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  1. Don't drive on the dark side, man, call a cab.

  2. Re:Why not have the app report the debtor directly on China Creates App To Tell You If You're Near Someone In Debt, Encourages You To Report Them (techspot.com) · · Score: 2

    If other westerners weren't already using the book as reference point, referring to it would have no value.

    And the details of the story examine the problems with governance in the western world; it isn't a history book that you can take some sort of deeper lesson out of. It is fiction, that is only useful for understanding real events in a very narrow, context-dependent way.

    Using it for China is totally worthless; it wouldn't be a realistic story if it was set in China. Nobody would use it as an example, because it would be obviously absurd. Chinese culture doesn't have the same concepts of individualism.

  3. Re:Well better that on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Except when you already know that that is the lowest load part of the day, then it shows that you're merely intellectually dishonest; you don't have an excuse, like the stupid guys do. You're just pure flamebait.

  4. Re:Fingers Crossed! on Google Asks Supreme Court To Rule On When Code Can Be Copyrighted (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I wasn't actually joking, I really do think that is the logical result of what Oracle is asking for, and they're asking for it because they know they won't get it. They hope to get 10 or 15 years of it only.

    Nobody they got rights from got the rights to the APIs and stuff from K&R, because nobody knew they needed it! Even just the form of a C struct; nobody thought they needed permission.

  5. No, that's if the 10th Amendment was interpreted in an insane and inconsistent manner, as explained to you on AM radio.

    If it is just, the thing that has existed for 250+ years, then no, it would literally just be the status quo.

    The 10th Amendment is why California has stricter air standards than the Federal government. It has always been this way.

    Belief that the 10th Amendment contradicts the existence of the Federal Government is just stupid-sauce that defeats itself; surely the founding fathers didn't think those few words invalidated the rest of the words, so why do you think so? Stupid sauce.

  6. Re:It's amazing how ridiculous this is. on US Will Seek Extradition of Huawei CFO From Canada (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to say something next time you comment.

  7. Re:Why not have the app report the debtor directly on China Creates App To Tell You If You're Near Someone In Debt, Encourages You To Report Them (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Like 3 people in China read that book.

    The fact that your "understanding" simply substitutes a western political trope shows the depth of you "understanding."

    You should really look into the Chinese culture of societal unity if you think that is going to be the result. It isn't even on the table.

  8. Re:Why not have the app report the debtor directly on China Creates App To Tell You If You're Near Someone In Debt, Encourages You To Report Them (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    It was always legal in China to shame people you catch violating social norms, WTF are you going on about?

    "Verbal abuse" would be if they know they were declared shameful by the bank, but they deny it when you wag your finger at them.

  9. Re: Balancing Act on Canada's Ambassador To China Hopes US Won't Extradite Huawei Exec, Gets Fired (go.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you knew what those words mean, you'd understand that they support what I said.

    Do you understand that "international obligations" is referring to compliance with their extradition treaty?

    Do you understand that "balancing the interests" means making sure that they have a lawyer, and that they receive the correct process?

    Do you understand that they have a right to challenge their extradition, but that is only designed to succeed where the paperwork is out of order, or where there was some legal problem with the way they were arrested?

    It is diplomatic language, and you clearly don't understand what was said. That's why I used simple words.

  10. Re:Oh you people are so funny on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, you thought outdoor lighting was the main source of electrical demand?!?! LOL

  11. Re:Let's kill Assange on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Watmonger: noun

    1) A tour guide specializing in Buddhist religious sites

    2) An incense peddler

  12. Re:Implying Russia had something to do w DNC email on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    You might want to visit the library and open a newspaper, those conspiracy videos are getting to you.

    You seem about 2 years behind on current events. I guess that is the last time you made it to the surface.

  13. Re:Proof, Citation? on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want people to celebrate him, you're going to have to shoot him, because alive he's a participant in events, not some sort of "messenger."

  14. Re: The Week That Was on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    It is OK if you accidentally had that fantasy while she was pegging you. It probably doesn't mean you're gay, but only you can answer that.

    Either way, it is OK. Accept your feelings, they are yours alone, and they're potentially your most valuable possession. That's up to you, though.

  15. Re:The Week That Was on 'This Time It's Russia's Emails Getting Leaked' (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    News flash: On the west coast, pegging is perfectly normal. Has been for decades.

    All manner of sexual appetites between consenting adults are perfectly normal, and you insistence otherwise is simply anti-human.

    If you want to discover how intollerant you are, just come out to the west coast and visit an "adult store." And then visit 5 or 10 more just to double-check that you weren't in an unusual one the first time; every neighborhood for 1000 miles sells tools for the mentioned activities, because they are perfectly normal activities that consenting adults engage in.

    You mind me of the people in the 1980s who were trying to argue that an accepting attitude towards tattoos is harmful to the people getting tattoos, because you had a fantasy where in the end they regret it. But no, up is not down, tolerance is not oppression.

    Trump got pegged by Pelosi because she's an alpha, and he's a beta. And his followers are zetas, that's why they didn't know who was who until they saw the santorum spray. Decent people don't care about either part, it is merely funny. Experiencing revulsion or outrage simply tells you that you have internalized bigotry and stereotypes. Don't project that onto others, just try to find a way to deal with it and be more of the person you wished you were.

  16. This story is about the domestic prices in China, not international market prices.

  17. Re:Rent, workers on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they have externalized costs that they already consider to be greater than any savings.

    And the coal cost is higher than PV. The only reason China uses any coal is for total capacity.

  18. Re:Bright side on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The decoder-ring for your statement is "trade war."

    That shows that when you say "panel," you only mean final assembly of the parts.

    If the trade war continues, expect old chip fabs in the US to be converted to making the whole thing.

  19. Re:Oh man she is off her rocker on Party Is Over For Dirt-Cheap Solar Panels, Says China Executive (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What is that thing where the sun is completely unavailable no matter if there is cloud cover or not ?

    Oh yeah I think they call it

    ... low demand hours!

  20. Re:Charging stations don't seem to be very viable. on Electrify America Is Shutting Down All Its 150-350kW Chargers Due To Potential Cable Defects (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. You can't run a charging station like a gas station.

    It has to be like a truck stop, with a restaurant and stuff.

  21. Re:Meanwhile, in other Tesla Killer news... on Electrify America Is Shutting Down All Its 150-350kW Chargers Due To Potential Cable Defects (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid the stores had both. My family started with beta.

    In the end when people stopped buying beta and switched to vhs it was because of available content; but that was after the wars had been fought and won.

    The vhs machines proved to be a lot more popular. Once they had significantly won the sales battle, the war was over. But the rental stores still carried copies of most movies in both formats for a few years.

  22. Re: Meanwhile, in other Tesla Killer news... on Electrify America Is Shutting Down All Its 150-350kW Chargers Due To Potential Cable Defects (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If it's unibody, it's got to be a unique one, or at least so changed from the original that it's unrecognizable. Of course, VW blurs that line, too.

    ... but there's no firm definition for what an SUV is. It's really just marketing.

    When you make a strong statement, and then equivocate, it just means you're wrong. And you knew it.

    If they blur the line, and it is actually just marketing, that also means there isn't a clear line, and it doesn't "got to" this, or "got to" that.

    Once upon a time, an SUV was the class of vehicle typified by the Chevy Suburban. An even heavier vehicle built on top of a truck frame. These days, few of those types sell, and most things called an SUV would have just been 4WD cars back then. The difference between a car and an SUV these days comes down to 2 inches of clearance and wheel wells that slightly emphasize that.

  23. Re:This is not hackingbear's story on Canada's Ambassador To China Hopes US Won't Extradite Huawei Exec, Gets Fired (go.com) · · Score: 1

    He isn't in Vancouver, and it is a major accusation against the local Canadian authorities.

    But no, it will turn out that what happened in that the US authorities filed the correct paperwork, and that is what the local Canadians went off of. It will not turn out that there a phone call from Orange Man, or that his "fixer" made a trip to Canada.

  24. None of things he listed would make a strong case.

    Extradition doesn't get a trail. It gets hearings that check if the paperwork is in order.

    None of his comments are about the paperwork.

  25. Re:TLDs on Pay up or Sell up, ICANN Tells Failing New gTLD (domainincite.com) · · Score: 1

    As the summary points out, if you want to change it to that it will cost you $25000/yr.

    Chump change.