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Comment Re:"an emotional buffer for consumers as well." (Score 2, Insightful) 278

>> democracy and a basically stupid and anti-science population

I agree, but if you ever try to advocate for democracy participation qualifiers to weed out the stupid (e.g., high school graduate, X years of work experience, at least XX years old, living independently, having your own ID, passing some kind of literacy test) and all you'll hear is "racist", "elitist" and stories about poll taxes.

Comment Well duh... (Score 2) 52

>> Anonymous hacktivists (among other groups) hijacked thousands of routers using remote access and default login credentials

Well, duh. Anonymous launches DDOS attacks. Lots of compromised routers or compromised desktops are basically the two items you need to run an effective DDOS. The good news is that millions compromised IoT devices will soon also provide a third base of operations. https://twitter.com/iot_securi...

Comment Re:$31K? (Score 1) 85

>> they could be bribed with things like free movie tickets or a Big Mac

I'm comfortably in the six figures and I can STILL be bribed by these things. Even a smile if it comes from the right person. There's a reason good managers, influencers and salespeople are good at what they do - they use everything they have to make other people feel appreciated, and the world turns around them.

Comment Re:Should add this to Wikipedia (Score 4, Informative) 202

Like this? http://wikimediafoundation.org...

There are things to dislike in the report, but I don't get the "new Wikipediocracy blog post (study) reveals" breathlessness. It's an annual nonprofit report - read it. You might also be surprised to know that other major charities usually have a bunch of their own dirty laundry. Take the American Cancer Society: of the $890M it takes in, it only passes on about $680M, and it even has to worry about an employee pension system. http://www.cancer.org/acs/grou...

If any particular charity's overhead bugs you...go find another charity, or start your own. There will never be shortage of needs.

Comment Re:Hard sitting-around currency? (Score 2) 202

>> If it's invested, it's not just sitting around, like you could go down to the bank and withdraw it.

If it's investments in regular old stocks and bonds, then yes, these are considered "near liquid" assess you basically could go (sell and) withdraw your money during normal business hours.
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