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  1. Re:I don't understand why you tolerate it on Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    If the telecoms lost that revenue, they'd need to make it up elsewhere, meaning your monthly phone bill would go up.

    Then why does the UK have far fewer spam calls and also far lower mobile phone tariffs?

    I pay £16/month and get unlimited SMS, unlimited data and 2500 included minutes of voice calls. I have to send MMS messages or make international calls to get additional charges these days.

  2. Re:Pride in my students on Cost To Build a Tesla Model 3 Is $28,000, German Engineers Say (www.wiwo.de) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't make sense.

    "How long did it take you?"
    "The stopwatch said 18 minutes, so it took us 36 minutes."

  3. You do realise that around half the population loves a bit of cunt? It's not really an insult.

  4. Re:Article diff proves AC wrong on Google Listed 'Nazism' as the Ideology of the California Republican Party (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    That's because it's been removed. It was added on 24th May and removed again on 30th.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind...

  5. Re:They may say they're lab grown... on De Beers To Sell Diamonds Made In a Lab (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe I measure these things wrong.

    What's the size of this three bedroom house, on sale at the moment: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/pro...
    Or another one in a different town: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/pro...
    Perhaps something a little more scenic: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/pro...

    600 square foot lounge in any of them?

  6. Re:Not enough information to intepret on Game Livestreaming Explodes, But Women Are Less Likely To Be Paid Than Men (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    enjoys being extremely subtle in her insults and passive-aggression

    Doesn't everybody?

  7. Re:They may say they're lab grown... on De Beers To Sell Diamonds Made In a Lab (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    600 sq ft is around the size of my house. A three bedroom house, nice kitchen, same design as the ones neighbours are raising families in.

    Your apartment is clearly not tiny arse.

  8. Re:peer to peer with emojis on People Are Using Venmo To Spy On Cheating Spouses (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, of those three only Mao was alive when I was born and he didn't stick around for long afterwards.

    I have a solid memory of the Stasi, how they operated, the vicious society they caused.

    I now spend time and money trying to stop my own government becoming them. The latest generation are seriously not fucking helping.

  9. Re:It will happen to every techie someday on Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Following Layoffs (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It's also inefficient to work more than 40 hours/week (on average).

    Brooks had a lot of good things to say but the number of people is just one variable amongst many.

  10. Re:Trump Doesn't Understand Trade Deficits on White House Announces Tech Tariffs, Investment Restrictions on China (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I give them money and I never get any from them.

    When you run out of money you're fucked.

  11. Re:believed Trump would defer any aggression on White House Announces Tech Tariffs, Investment Restrictions on China (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    "Hello, welcome to the showroom. Would you like our wheelmobile?"

    "Its fuel economy is terrible and there are only 27 cup holders. It may be a popular penis extension but really you're going to have to help me overcome those issues before I could even pretend to be interested"

    Yeah, I'd insult someone to start a negotiation.

  12. As opposed to what? A modern luxury status symbol like the iPhone?

    Oh, wait. They were made in China.

    If China is churning out cheap shit it'e because people are buying it. There's very little of it in the UK..

  13. Parachuting in.. Battlefield Vietnam, if not before
    Random start position.. in an online multiplayer 'last man standing' game in 1992
    Shrinking zone.. added to that game in 1993 or 1994

    These aren't new or unique ideas.

  14. ..and other non-FPS games before that.

  15. So did you post twice or are two ACs randomly drawing The Hunger Games into the same conversation (and both doing so from a position of idiocy)?

  16. Battle Royale is Japanese Manga/Anime/Movie

    Technically it's a novel; the rest followed that. Most people know it through the film.

    That is a basis for both Hunger Games (even if author refusses to admit she ripped it off)

    Those books feel influenced more by John Wyndham and John Christopher than by Battle Royale.

    PUBGe (even if they don't want to admit it either).

    Nonsense. Last man standing games have been an online multiplayer gaming staple since well before Battle Royale was written.

  17. Re: Everyone is biased. on Microsoft Developing a Tool To Help Engineers Catch Bias in Algorithms (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You're strange. Most of Western Europe has low crime and no feral humanity. The rest of Europe may too, I'm just not up to speed on their statistics.

    It's quite easy. You just act civilised instead of resorting to primal reactions all the time.

  18. Re:Just the end of a myth on Judge Backs Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I wasn't commenting on the ease of becoming a home owner, I was commenting on the ROI of doing so.

    The ROI is great, even if it's only available to a subset of the population. If all house prices dropped to a tenth of their current level tomorrow I'd be fucking delighted, even though that loses me 90% of my equity.

  19. Re: Just the end of a myth on Judge Backs Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    While MIRAS was a thing on my first mortgage, on this house the scheme had already ended. So nope, no tax benefits at all.

  20. Re: Everyone is biased. on Microsoft Developing a Tool To Help Engineers Catch Bias in Algorithms (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, this is the thing. I rarely encounter physical danger because I live in a civil society.

    It's not a coincidence.

  21. Re:Biodegradable straws and disposable cutlery? on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    domestic UK media coverage

    That will occur once reporting restrictions are removed, which will be after the trial has concluded.

    It's called assuring a fair trial, you should try adopting the idea.

  22. Re:Hey Europe on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    wait a few days until you have a load

    wtf? Assuming a few days is more than 2, you're looking at 30+ dirty nappies to wash.

    That's nasty. Wash daily ffs.

  23. Re:Going to be interesting. . on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The comedy anti-knife campaign I hadn't even heard of, don't give a shit about and will go out and buy a knife just to taunt.

  24. Re:Manufacturers bear brunt of responsible cleanup on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Now, you may not care about portable potable water being convenient, so you'll just toss off a flippant "so what?" as a response to all of that, but for the people who care it makes a difference.

    No, I'll continue to use and re-use the metal bottles that I own.

    It's not the 14th century any more, we've progressed past 'wineskin'.

  25. Re:Manufacturers bear brunt of responsible cleanup on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I must admit I'm entirely fucking bewildered by the number of people that seem to need to drink out of a straw.

    At least there are now adult sippy cups available, and the branding on them is clever too - 'sports bottle' almost sounds mature.