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  1. Re:It's morally binding on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    False, 193 countries have agreed. And many of those (particularly the EU) still have increasing emissions - in stark contrast to the US who has falling emissions. Maybe it's more important to see actual results rather than pretty language...

  2. Re:We withdrew from the Paris agreement on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet we're the ones with an actual drop in emissions as compared to the EU (whose emissions were up 1.5%).

  3. We're not part of the Paris Accord on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And even if we were, we're doing better than the rest of the 1st world.

  4. Re:EU hurt free speech? on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 1

    Fascism is "characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce". Government takes over industry, not the other way around. And "Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views political violence, war and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation". Attacking those who you do not agree with political is A-OK with fascists - much like Antifa and Maxine Waters... Fascism is very much the tool of the ultra-left in the US...

  5. Re: Yes it puts people and property in danger on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    So you're standing on the edge of a vista, admiring the view. I run at you and scream and rear back my fist to strike you - but stop. You flinch and fall off the cliff and die. I didn't kill you - your overreaction killed you. Why do you blame it on me?

  6. Re:Yes it puts people and property in danger on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Now try to buy one if you're not LE or a Government agency...

  7. Re:EU hurt free speech? on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 1

    Google is your friend. But you may not have been around here back then...

  8. Re:But y tho? on Apple is Rebuilding Maps From the Ground Up (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Re:EU hurt free speech? on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 1

    Sure, it's a cage, but it IS gilded, and there's this nice, splinter free perch for us. Who wants all that icky space outside with cold and rain and heat and sappy branches...

  10. Re:EU hurt free speech? on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 1

    The EU does not want to implement censorship. They want to scare online platforms into doing it for them.

    Scaring companies - or regulating them - to enforce what you want used to be known as fascism. But now it's considered nice, EU-style socialism...

  11. Re:Done well, this should be ... on Apple is Rebuilding Maps From the Ground Up (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's not about just doing directions, it's about doing it in a visually rich manner that visually simulates where you're going, and then nags you about entering a donut shop address rather than that quinoa and kale smoothie shop next door...

  12. Re:But y tho? on Apple is Rebuilding Maps From the Ground Up (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, I had NO IDEA that when I typed in an address for a destination that Maps was going to send me to an alternate business to buy things! Who knew that typing 45 John Glenn Drive, Concord, CA wouldn't send me to the Crowne Plaza in Concord but instead I'd be sent to the Hilton at 1970 Diamond Blvd!

  13. Re:good luck on Apple is Rebuilding Maps From the Ground Up (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No, no, the blockchain bit is there, it's hiding behind the .ai domain extension...

  14. EU hurt free speech? on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 3

    Unpossible! We're told time and again it is only the dictatorship that is the USA that can restrict speech and promote hate, and that the anointed in Brussels are only pure and holy and love freedom for all...

  15. Re:Yes it puts people and property in danger on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Drone causes crash. Also read in the story where a drone dented the rotor of a military helicopter. If it's tough enough to damage a rotor, it's tough enough to bring down a helicopter. But hey, we've never had a case of a US civilian being shot with an M249 SAW so why are those illegal and banned? Never happened, so should not be banned, right?

  16. Re:this should be a misdemeanor on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    And now you're being told that flying a drone over a wildfire is dangerous and not allowed because it can cause harm by interfering with operations.

  17. Re: this should be a misdemeanor on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Well you see, Mr. Edwards, we did arrive to your house just as the fire started to get a little big. But you were outside and ranting angrily, so per our policies we just around and watched your house burn. You understand though, it's not personal. No hard feelings, eh?

  18. "Dog whistle" versus directly telling people to get violent and in the face of others. And it's the "implied dog whistle" that upsets you? Really?

  19. Re:These days I don't trust ANY company on politic on Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, too bad Trump doesn't just talk down to those deplorable, bitter guns-and-god clingers getting all wee-wee'd up!

  20. Re:These days I don't trust ANY company on politic on Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You strike on an interesting point - the Federal Government bickering and fighting everywhere. Let's work to shrink the Federal Government back down to what it was supposed to be, and not only will it have a lot less to bicker about, it will have much less influence on people as it loses the ability to pick winners and losers in all aspects of life. The Constitution explicitly stated what the Federal Government could do, and explicitly stated ANYTHING else was for the States or the People - NOT the Federal Government. Somehow the folks elected to DC managed to convince enough people that it is OK for them to go beyond their Constitutional limits because "it's someone else's fault and you should be paid for whatever you like"...

  21. Re:What about the Fire HD 7 tablets? on Amazon Wants You To Turn Your Fire Tablet Into a Portable Echo (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Timing error... on Apple, Samsung Settle After Fighting Seven Years in Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention they still rule the world in terms of smartphone market share. Apple never led...

  23. Damn cranberries are everywhere...

  24. Re:Timing error... on Apple, Samsung Settle After Fighting Seven Years in Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    You are wrong. Samsung was already well down the path of "no keyboard/all screen" before the release of the iPhone. But hey - you're a Fake Tim Cook, what do we expect?

  25. Re:Mist? How? on Space is Full of Dirty, Toxic Grease, Scientists Reveal (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the rest of space is filled with a surfactant?