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Comment Re:Curious catch 22 (Score 1) 102

Winning is losing.

Then, and I *hate* to admit this, Trump was right, "It’s too much winning."

Though this premise makes me worried about his intent to force more winning on us. From his campaign:

We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We have to win more!’

IDK, maybe the winners and losers aren't the same people in all this ...

Comment Re:Seems like a black and white issue (Score 3, Funny) 96

It's nice to see both conservative and left wing news networks on the list of non signatories as this shouldn't be a partisan issue.

Agreed.

Everyone should care about freedom of the press and government transparency.

Especially the guy whose oath is literally to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States". Didn't Trump repeatedly promise to be "the most transparent President" and have "the most transparent administration" in history? Maybe he and his minions were frightened off by the word "trans" ... :-)

Comment Re:Seems like a black and white issue (Score 4, Informative) 96

Given ethics and mandates of journalism, I would argue that signing such an agreement makes the information no longer news. So they have to choose, do news or do PR.

Noting that OAN (One America News Network) signed it. From US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

Reuters is among the outlets that have refused to sign, citing the threat posed to press freedoms. Others that have announced their refusal to accept the new press access rules in statements or their own news stories are: the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, CBS, NBC, ABC, NPR, Axios, Politico, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Hill, Newsmax, Breaking Defense and Task & Purpose.

Conservative cable news outlet One America News signed on to the new policy.

"After thorough review of the revised press policy by our attorney, OAN staff has signed the document," Charles Herring, the president of OAN parent company Herring Networks, said in a statement. Reuters could not immediately ascertain if other organizations had also signed it.

The Pentagon has apparently backtracked a bit, saying organizations don't have to agree, just acknowledge they understand it. Not sure that's any better...

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement on Monday: "The policy does not ask for them to agree, just to acknowledge that they understand what our policy is.

Comment Re:maybe it tell the Soldiers what to do to save U (Score 3, Insightful) 21

tbh if all it did was chant "Remember your vows. defend the constitution" over and over again, that might end up being useful.

I'd settle for members of Congress getting that message: Oath to The Constitution, Responsibilities of Congress, Checks and Balances, ... -- you know, all the stuff we (should have) learned in high school government class.

For SCOTUS, I'd add: Don't pull and misapply stuff from 400 years ago to invent justifications for your agendas. If you're an Originalist or Textualist, then be that more than just when it's convenient.

Comment Okay, I feel better ... (Score 1) 85

This kind of stuff makes me feel better about keeping, and spending $$ to repaint, my 2002 Honda CR-V Ex, which only has 60k miles and is in excellent mechanical condition -- and has a manual transmission, which is almost impossible to get now. Same goes for my 2001 Honda Civic Ex, with only 130k miles. As a bonus, them being only a year apart, all the interior controls are nearly identical.

Newer isn't always better.

Comment Re: Old-school option (Score 1) 131

Or... you can just let the car sound like it sounds. If you want it to sound like a V8, get a car w/a V8.

What if I want my car to sound like the Future?

Nice. That's both adorable and annoying; I could get behind it if it weren't too loud. On the other hand, as one comment noted, "Imagine 30 of those in city traffic."

Comment Part of the experience (Score 1) 30

an Amazon spokesperson told Ars Technica: "Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in..."

And if a user isn't interested in having that experience? Ditching/returning the unit seems like a bad sole option. Funny how forcing something unwanted on others is "part of the experience." (Hmm, that sound familiar now...)

Echo Show home screen ads change based on how close someone is to the gadget. "When the customer is more than four feet away from their device, ads will display full-screen in rotation with other content such as weather, recipes, sports, and news..."

This seems even worse.

Comment Re:Old-school option (Score 1) 131

Personally, if I'm bound by law to make loud sounds on my efficient and quiet vehicle, I’m inclined to make it the Peter Griffon awkward laugh track.

Hopefully you'll be able to specify different sounds for different speeds. When rolling at a crawl, maybe the intro from Jaws?

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