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Comment Provide filters to users (Score 2) 219

I personally would like to see a capability to allow me to block all politically oriented content (ads and posts from friends). There was a lot of conflict between individuals on Facebook during and after the 2016 election. I also say this spilling over and impacting friendships outside of the Facebook platform. Facebook needs to deliver more options to allow users to filter out certain types of content.

Comment Re: Pull Him Out of Public School (Score 3, Insightful) 327

Homeschooled kids lose out on that big time, and no, your church, sports, and social field trips you organize with other homeschooled kids is not a substitute.

So let me get this straight. Starting in public Middle/Jr High school preteens begin to be stratified into caste systems and are socialized by peers that they âoecannotâ accept those one year or two years under them. Middle and high school students spend the majority of their time in a fixed location away from the âoepublic.â Meanwhile kids being homeschooled and participating in coops are socializing with a wide variety of pre teens and teens regardless of their year in school. The homeschoolers are also out and about in the âoepublicâ and can actually have a conversation with a adults.

Comment FIFA and Madden: Gambling? (Score 1) 203

The EA FIFA and Madden franchises include an Ultimate Team mode which allows players to purchase packs to build a team. The packs contain players, fitness cards, contracts, etc. There are tiers of cards (bronze, silver, gold, elite, and legendary). Packs are purchased using real money or in game coins that are earned by playing games and auctioning players. Interested in /. thoughts on the Ultimate team mode. Is this gambling? Is so - why?

Comment Move managers to avoid accountability (Score 1) 421

I always wondered why the government moved managers around every two years. The reason is to avoid the possibility of ever holding someone accountable for fraud, waste, and abuse on mismanaged IT projects. As long as there is a culture of âoeIt was the previous management who let the contract go to hell there will never be any changes.â

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