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yoloswaggins··on High Speed Trains are Killing the European Railway Network
Cars are killing Horse Drawn Trolleys.
yoloswaggins··on Does Your Mom Pay Your Phone Bill?
This looks like another one of those shallow statistics that people use to say "Ha, look at these kids, they're lost without us!"

I feel like a lot of people think like that because they don't realize that working with computers IS a job, even if you aren't working 9-5 every day unclogging sinks.

yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
Ah yes, the ol' honor system. It's certainly worked on a large scale before. [nope]
yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
It's not spying if the customer agreed to hand over the information.

That's why you have to read contracts very carefully.

yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
Well of course a contract is void if it is pertaining to illegal activity. However agreeing to give a company information isn't illegal.
yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
Fair enough.
yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
They're a corporation. They can charge you to not spy on you because you don't HAVE to use them. It would only be illegal if they spied on you without you signing their contract.

Edit: It's the same way that when you agree to the TOS of a service like, xbox live or something, if they had a line about how you can't talk badly about Xbox or they delete your account, it's not breaking the first amendment, because they aren't the government, and you consented to that agreement.

Services are different from rights.

yoloswaggins··on How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you
I like the message but dear god that website looks like the Neopets store front I made when I was 10.
yoloswaggins··on 23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from new tests
I don't see why they can't just put up a disclaimer that's like "This is only an indication of medical issues you may have. Always consult a doctor." Or something like that.

How come they try to make these guys shut down, but largely leave homeopathy alone? I would say homeopathy is way more damaging than seeing whats in your genes.

Why does the FDA have to be jerks? (that's rhetorical. I know why they have to be jerks. It just sucks.)