Comment Re:Serious question (Score 1) 14
Comment Re:Story with more details: it had a protective ca (Score 1) 76
Comment Re:Protective case (Score 1) 76
Comment Re:college is a ripoff (Score 1) 42
Anyone would be far better off going to a trade school and learning a skilled trade,
I'm not an expert in this field, but I don't see how this statement can be true for anyone ultimately interested in pursuing a PhD, MD, JD, and probably a plethora of other goals.
Comment Re:$1080 (Score 1) 170
How the heck is not getting a charger in the box worth $1080 ? Was the judge watching TV and decided to charge per HD pixel?
At most, having no charger is worth $30
Time and effort spent on making the complaint and going to court, and the benefit to all other consumers, are well worth the $1080.
Comment Re:Safari is Next ???? (Score 3) 148
If the app must have and enforce moderation policies on user generated content, so should similar apps such as the various bulletin board apps as well as browsers such as Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.
Don't give them ideas!
Comment Re:What about the other gases needed a human? (Score 1) 44
Comment Re:It's really quite amazing. (Score 1) 158
How do you fact check every post on Twitter (or any other social media platform) ?
You don't need to fact check *every* post. Focus on the most popular, "trending", stuff.
Comment Re:I predict (Score 1) 66
Comment Re:Completely false premise. (Score 2) 104
Comment Re:Tax? (Score 5, Informative) 171
You are supposed to pay taxes on any increase in value over the year, regardless of whether you sell it or otherwise use it.
That is wrong. The taxable event is the sale of an asset. Until then, the asset can go up or down in value and there is not tax due.
Comment Re:Control (Score 1) 27
Comment Re:Let's see how strong that "Ace-in-the-Hole" is. (Score 1) 107
...when the countries banning Huawei refuse to let them connect their cables and cut the existing ones.
I think that in the modern world, intentionally cutting undersea cable would likely be a casus belli.