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  1. Everyone is impressive when they are unburdened (or unaware) of regulations, red tape, laws, administrative paperwork, and a host of other headaches. And have the blessing of time, no domestic obligations, and a supportive 'go for it' environment & friends. And I am appreciative of this invention.

    Oh, fuck off. Do you have any idea how many technological and scientific advancements were made over the past few decades, when we were told there was, "too much regulation"?

  2. Re:Rose tinted glasses on The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seriously this article makes it sound like life just after a devastating conflict is better than economic prosperity because most people are equally poor.

    I imagine you might think that if you didn't read the article.

  3. Young people today are impressive. When I was a senior in college, I was turning milk bottles into bongs.

    They were sweet bongs, though.

    When I got to grad school, that all changed because I was suddenly surrounded by people smarter than me and I had to actually work. But those first seven years of college were a lot of fun.

  4. If you're talking about that interview, Milo was the one victimized at age 13.

    I understand that Touv Adiz is about to come forward publicly as Milo's victim.

  5. Re:Great. Why not six years ago? on Wyden To Introduce Bill To Prohibit Warrantless Phone Searches At Border (onthewire.io) · · Score: 1

    Why does any despot even want this power?

    Why does any despot want any power? It gives him advantage.

    Trump doesn't have a great record in the courts. Having to ask a judge for a warrant to snoop on someone is not in his nature.

  6. Sweden and Switzerland are the rape capitols of Europe thanks to

    It's interesting that all of a sudden, Pepe followers, who don't even think rape should be illegal or consent should be required suddenly become experts on rape statistics.

  7. Re:Great. Why not six years ago? on Wyden To Introduce Bill To Prohibit Warrantless Phone Searches At Border (onthewire.io) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This problem ain't just on Trump and Republicans.

    Now it is. They control all three branches of government and could stop warrantless searches tomorrow if they so decided.

    And Trump is the very last person who will relinquish the kind of power that warrantless searches give him.

  8. This was buried at the very end of the story:

    During a second, unofficial demonstration of the HorseFly for UPS on Monday, some sort of interference – possibly from the broadcast reporters’ cameras - caused an issue with the drone’s compass. The drone aborted its launch, tried to land on top of the UPS truck, fell to the side and was nearly crushed by the still-closing lid of the vehicle.

    “We’ve never seen it before,” said Burns, of the glitch.

  9. Re:Umm on University Offers Course To Help Sniff Out and Refute 'Bullshit' (engadget.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Congrats on getting your anti-Trump quota in! I admire your ability to insert it into articles that aren't even about him at all!

    Thank you. Also, Milo is a pedo. Confirmed.

  10. Re:Umm on University Offers Course To Help Sniff Out and Refute 'Bullshit' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They already had this. It's called citing your sources and peer review.

    Unless you're the president, in which case you can just make up any old bullshit that sounds good, even about nonexistent terrorist attacks, the "historical" margin of your electoral victory or the size of your inauguration attendance. Just because it makes you and your supporters feel good, which is the most important thing.

  11. I will get right on those recommendations, friend. Thank you, sincerely.

  12. What do you think would make communism any less exploitative, comrade?

    If only God had given us more than two choices for economic systems.

  13. How you downvote idiological articles on ./ ?

    From the Slashdot FAQ:

    Q: How do you downvote idiological (!) articles on ./ ?

    A: Start by not reading them. And if you do accidentally read an "idiological" article on "./", be sure to not post a comment on it, dumbfuck.

  14. I'll take "Exploitation" for $400, Alex.

    "Uber's ability to be on the wrong side of every moral and ethical issue is bordering on magical."

    What is, "capitalism"?

  15. The desktop is a dying market except for power users, hobbyists, scientist.

    Just like it was in the beginning. And I'm OK with that. The world goes full circle.

  16. Re:"Windows sails on serenely" on ZDNet: Linux 'Takes The World' While Windows Dominates The Desktop (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow. Way to go presenting a calm, clear and coherent argument against the entrenched install base of Windows and showing people that Linux is a viable alternative.

    He only just made his Slashdot account on Monday. He hasn't yet learned the value of calm, objective commentary the way you and I have.

  17. Will of the People on Krebs: 'Men Who Sent SWAT Team, Heroin to My Home Sentenced' (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    On Thursday, a Ukrainian man who hatched a plan in 2013 to send heroin to my home and then call the cops when the drugs arrived was sentenced to 41 months in prison for unrelated cybercrime charges. Separately, a 19-year-old American who admitted to being part of a hacker group that sent a heavily-armed police force to my home in 2013 was sentenced to three years probation.

    Sergey Vovnenko, a.k.a. "Fly," "Flycracker" and "MUXACC1," pleaded guilty last year to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors said Vovnenko operated a network of more than 13,000 hacked computers, using them to harvest credit card numbers and other sensitive information... A judge in New Jersey sentenced Vovnenko to 41 months in prison, three years of supervised released and ordered him to pay restitution of $83,368.

    And now people like this are in charge of our elections.

  18. Re:How the fans are going to feel? on Self-Driving Car Speed Race Ends With A Crash (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Now that driver safety isn't an issue we could get Colin Chapman back!

    If you're using self-driving cars, you could even get Dale Earnhardt back.

  19. Re:or Driverless racing on Self-Driving Car Speed Race Ends With A Crash (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    People watch racing because there is risk of a crash with humans in the cockpit. People drive in professional racing because there is a risk to themselves. Those things translate into money, jobs, technological advancements in vehicles (performance and safety). Take away the human element and it's like sitting and watching airplanes fly. Interesting for a few visits, but no sustainable market and not really entertaining. Put up a bar and bleacher stand, and it would be mostly empty.

    Absolutely correct. It was just a publicity stunt for self-driving cars. It had much less drama than me playing Forza Horizon.

  20. Re:So many word puppets on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    I'm going to watch and care about Pewdiepie exactly as much as before--namely, not one bit--so the main thing I care about is that the WSJ's doing things

    So, you admit that your mention of "black humor" was just horseshit?

    However, since you're also going to ignore the point that, once upon a time, investigative journalists would do things exactly like test what you can get through on a place that lets you ask people to do something for 5USD, in favor of insulting me, I see no point in talking to you further.

    Citation, mister, "I've spent more time in a library than a retired university professor"?

  21. Re:So many word puppets on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    It's called black humor, and exists because some of us are not that into existential despair.

    If you think Pewdiepie is "black humor", you need to spend some time in a library.

  22. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you feel the need to use so many negative words: bullshit, killing, evil, hatred, hatred, lies, evilz, hate? Could you not have carried your point across with regular, non inflammatory words?

    http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

  23. Re:Just another mindless attack on Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Read the update at the end, basically makes the entire story bunk.

    Here is the update, in its entirety:

    Update: White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Monday afternoon that Trump was briefed on North Korea in a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF — a portable, secure area.

    So basically, Spicer is saying, "You gonna believe me or your own lying eyes?"

  24. Re:So many word puppets on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    If you want this to be apples to apples, we need to send your employer a packet of everything you've said taken out of context and pressure them to fire you.

    I would encourage you to do so. In fact, I would beg you to do so. While you're at it, cc: my mother-in-law, please.

    It's so funny that the people who are complaining because people don't get Pewdiepie's "kill all Jews" joke are the same ones who screamed with horror when someone said, "gamers are over".

  25. Re:So many word puppets on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    He literally made a video about how the media would frame someone as a racist and those were examples shown.

    Pewdiepie as social commentary. This is why nobody takes you seriously.

    We're perfectly aware of how bad optics work, Ratzo, you're not enlightening anyone there. How else could we apply your own standards to your own posts?

    You are welcome to pull your sponsorship of my posts.