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Comment Re:Oh did I mention how much I hate those Indian j (Score 1) 32

You seem to be assuming that el Bunko is doing this for something other than money. Look at the list of "contributors" to his East Wing destruction: Apple, nVidia, Oracle, etc. They are all big tech companies and they all love H1-Bs. I don't know if el Bunko is paying them back or doing it in expectation of future contributions to his whims (most importantly his wealth). My guess is both. Why H1-Bs? Because he wants whatever he wants NOW, he doesn't give a flying rat's ass about investing in the future like increasing money available for education. That would take planning and implementation that takes years, nothing he is good at (is he good at anything beyond collecting rent by shaking down people lower on power curve than he?); his attention span is akin to a gnat's and so he cannot fathom it.

As usual with el Bunko, when in doubt, set the Grift-O-Meter bar as low as you can and he'll find a way to limbo under it. And never forget that those in his "businesses" widely admit he cannot read a balance sheet. That explains his bankruptcies (how does one bankrupt casinos? Who knows but he found a way.) It also explains him honking on about how he's collected over $19 Trillion in tariffs. If you do not understand the ludicrousness of that number, you missed the last 50 years, go back and start over.

Comment Re:not a shock (Score 1) 25

Yeah, that was a big goof, thanks for understanding.

Apple is capable of hiring talented people and creating a useful product. They just don't seem to be capable of being user-friendly in the ways that matter to me. TBH they were never great at it, and MUGs did the heavy lifting in the customer relations department for them for free. Anyway I'm totally capable of believing their performance claims, to a reasonable point, especially when the results aren't putting them first.

I wish they were friendlier, because their hardware is reasonably impressive. I'm also just not in their target demographic apparently because I'd rather have a slightly thicker device with better cooling and battery capacity.

Comment Re: How dense can they be? (Score 1) 45

It's not impossible, but the switch would be expensive. It's probably easier and just as effective just to shield them, and tie the shield to the chassis ground.

Another option would be to switch power to the radio chip, if it's in a package which makes that convenient. This might also disable bluetooth if you do it to the infotainment system, or cause a code to be set...

Comment Re: Mom's of the world will prevent it. (Score 1) 13

Antibacterial soap doesn't use antibiotics, it uses chemicals known to destroy antibiotics directly and physically. It's usually done with compounds they can't reasonably develop resistance to. This is easier than in antibiotics because they don't have to be safe to put in your body.

Comment Re:Trump Mania (Score 1) 230

Is it more likely that the Mennonite population found some measles lying around, or that the immigrant/refugee population of Alberta might have brought it from somewhere else?

It does not matter even slightly where it comes from. It's coming in all the time. What matters is what percentage are vaccinated, which determines whether a population has effective herd immunity. The immigrants aren't moving the needle on that, but the religious are.

Comment Re:Applause please (Score 3, Interesting) 230

It is not the same to say a brand-new vaccine for a never seen disease that affects the entire planet has the same safety.

So what? Is there a point here or are you just wildly offtopic? Because that brand-new vaccine DID go through some testing, albeit much abbreviated from the usual, and it was already clear that it was safer than the disease. There was also less need for testing because due to its nature it was LESS hazardous than traditional vaccines. We already knew this because we had been doing mRNA vaccine research for years.

Comment Re: Oh, Such Greatness (Score 2) 230

All these mayors and governors telling their local law enforcement (you know actual men with guns) to thwart the efforts of federal law enforcement

There are zero of those.

There are mayors and governors instructing local LE not to assist the crimes of federal human traffickers, but they're NOT instructing them to thwart anything, even though the things they're doing are illegal at all levels.

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