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  • Haven't seen this posted:

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...-top-companies

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    • Originally posted by beefytee View Post
      Hah.

      Two of Elemental’s biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not.
      "What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone

      "What choice?" - Abe Petrovsky

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      • Faux Pelini's commencement address:

        https://theathletic.com/367996/2018/...class-of-2018/
        "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
        - Goatnapper'96

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        • Originally posted by Pelado View Post
          Faux Pelini's commencement address:

          https://theathletic.com/367996/2018/...class-of-2018/
          That was great, thanks.

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          • Originally posted by Pelado View Post
            Faux Pelini's commencement address:

            https://theathletic.com/367996/2018/...class-of-2018/
            If a person’s justification for doing something is that he has the “right” to do it — like booing college football players because he bought a ticket to the game — don’t be his friend, because his brain is very small.

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            • Originally posted by beefytee View Post
              Looks like there has been lots of pushback on the Bloomberg story.

              https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a...cro-apple-hack

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              • Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                Faux Pelini's commencement address:

                https://theathletic.com/367996/2018/...class-of-2018/
                Here's another good explanation: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...r-to-congress/
                Chinese spy-chip story is “simply wrong”

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                • More of a random stuff worth watching thing, but the article includes some background of an exonerated man. I was unsure about the 360 degree video at first, but at the end I liked the feel of it.

                  http://lonelyleap.com/work/send-me-home
                  "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                  "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                  - SeattleUte

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                  • Why I'm Leaving the Republican Party:

                    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...-party/572419/

                    I left many years ago to become an independent, but this article captures my feelings quite well. I've been trying to figure out how to explain why I can't support either party and this column helped me clarify a few things. Worth reading if you're trying to better understand what's wrong with both current political parties.

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                    • The Man Who Broke Politics

                      https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/arti...mpression=true
                      "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                      - Goatnapper'96

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                      • Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                        That's a long but very good essay about today's politics in general and Gingrich in particular. McKay Coppins always does a very nice job of research and writing, even if he was ogling women at Mar a Lago, as Trump insisted later.

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                        • Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                          That's a long but very good essay about today's politics in general and Gingrich in particular. McKay Coppins always does a very nice job of research and writing, even if he was ogling women at Mar a Lago, as Trump insisted later.

                          Agree. He usually has an interesting take on things. I like his writing style.

                          I missed the Mar a Lago story. Which one was that?
                          "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                          "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                          - SeattleUte

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                          • Largest living organism is declining:

                            https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/...ds-huge-aspen/

                            Has anyone been up there?
                            "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                            "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                            - SeattleUte

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                            • Asian Americans suit against Ivy League. Interesting stuff.

                              https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...xi-BqxNUWUHsQ4
                              PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                              • Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
                                Agree. He usually has an interesting take on things. I like his writing style.

                                I missed the Mar a Lago story. Which one was that?
                                It's a great story, and grew out of Coppins' fine 2014 Buzzfeed piece about the Donald that (this will shock you) Trump was greatly offended by and went on the attack. Coppins had followed Trump around, including rides on the private jet and a stay at Mar A Lago, resulting in a less-than-flattering presentation.

                                On the eve of Trump's formal nomination two years later, Coppins wrote a funny follow-up piece about the earlier article and Trump's reaction. Given that Coppins (like everyone else on the planet) was highly skeptical of a successful Trump candidacy, the second piece is almost an apology for goading Trump into running.

                                Among the funny elements is Trump's typically ham-fisted attack on Coppins, backing up his claim that Coppins was sexually harassing the female employees at Mar a Lago with a statement from one of them: “I don’t know how to say it — he was looking at me like I was yummy,” complained one hostess named "Bianka Pop."

                                Read both pieces if you enjoy rips on Trump--Trumpophiles shouldn't bother.

                                BTW, at last report, Coppins was a faithful member of the Church, and was serving in the bishopric of my daughter's NYC ward. If you know anything about him, or simply look up his Images on Google, you'll probably not believe Trump's lame accusations.

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