Comment Re:In the US, anything goes... (Score 1) 184
THIS ^^
Sometimes they think they're the only ones on the planet and that their way of doing things is universal.
THIS ^^
Sometimes they think they're the only ones on the planet and that their way of doing things is universal.
Yes, clueless, lazy journalism.
Bradmont, you are so correct that this shouldn't even be a news story.
Is this what the Libertarians would create for us all? Trash piles, crumbling everything?
"Defecate spending". I'm sure you meant "deficit", but poop is even funnier.
It's the tech marketing version of "you can see it from space". (that's how line-of-sight works, duh).
I am neither of those things, not being an American. By seeing this as DEMS vs. GOP you've already put the blinders on, and that's exactly why this is dangerous.
When you have a billion dollars, you have no excuse for not understanding the harm you product can cause. If your product is a car, you're on the hook for failed airbags, or whatever negligent harm your product causes. In the case of THIS SITE, that harm is towards civil society and democracy itself.
How do you measure that level of damage and liability? And what is the adequate response to what is either epic negligence, or a shadowy sell-out? In either case damage has been done and someone owes us a lot more than a privacy policy change.
In Canada we use standardized paper ballots across the nation. They're counted manually in each poll.
So, when did Canada's former Prime Minister Stephen Harper move to Australia?
Every time I see an article mentioning "software programs" I cringe. I guess they're different from "hardware programs" or "exercise programs" or you can just call it "software" like everyone else. It reads like someone still uses a typewriter and not one of these fancy new computers using "word processing software programs". *sigh*
"with the assistance of two forensic software programs that organized, expedited, and facilitated the task."
Oh, a "software program"... As opposed to a hardware program? an exercise program? What's wrong with just calling it "software",
That's like blaming the phone network for telemarketers.
Move Tesla to Canada. The rules of NAFTA trump this local dealer baloney.
The single-minded focus on the (tar sands) economy has demonstrated that the current Canadian Government has lost touch with what's important to the Canadian people.
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