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  1. Re:What about earmuffs? Hats? on Man Caught Wearing Earbuds With a Dead Phone Found Guilty of Distracted Driving (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    The difference? Earmuffs and hats do not produce noise that may make outside sounds even fainter than if you were wearing earplugs.

  2. Re:Thank god this wasn't around when I was a kid on 'Fortnite' May be a Virtual Game, But It's Having Real-life, Dangerous Effects (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    It was, it was called TV (yes I am make the assumption that you are not that old). The difference is your parents probably taught you how to prioritize your activities.

  3. Re:Ok, bye bye intelligence access on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep and at some point the pimp realizes the client can decide to go elsewhere regardless of how much free skin they have been provided.

    That all said I don't blame the US putting restrictions on the hardware that their allies use especially for critical infrastructure especially if there is a concern about the data going across it.

  4. Re:Ok, bye bye intelligence access on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Or people go to other more affordable bars or decide to stay home and have a party and invite other people who don't necessarily get along with the guy who was the life of the party before.

  5. Re:Ok, bye bye intelligence access on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When you have someone who is willing to put the tab on their credit card to go out partying why not? Lets be honest that is how the US is funding the military spending to keep the defense economy running. It's like a snake eating its own tail. Some point something is going to give, China could stop it tomorrow except they have too much money invested as well.

  6. Re:The Results on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Buddies wife works for Privy council in Canada and pretty much every single western country is looking into it. Karl Marx never foresaw this coming

  7. Re:The Results on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's great when there are jobs to be had, but this isn't really what these experiments are about. These are about how are governments going to make sure the public doesn't go out and lynch the richies when the jobs become automated.

    You do not want them not getting a good grasp when unemployment starts kicking up due to automation

  8. Re:Trump owns it on Shutdown Hits Industries Nationwide (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    The GOP do NOT want that to happen. It will set a precedent the next time a leftleaning president wants to do something, i.e. national health crisis, gun control crisis.

  9. Re: Obligatory "YouTube has ads?" on YouTube is Testing Having Two Skippable Ads Back-To-Back (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If he really wants to get Youtube ads to stop showing he needs to spread out to doing gun videos. InRange has never setup for ad revenue sharing (like AvE they wanted to stay impartial) and even went to the point of disabling ads completely when they started removing ad sharing for gun videos.

    I used to block ads on my android tablet using x-framework and their youtube adblocker but it seems like about 6 months ago the cat and mouse game finally came to an end. They haven't updated the version for Nougat and I now have to sit through them.

  10. Re:You'd think on Amazon Picks New York, Northern Virginia For HQ2 [Update: Confirmed] (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Might also be that Bezos has houses in both cities and both planned locations are within something like 6 miles of his places...

    Almost seems like this was some big con doesn't it?

  11. This isn't a new question on Should Parents End 'Screen Time' For Children? (indianexpress.com) · · Score: 1

    The same thing was asked about TV in the 80's, and computers in the 90's. Ultimately it comes down to if it is impeding on higher priority things in life like school then yes it needs to be restrained. If they are doing well then there is nothing wrong with it.

  12. The irony is that area of BC is notorious for grow-ops. Once legal they can provide hydro to the potential "Craft cannabis" growers that might pop up there. The area is like weed mecca.

  13. Re: Easy to dis on Canada's Ontario Government Ends Basic Income Project (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Buddy's wife works for the Canadian Privy Council which essentially determines long term policies. She has a doctorate in economics and has said it isn't if, it is when. Pretty much every single western country is looking into how to get ahead of it. They are hoping that it is far enough out that they can get ahead of it. Essentially if they don't the rich are going to end up with their heads on pikes.

  14. Re:I bought my little air floss thingy on Best Buy Is Thriving In the Age of Amazon (defenseone.com) · · Score: 2

    Here is a hint about Costco in general, the reason why their products tend to be cheaper is that they are built that way.
    As an example the Optima batteries they carried were specifically manufactured for them. Granted Optima are not as good as they used to be since they moved their manufacturing to Mexico but even when they were still built in the US, the Costco ones were less reliable. My old Optima yellowtop lasted about 8 years and that involved some seriously heavy winching that would flatten it. People I know on my forum were lucky to get 2 years out of their Costco one.
    I replaced it with a Northstar AGM 2 years ago and it runs like brand new

  15. Re: Because: on FDA Approves First Drug Derived From Marijuana Plant (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    In a more polite way of putting it that may enlighten the GP, CBD dominant marijuana will not make you high (and can actually counteract the psychoactive component of THC that may be required for things like pain relief) but has been linked to numerous benefits including mood stabilization, anti-inflammation, allergy suppressant, and potentially cancer fighting.

  16. UBI isn't addressing the existing issues around unemployment, it is addressing the future issues of unemployment around automation. Buddy's wife worked for the Canadian Privy Council and this is a huge thing that pretty much all western countries are concerned about. We aren't talking 5 years down the road, we are talking 20-50-100 years.

  17. Re:Fuck Newsfeed and Fuck Facebook on Facebook Is Killing Off Trending As It Tries To Revamp Newsfeed (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no issue per se for Ad based service, I DO have issue with seeing ads I have already marked as not relevant or not interested already.

  18. Re:The NRA fights it at the state level 2 on Valve Slammed Over 'Horrendous' Steam School-Shooting Game (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Nobody needs a car that goes over 55 but hey they do. NTSB found that restricting the speed limit to 55 would have saved over 15000 people.

    AR15 is the pitbull of the gun world. Why do people like it? It works, it's cheap and it's modular for what you want to do with it. You don't see anyone spouting banning the Ruger Mini-14 which is just as effective a firearm as the AR minus the modularity (it's semi auto with a detachable magazine).

  19. Re:Not against on Valve Slammed Over 'Horrendous' Steam School-Shooting Game (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    And majority of gun owners are not NRA members.

  20. Re:Anybody hear "Yarry"? on 'Yanny vs. Laurel' Reveals Flaws In How We Listen To Audio (theproaudiofiles.com) · · Score: 1

    If I slowly move through the slider on the page in the summary, I hear yarry as I move it to the right. I predominantly hear laurel all the time when slowly sliding but if just jump from the left to the right then I hear it.

  21. It is exclusive. The T in TLD stands for Top. The UK's TLD is .uk just like .fr is for France and .ca is for Canada.
    You will never see a government organization outside the US use .gov.

  22. Re:Canada To USA: Ya, We Got This on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looking at who you voted for in the last election, your opinions don't really mean shit.

    Trump, Making (the rest of North) America Great Again

  23. Re:Recurring charges on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Here's an idea don't use an employer supplied phone for personal use.

  24. Re:Subnautica on Oculus Rift Is Now the Most Popular VR Headset On Steam (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Subnautica was what made me go out and get a Vive. I was willing to upgrade the video card but it runs fine on my 1050Ti.
    I don't use the wands though. I do mouse and keyboard and have vision pointer (or whatever they call it) enabled.

    I did try Minecraft and Half Life 2 and both I could see right away I wouldn't be able to play long with how they run right now.

  25. You don;t have to be Canadian Military, you can be civilian as long as the company you work for is Controlled Goods certified.