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Comment Re:Ah, now it becomes clear (Score 2) 66

TikTok owner ByteDance won't sell the app to buyers that Trump lined up,

I assumed Trump was only waiting for a kickback... but he also wants personal control over what people see, going forward

He also wants to distract from the TrumpStein files, but yes, his main aim is the grift. It's always, ALWAYS the grift.

Comment Re:Everyone thinks (Score 1) 150

The number of leftists who believe "NO immigrants should be deported" is very very close to zero. You even pad out your question by purposely adding all the categories where a vast majority would say yes to deportation, to make sure your claim is as wrong as possible. And then go on writing 3 more paragraphs as though you said some true fact. Pretty sad.

Comment Re:Russia Russia Russia (Score 1) 150

Russia absolutely wanted to mess with American politics. However they certainly thought Hillary would win, so they had no reason to deal with Trump at all. What they wanted was to make sure there was plenty of fear and distrust of Hillary, and as many opponents as possible elected in the legislature.

The modern conspiracy theory is that because Russia did not do any deal with Trump, then Russia messing with politics is a "hoax". All really really sad and stupid.

Comment Re:I remember what I was relieved... (Score 1) 275

There's more to be relieved about. The US accepted weapons grade fissionables and exchanged it at 1 to 7 for reactor grade. At the time, the mushy brains yelled and screamed that the US was "Giving away Uranium!". To be fair, the reporting that got them screaming did not mention the fact it involved trading in weapons grade (stuff that goes boom) for reactor grade (stuff that hums). Of course the wingnut media didn't report that - it wouldn't make their base scream in horror.

Comment Re:Too slow, they're already past that. (Score 0) 24

Unless YOUR DNA turned up at a crime scene,

Many times the initial match is made from a consanguinity/divergence comparison. Then the cops come banging at the door, then the lawyers get involved, the expenses mount, and even when you're found innocent and not a match, you still have the legal bills, the loss of reputation because you are a "person of interest", maybe you lost your job when they put you in jail pending trial and you can't afford bail (remember that bail charges are a fee and you don't get them back, ever) and the strife and stress of being victimized by a system that is less "justice" and more "law".

While some advertise that their tests are accurate out to fourth and fifth cousin, second cousins share only about 4% of their DNA with each other. Your life could be turned topsy turvy over a less than 4% finding.

The only solution I see other than not permitting arrests based solely on consanguinity (direct match to actual crime scene sample is another matter - that should be allowed of course) is to require every birth certificate have a DNA test. And recall - not everyone gets a birth certificate. That would tend to also (almost) solve another problem: Convictions for rape and the appropriate person charged child support.

Comment Block china entirely (Score 2, Interesting) 14

Given that China doesn't allow everyday citizens unlimited access to the internet, we can assume the only ones allowed out are bad actors like badbot, so blocking China entirely would be a net benefit for the entire world. We'd have to get the VPN operators to cooperate, which is near impossible since they'd sell their own mothers for a quick buck.

Comment Re:Surprised! (Score 5, Insightful) 61

Maybe I missed it,

You missed it:
After careful consideration, user accounts within the Dictionary.com app have been discontinued.
Not informative, but it's there.

As a result, users are no longer able to sign in to their accounts, and any saved word lists are no longer available.
Oh. Seems like they didn't want to spend money to fix their API framework. My observations on this point in a bit.

Unfortunately, since the coding technology that was used in the previous app version is different from what is used in the new app, it is not possible to recover word lists.
Bull. Ducking. Spit. And you can believe as much of that Bull Spit as you'd like. I could speculate but it does seem like a cash grab or that someone didn't get the source code and/or access to the backend data. I've worked for places were their vital, must work app - they forgot to put in the contract they own the source. And another place that outsourced their SANs and walked in one fine Monday to find all of them had been removed over the weekend for non-payment. Along with the backup tapes. (it's still in court).

Code changes? I'm not going to rant and rave about doing data transfers using output from a 20ma current loop teletype to RS-232 then to 8" floppy because it'll make yer eyes bleed. Or the fun and games using CPIO and DD to take data from 9 track tape to a SCSI DC150 tape - and mind the endian on that data stream. Data are fungible. They can always, ALWAYS be rearranged.

While we understand that this changes how you use Dictionary.com, we are hopeful that you will find the overall improvements provide faster search, additional content, and a better design.
Translation: We spit all over everything and hope you like the change in the taste, and if not... Oh well. Stinks to be you.

Metanote on API frameworks:
As things evolve or devolve, changes to the API are necessary. Leave wiggle room for you to meet those challenges going forward. No, I'm not going to get specific - that it the context for several books. I could write a few books on that but others already have, and likely more eloquently and patiently than I can. I will say that a api call with a version is pretty simple to do.

Comment Re:money (Score 2) 112

Unfortunately it does not look like "the loser's faction will move to the middle". Witness what Democrats are getting the biggest buzz. It is obvious that extremism on one side makes the other side say "hey we can be just as extreme in the opposite direction!". This is despite the fact that the stupidest person working for either party knows that if they just put out a MODERATE candidate that they would wipe the floor with the opponent.

I voted against Trump. But I am seriously afraid what we are going to get next election is "left-wing Trump", just as hell-bent on destroying perceived enemies, and not caring one bit what it does to the people and the country.

Comment Re:small business (Score 1) 78

Also, how anti-social do you have to be to want this feature?

Reminds me of the segment of Gallagher's - "Ever meet the son of a bitch at the courtesy desk?" Yes, I don't like having to call for something as simple as getting a price for a commodity item.

Personally, if I have to call to find out what their price is, I'll just keep looking for someone that isn't afraid to be open and transparent on their pricing. I figure that I won't be happy as their customer and they won't be happy having my curmudgeonly ass as a client. The only reason they want your contact is so they can reach back to offer a lower price after a time.

I've worked with a sales clot that would call people back after a few days if the customer said "I already bought it somewhere else" with a price that was lower than cost. I got revenge on the sales clot but that's a story for another day. I knew I made a mistake taking that job in the first 10 minutes, and I only stuck around for a total of 15 days. And yes, the boss tried to not pay me too. So I got a check for 45 days before it was all over.

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