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Comment Re:What. (Score 1) 652

i blame no one but those at fault. of course parents are going to sometimes make mistakes, and some of those mistakes will be fatal, but you can't legislate away mistakes. mandating americans to spend billions of dollars to save a couple hundred people a year that die avoidable deaths is idiotic.

Comment Re:What. (Score 1) 652

what idiot lets their toddler out in the driveway alone to wave goodbye to someone?

if the kid is too young to not know that standing behind a backing up car is dangerous, he's too young to be out running around by himself and it's 100% the fault of whoever is supposed to be watching them.

Comment Re:Cue the lawsuits (Score 1) 424

see: black mirror, episode 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series)

A satire on entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction set in a sarcastic version of a future reality. In this world, everyone must cycle on exercise bikes, arranged in cells, in order to power their surroundings and generate currency for themselves called Merits. Everyday activities are constantly interrupted by advertisements that cannot be skipped or ignored without financial penalty.

Comment Re:speak for yourselves.... (Score 1) 314

i recently spilt some water on my keyboard and the left ctrl key died. i took it apart and examined it closely, but i couldnt see where the problem was. i ended up having to use software (ctrl2cap) to switch the function of it with the capslock key. of course, now i have no capslock key :/

anyway, shit happens. it'll happen to you too one day.

Comment Re:Just a rant (Score 1) 104

My fault I guess, I was still under the impression it still uses the 'processor speed doubles every 18 months' definition (which isn't really exponential, but I will go with the flow).

US scholar Albert Bartlett pointed out the difficulty to grasp ramifications of exponential growth, stating: "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."

Don't beat yourself up too much, it's apparently REALLY hard to understand.

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