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Comment Re:Follow the money? But crypto-loot? (Score 2, Informative) 108

Trump doesn't care about renewable energy as such.

Trump owns a golf course in Scotland. Scotland made an offshore wind farm that was visible from that golf course. Trump considered it an eyesore and Scotland didn't care about his protests.

This was a Slight. This was an Insult. Trump decided to hate windmills with a vengeance the same way he hates anyone who has ever slighted him.

Comment Re:Care more than just "morals" (Score 1) 34

With more options far from home it's also possible that the generation of working age sought greener pastures while their parents stayed where they were, tending eg. a farm until their bodies gave out. It wasn't possible for the kids then to take care of their parents and maintain their job far away, if they even knew about the parents' troubles before it was too late to do anything.

Comment Re:Can't spell "revolution" without... well, at al (Score 1) 62

And "We're flooding the zone"? The end of that sentence is "with shit". That's not me editorializing. That's just a fact.

I'm pretty sure that's the entire point behind the exercise (well, except some bonus mild cruelty associated with thoughtless and shitty rules that will inevitably be biased against the poor and powerless). They want to create terrible regulations so that they can point at them later and screech about the TERRIBLE OVERBEARING REGULATIONS. This gives them a lever in 3 years to push against these AI regulations in addition to any others they want to excise.

This is just the techbro version of what Regan did in the 80s. He and his administration claimed the government was and had always been incapable and incompetent, and they proved it by being incapable and incompetent. Then they pointed at their own failures as justification for burning everything down, something we are still paying the price for today.

Comment Re: I think (Score 1) 71

That would be because even some of the worst written fan fiction is, at its core, written from a place of love. Of admiration. This will always shine through in the text, that even if the story doesn't make sense and is really just a vehicle to see two characters get in bed together the author actually *cares*.

No AI is ever going to care.

Comment Re:Backwards into stupidity we go (Score 1) 306

Speak for yourself, I remember a recent democrat president saying "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period"; This turned out to be false, didn't it?

This is actually a pretty interesting topic, if you care about the facts and details and aren't just parroting right-wing talking points.

Obama’s pledge that ‘no one will take away’ your health plan

The oversimplified short version is that health care is complicated and Obama made some campaign stump claims that really needed nuance. The ACA did have provisions for grandfathered plans but it also required them to meet rules around coverage changes and price increases or they lose that status. Some states also have laws that conflicted with grandfathered plans that prevent people from keeping them.

Frankly, most of the plans that were no longer valid under the ACA were shitty plans anyway and only provided the illusion of medical insurance. They didn't cover preventive care, had ridiculous maximum coverage limits, lacked coverage for serious illnesses, or didn't allow for expensive treatments. Basically they covered a runny noses and stubbed toes but not cancer or diabetes -- the exact kinds of things that drive people to medical bankruptcy.

Comment Re:The Dark Ages (Score 0, Redundant) 194

I have been listening to this 'not all Americans' handwashing for a decade at this point, if not more. Seems like it started during the Tea Party days. And you know what? I'm getting kinda tired of hearing it. You are more concerned with pointing out it's not your fault than trying to FIX it.

Comment Re:Define "stealing" (Score 0) 60

When you borrowed it at the library a small but non-zero royalty payment went to the author. Same when it was played on the radio, paid for by advertising, media tax, or however your radio station of choice is financed.

Take a look at the story about Nvidia trying to get high-speed access to a library of pirated books.

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