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  1. Re:Torture and kidnappings on US Will Seek Extradition of Huawei CFO From Canada (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, you're on the "give away rule of law because of blackmail" team?

    Yeah, don't expect anybody to listen for very long.

  2. Re:It's amazing how ridiculous this is. on US Will Seek Extradition of Huawei CFO From Canada (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    No, we never liked you, please go away and shut up until you need somebody to save your dumb ass from invasion, then we'll come back and show you what color freedom bleeds.

  3. Re: It is a fucking cIt is not an alien spacecomet on Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You are just an idiot.

    There are no people "who believe in science", in the sense of having faith.

    https://www.dictionary.com/bro...

    Just take out the word "faith," which you're using in a circular fashion to un-define the word "believe."

    Assume, as a thought experiment, that my words were impeachable and true. Now that you're refraining from insisting I'm "rong," you can simply ask: What meaning of these words, as would be described in a dictionary, add up to a true claim? OK, there, good job, you did it, you understood what I meant!

    If it sounds so untrue that it must have been said by an "idiot," that proves you didn't try to understand it. Understanding involves finding the true meaning in the words. When the meaning of the whole eludes you, it implies only that you didn't choose the correct meaning of the individual words.

    My goal is to say true words for people who are capable of comprehending them. Perhaps it would help if I also pointed out that I didn't try to make them accessible; they're targeted solely at people capable of comprehending words used for their literal meaning, even when that meaning was unexpected. You simply aren't expecting a person to have the perspective I explained, because it isn't one of the perspectives being shouted by the various echo chambers, so you presume there must not be meaning. This is why I don't try to be accessible; you might accidentally think you learned something from what I said, and I don't want that to happen unless it is true!

  4. Re: It is a fucking cIt is not an alien spacecomet on Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You misunderstand entirely. Still.

    Just because you can read about Newton and do the math in the book and get the same answer as was written in the book, that does not in any way imply that you understood the English word "fall."

    No, Aighearach is not synonymous with "English." Actually it is Gaelic. Don't get so far ahead of yourself. I don't think you're even ready to go as far as Scots.

  5. Re:Paradise needed to get lost on Is California's PG&E The First Climate Change Bankruptcy? (marketscreener.com) · · Score: 1

    You've got like, over two lies per sentence. That's not even worth responding to.

  6. Re: Automatic integration from fake-news... on Facebook Launches a Petition Feature (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I can haz cheeseburder and freedom fries?

  7. Re:Important to teach even in the face of hate on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    No, don't be an idiot, you can't "educate some others."

    Education is not a cup that a passerby can pick up and fill, not even a teacher chosen by the student can pick it up and fill it.

    The student has to fill their own cup. You can't do it for them. You can't choose to educate others. It is an irrational and false belief in your control over them.

    If they're not interested in the knowledge, preaching is exactly the only thing you might do that would have an influence!

  8. Re:Strange experiment but WHY? on 'I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible.' (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Or even just, cancel both subscriptions.

    Subscribing to a store is idiotic to start with, but choosing it and then whining is much worse.

    And I use scriptblock and also uMatrix; by default a website gets no JS. And if I turn it on for the domain I visited, uMatrix prevents any third-party scripts from running unless I whitelist them.

    And I don't spontaneously combust, or anything like that. Life doesn't stop. I'm still able to acquire whatever information I need.

    The story is exactly the same as, "alcoholic tries for weeks to stay away from alcohol and reports it as being `impwwwwOsible!'" No, that's not what that word means.

    She only even spent $3k, she's paying a 5% premium on her purchases for a membership to the store! If it saved people money, it would make a lot more sense.

  9. Re: Why is that not positive?? on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: -1

    Never try to "prove" shit to idiots. If they already have an opinion, it is their responsibility to have good reasons. If they're full of shit, say why you think so, don't try to "prove" anything. That is nonsense.

  10. Re:That's a precise amount on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 0

    14.4F is 10C at ~ mean global surface temperature, not sure where you came up with 5-9C.

    My advice, stop complaining about the units, and pay more attention to context. What the fuck did you do, convert at freezing?!

  11. Re: So if its a natural cycle on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    He's not new, he's said this shit before, no it was not an honest question.

  12. Re:If we can live on Mars on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    So your actual answer is, "No, but I'm going to insist on yes even though I have enough information to explain why I'm wrong."

  13. Re:The Neantherdals Were Way Ahead of Us on Ancient Climate Change Triggered Warming That Lasted Thousands of Years (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Your basal population is surely basil.

    That said, they might not actually be the same lemurs.

  14. Re: A negative review, not a bad review on 'I Got Death Threats For Writing a Bad Review of Aquaman' (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is only that you mistook a lack of grammatical rules for a lack a semantics and known word meanings.

    It is still the writers responsibility to communicate something, hopefully even with intent.

  15. Re:Automatic integration from fake-news... on Facebook Launches a Petition Feature (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Can I haz petition for cheeseburger, and privacy?

  16. Re: It is a fucking cIt is not an alien spacecomet on Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I absolutely do not agree that when people say "I believe in science" they really meant, "I believe science `works.'"

    When people "I believe in science," they mean, "I believe in science." Whatever they were told that science is, they believe in it.

    You were told it "works" for something, and you believe it.

    And I know from the specific pejorative that you chose that you're exactly the sort of dunce that wouldn't even comprehend the difference between a process and a result.

  17. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on Adding New DNA Letters Make Novel Proteins Possible (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Right, but when somebody points to history as an example, and you admit you don't know what they're talking about... stop arguing. Duh.

  18. Re: It is a fucking cIt is not an alien spacecomet on Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    You'd like to agree, but no. You didn't agree, you argued with what you claim to agree with, because you didn't understand all the words.

  19. Re: No point in Europe... on Digital License Plates Are Now Allowed in Michigan (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no European Constitution.

    That isn't actually hard to understand.

    Having a treaty that says words about rights isn't the same thing.

    Like, duh.

  20. I hate climate change, I hate the increased incidence of fire, etc.

    But the specific fire in question was caused by an electrical installation.

    Electrical faults always caused fire.

    This is not one of the things in the climate that has changed or is changing.

  21. It is about climate change, but it is the business climate that they're saying is changing. And they wanted extra clicks.

  22. LOL when the war comes, just look for the Americans fighting for everybody's rights and you'll find me right there shooting the brownshirt to your left or right.

  23. Re:Null AND Void on Lawsuit Reveals How Facebook Profited Off Confused Children: Report (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a lot of assumptions, though. If they're all true, then yeah.

    What if there are potential liabilities beyond just the cost of providing the service? What then?!?

  24. Re:Null AND Void on Lawsuit Reveals How Facebook Profited Off Confused Children: Report (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    No, dumb-ass, your words are posted right there where you put them.

    There was no gate.

    You words were merely stupid, and I said words accusing them of lacking value.

    You wish there was a gate, so you could keep it, but there isn't, so we both get to post our opinions.

  25. Re:Would rather drink in a bar with bouncers on 'I Got Death Threats For Writing a Bad Review of Aquaman' (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess maybe internet sock-puppets spend even less money than real-life sock-puppets!

    Real sock-puppets at least need laundry detergent.

    But not really a premium demographic.