Comment Re:sometimes I (Score 1) 71
Sometimes I wonder if this is all a grand conspiracy to destroy federalism and make us 50 nifty little states..
I hope so
And Brexit worked splendidly for Britain, right?
Right...?
Comment Re: Is there really point? (Score 1) 180
They prefer the shorter "Fake News!"
This crew's creed is "Perception is reality."
By controlling the information you receive they seek to control your perception of reality.
This is the goal of propaganda.
This is how they manufacture consent.
Reject it. Demand a fact-based reality.
This crew's creed is "Perception is reality."
By controlling the information you receive they seek to control your perception of reality.
This is the goal of propaganda.
This is how they manufacture consent.
Reject it. Demand a fact-based reality.
Comment Re:Win/win (Score 1) 123
Hmm, I hate CA, and I hate AT&T ( may both rot in hell ).
Yeah, nobody lives there anymore.
It's too crowded.
h/t to Yogi Berra.
Comment Just what we need (Score 3, Insightful) 98
So we're taking a superior, simpler power source and drive chain and adding a fake clutch to make it simulate an older, inferior power source and drive chain.
Brilliant. In 25 years people will look at these and wonder "what the hell were they thinking?"
Brilliant. In 25 years people will look at these and wonder "what the hell were they thinking?"
Comment blah blah blah Bigfoot blah blah blah (Score 1) 53
I guess Ohio Man is now in competition with Florida Man.
Comment Re:Just as much as any other CEO can be trusted (Score 1) 79
There is no excusing a pathological liar who repeatedly tells lies to deceive people with a financial stake in their company.
Comment Re:Grifters be griftin' (Score 1) 43
The 10 biggest holders of TrumpCoin (roughly those who held about $250,000 or more) got an exclusive dinner with him at the White House. When this was announced the value shot up because this became a great way to get a ear with the President.
In the grand scheme of things, this is relatively cheap, campaign financing wise.
In the "grand scheme of things" this scheme is straight-up corruption.
The value of the emolument is only relevant to the severity of the criminal sentence.
Comment Grifters be griftin' (Score 4, Insightful) 43
More than half of all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now defunct.
Suckers.
It's said a sucker is born every minute but that clearly underestimates the size of the sucker pool.
Comment Re:Endless because no one questions the code (Score 1) 60
You cannot predict whether your children will be able or willing to do a particular job. You cannot predict their aptitudes, interests, or fitness. The best you can do is help them figure out what they can or cannot do and encourage and support them to maximize their outcomes.
Comment I have the musical accompaniment for this story (Score 1) 48
Comment Who knew? (Score 2) 32
Who knew that replacing gravity as a means to contain a stable continuous nuclear fusion reaction would be such a challenge?
Heh....
Heh....
Comment Re: It's not as busy as it once was (Score 1) 45
That's simply wrong. The vast majority of Craigslist listings are free and have been since its beginning.
Craig Newmark is one of my heros. Full stop.
P.S.: The site ranks as the 40th most popular website in the United States. It's neither useless nor unpopular. I've bought, sold and given away a ton of stuff on Craigslist. People who avoid using it are just shooting themselves in the foot. I've tried renting out our apartments on several other commercial websites and Craigslist remains my preferred platform.
Craig Newmark is one of my heros. Full stop.
P.S.: The site ranks as the 40th most popular website in the United States. It's neither useless nor unpopular. I've bought, sold and given away a ton of stuff on Craigslist. People who avoid using it are just shooting themselves in the foot. I've tried renting out our apartments on several other commercial websites and Craigslist remains my preferred platform.
Comment Re:Octopus? (Score 1) 12
I thought the champion of changing color was the Cuttlefish
You might be right, but the article didn't declare a champion. It just declared the programmable skin could mimic an octopus's skin.
Submission + - US strikes Venezuela, says leader Maduro has been captured, flown out of country (apnews.com) 5
divide overflow writes: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.
Comment Re:Why are we ... (Score 1) 28
But I'll be damned if I'm putting my autonomous Bentley into a pool that some hobo can rent and piss himself in the back seat.
You can't even enter a Waymo without using a valid credit card from which a significant fee will be extracted as the cost of your indiscretions.
