rogersmith

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by rogersmith 11y ago
The cynic in me wonders why the cynic in you seems to think public opinion has any sort of influence on government policies. Remember how massive protests and objections prevented war on Iraq? Yeah, me neither.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
"I still have faith that Parliament can protect us" Sure why not, they've done such a great job so far at protecting Europeans in general and Greeks in particular.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
If the "establishment" didn't want them there, they wouldn't be there, believe that.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
How incredibly naive is it to believe that both Sanders and Trump aren't just as part of the "establishment" as the others. They are bones thrown at the increasingly discontent left and right fringes. On the off-chance either
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by rogersmith 11y ago
2016 - Editors of Wall Street Journal discover heavy metal
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Soon in a neo-liberalist paradise near you: - Uber for law enforcement - Uber for constitutional rights
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by rogersmith 11y ago
"I'm curious who this author is, a lobbyist for Uber?" Actually, yes, pretty much. "Derek Khanna (@DerekKhanna) is a former congressional staffer and IP litigation lawyer in Silicon Valley who spearheaded a campaign that
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by rogersmith 11y ago
This just in, SV is fertile ground for self-absorbed, self-righteous and inhumane assholes who think they are making the world a better place when they're really just doing the opposite. Read all about it.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath on this one. https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-goo...
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Yeah, remember when users stopped using Facebook, Google et al in droves after the whole PRISM debacle, they still haven't financially recovered from that one, have they?
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Obviously the victim is my karma score.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
As if one needs to be Indian to be suspicious of Mark "They trust me. Dumb fucks." Zuckerberg.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Gotta give it to Apple, they sure know how to pull off a PR stunt.
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Either this, or in your haste to respond to my inital comment,you missed the part that should have indicated my tongue was firmly lodged inside my cheek. Re-read it very slowly?
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by rogersmith 11y ago
The internet of things... what could possibly go wrong?
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by rogersmith 11y ago
NASA really fell through. How did they go from grand achievements like faking a moon landing to childish-pretend-play-we-have-space-tourism-now posters?
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by rogersmith 11y ago
But why pay for QA testers when users settle for using buggy products. Plus this trickles down, if I'm a small start-up founder and I see market leaders get away with half-assed releases despite having a lot more resources, why should
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by rogersmith 11y ago
I suspect this reflects a wider trend which is most probably a consequence of the ease to ship software nowadays (no need to manufacture physical medium anymore, just ship a hotfix), which incites software companies to skip QA and let early
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by rogersmith 11y ago
But...but... Collaboration makes us agile! /s
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Still waiting for a satisfying explanation of the discrepancies between the Warren commission report and the laws of physics that doesn't involve a "large-scale conspiracy".
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by rogersmith 11y ago
"i order drone strikes on innocent civilians on a weekly basis but i think the way we treat criminals in the US is inhumane"
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Best I could find is a shady Wikipedia article referencing a controversial study, not exactly compelling evidence... Nevermind that scientists cannot even agree on a standard valid unit of measurement for "intelligence". edit: Jus
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by rogersmith 11y ago
Key word in that sentence would be "apparently" (although feel free to provide hard data backing that claim). A just as probable explanation (and equally controversial and possibly discouraged)would be that Ashkenazi Jews may or m