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Comment Re:Such a nice, sugary story.... (Score 1) 614

``In 2009 Bill Gates sat before the US congress, and explained that the tech industry was suffering from huge shortages, and desperately needed more foreign guest workers. At the same time, Microsoft was laying off thousands of US workers.''

And, no doubt, not a single one of those simpleminded Congresscritters called him out on the hypocricy.

Gates wasn't being hypocritical. What he meant was the tech industry was suffering from huge shortages of low-cost workers.

Comment Well of course it leads to recidivism (Score 1) 164

If associating with known felons is a crime and/or a condition of parole, then the more felons who are in your neighborhood the more likely you are to associate with them and therefore the more likely you are to be guilty of that crime and thus return to jail. It's like saying, "The more donuts are in your proximity, the greater the chances of you getting fat."

Comment Re:Love it (Score 1) 161

The problem is, even blurred footage can be used to identify somebody. Ever wear an easily-distinguishable item of clothing that few (or no) other people in the vicinity wear? Congratulations: you've just been identified in "redacted" footage.

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