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> Leaf goes from point A to B for a modest subset of points That could be great for some people, but for more people a 10-year old Toyota Corolla would also be great. That's the pr…

The article is about US Electric Car Sales, US gas prices are therefore assumed.

No need for me to quibble with your sentiment. The question is: if they don't solve a problem, why buy one? Prius offered people clean hands, and not much more. When gas is cheap t…

The only people I know who have an electric car own or have pre-ordered Teslas. They are all status symbols. I don’t know anyone who needs an electric car. Maybe the problem is jus…

> I am certainly all for investing in retraining programs; hell perhaps even having a rural specific health insurance system. > But increasing tariffs to protect coal miners? Killi…

> why are these failing communities "America" any more than the metro regions are They aren't. They do represent more of the population and land area. Also many cities, probably mo…

Secretary didn't go away. Hot-type printing is a better example. Look at how healthy and well-performing the economy is doing. Real wages stagnating for almost fifty years, specula…

What I referred to as high school economics are sentimental rhetoric like: > Who is automation for? All of us Your arguments have largely been innocent either by design or accident…

> What happened when tractors came and took all of the farming jobs away? Have you heard of “The Grapes of Wrath”? No one is talking about fighting “innovation” for the sake of job…

A decent way of life and some semblance of culture.

Who is automation for? What end does the technology serve? If the economy doesn’t serve humanity then to hell with it. Offer people decent lives, or at least don’t act surprised wh…

Who would have known or even cared were it not for this denounciation?

This extreme rhetoric only strengthens the right. By condemning Nye for debating creationists and being a “combative white nerd”, this article reads like the Onion. Attending this …

And to think that ZFS for FreeBSD had already been up and running for years...

> We find that doxing victims in our data set are overwhelmingly male, have an average age in their 20s, and a significant number are part of gamer communities (or maintain account…

You seem intelligent and I don’t mean this as an insult, but I think you’re missing the point. To use an inexact metaphor, if I am selling gas no one is obligated to fill up at my …

Individual choices are insignificant. The future of advertising is being planned by Facebook and Google. Blocking advertisments is a workaround for a broken web. Surfing the web ha…

Wow, I never knew that. Reminds me of some recent moves to prevent skipping ads on streaming video.

When reading we’re free to skip and skim. Vinyl, VHS, Cassette, CD, and DVD allow us to seek or rewind as we like. When I buy a PC, I can install any software I choose to. When bro…

I’m afraid that the current environment means outcry is always around the corner. I’m rooting for Mozilla but I’d like it if they could learn to avoid drawing negative attention.

Yeah I actually used it from a public WiFi and then ran outside to meet the driver when he got close enough.

Yeah my intention was just to share that I found it easier. In my case the map wasn’t working. I was on a public WiFi hotspot and I didn’t know where or how to hail a cab. I’m sure…

Mozilla is fighting an uphill battle, but that doesn't give them a free pass. The Pocket, Cliqz, and Mr. Robot controversies undermine Mozilla's core message. Whether or not they a…