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Comment Re: It was worth a shot (Score 1) 116

You are confusing Hyperloop technology with this company called Hyperloop One. Saying it relates to Musk is like saying because Tesla popularized EVs that it's Tesla's fault that Ford and GM are failing at making good EVs. You are trying to blame someone not involved at all in the execution purely out of what, hatred?

Comment In trouble for doing the police's job (Score 3, Interesting) 60

In Washington State it feels like police don't even exist. They won't come to any call that doesn't involve a gun. If they do come they come days later and take a report, never to be heard from again. You can literally have a gps on your stolen phone or equipment and police will refuse to even validate your claim or check it out. Someone can literally walk around naked and pee or shit right on the street with multiple witnesses with no consequences. They can do drugs in the open and yell obviously insane stuff and harass you and threaten you as you get out of your car. Sometimes the police will come out immediately if you claim an assault occurred, but it will be so slow the person has already left. It's not the police's fault most of the time, it's the elected officials handicapping them. We need more police and less regulations and paperwork so police actually can do their job. When I ask police why they don't do anything they say they've been instructed to ignore any crime that isn't violent.

Comment Re:Simple facts (Score 1) 155

When the primary problem with being poor is starvation, having too many people is truly a problem. In theory you can produce more things with more people, but that only works if it works - maybe they can all farm their own land and create enough food, but the millions of deaths from starvation despite a growing population seem to indicate that the food production is still not keeping up with population growth.

Comment Re:Simple facts (Score 2) 155

You can make poor people right very easily, just stop having children. A family with 1 child compared to a family with 4 children saves an incredible amount of money and uses much fewer resources. The entire issue of starving children in Africa could be solved if Africa implement a one child policy like China did. Instead the population growth rate in Africa is something like 300% higher than the US which is already higher than Europe. Sure the world can support more children, but it what proximity to the food. If you are struggling to support 1 child, what makes these families and all their neighbors think they support 3 each.

Comment Hereâ(TM)s the solution: (Score 1) 63

The issue is that smaller credit card companies simply canâ(TM)t get their cards on the terminals (the credit card swiping machines). So everyone assumes if they want their card to be accepted more places basically they choose Mastercard and Visa. The regulation should be that those terminals must accept any brand of credit card that its connections can support (swipe, tap, or chip). This simple change will allow smaller companies to thrive and create the competition needed to lower prices without putting an arbitrary cap on prices.

Comment Why Net Neutrality Is Important (Score 1) 44

The ISPs do not treat all traffic equally - it is pay to play. Each individual service could get charged more. The more customers want your service, the more you get charged. This would be horrendous if the US also ended net neutrality. Note that net neutrality since 2017 still is technically not applicable to ISPs so a new law needs to be implemented that requires net neutrality for ISPs. Not just a "rule" by a vote decided by an FCC committee of 5 people that can be overturned, but AN ACTUAL LAW.

Comment Calling for genocide at school = bad, right? (Score 1) 503

If in a classroom where students or teachers are calling for genocide of anyone I'd think these college presidents should affirm that is against the rules. The only 'context' that seems like it would be allowed is essentially when acting. It is very clearly wrong for anyone to call for genocide WITHIN the school buildings (not just as a protest on campus).

Comment Re:Further indication YouTube is not a 'pipe' (Score 0) 20

It is to protect the public from being misled. Imagine a website that bans every person who says red is a good color. Everyone who visits the website would be misled to think people don't like red because of YouTubes manipulation. If they have to let the public know who was banned, demonetized, and why, they will be much more accountable to the public who can then know the situation. Now imagine its not red but take into account factors like race, gender, politcal belief. You can see why this would be important.

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