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If you care about your pet more than the average human, you are the animal.
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justtopost··on Education Dept. rejects most applicants for student loan forgiveness program
They take home a paycheck, they get to pay their debts like anyone else.
justtopost··on Battery Power's Latest Plunge in Costs Threatens Coal, Gas
A tiny bit of spent fuel, and billions of toxic and unrecyclable cells are far different problems.
justtopost··on The armchair psychologist who ticked off YouTube
Seek attention and ye shall find it, perhaps not where you were looking.
justtopost··on Elon Musk explains the camera inside Tesla's Model 3
There are some can hacking hardware than can do it, but easiwr just to find and disconnect said device, perhaps even phonehome ability. I know I did in my car equipped with OnStar.
justtopost··on Peter's Evil Overlord List (1996)
Lol, sounds like a waste of good stew, but clearly it had the desired effect if you are still telling stories about it years later. Kind of insensitive to victim blame no matter your feelings.
justtopost··on Tesla’s First-Quarter Deliveries Plummet
As opposed to the hundreds astroturfing and greenwahing them? In a war of ideas, give everyone ammo. The truth is never exclusive to one view.
justtopost··on Tesla’s First-Quarter Deliveries Plummet
You would not buy electric if well versed in automotive tech. Notice few if any mechanics drive ecars.
justtopost··on Tesla’s First-Quarter Deliveries Plummet
Tesla is not anywhere near Honda in reliability. So no, that will not change anytime soon.
justtopost··on Tesla’s First-Quarter Deliveries Plummet
I can and do gas up my honda at home.
justtopost··on Google launches AMP for email
Ill take that risk.
justtopost··on Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”
They have much much done more than soft-censor autocomplete.
justtopost··on Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”
So what do the other 4 billion people do who dont eat lunch in SV? Sounds like a great example of how privlidge blinds you to the endemic problems the world faces.
justtopost··on Google removed my ads-free app for “deceptive ads”
Yup, it keeps treating all search terms as optional. My searches all "look" "like" "this" now, and it still omits stuff. Infuriating. Respect my search query.
justtopost··on Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
Racist hate is still legal speech.
justtopost··on Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
What service of yours am I avoiding now? Phone numbers are terrible pii for reasons enumerated here and countless other posts. Why on earth would you do that?
justtopost··on Property Rights in the Human Body (2013)
Given that it is not an independent entity, it is no different than a tumor other than its division properties. You can take the argument either way. Please leave your idealogical biases at home.
justtopost··on Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale
Nope, that research olnly happens after novel cancer deaths and their resulting lawsuits. That said, like other substances, it is pretty safe once laminated, as you would likely need to do based on the fragility.
justtopost··on Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]
Sounds like old abrahamic superstitions are still making food worse.
justtopost··on Giant Military Contract Has a Hitch: A Little-Known Entrepreneur
Having bid and won contracts, it is oft-gamed. but plenty of room in most reqs for a small player to slip in and win projexts if you are otherwise qualified and more flexible than the average goverment contractor. Not a dauntingly high bar honestly.
justtopost··on Gall's Law
Too often I am bitten by that one. Some people are just nasty creatures. I think I assume good faith too much.
justtopost··on UK Parliament petitions website down amid overwhelming brexit rejection
Looks pro brexit to me.

Why the editorialized title?

justtopost··on [dead]
Yeah, I still doubt a company that is known for poor production quality, and highly misleading if not fradulant marketing. I hope they get their ethics fixed and move forward.
justtopost··on The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bring it back
I find that type of communication childing and dehumanizing. To each their own.
justtopost··on Who Controls Diners’ Data? OpenTable Moves to Assert Control
Op mentions privacy and data sharing in particular, and there are 2 others in this tgread aledging bag faith on their part in that regard.
justtopost··on Who Controls Diners’ Data? OpenTable Moves to Assert Control
Open table is the exception, analog is the rule.
justtopost··on Who Controls Diners’ Data? OpenTable Moves to Assert Control
Unless you call wgile tgey are slammed during lunch and dinner rush, this is absolutely not true.
justtopost··on Is Believing in Meritocracy Bad for You?
If we abandon being judged on the merit of our action, what is left? Popularity? Arbitrary rule? This anti-merit philosophy is just Despotism is new clothes.
justtopost··on Reasons Not to Use Apple (2018)
Odd, works just fine for me. What laptop and distro?
justtopost··on Amazon walks back vendor purge
Walked back? They need 20 more purges. Even Ebay and Alibaba are less sketchy at this point.
justtopost··on US Bars Entry to International Criminal Court Investigators
What if those holding you 'accountable' are those who also reject rule of law in their own situation? That seems to be the usual case.
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