Comment Re:So everyone has to provide ID for social media (Score 2) 147
yup we are being gaslighted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Comment Re:Ban them from libraries too (Score 2) 147
I was throwing back (well still) to a time and places when books were banned because they might corrupt the youth.
Also, on a personal note, my own son got the motivation to learn to read by playing pokemon on a gameboy, while many people hailed computer games, again as a corruption of the youth.
Comment Ban them from libraries too (Score 2) 147
We would not want them reading for 8 hours a day, it could corrupt their minds
Comment Simple Solution (Score 1) 11
Demand Chinese EVs at half the US Price, then we can throw them away.
Comment Before tablets it was TV, Games and books (Score 1) 63
>>In a review of the current research, researchers found evidence linking screen time to poorer outcomes for children, including an increased risk of obesity, short-sightedness, sleep and behavioural difficulties, and later challenges with friendships
And again absolutely no quantization, basically yet another bullshit study
Comment Err, really (Score 1) 36
seems like some failed Hollywooders want a cut of the action
Comment Re:If I'm reading this right... (Score 1) 186
dont blame the researchers, blame the journo producing click-bait
Comment So what is processed meat? (Score 1) 186
is that:
* A steak on the BBQ cut by my butcher
* Ground beef made in my butchers machine
* A Burger at fast food joint
* A piece of chicken (leg, breast)
* Chicken chunks in a pie
* Chicken soup?
ok, please answer that
Comment Bring your own GPU (Score 1) 18
MarcusLion.com has a solution for that
Comment Re:This should be a lesson. (Score 1) 30
TOO RIGHT!
Comment IN the USA the role of judges is... (Score 1) 45
Is to keep cases running for as long as possible, only delivering verdicts, when all avenues have been exhausted.
Are you sure you want that for the uk?
Comment if it's not speech? (Score 1) 1
what is it?
Submission + - Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Pardoned (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader writes: US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.
Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.
Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.
Comment Re:This is not a new Technique (Score 5, Funny) 115
Seems like a couple Gen-Zs have rediscovered the fundamentals of computing, after couple years of college, 50 years later!