It genuinely frightens me that we're so quick to support dictatorships
Ever since the US began empire building in the 19th century, your government has been creating and supporting dictatorships, because they're easier to manage.
Have a quick read up on the history of Guatamala, the country where it was illegal for local people to own land, in case it interfered with the profits of United Fruit.
Then the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government in 1954 because they gave unused land to peasants to farm, which smelt like communism to Ike.
I bought a coffee from a bloke whose cafe was an old phone box (like the Tardis, except double width) in Edinburgh when I was there a few years ago which was cool.
The phone booths where I live are all wi-fi hotspots now, if they're still there.
if that were the case here, then pro-lifers wouldn't have a problem with it, would they?
Of course they would, because the pro-life set are the stupidist of the stupid. They're already followers of supply-side Jesus, so they're used to being fed bullshit.
I assumed that Magic Leap was a vehicle for some Vulture Capitalists to extract a profit out of unsophisticated investors.
We could both be right I suppose.
My local media have all been breathlessly reporting how Weta Digital has signed some sort of agreement to provide some sort of content for the Magic Leap platform (or something, the details seemed kind of contradictory to me).
Not a single one of them seems to have done even the most basic research into what a con-job Magic Leap really is.
I trialled Linuxmint 18.3 KDE from here and it looked pretty good.
I might wait until 19 has a KDE version then use that, although the Cinnamon version works just fine for me.
Would Hilary even run? She's 70 according to Wikipedia, which seems really old to be doing that sort of job.
I note that Mr. Trump is even older at 71. If he does another term he would be 78 by the end*. After having Mr. Reagan spend most his second term incapable because of age related illness, I would think the people of the US would not be keen on having another Alzheimer's sufferer in the highest office in the land.
Who knows though, you guys did reelect that odd Mr. Bush II.
Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will have to do whatever the corporate interests that run the US tell them to do.
If they don't they have no chance. Let's not pretend the voters have any say in the matter.
I'm an outside observer also, and from what I can see, the entire US political system is set up so that corporate interests can get what they want.
None of them want the lobbying hell to end because that's how everyone involved makes their living.
Ha ha, that's exactly what thought.
Now explain to him why can can browse to slashdot.org and doesn't have to remember IP addresses.
Subnets might be pushing it though.
How the hell would a text box on Youtube kill Wikipedia?
I must be old but I can remember when slashdot was populated with people who knew how the Internet worked.
Evidence? Would you like to post some? Assuming that weird sentence means what I think it means.
It's often difficult to understand the religious, they tend to have a blinkered view of the world.
Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Tomato Growing Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Printing Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Banking Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
These all make as much sense as each other. The links are tenuous, but of course the intention is to deflect the blame from where it ought to lie.
Your Mr. Trump is doing exactly what he always does: talking an awful lot, but not saying anything useful.
That's pretty much what we did in my country.
1: Taxpayers funded the national fibre rollout.
2: The dominant network owner/ISP was split up.
3: The new network owner company charges a fee to ISP's per connection, this is set by the regulator.
4: ?
5: Profit!
Seriously though, it has (mostly) worked quite well so far.
It is Microsoft Ireland, which has to live by Irish law, regardless of where the parent company is.
It puts Microsoft in a difficult position, because if the US passes a law forcing it to send the data back to the US, it might still be in breach of Irish law, or EU law, and open to prosecution there.
This looks like the US government trying to force it's law on the rest of the world, especially as there is a perfectly good mechanism for asking the Irish for the data, as detailed here.
To be fair, my local computer store has always had the Lumia 950 in stock, I am assuming because no-one wants one.
I have just had a look and the specs are fairly compelling really:
Display resolution: WQHD (2560 x 1440)
Mass memory: 32 GB
RAM: 3 GB
Expandable memory card type: MicroSD
Replaceable battery: Yes
That looks pretty good for $500 of my local money (an iPhone X is $1799 for comparison).
Still, it's Windows phone, so I won't be buying one.
We have two major news publishers, and they have absolutely no clue about what their customers want, and as a result are losing those customers hand over fist.
At the moment they are trying desperately to merge, as if that will solve their competence problems, but the regulators have told them to go jump in a lake, which is nice.
You're right, we do not have a history of bribery here in NZ, but there is at least one incident which springs to mind, involving Mr. John Banks and Kim Dotcom's $50,000 donation to his mayoral campaign.
Although Mr. Banks was found not guilty on appeal, the circumstances of the new evidence were extremely odd, and it also cost Mr. Banks his marriage.
You are probably correct about Mr. Thiel's ability to charm which just raises a whole host of further questions about various senior National party people's judgment really.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, you may well be correct now I think back. I was just glad they found a new use for it instead of just getting rid of it.
It genuinely frightens me that we're so quick to support dictatorships
Ever since the US began empire building in the 19th century, your government has been creating and supporting dictatorships, because they're easier to manage.
Have a quick read up on the history of Guatamala, the country where it was illegal for local people to own land, in case it interfered with the profits of United Fruit.
Then the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government in 1954 because they gave unused land to peasants to farm, which smelt like communism to Ike.
I bought a coffee from a bloke whose cafe was an old phone box (like the Tardis, except double width) in Edinburgh when I was there a few years ago which was cool.
The phone booths where I live are all wi-fi hotspots now, if they're still there.
if that were the case here, then pro-lifers wouldn't have a problem with it, would they?
Of course they would, because the pro-life set are the stupidist of the stupid. They're already followers of supply-side Jesus, so they're used to being fed bullshit.
We could both be right I suppose.
My local media have all been breathlessly reporting how Weta Digital has signed some sort of agreement to provide some sort of content for the Magic Leap platform (or something, the details seemed kind of contradictory to me).
Not a single one of them seems to have done even the most basic research into what a con-job Magic Leap really is.
I trialled Linuxmint 18.3 KDE from here and it looked pretty good.
I might wait until 19 has a KDE version then use that, although the Cinnamon version works just fine for me.
I note that Mr. Trump is even older at 71. If he does another term he would be 78 by the end*. After having Mr. Reagan spend most his second term incapable because of age related illness, I would think the people of the US would not be keen on having another Alzheimer's sufferer in the highest office in the land.
Who knows though, you guys did reelect that odd Mr. Bush II.
* Feel free to check my maths, could be wrong.
Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will have to do whatever the corporate interests that run the US tell them to do.
If they don't they have no chance. Let's not pretend the voters have any say in the matter.
I'm an outside observer also, and from what I can see, the entire US political system is set up so that corporate interests can get what they want.
None of them want the lobbying hell to end because that's how everyone involved makes their living.
Thanks Ivan. You should brush up on your english before posting here.
Sigh. This used to be a technical site.
Ha ha, that's exactly what thought.
Now explain to him why can can browse to slashdot.org and doesn't have to remember IP addresses.
Subnets might be pushing it though.
Heavy liberal bias.
But only because reality has a liberal bias.
How the hell would a text box on Youtube kill Wikipedia?
I must be old but I can remember when slashdot was populated with people who knew how the Internet worked.
Left biased source?
Oh, yes, that would be reality then.
Idiot.
I thought the TSA's job was to shout "PAPERS PLEASE" at Americans to get them used to being watched by their own homegrown Gestpo.
The evidence is abundant for the hope in Jesus.
Evidence? Would you like to post some? Assuming that weird sentence means what I think it means.
It's often difficult to understand the religious, they tend to have a blinkered view of the world.
Could you cite something to back up your assertion that country size, population density or homogeneity makes any difference to gun control laws?
Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Tomato Growing Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Printing Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
Trump's Meeting With The Banking Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly
These all make as much sense as each other. The links are tenuous, but of course the intention is to deflect the blame from where it ought to lie.
Your Mr. Trump is doing exactly what he always does: talking an awful lot, but not saying anything useful.
I have just bought a Samsung Gear VR which has Oculus on the side for 10 of my local dollars.
I am pretty sure they're struggling to give them away.
That's pretty much what we did in my country.
1: Taxpayers funded the national fibre rollout.
2: The dominant network owner/ISP was split up.
3: The new network owner company charges a fee to ISP's per connection, this is set by the regulator.
4: ?
5: Profit!
Seriously though, it has (mostly) worked quite well so far.
It is Microsoft Ireland, which has to live by Irish law, regardless of where the parent company is.
It puts Microsoft in a difficult position, because if the US passes a law forcing it to send the data back to the US, it might still be in breach of Irish law, or EU law, and open to prosecution there.
This looks like the US government trying to force it's law on the rest of the world, especially as there is a perfectly good mechanism for asking the Irish for the data, as detailed here.
To be fair, my local computer store has always had the Lumia 950 in stock, I am assuming because no-one wants one.
I have just had a look and the specs are fairly compelling really:
Display resolution: WQHD (2560 x 1440)
Mass memory: 32 GB
RAM: 3 GB
Expandable memory card type: MicroSD
Replaceable battery: Yes
That looks pretty good for $500 of my local money (an iPhone X is $1799 for comparison).
Still, it's Windows phone, so I won't be buying one.
Or just switch one of the many better torrent clients available like everyone else.
the media publishes what folks want...
Not where I live.
We have two major news publishers, and they have absolutely no clue about what their customers want, and as a result are losing those customers hand over fist.
At the moment they are trying desperately to merge, as if that will solve their competence problems, but the regulators have told them to go jump in a lake, which is nice.
You're right, we do not have a history of bribery here in NZ, but there is at least one incident which springs to mind, involving Mr. John Banks and Kim Dotcom's $50,000 donation to his mayoral campaign.
Although Mr. Banks was found not guilty on appeal, the circumstances of the new evidence were extremely odd, and it also cost Mr. Banks his marriage.
You are probably correct about Mr. Thiel's ability to charm which just raises a whole host of further questions about various senior National party people's judgment really.