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Comment Re:Modern "news" is nothing but opinion pieces. (Score 1) 108

Hypocrisy is that you think Politicians whining about losing an election is strictly Trump problem, when both sides have been doing it for years, and ignoring that the whole 2016 Russia Trump Collusion hoax was the Democrats (and MSM) whining about 2016. A point I made earlier.

Just go back to watching The View

Comment Re:Modern "news" is nothing but opinion pieces. (Score 1) 108

Hunter Biden's Laptop is a "small fact". And by Omitting you mean actively suppressing..

Got it.

I have NO problem with Trump Complaining because I have NO problem with Democrats doing it either. The problem are the Hypocrites who ignore reality because they are a team player. I have no team. Haven't for decades.

Comment Re:Modern "news" is nothing but opinion pieces. (Score 1) 108

Democrats complain too. See Bush v Gore for example. I'm not excusing Trump, just saying those arguments are hypocritical (both parties complain)

It isn't whataboutism it is hypocrisy. The whole 2016 Election was called Illegitimate by tons of Democrats. They have only themselves to blame when Trump does what they themselves did.

https://www.cato.org/commentar...

That was the whole "Russian Collusion" promoted by the MSM. Remember, it was a "Russian Bot Farm" that controlled voter opinions to get Trump Elected (huge Conspiracy theory). THAT is what Democrats were saying, threatening Impeachment from day one of the Trump Presidency. Meanwhile you don't think that false reporting of the Hunter Biden Scandal being "Russian Disinformation" (see a common theme yet?) , by GOVERNMENT officials is not important.

This is a compare and contrast moment, not WhatAboutism. I didn't vote for Trump, and having voted for a Presidential Winner for decades. I don't like the guy. I have equal distaste for D and R but for different reasons.

Comment Re:Modern "news" is nothing but opinion pieces. (Score 1) 108

It was widely reported that there was NO Election problems during 2020. The MSM all told me so.

Did you (in Oct 2020) Believe the 51 Intelligence Experts who said the Biden Laptop was Russian Disinformation? Still think that was NOT Election interference? Just a singular Example off the top of my head.

Which is worse, Trump complaining or Intelligence Officials Lying with MSM and Big Tech parroting that lie?

Comment Re:Modern "news" is nothing but opinion pieces. (Score 2) 108

The problem with news bias, isn't necessarily the "facts" that are being reported, it is the emphasis of which facts matter to the writer and reader respectfully. In addition there are tons of "news" stories where some facts are just not reported at all.

I know that most of us are geeks, and as geeks we get a lot of our news from a variety of sources. What stories can you recall where critical facts were de-emphasized or left out?

Comment Re:Inevitability (Score 1) 119

Gay is not ignorant and therefore it is unreasonable that it was repeatedly made mistake. If it was reasonable excuse, she is incompetent.

I don't care if it was deliberate or not. The result should be the same however.

We ought to stop allowing incompetence as an excuse, when the results are the same.

Either outcome results are similar or the same, she isn't the excellence that school deserves.

Comment Re:Um, no! (Score -1, Troll) 119

Except that Harvard has a history of not allowing certain viewpoints that DID NOT call for the genocide of an entire people group. Claims of Pro 1rst Amendment are hard to believe given the examples of speech not allowed in other cases. Free speech is for everyone or it is not free speech. KKK can't call for Genocide, but the Hamas Supporters can, isn't free speech.

I'm a 1st Amendment absolutist. I want to know who the assholes are that want to kill off people, so let them talk. And don't prevent me from pointing out that if you want to genocide a people you suck as a human being.

Comment Re:Inevitability (Score 1, Insightful) 119

Calculus is a great example of what you questioned us on. We know the two men had similar conclusion with similar math proofs. But even then it is clear that the ideas were derived(pun intended) separately, because while the result was the same, how they got there was not exactly the same.

Such advances are RARE.

The chances two people create the exact same paragraph, EXACTLY is VERY unlikely.

That being said, my daughter, when she was in 7th grade was accused of plagiarism by one of her teachers because her work was not that of a 7th grade girl . Luckily another teacher stood up for her and said was capable beyond her years. No copying needed for the accusation.

So, I take a careful look before accusing one of illicit copying. Gay is not ignorant and therefore it is unreasonable that it was repeatedly made mistake. If it was reasonable excuse, she is incompetent. Those two choices are the real problem here. She did it on purpose or she is incompetent. Either way is a big problem. I don't care which was it falls, as I have not claimed that she plagiarized, only that is a reasonable version. The alternative is not a better choice, but still is viable.

Either outcome results are similar or the same, she isn't the excellence that school deserves.

Comment Re:GOP loving the little guy (Score 1) 134

Is the issue a viable connection most of the time, or not? Do we need to be able to stream 4K or is 1080 or lower sufficient? Is low latency gaming a priority or is a luxury. Is you right to live out in rural Montana a choice or is it a necessity that the rest of us have to pay for? Does Starlink offer sufficient options for those that are willing to pay for its advantages?

The problem is that options and cost benefit aren't choices government shouldn't mandate. I remember when dialup where 14.4 was worth the $500 (often 2x for each end) modem in the early 90s.

Government didn't solve any "Broadband" problems during the last 30 years, it just changed what it means. That's how marketplace actually works. People willing to pay for technology where it makes sense. Government inserts itself where it doesn't.

Comment Re:GOP loving the little guy (Score 0, Troll) 134

Yes, we must use outdated methods of connecting to the internet because there is political will do keep those outdated methods to pay for corporate welfare to Political Donors to the Congress Critters.

This is not a D or R problem, but one where the Political Powers that be (both D and R) like their Laundered Taxpayer funds.

Starlink (and the Amazon version) is changing the game in ways that old school thinking cannot fathom. And Cell service is often good enough for most others.

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