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  1. Re:Go ahead and laugh on Devin Nunes Faces an Uphill Battle in His Lawsuit Against Twitter (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I keep track of this pretty closely. It seems about 80% of violent rhetoric is from the Right. Often it is disguised somewhat as a joke. For example, congressman Steve King "joking" about a civil war and who has all the guns if there was one.

    If I were looking for this kind of crap to shadow ban, who would get hit more? Conservatives or liberals? Why yes, it would look kind of biased, because one side can't seem to win in a fair election....thinks it is OK to start shooting to remedy that.

    Maybe things look biased for a reason???

  2. Re:Winamp vs Foorbar2000 on Winamp 5.8, the First Update In 4 Years, Is Released (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Hopefully Mozilla Foundation employees are in the neighborhood and reading your comments. I would mod you up if I had points at the moment.

  3. Re:In Their Back Pocket on Democrats Draft an 'Internet Bill of Rights' To Regulate Big Tech (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1
  4. I recently have gotten stuck having to use Outlook 365 as an email client at work. What a convoluted piece o' crap UI it has. It's like they held a contest to see who could design the worst UI, and rolled out the winner on us.

    And 99% of the crap in Outlook goes unused by most of my coworkers. A simpler email client would have been fine.

  5. Trump is looking into censoring searches at google right here. Maybe he can tie our search results to our credit scores, for that personal touch?

  6. I thought Centurylink was just crappy DSL. Nope. Turns out they are tranquility Buddhist and just want me to have some quiet reflection time. How thoughtful of them.

  7. In America, gut bacteria eats you on Gut Microbes Combine To Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hey guys, if you don't get enough fiber, your microbes can turn on you:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/r...

    And if you eat the typical American diet, you ain't getting much fiber. Also, for you paleo eaters, actual paleolithic eaters got a pile of fiber every day.

    Recommended reading for your microbes eating you: Undoctored, by Dr. William Davis.

  8. Re:Bennett Haselton on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Use Computers To Make Elections Better? · · Score: 1

    Kind of makes me wish I had some mod points.

  9. A case against Monopoly capitalism on Microsoft 'Was Sick', CEO Satya Nadella Says In New Book (intoday.in) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this is a clear example of why we should be against monopolies. Microsoft didn't change out of the goodness of its heart. It got where it is now kicking and screaming. And yeah, I still don't trust them, but everyone has to admit, they have taken some steps to move in the right direction. But only because they were forced to by some real competition.

  10. Re:Psst. Democrats are right wingers too. on Radical Leftists Built Their Own FOSS Alternative To Reddit After It Banned Them (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The shooter was ex-military, too:

    Veterans account for 13 percent of the adult population, but more than a third of the adult perpetrators of the 43 worst mass killings since 1984 had been in the United States military. It is clear that, in the etiology of mass killings, military service is an important risk factor.

  11. Re:The great censoring has begun on Facebook Pages Spreading Fake News Won't Be Able To Buy Ads (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Of course you are still free to post whatever you want on Facebook (within its terms of service). You can post it on your own website, too. The only thing you can't do is to make paid advertisements out of it. It's not censorship, FB isn't the government. If I had a big website, I wouldn't let Alex Jones advertise on it. Would you?

  12. Re:Or Sugar on Could Diabetes Spread Like Mad Cow Disease? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I see other people posted something similar. But if you are eating bread, it has a higher glycemic index than table sugar:

    http://edonn.com/2013/12/24/wh...

    Also, exercise plays an important role in Type II. Also, look into lipid overload. It's a legit thing. Cells get so stuffed full of fat that insulin can't get into your cells. If insulin never gets into the cells, then it never tells the cells to pull glucose out of the blood and into your cells. This causes your blood glucose to rise.

    I've lost a lot of weight on a High(er) Fat, Low(er) Carb diet. In general, I think a higher fat diet is better. But lipid overload is how they induce Type II in lab animals. I'm hesitant to recommend HFLC diets to people that don't exercise.

    I had metabolic syndrome. I've still got 99 problems, but pre-diabetes is no longer one.

  13. Maybe this will help with stupid changes just to come out with new versions, then. I don't mind change, but lets face it, everyone hates freaking change. If it works and is making money, maybe they are just leaving it the hell alone?

  14. Sitting is the new smoking on Long Working Days Can Cause Heart Problems, Study Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    [A] sedentary culture and studies show all that sitting is taking a major toll on employee health.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

  15. but wait, there is more on Artificial Sweeteners Associated With Weight Gain, Heart Problems In Analysis of Data From 37 Studies (npr.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    [T]he sweeteners appear to change the population of intestinal bacteria that direct metabolism, the conversion of food to energy or stored fuel. And this result suggests the connection might also exist in humans.

    https://www.scientificamerican...

  16. Re:Apple, Adobe, and Google on Google Owns the Classroom (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the article?

    Microsoft wins the kids...and therefore the future:

    As much as I dislike some aspects of Windows 10 S, as a way to get cheap computers into schools, it's a lot more practical than iPads. Even the conceptual graphics tools Microsoft is delivering are better and cheaper than Adobe's for kids, especially those at underfunded schools.

  17. Apple, Adobe, and Google on Google Owns the Classroom (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    It's funny, this article acts like Microsoft is about to take the classroom, and the article doesn't even mention Google:

    https://www.cnet.com/news/why-...

  18. Why shouldn't they appear more liberal? on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Young people are scientifically proven to be more liberal than old people. I can almost guarantee you that there aren't tons of old people using twitter. So based on the age range that is using twitter, then twitter should appear to be more liberal than conservative. A quick google shows the biggest average age group at 25 - 34. If you actually limited that to people actually posting on Twitter, I would bet good money that it is the younger end of the spectrum that is actually using Twitter. Yeah, I'm on Twitter and I'm older. It's just installed on my phone and I hardly ever actually use it. "Old" conservatives I know hardly even know what Twitter is, much less how to use it. Kind of like me with Snapchat. I know exactly what it is. I have never used it.

  19. I work with a bunch of right wingers that flip out over stuff like this, but if the government contacted us about doing contract camera installs in people's bedrooms, they would be sitting around working on quotes and figuring up profit margins and commissions. I guess we all have our price.

  20. Tables are turning on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems like paid shills are posting under every renewable energy article about renewables not being viable without government subsidies. Well here you go. It seems that coal is now the one in need of government hand outs.

  21. Re:Good legal argument, but not a bonafide sale on VidAngel Keeps Streaming Videos, Defying Movie Studios and a US Judge (deseretnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone should brush up on the story of MP3.com:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/th...

    They will lose badly in court.

  22. Re:More info needed on VidAngel Keeps Streaming Videos, Defying Movie Studios and a US Judge (deseretnews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MP3.com tried this with audio CDs. Aerio also tried it, in a slightly different way. They will lose this in court. MP3.com had a ton of lawyers go over their plan and said it was legal. When they lost everything in court, MP3.com ended up suing the law firm that told them it would hold up in court. I never heard the outcome of that lawsuit. These things that are sort of legal for you to do, they don't hold up when a third party tries to make a business out of them. Not going to work.

  23. What? Too soon?

  24. If Ben Carson isn't number one on the list, then this is just liberal media propaganda.

  25. Re:MAD - and some of you will be on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't use logic or reason here. We are in the Great Dumbing Down period. You are going up against people who think they are geniuses. I tried to pull this exact same argument with a super smart fellow yesterday. This guy is so smart, he only reads things that tell him EXACTLY what he wants to hear. So free market forces or improving our trade imbalance be damned, it's all political. You can't go against 10,000 hours of Alex Jones with something sensible, here.