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  1. Re:How to cause panic with statistics on US Disaster Costs Shatter Records In 2017, the Third-Warmest Year On Record (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except they are not even keeping pace with GDP growth. That kind of changes things, doesn't it?

  2. Re:Not sure about that on US Disaster Costs Shatter Records In 2017, the Third-Warmest Year On Record (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They actually are not going up, if you look at costs relative to GDP. They are actually falling. But that doesn't make cataclysmic-warning headlines, does it?

  3. Going up? Hold on... on US Disaster Costs Shatter Records In 2017, the Third-Warmest Year On Record (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you look at the costs versus GDP, they are actually declining...

  4. Re:At least he's not literally Hitler any more on Trump Pushes To Expand High-Speed Internet In Rural America (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Notably, Clinton reduced regulations and reduced the deficit (and national debt) for awhile.

    Clinton and Gingrich reduced the deficit, but the debt hasn't dropped since Eisenhower.

  5. Re:This is a good thing, right? on Trump Pushes To Expand High-Speed Internet In Rural America (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    How dare the Federal Government use the funds raised via direct taxes that are to be spent on telecommunications and broadband access! They should instead redirect those targeted funds to more useful things like investigating Trump or more LGBTQ training for our Federal employees...

  6. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    Those gun laws in Thailand seem very lax compared to California, New York, and most of the US...

  7. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Ahh, so a culture like Switzerland - which is nearly mono-culture, mono-race, and highly wealthy and educated - has different gun results than Somalia? Shocker! Guess what - it's CULTURE, not control that makes the difference. Go to Thailand, and you'll find gun laws more permissive than the US - and a lot less gun death. The CULTURE is different. But go ahead, ban those inanimate objects because of fear...

  8. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    How? The data presented is linked directly to the FBI. Or is this a case of the messenger causing the message to be ignored? Intolerant of the messenger, thus ignore the message... How very "tolerant" of you!

  9. Re: signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    Where did I mention race? Those who always make everything ABOUT race, are generally racist themselves...

  10. Fascists as well. They just want different ends with different groups silenced/oppressed/killed.

  11. Re:30M Subscribers? Context? on Jimmy Iovine To Leave Apple Music in August: Report (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    But those are not iSubscribers, and so they are automatically not worth as much! As far as services go, Tidal is the best if you value audio quality (red book or better), or Google Music if you want best value (massive catalog and family plan for $2.50 per person).

  12. Re:Bummer on Jimmy Iovine To Leave Apple Music in August: Report (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    Note that, technically, Bluetooth audio streaming is prohibited by the FAA, and explicitly prohibited on most Asian flights. Acceptable Bluetooth devices are low-speed, BLE-only like mice and keyboards.

  13. Re:Bummer on Jimmy Iovine To Leave Apple Music in August: Report (billboard.com) · · Score: 2

    As someone who was working there at the time (technical side), that story is bunk. Iovine and Dre contracted with Monster to design, manufacture, and distribute Beats for a set amount of time. Iovine and Dre would handle marketing and sales. When the contract time expired - Jimmy and Dre moved design, manufacture and distribution from Monster and continued on. It definitely was NOT the quality of the product that set Beats apart but the marketing and image-building/branding that made it work. And yes, the audio quality sucked - but it sold billions and so from that standpoint it was an absolute success. Beats wasn't about audio quality, it was about a lifestyle and image. That was Jimmy and Dre - not Noel and Kevin.

  14. Re:Done better in 2007 with CRM114 on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's written in C? Clearly it's alt-right hater code! It has to be in Rust, otherwise it is clearly alt-right hater code!

  15. Re:Should be looking for Che Guevara on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Hm, what about communism as a popular movement where those who believe in communism start, freely, working to the best of their abilities then, freely, sharing the profits of their work with those of less ability? Let's see that happen. Let's not see communism forced upon us.

    Interestingly, if you read the chapter Acts in the New Testament of the Bible, you'll find that perfectly described as the way early churches and congregations lived. In commune with one another. Out of mutual love and respect for each other and for those of society, and simply preached their own moral code to others - no force implied or used.

    Now days, those same people are attacked and labeled as haters by the left, who seek to cloak themselves in modern "communism" which demands force from the Government to coerce actions and beliefs amongst all...

  16. Correct - Antifa isn't communist, it's fascist. At least in its actions and stated goals...

  17. Ahh the Netherlands. Or better known as Northern Spain! :) But really, get it together. Everyone else calls you Holland, you call yourselves the Netherlands, and you speak Dutch! Choose a freaking name for godssake!

  18. And interestingly, socialists who are Statists are about the closest you'll find to a real life fascist - using the State to coerce/force business (and thus, society) to do their own bidding. Meaning populists who are libertarian leaning/small-government focused are about as far from fascism as you can find. And oddly enough they are the ones called fascist by most of the media...

  19. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    It's what the left does - call people what they really are. Hatred, intolerance, and censorship - and fascist behavior in general (especially with regard to the economy) - are now the hallmarks of the left.

  20. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Oh, and there is no correlation between gun ownership rates and gun murders.

  21. Re:signal to each other in plain sight on Ex-NSA Hacker Is Building an AI To Find Hate and Far-Right Symbols on Twitter and Facebook (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slightly more blacks per capita are killed as compared to whites, but when you look at the racial breakdown of violent crimes they are disproportionately committed by blacks. When you scale for criminal activity, blacks are actually shot less than whites.

  22. Re:Theories are falsifiable, global warming is not on Scientists Can Now Blame Individual Natural Disasters On Climate Change (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet the link I supplied said that the number one greenhouse gas - by far - is water vapor. And interestingly enough, it's always there! Sure, an individual molecule may last for a few days, but it still dominates. And what happens to the air temperature when it rains? It actually drops (as would be expected), meaning it's a negative feedback system...

  23. Aren't all iDevices Perfect At Assembly? Upgrading an iMac Pro is like adding more brushstrokes to the Mona Lisa...

    /sarc

  24. Really? An extrapolated production rate of 1000 units per week? When does that extrapolation become reality? I can extrapolate that I will make $1 trillion dollars, but without stating a timeline it's kind of worthless, right?

  25. Re:My personal challenge on Mark Zuckerberg's 2018 Personal Challenge Is To Do His Job As CEO (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    My challenge is to, once again, not create a Facebook page. Three days down and good so far! And proudly Facebook free, since the beginning...