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  1. Re:Inheriting from grandparents? on Millennials Are Less Likely To Be Having Sex Than Young Adults 30 Years Ago, Says Survey (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    One of the less discussed aspects of the 'whole millenials are poor' debate is 'Where did the grandparents' money go?'

    Where have you been? Trickle-down, supply-side economics has been destroying generational wealth of middle and working class Americans since Ronald Reagan took office. The grandparents can barely afford to die, much less leave their progeny money.

  2. Why the fuck were we drafting college graduates? That is plain old retarded...

    Trump wasn't a "college graduate". He had just graduated from a military academy. Think about that. You go to a military academy and then dodge the draft. Five total deferments, one of which was for "heel spurs" that he says have "healed".

  3. Choice on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Two candidates. One is a cunt, the other is a Democrat.

    http://www.seattletimes.com/na...

  4. It is just smart enough to not need the driver 100% of the time.

    What would you say is the percentage of time it doesn't need the driver?

  5. Might as well ask if they'd like to lose their pilot's license. They're required by law (and ethics) to always be prepared to take control away from the Autopilot, in a fraction of a second.

    So what is the purpose of autopilot then? Specifically, what is the purpose of autopilot when it doesn't prevent you from running broadside into a truck?

  6. How are you defining "general public"?

    People who buy cars.

  7. Go ask a pilot if they sleep while autopilot is on.

    Go ask a pilot if they keep their hands on the controls at all times when autopilot is on.

  8. If you're intimating that someone from Tesla put the definition into Wikipedia

    No, I'm intimating that the Wikipedia definition is not the one used if you were to ask the general public.

  9. The definition of autopilot [wikipedia.org] according to Wikipedia is:

    I notice there are no references in that definition of autopilot. I wonder who wrote it.

  10. Re:74 at time of crash on Tesla Model S In Fatal Autopilot Crash Was Going 74 MPH In a 65 Zone, NTSB Says (latimes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Forgot to mention. The car instructions say AutoPilot is not to be used where there are crossroads. In the Florida instance in question there were crossroads.

    "Not to be used where there are crossroads, trucks painted a light color or other vehicles of any kind."

    This is Elon Musk's "You're holding it wrong!" moment.

  11. Re:It's not money... not unlike US green back on Bitcoin Not Money, Rules Miami Judge In Dismissing Laundering Charges (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 0

    Your delusion levels are high.

    Tell you what: pull out $100 US anywhere in the world and see if you find any takers. THAT'S how much credibility the US treasury and the Federal Reserve have. I've got a 500,000,000 dinar note from when Serbia was in hyperinflation (Nicola Tesla's picture!) and people were burning them for fuel. That's never happened, and will never happen, in the US (with a particular caveat mentioned below).

    Right now, Euro bonds are paying negative interest. At least at the moment, the dollar is still king worldwide.

    Now, if a certain vulgar talking yam becomes president, that might change, but for now, everybody wants dollars. Even the silly fuckers at Infowars are putting money into US treasuries. Alex Jones will blow you for $20 US.

  12. Re:Provide your phone number for extra security? on NIST Prepares To Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    You mean BabyPutin? Yeah, I dig him.

  13. Re:Provide your phone number for extra security? on NIST Prepares To Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    My favorite question was "Who was your childhood hero?", to which I replied "Hitler".

    I bet your password is #MAKEAMeR1CAGREATAGa1N69.

  14. Cash money has no real value either. It has value only because a lot of people agree that it has value.

    The value of everything comes from the agreement of a lot of people.

  15. Re:It's not money... not unlike US green back on Bitcoin Not Money, Rules Miami Judge In Dismissing Laundering Charges (miamiherald.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which isn't saying much, as that ten dollar bill is fiat money, and is good only so long as the government's credibility holds up (which for the US government is ... well, not very well.)

    Every country in the world is trying to put their wealth in dollars. US government credibility (or rather, the credibility of the US treasury and the Fed) is pretty goddamn high.

  16. Depends on Sprint CEO Hints at Price Hikes Ahead of iPhone 7 (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know those commercials that sometimes come on local stations late at night for "Consumers Cellular"? The ads sell it like a cell phone provider for old people, since they always have sixty-somethings being hip with their no-contract cell phones and buying slutty red dresses to see if they can interest their hubbies in one more roll in the clover.

    What you may not know, is that Consumer Cellular is actually a really good provider. You pay as you go, you can use practically any smartphone, including the iStatus from Apple. They mail you out a sim card and away you go. Data, calls, texts, it's cheap as shit. If you pay attention to what you're doing and know your way around, you can even avoid giving them real information, so it's the anonymity of a burner phone and the convenience of a major provider. And no contracts.

    My wife has some Cadillac plan from one of the big providers, but when my contract was up with AT&T but my phone was still good, I figured, "What the hell?" and tried Consumers Cellular. It works great, has coverage wherever the other companies have coverage and AT&T can just suck my dick.

  17. Re: Limit it to ZERO on New Illinois Law Limits Police Use Of Cellphone-Tracking Stingray (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Judge: Why did you shoot them?

    The latest answer is, "I don't know".

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us...

  18. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just ponder

    I'd like to think you've got more important/enjoyable things to ponder besides what last name someone chooses to use.

    This may blow your mind, but Taylor Swift's last name really isn't "Swift".

  19. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 0

    The hyphenation in Berners-Lee is a linguistic device, whereas Wasserman-Schultz is statement of Womyn's Liberation.

    And he outs himself as a troll from /pol after all. Another Matt Forney/RooshV wannabe.

    In case you don't know who that is, Matt Forney is a "men's rights activist" and all-around scumbag. Here's a photo, in case you're wondering why he's a man-going-his-own-way (MGTOW):

    http://mattforney.com/wp-conte...

    And RooshV is a guy who lives with his mom and writes pick-up guides about smashing puss. He believes rape should be legal, and has never been with a woman that he didn't pay for.

    http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/0...

    So the rest of you: the next time you see an AC trolling here, don't get upset wondering where all the messed up "nerds" have come from. These ACs calling people "nigger" and "kike" are just greasy scumbags who got lost on their way from the /pol sewers to Stormfront.

  20. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 1

    How do you feel about Complains-About-Names?

    Is that his Indian name? Mine was "Drinks-From-Saucer".

  21. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 1

    The hyphenation in Berners-Lee is a linguistic device

    A "linguistic device"? So, you know as little about language as you do about technology and computing.

    At least you admit that Tim Berners-Lee has a hyphenated last name. Now you try again.

  22. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 2

    Such as...????

    Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.

    I assume that your ignorance of him and his contribution to technology, computing and the Internet means that you're just a /pol jerk here to troll. Fek off ya buftie coont.

  23. Aww... on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 0

    Linus's announcement includes the shortlog, calling this release "fairly calm," though "There's a couple of network drivers that got a bit more loving."

    He's precious.

  24. Re:Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released (iu.edu) · · Score: 0

    I can't stand women with hyphenated names, anyhow. Rubs me the wrong way.

    How do you feel about men with hyphenated last names?

    Best wishes,
    Tim

  25. Re: Headphone Jack is Pretty Crappy on Phones Without Headphone Jacks Are Here... and They're Extremely Annoying (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking Pip-boy.