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Comment Re:Pump and dump is a crime (Score 1) 160

The people getting rich off this already dumped their stock after pumping it up with all the Reddit rubes. The fact that they've convinced so many people to buy and hold as part of some sort of moral righteousness shows how successful they were at the pumping part of this.

At least the people in the 80's had to cold call people individually, now you just need a few people posting on Reddit: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Comment Re:In my experience - (Score 1) 488

Wow, you do realize that this is how the most popular email programs (or at least Outlook, Gmail, and Thunderbird) operate right?

Is it really that hard to imagine that people wouldn't want to scroll down to the bottom of a message every time they get a new email? That it might be more convenient if the new message was the first thing they see?

Comment Re:Competition (Score 1) 907

Yeah, that doesn't happen:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07...

" So as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the federal government began losing an estimated $25 million a day in tax revenue.

But did airlines simply pass on this savings to customers?

No, they did not.

Last week, evidently in anticipation of the taxâ(TM)s expiring, some airlines quietly began raising fares â" on average, roughly by the same amount as the federal taxes. Others did the same over the weekend, and most of the rest joined in on Monday. "

If a customer is willing to pay $X for something, and has for years, and the cost to make that something decreases, why would they ever decrease $X?

Comment Automated Clickbait Answers (Score 1) 61

Often there may be an interesting tidbit in the clickbait articles, but it's obviously annoying to have to actually click on them and find the actual sentence of info buried in 5 paragraphs of fluff and 20 ads.

There are some Twitter feeds that spoil the clickbait from it (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSavedYouAClick is probably the most "useful" at this) but it'd be nice to automate the process so that when someone posted any headline with clickbait, Facebook would just drop the answer right below. Actually a browser plugin would work even better, since it could work on any site.

Comment Re:IBM/Rational Innovate (Score 1) 131

Yes, but if you're already invested in that technology, then those types of conferences can be really beneficial to get far more indepth knowledge and trade tips/horror stories with other users of said product.

It's not like you're changing your key vendor every single year. At some point it'd be nice to get into depth into one of them.

Comment Re:It would be cheaper for everyone.... (Score 1) 182

This continues to show China is a pay for play game, in that you are well connected enough in the communist party and laws and environmental rules just don't apply and it doesn't matter if it kills the little people.

The same could be said about the US too.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07...

Comment Re:People think you're smart if you have glasses (Score 1) 550

This. Also I like the way I look in glasses, and like the way other people look in glasses.

The annoyance of having to bother with contacts during some activities (swimming in particular) has made me tempted at times to get LASIK, but I'd really miss the way I look in glasses. And on a somewhat personal level, I think it'd be hypocritical that I love women in glasses but wouldn't want to wear them myself.

Comment Re:The double standard at work (Score 1) 824

At last check... gay individuals had the same rights as straight ones... and while sometimes those rights may not line up with preferences (ie right to marry someone of the opposite sex where desire is to marry someone of the same sex), the right remains the same regardless... you purposely try to pain the issue as something more than its not.

Wow, what a hackneyed bullshit argument. "You have the right to be in a loveless fake marriage with someone you aren't attracted to. Why aren't you happy!?!" Yes somehow I don't think people who think this is a ligament argument would feel the same way if heterosexual marriage was outlawed.

Again... you prove my point of intolerance from the left... and that one need only call something a 'human rights' or 'civil rights' issue until you make enough people agree through education & politics... or fear mongering and blacklisting.

How is this not a human right issue?

History tends to be written by the victors... yet up until just two years ago, the President of the United States claimed to be against same-sex marriage... does that mean up until then he should have been viewed as a homophobic and anti-gay bigot? No? Interesting the continued double standard... or do you think history will record it that way?

Yeah, he kind of was a homophobic bigot. Just like all the presidents who didn't push for inter-racial marriage or who tolerated slavery are kind of racist bigots. And yeah, history has shown us time and time again that denying people basic dignity will always go down as terrible policies we should be ashamed of.

Intolerance of perceived intolerance is still bigotry

Just keep telling yourself whatever you have to make you sleep better at night I guess. Not recognizing that gay people should have the same rights as everyone else is bigotry, regardless of if you want it to be or not.

As far as if this matters if Eich should step down is debatable and I'm a bit on the fence on it to be honest, but this is much bigger and more important issue than him saying that his favorite color is red and mine is green.

Also try to actually meet some gay people. You'll discover they're just like everyone else, and you'll have a much happier life not being in fear of them.

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