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boards2x··on Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
I did, following the appointment.
boards2x··on Judge Sentenced to 28 Years for Selling Kids to the Prison System (2013)
What's disgusting is that he gets 28 years and not life, or better, death prbalty. If there was ever a justified reason (ie Israel executing Eichman) this is it.
boards2x··on Choose Firefox Now, Or Later You Won't Get A Choice
If the first thing you have to say about yourself is that you're "Christian", I don't know that I really care what else you have to say.

Are non Christians suppose to be offended ? Will I be able to ignore the fact that he may be a pro-lifer supporting attacks on abortion clinics? A tea-bagger...

Find it tasteless to present oneself this way, and it seems it's only Anglo-Saxon Christians who choose to do so. As if they're a persecuted minority coming out of the closet.

Did anyone ever see non Christians introducing themselves on their blog by their religion or belive system? Jon Doe, atheist? Jane Doe, Muslim?

boards2x··on IDF soldier brags about killing 13 children
So far the Palestinian propaganda has been quite lame. Wonder why they can't manage to be more sophisticated and less obvious. I'm sure the talent is there. Somewhere? So far the Israeli left is much more thorough and fact-checked in criticizing their own government then anything I've seen so far. It's as if there no pro-Palestinian that are capable of doing this on their own.
boards2x··on Telegram team left Russia and looking for a country to work from
I've recently learned, hunting apartments in Spain, that many realtors don't want to deal with Russians. They find them too crude, and no amount of money they are willing to throw at them, seems to make up for the feeling of revulsion.

In some places, they simply mention to them that there's a thriving gay community in the city. That seems to be enough to make them go away...

I think it's brilliant, and I also think large concentration of immigrants in one place ends up destroying that community’s reputation and invites trouble.

boards2x··on Telegram team left Russia and looking for a country to work from
Find it strange how people feel free to give advise on things they have no clue about. ie the Swiss only recently voted for a very harsh anti-immigration law, targeting especially Europeans in fact, and more so from the eastern block (prostitution and crime coming from Russia, Bulgaria etc. in big cities), but not limited to.

And for the Dutch, please. Dutch hypocrisy and inferiority complex is at its peak. Just the political climate there is enough to put any decent human being off, with such support for the extreme right (Wilders) becoming mainstream, why would anyone want to live or work there, is beyond my understanding.

boards2x··on How Americans Hate Each Other
And you're an expert on this topic because... It was on Fox News?
boards2x··on Blocking Google and Facebook using Ad Block Plus and Ghostery
Ghostery is problematic, I've stopped using their serivce (now using disconnect.me.

Some sources say that Evidon, the company owning Ghostery, plays a dual role in the online advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information. But it does have an opt-in feature named GhostRank that can be checked to "support" them. GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and blocked, and sends that information, though anonymously, back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[4]

boards2x··on Don't be evil? Google funding a slew of right-wing groups
No doubt it is insane, more than someone on the right would ever be honest enough to admit. Repealing "Obamacare", defunding "Obamaacare", government shutdown, anti abortion legislation and shutting down of women's access to healthcare services in many states.... for anyone, weather american or not, manipulating people to choose what's bad for them is pure evil.
boards2x··on Don't be evil? Google funding a slew of right-wing groups
Yes. Most of the time, or every-time when it comes to the evil Koch brothers. Think closing down health care clinics providing services for women, just as a start.

There are many other "grassroots" activities they've invented and which are known and documented. Scared to think what we don't yet know.

They're evil. They are the right in the US these days.

boards2x··on KitKat's new website
True, though so far it was less obvious, as in they're non "processed" snacks and deserts, and not brand names (as far as I can tell, maybe for North Americans it is more obvious?)
boards2x··on Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town
Does the name change as well, or is it always "Ghetto Tracker", or sometimes "White Suburban Tracker", "Trailerpark Tracker" etc.?

PS Actually double checked. There was only one photo, and this is why I mentioned that in my comment.

boards2x··on KitKat's new website
Nice looking site. But why associate your product with junk food?
boards2x··on Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town
Good idea. Did the same.
boards2x··on Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town
[same goes, see reply to @bendoernberg]
boards2x··on Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town
oops, sorry, didn't see you've replied to my comment. reposted it as a reply to @bendoernberg
boards2x··on Ghetto Tracker - A rating system to help people avoid the bad parts of town
Judging by the stock photo here http://ghettotracker.com/about.php (white familiy, in case it'll change in the future), it's quire clear who needs to be afraid, and from whom.

I see Compton, California just added. They should simply geotag by ethnicity and save people the need to subjectively "rate" certain areas?

boards2x··on Paul Graham on CEOs with ‘Strong’ Foreign Accents
Must agree. It's a stupid comment and it's embarrassing to see how PG fanboys here are walking on eggshells trying to force some sense into what seems to be the unavailing of a xenophobe. Look at early days Hollywood. It was founded, literally, by foreigners with thick accents. What a lame and nauseating comment.
boards2x··on Show HN: FitDishes - nutrition-oriented local search
ie McDonald and Burger King show up in results for default search. That's very misleading, unless you don't mind pinkslime as food.
boards2x··on The Men Who Want AIDS—and How It Improved Their Lives
That's really what I do too. My partner still subscribes, so I get a chance to have a look from time to time, and I find it quite upsetting, but mostly tedious/boring.

PS, was going through the comments on out.com, and faire enough, one David Kelsey seems to express the same pov. I guess it's not a coincidence.

(I can't comment there's because I'm not on FB, nor any of the other alternatives needed for commenting. AOL, really?)

boards2x··on The Men Who Want AIDS—and How It Improved Their Lives
Typical of Out/Advocate to feature blacks/browns only in negative/stereotypical stories. Never a black/brown positive story, of success, excellence, achievement or anything constructive.

I've stopped reading ages ago, and they really only represent and advertise for white gay male.

If you really want to see what white gay men do for "fun", watch (better not really, it's a disgusting true story of a "chaser") Todd Verow's "Bottom". Totally not the clean cut wholesome gay white male these publications like to promote, and equally disturbing.

boards2x··on Meet Mikey. A better way to find things in your Gmail.
PRISM out, 3rd party apps (accessing/indexing your private communication) in? Sounds crazy to me.
boards2x··on [dead]
"push of Islamic values into Western society"

Isn't it in fact the opposite? It looks to me like the west is fighting wars in Muslim countries, to bring democracy etc. Not with great success, not that one should expect any.

boards2x··on [dead]
Wow. Almost as good as the "protocols of the elders of zion"...

Loved this quote:

"I am a perfectly liberal guy, and have a zero-tolerance policy for racism."

Then it turns out he's also a Birther (in reply to someone):

"As to Obama, there are a lot of unanswered questions about that guy. I don’t know how people can trust him after his ‘crying’ after Sandy Hook."

But, in truth, why is this piece of shit here?

boards2x··on Comparing various negotiating styles: Jewish, Japanese and American (2010)
About Israeli style of negotiation, I must agree (I'm Israeli). It's aggressive, though some find that "charming" - ok, mostly Israelis I guess ;), but again, it's a generalisation...
boards2x··on Comparing various negotiating styles: Jewish, Japanese and American (2010)
As a Jew, I find it stupid. But people like stereotypes. I guess it's comforting. But the distance from this to anti-semitisim is not that far. Jews are not similar even by their religion. There are ultra -orthodox anti-zionists, there are atheists, there are north African Jews, Asian Jews, Eastern European Jews etc. all have different traditions and probably are more similar to their immediate social group than to each other. Even worse, Israelites don't like American Jews (eg loud, vulgar and obnoxious), which is probably what this stereotypical and horribly simplistic description is based on. So please, lookup racism or at least antisemitisim before writing such a piece (a 'positive' twist does not make it less of a stereotype, and those are dangerous).
boards2x··on Microsoft Open Source BioInformatics - Using Software to Advance Healthcare
J&J is a for-profit company. Nothing to do with the advancement of healthcare, as it does for profits. The same way Microsoft is not for Open Source, no matter how many white-papers they'll publish (and then contradict with yet another FUDish commercial, article, statement etc.)
boards2x··on Poll: Do you have Silverlight installed?
No. The only time I had it installed was when I upgraded Flip4Mac and didn't notice they've added it. You can disable it clicking on "Customize" during installation.
boards2x··on CNN's Sanchez out after saying Jews are not oppressed minority
"out after saying Jews are not oppressed minority" or maybe, if you actually listen to the interview, because of accusing Stewart of being a bigot and basically pulling the "Elders of Zion"/(or a "Mel Gibson" if it sounds more familiar to you) shtick? I think it used to be called anti semitism.
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