Maybe what's needed is not weapons but a thumbs-down button to downvote posts by those killing foreigners?

Is there a vscode plugin for remote debugging of Voyager1?

$3.35B - is that their profit margin or total cost of the project - obviously prior to the application of the over-budget multiplier:Math.random()* 18

I object to their plan to become a professional protestor and still be staging a 1000-person sit-in at their house, in protest of their choice to waste time trying to persuade foxes that although chicken is tasty, they have rights.

  Meet me there. Chickens only!

Control. More specifically, control of the velocity and direction of money.

Your first mistake was believing that people weren't seeing the issue. They all saw it. Very few people will deal directly with truth, they will avoid it even until death. So they lie and come up with all sorts of mental gymnastics to keep you from the truth, completely ignoring that dealing with the truth with solve all of the problems.

So we get 'energy' companies lying, politicians lying, and a bunch of stupid people following those lies and blocking any chance at fixing the issue.

Welcome to the planet Earth. Enjoy your short stay in this less than idyllic vacation spot away from the metaphysical world.

The only thing that matters *IS* the government. The people, its citizens, are more like accoutrements. They can be set aside, thrown away, and completely disregarded as long as "the greater good" mantra is repeated.

The fact that the citizens are upset is irrelevant. The citizens will tolerate it because they have no other choice.

Found the modded minecraft player.

This is probably the most insightful post EVER posted to Slashdot. This is the only +100 Insightful post I have seen on this site.

The Panopticon is only partially useful in keeping people's behavior within reason. The entire reason for the Panopticon is to control business and social outcomes... or in other words, a Dictatorship.

Let's say I write you a letter (on paper) and I encrypt this letter using a cypher that only you and I know. The government intercepts this letter and asserts it contains evidence of a crime. Are you or I compelled to assist in the decryption of that letter? No? Then why should electronic communications be any different?

Beyond that, how does preemptive invasion of the privacy of all persons (which is exactly what backdoors in encryption amount to) so that, at some future time, the government can sift the communications of those who may have broken the law not equate to a general warrant?

Worse than that was the federal government asserting that you could not grow wheat on your own land for your own use because such constituted "interstate commerce." Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942) upheld that ridiculous notion.

Incorrect. It's been shown that Meta is extremely partisan, and anyone who's even moderate can plainly see it. They openly banned hundreds of satire and news sites during the last election, largely under the banner of "fake news and disinfo". Was it? Sure, much if not most of it was. Some of it wasn't, though - and it isn't their job to do that. What it was, was a highly partisan purge.

Stick around the West long enough and you'll have a chance to be convicted while present for political crimes, too. It's already happening throughout Europe and the UK for years.

You've got to be fairly significantly partisan to think any of what you just said. It really doesn't reflect well.

If Trump was a fascist dictator, he was the absolute worst fascist dictator - or dictator of any kind - ever.

Correct on all of that.

Nevermind that leather is biodegradable, environmentally friendly, and a low carbon option vs a petroleum derivative.

They were just catering to their ecoterrorist customers who lampooned them for killing animals to make a profit/product.

I wouldn't be surprised if they try to go back to leather. It's a natural choice - literally.