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  1. Re: I can't remove pre-installed apps on Google Warns Android Might Not Remain Free Because of EU Decision (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you find you can't log in to Snapchat and you can't play Pokemon GO because your phone no longer passes Google's "Safety Net" check.

    It's amazing how easily we give up our freedom on stuff like this. And I fully admit I am one of those who doesn't mod his phone anymore simply because I want to play Pokemon Go.

    I have an app called blocka that still takes care of blocking ads but I do miss all the cool things I could do on my phone and all the customization I could do.

  2. Re:This is not going away. on Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Except for the actual EVIDENCE against them. You think Mueller just made that up? It's all just a big conspiracy?

    You see, EVIDENCE is actual documents, meetings, phone calls that show the crimes being committed.

    Really? We suddenly trust the police or government not to use coercion?

  3. If it was 59.8 percent instead of 60 you'd be making the same point about lies. You're petty and can't admit it.

  4. Re:Russians exploited Americans' trust In local ne on Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It just shows what she thinks of her supporters that they could be so easily swayed by "fake news."

  5. Re:This is not going away. on Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You mean besides all the indictments and guilty pleas. Yeah, major lack of evidence

    Yep. Bankrupting people or jailing them until they confess to something really counts as evidence.

  6. Re:This is not going away. on Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You understand that "Progressives" are going to have far far fewer examples than the "Conservatives" that have been bombing abortion clinics and shooting other people for decades.

    I'm always curious if people are dumb enough to believe this or troll on purpose to get a reaction.

  7. > That Trump lied about the amount of natural gas using the numbers 60 to 70 percent ....

    Meanwhile, the NYT article straight up states that 50% number ("nearly half") for natural gas imports, and links to a June 2018 report that shows Germany gets 48.5% of its total natural gas from Russia (51.1% of all *imported* natural gas).

    This is why no one take people criticism of Trump seriously. By your own admission just about half of it's imported natural gas from Russia. 50 or 60 percent does not change the point that Trump was making.

    Everyone knows that Trump exaggerates (or lies - I don't care which word you use.) But the point of his comment remains true.

  8. Re: Sinclair Broadcast Group on Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Well it certainly wouldn't look left leaning if you leaned to the left.

    Unless you are trying to talk about left being what Europe defines left. But that wouldn't be relevant in a story about american politics and american news' networks.

  9. I looked at it. It costs more than my legacy tmobile family plan with unlimited data (including HD).

    It looks like it costs more than the non legacy plans too depending on usage.

  10. Re:Same here. $30/month Boost Mobile on Sprint Follows Rivals By Complicating Its Unlimited Mobile Data Plans (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd probably watch more videos (youtube included) in my car if there wasn't a 1-2 second delay of audio versus the video. It's annoying.

    That said, on trips or times I bring my headset, I watch videos on my phone. I usually downgrade to 480 tops if I have a slow connection as I don't really care if it's HD vs SD. That said, I can definitely tell the difference in quality on my 5.5 inch screen

  11. Re:Elephant graveyard... on Broadcom Buying CA For $19 billion (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. My dad worked for a part of Texas Institutes that was sold to CA. He wasn't impressed. They reduced support for all the products and cut the staff allot. He made it through being the only person supporting OS2 and knowing allot of the mainframe stuff.

    He said the culture went to hell with CA and then they got sold to someone else.

  12. If you are against binary closed blobs, then I guess windows is a no go for you and your special unamed hardware.

    I've had no problem using kodi or vlc to watch x264.

    In fact, x264 playback is even in Debian without needing to install extra repos (and unless Debian has changed allot over the years, if Debian feels it's free and safe enough to use, I'm sure Ubuntu and most the other main distros play it just fine.)

    https://wiki.debian.org/Multim...

  13. Re:But don't forget on Magic Leap Finally Demoed Its Headset And It Is 'Disappointing' (digg.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering he only posted twice after that one and that was over a year ago, I think you're "I told you so" will be missed

  14. Re:Deterrent for Invasion that will never happen on DOJ Reaches Settlement On Publication of Files About 3D Printed Firearms (joshblackman.com) · · Score: 1

    I think most hard right republicans are sick of us invading foreign countries even for right, humanitarian reasons when are thanks to loss of life and money is to be shitted on by the rest of the world.

    Heck, our military does more humanitarian missions (rescues and the like during natural disasters) than any other country in the world.

  15. Yep. I can't count the times I had to help fellow programmers with a problem, and it turned out to be a simple boundary condition, or something like having typed == when they meant != and never noticed when they were staring right at it.

    I imagine it's like proofreading your own emails, letters, etc. Often, your mind reads what you intended to write rather than what you actually wrote.

    I know there are several times I left the contraction off and every time I proofread it, I saw it there. And the difference can be critical. Is/isn't changes the entire meaning. The your/you're error can make you look dumb but not as fatal a mistake. "Your product is under warranty".

  16. Re:Any colonialist or imperialist country should, on Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like your remedial learning of history stopped thousands of years ago.

    And how long go do you think the US-Indian wars were? Maybe not quite hundreds but definitely over a century.

  17. Re:We Don't Have To Stand Behind Past Decisions on Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a term for people who don't feel guilt: Sociopath.

    That term does not apply to not feeling guilt for "crimes" that people committed in my country long before my family moved to this country.

    I guess you really feel that a child should want to be punished for the sins of their fathers (or in this case great-great grandfathers) - and if they don't they must be sociopaths.

  18. Re:We Don't Have To Stand Behind Past Decisions on Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech (nymag.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do other countries have such guilt for existing as the U.S. seems to have?

    Most countries and borders that exist today are there because of war and taking from natives.

  19. I think it reflects pretty poorly on Chrome how most of the comments are about show we are shocked that this could happen on Firefox. I guess we just took it for granted that it would happen using Chrome.

  20. Nope. It's easy to game an extension but a review system? Impossible! lol

  21. And then we can complain that browsers are limiting what extensions can do (like the complaints firefox gets.)

    This is just one of the risks you take when you install an extension. It's up to you to decide if what the extension does is worth the risk.

    I'm down to using almost no extensions and just using my host file to block domains.

  22. This shows how little you think of the working class.

  23. Did you read the response I replied to or did you someone skip directly to my reply?

  24. Which then decodes to D.B. Cooper!

  25. Re:Maybe I'm cynical... on Sony Blunders By Uploading Full Movie To YouTube Instead of Trailer (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would marketing even have access to the whole movie?