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Comment Re:Happy To Watch (Score 1) 73

Yep. Plenty of other entities waiting in line to step in and fill the "security gap" here.

Let's not forget that if/when Flock goes under, the data they gathered will sold dirt cheap to anyone regardless of their background. Everyone is worrying about Flock data currently but no one is worrying about what will happen when the data is up for sale to data brokers.

Comment Re:I don't understand why this is considered... (Score 1) 187

Agreed that this is forum drama. It sucks to lose an account but nothing of value was actually lost. You don't really own your accounts in the first place. Imagine the uproar of people posting on Reddit about how they lost their /. account. There would literally be tens of people outraged!!!

Reddit doesn't owe you anything. Facebook doesn't owe you anything. Twitter doesn't owe you anything. Slashdot doesn't owe you anything. Your free contributions are what they sell. If you don't like it, then go play in another sandbox.

On second thought, I think Bill Gates still owes me $100 for helping him test his email tracking program back in 1998 when I forwarded that email for him.

Comment Re: "helping" yeah so good of them to "help" (Score 4, Interesting) 151

China is taking the long-term view here, building up goodwill in Cuba and in other countries where they see themselves potentially in the same situation.

Very similar to how China is providing cheap solar to countries across all over Africa. They're playing the long game by being a good neighbor. When Rome inevitably falls or turns its back on its allies, China is on speed dial to help assist.

One could argue that China is doing more to invest in the future of humanity by helping provide necessities to modernize for these countries when compared to the USofA. Yeah their human rights track record isn't great but then which countries are? Especially when you factor in whether or not they're helping the poorer countries in Africa, South America, and the Cuba? (The countries with a very bloody history of getting f'ed by profiteers from Western countries)

Comment Re:framing small part of build (Score 1) 120

Agreed. Framing isn't the bottleneck for build times.

My local Habitat For Humanity affiliate can frame a house and have it ready for roofers in 5 days. That's 5 days with volunteers with minimal skills being lead by moderately skilled staff working for 7 hours a day.

Automation will solve the housing issues as well as automation on farms solved hunger issues.

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