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Comment · 2 months ago
I'm not sure why there isn't a "why are you flagging this post?" dropdown. It'd reduce false positives and let the mods know what to prioritise.
Comment · 2 months ago
Where are all these Americans who will work for Chinese wages?
Comment · 2 months ago
Cheating was obviously going to happen when education became a business.
Comment · 2 months ago
"Good enough for most people and cheap" is what Realtek do.
Comment · 3 months ago
I think people do, but it's subconsciously.
Comment · 3 months ago
Only if you're on O2 or 3 and haven't disabled the adult content filter.
Comment · 3 months ago
What law do you think he's broken?
Comment · 4 months ago
The foreign tampering wasn't at the ballot box.
Comment · 4 months ago
>That people can show up with a suspicious pile of metal and convert into cash seems to be what creates the opportunity for the thief.

The UK does that - a scrap dealer can only pay by bank transfer or cheque. That way there's a paper trail.

Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
>You may be able to rent your quantum computing time if that gets cheap enough to be practical, but I doubt many people will ever own one.

You already can rent time on one - IBM and others offer it - but they are not cheap.

Comment · 5 months ago
> As a big fan of the KLF I once learned that it’s great to burn great things up.

For anyone who doesn't know, the KLF took a million pounds in cash, and set it on fire. For no obvious reason.

Comment · 5 months ago
>The FBI is aware of a software misconfiguration

That's not a misconfiguration, that's incompetence.

How do these people get hired?

Comment · 5 months ago
The auto factories propose to actually create jobs, though.

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