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Comment Let's blame everybody (Score 1) 376

"Lindenberger said Facebook, or websites that were linked on Facebook, is really the only source his mother ever relied on for her anti-vaccine information."

It looks like the article is targeting FB for the false information -- except for the sub-clause, "... or websites that were linked to Facebook..." I'm not anti-vaxx or pro Facebook but this has all the earmarks of somebody's witch hunt.

Comment Re:Welcome to the world predicted in Black Mirror! (Score 1) 404

It's a horrifying idea none the less and only made even more horrifying by now having been implemented in the worst way possible in real life.

You say that as if there could be some better way to implement it that would make it somewhat acceptable! Based on the rest of your comment, I don't thing this is what you meant but still...

Comment Re: Right of way?? (Score 1) 325

Not insanity by any means. It doesn't mean that a the driver is always at fault -- that would be insane -- but rather that since the driver is in control of a vehicle that will easily kill a pedestrian, the driver is expected to yield by default. I actually think the law stated above is more problematic as it seems to allow a driver to willingly kill a pedestrian with the excuse that they were crossing outside of the crosswalk. What if that person is a child or a mentally handicap person?

Comment Re:Pet Windows Programs (Score 1) 544

Yet those same "managerial class" will accept the total rearrangement of the UI, both cosmetically & functionally, with each iteration of Windows. If this were truly a problem then Mac/Linux desktops should abound in the corporate environment and they would all be running Thunderbird for email -- that interface hasn't changed substantially in 20 years.

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