If you don't like people re-interpreting your words as rabid, intolerant vitriol, lead by example. She didn't say everyone who had anything to do with Gamergate is an evil monster.

When there's public abuse and large numbers of people thinking "Meh, whatever" or "Not my problem" allow it to continue and are part of the problem. Instead of "being neutral", support the parts of the movement you believe in and condemn what's not acceptable.

Uber and Lyft can be put out of business very quickly if the protected monopoly of Taxi companies and various commissions just started offering a more competitive environment; that's the big threat here. You have a service that comes in and undercuts a cash cow for governments and for license holders. They don't like it because it threatens their bottom line and that's a valid argument but instead of being more competitive, they protest and burn things (like in France recently)

It's easy to provide a cheaper/better service if you're avoiding expenses and legal requirements that are legislated for your competitors. Could 'official' taxis do a better job than they are now? Sure. But let's not pretend they're currently operating on equal footing with Uber/Lyft.

The way poachers are going (along with destruction of habitat), there won't be a supply before too long.

Maybe they should. But until they do, Uber is required to follow the existing laws, and the type of business they are determines which laws apply.

What, and miss any gems hidden in the credits?

Sure, being able and willing to refine a model and better predict results gives researchers more credibility, if looked at objectively. But there are a lot of people who don't look at the issue objectively and will use any possible tool to try to discredit the concept of global warming, mostly because trying to deal with it would be 'bad for business' or accepting it would necessitate making undesired changes in their lifestyle.

Of course there's breathless hype about a 'mini ice age'. Anyone invested in denying global warming would leap at the chance to raise uncertainty and doubt in people's minds.

So, instead of taking the opportunity to ask her anything you want, you're going to leave the site for giving you this chance? Well, enjoy that, I guess...

If only Patti LuPone were there, all this could have been avoided.

Sure, they could have set it all on Alderaan. As a bonus, the ending writes itself.

This makes me very angry. Very angry, indeed.

Didn't you read the summary? It's doing that politely.

This friend?

Please don't call it anthropomorphic global warming. It doesn't like it when you do that. I believe the term you were looking for is anthropogenic.

Hm, so, you're saying if you wrote some software that has undesired, incorrect behavior that could easily be considered deeply insulting and someone told you about it or even-gasp-complained, you'd tell them to stop fucking whining. Oh, and insult anyone who thought an apology for your fuck-up is appropriate.

What a piece of work you are. Just the sort of person I'd want to work with or have designing products. I'm sure that when a bad outcome comes about, despite your behavior and decision-making clearly having been perfect, your response will be polite and professional.