you voted for Trump?

  24. Hate Tesla on Walmart Says It's Preordered 15 of Tesla' New Semi Trucks (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do so many people hate Tesla? For fucks sake they are trying you gotta give them credit for that. Better than sitting around trolling on slashdot. Anytime they do something, out come the haters hoping they fail. You guys are happy with Ford, GM, and I guess Mack trucks? A Mack truck from 1970 is hardly changed from 2017 ..ok they added a cup holder .. nobody has a problem with that?

  25. Someone call PETA itâ(TM)s animal abuse to milk this poor cow so many times.