You’re stretching the definition of “voluntary” far enough to embarrass a libertarian.

To me, all this stonks nonsense is just investors with a new scam trying to supplant the investors running the old scam.

Anyway it’s a good thing in that it exposes the grade-school explanation that the “stock market is a meritocracy where the best businesses/ products rise to the top” as total bullshit.

An alien looking at the stock market would assume that Tesla makes the best cars; MacDonald’s the best food; and Microsoft the best software.

These lawmakers just want to use government force to keep everyone woke.

Do people still pirate Windows? You can download the iso directly from Microsoft’s website and you don’t need a registration key anymore.

This is an odd test case. Not only is the defendant unsympathetic, the circumstances seem to be exactly what section 702 was intended for.

Whatever information was obtained through FISA (if it was), wasn’t used as evidence against this guy. So they can’t even prove that the Nazi was subject to a FISA search, much less that it harmed him.

Are you going to have to deal with a full-screen ad when you’re trying to open File Explorer eventually?

I was literally reading this sentence when the whole page grayed out and a window asking me to subscribe popped up.

For years people have made fun of esports, but not they’ll have to admit that gamers behave no different than other professional athletes.

Say, what do you call someone who openly works for the fascist cause?

Notice the event is named “Black Americans for Trump” and not “Blacks for Trump”. That’s awfully woke of them don’t you think?

Is there any evidence of American rat-fuckery in the Bolivian coup attempt?

Article: Johnson plots to use the House to free Bannon

Text: The House is going to file an amicus brief.

Fuck you Salon.

There is a concept in post-modern philosophy called “hauntology”. This theory posits that late-capitalist societies loose their ability to imagine different social orders; and cannot imagine the future except as high-tech versions of the current social order. To fill the void of novelty, the culture industry must constantly recycle and repackage old culture.

Anyway, this isn’t a new phenomena, just a technology enabling us to resurrect live people instead of just fictional characters.

I read this article and I’d advise against it. All the author does is write about a bunch of facts that are all obviously true, without tying them together or saying anything interesting.

1. cognitive tests work
2. both candidates have declined to have cognitive tests
3. debates are mentally taxing
4. candidates are going to have to perform live.
5. the audience will judge the performance
6. the moderators will affect this.

Mind blown right?

Your identity cannot be stolen. The idea is science fiction. What thieves make off with are your credentials. Many of which you have no choice and sometimes no knowledge of. If you think about it, these credentials aren’t necessarily for your benefit, and sometimes directly to your harm.

But it’s your job to safeguard and secure these credentials with your time, effort, and hardware you own and maintain. Carry on consumer.

The funniest thing about the Cybertruck is the windshield wiper. Not only does it ruin the science fiction ascetic by breaking up the flat surfaces, it breaks up the primary surface with a dumb squeegee arm. It’s also a little reminder that not only were the first wipers invented in 1903, but that they were fitted to electric vehicles.

I think they used one huge wiper in an attempt to make it look innovative by just by virtue of being unusual.

REMEMBER: If you have to have sex with you boss for advancement, that doesn’t make you a slut, that makes them a sex-offender.

“career advancement” is euphemism designed to switch the power dynamic.

Forget about the damn gun, this woman was a “food service” worker in a prison at 04:00. That’s gotta be one of the shittiest jobs in the country. She didn’t even work for Georgia, she worked for Aramark, a contractor.

Once again, Linux is late with a feature that Microsoft not only has had for years, but is famous for.

“Cracker Barrel” refers to 19th century rations. The Cracker was a shelf stable hard-tack biscuit and they were packed into barrels or boxes for transport. You would have encountered hard tack in the military or as a poverty food.

There is a story about General Lee and Jackson meeting before Chancellorsville while sat on these boxes called the “Crackerbox Meeting”

I don’t think the name is related to the anti-white pejorative.

Spitfire of Theseus.