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  1. Re:Cool that someone still stands for freedom on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No one 'has to' sell services to people

    That has yet to be decided. Sometimes the State will compell you to provide services or goods to others, even if you don't like it. I assume all those who denounced the "gay wedding cake baker" will of course denounce the websites dropping this Nazi group, too.

  2. Re:Cool that someone still stands for freedom on Cloudflare is the One Tech Company Still Sticking By Neo-Nazi Websites (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, at least they're in good company with the Nation of Islam...

  3. Re:The Rise of the Violent Left on Justice Department Demands 1.3 Million IP Addresses Related To Anti-Trump Website (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The left is much more efficient, preferring to shoot their political opponents.

  4. Re:And what's missing from the summary on Justice Department Demands 1.3 Million IP Addresses Related To Anti-Trump Website (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Free speech is protected, and you can talk all you want. When you take actions on that language, though - that becomes a felony. And then, suddenly, that speech before-hand becomes a crime because it is conspiracy. Talking with 10 people about how you'd rob a bank is not illegal, but if you then go and rob the bank - that speech is now classified as conspiracy and it becomes illegal.

  5. Re:I'm White/Irsh and I'm discontent on From Google To Yahoo, Tech Grapples With White Male Discontent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone - EVERYONE - should be required to watch "Blazing Saddles" every year.

  6. Re: False representation/slander? on From Google To Yahoo, Tech Grapples With White Male Discontent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  7. Re: Need vs Politics on From Google To Yahoo, Tech Grapples With White Male Discontent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's at least lawful when it comes to university entrance.

  8. Re:Need vs Politics on From Google To Yahoo, Tech Grapples With White Male Discontent (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Try colleges. Women are approximately 56% of university students, above their representation level in the general population. And while whites make up 75% of the US general population, they make up about 60% of college students. So being a white male means you're probably not going to make it to a university, as compared to other minority groups. At least not at the level of representation in the general population.

  9. Re:Fry speech on Google Cancels Domain Registration For Neo-Nazi Website Daily Stormer (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Pope considered capitalism to be terrorism against humanity. And judging from the comments that follow that article, there are quite a few others who do so as well.

  10. Re:Get ready for the Great Bursting 2.0 on Andy Rubin's Essential Is Now Valued at Over a Billion Dollars Without Shipping a Single Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When you toss $4 trillion into the system just to keep the system going because it's already overvalued - you get this kind of crazy valuation. That money is going to go somewhere...

  11. There is already an app for that. You've been beat to the market, so your valuation wil be lucky to break $1 billion, let alone $100 billion...

  12. a unicorn is a company that's valued at over $1 billion dollars, which is no small feat in today's market

    Apparently, it now is...

  13. Re:Cloud equivalent on Hundreds Of Smart Locks Get Bricked By A Buggy Firmware Update (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they probably got the PWM code for the blue lock LED strobe just that much smoother and so a better user experience?

  14. Re:Google is done. on Google Cancels Town Hall To Discuss Diversity In Its Ranks (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it needs to be really plug-and-play. You plug it in, turn it on. It asks for a domain name - you can keep trying until one is available and it will "purchase" for you (advanced setting lets you enter your own DNS entries). Then you go to the next page, enter the e-mail addresses you want. Download apps to your cell phones/tablets, TSRs to your laptops allf ro syncing data and you're done. One-click configuration of Outlook and other mail clients, and host your own web mail client as well if you want...

  15. Re:KILL the billionaire on Silicon Valley Billionaire Fails To Prevent Access To Public Beach (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Which industries is Trump trying to nationalize? And I haven't heard of Trump dissolving Congress and assigning all powers to his appointee on the Supreme Court...

  16. Web 2.0 bubble about to pop... on SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Saw this back in 1999, when more and more VCs kept throwing good money after bad. Not making a profit, no plan how to make a profit, but hey - we can get lots of ephemeral users who will immediately flock to the next shiny thing!

  17. Re:Interesting. on MIT Team's School-Bus Algorithm Could Save $5M and 1M Bus Miles (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a perfectly cromulent question for most /. given their closest physical contact with a lady is the dental hygenist cleaning their teeth...

  18. Re:Clarification question on Why Amazon's UK Tax Bill Has Dropped 50% (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It is, technically, a liability and thus shows up on the expense side of things. As your liabilities increase, they offset accrued profits of the company.

  19. What would Steve Jobs... on US Product Safety Commission Warns That Some Fidget Spinners Explode (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    say to a room full of ADHD kids with spinners? You're fidgeting wrong....

  20. Re:It's called Alt-Right conservativsim on Wisconsin Won't Break Even On Foxconn Plant Deal For Over Two Decades (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From what I read, Foxconn only gets an annual credit IF they employ a certain amount of people in the first place. So when they automate - they stop getitng credits. They don't get bilions up front, they get it paid out over years. Years in which they have to employ so many people to get the credit in the first place.

  21. Re:Businesses Shouldn't Be Taxed on Wisconsin Won't Break Even On Foxconn Plant Deal For Over Two Decades (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure I understand the connection you're trying to draw. Are you saying that because people want to buy what they want, and if you don't sell what people want to buy, then leaving more money in the hands of people will crash the economy?

  22. The State will also get taxes, indirectly. Those 13,000 jobs that average $54,000 a year will each pay about $2700 in State income tax. So that's about $35 million a year right there. And the State share of sales tax is 5%, so assuming 25% of that income is taxable when spent, that's another ~$9 million a year in taxes. So the State will make about $44 million a year just from the jobs alone. That should cover a fair amount of extra costs...

  23. Re: We're not getting hotter on Global Investment Firm Warns 7.8 Degrees of Global Warming Is Possible (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the goalposts didn't move... You didn't want to score an own goal... ;) Look at the graphs on page 287. Big temp bump in the 20s and 30s, then cooling for 35 years, the a SLOW increase, but we're still well below the peak in the 20s and 30s. It fits with everything you claim. HOWEVER, look at the low temperature. It's rising much faster. Since the "global temperature" is the average of Tmax and Tmin, raising Tmin will automatically increase the average. Even if Tmax barely moves.

    The graphs for Tmax show it is slower than the average - meaning we're not necessarily getting hotter, we're not getting as cold.

  24. Re:We're not getting hotter on Global Investment Firm Warns 7.8 Degrees of Global Warming Is Possible (vice.com) · · Score: 1