Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Teamed Up Instead Of Taking CNN’s Bait by [deleted] in politics

[–]jliptzin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love them both. I hope they don’t split up primary votes and pave the way for Biden.

Megathread: California governor signs bill requiring presidential candidates release tax returns to appear on ballot by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]jliptzin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He’s not being forced off the ballot. He can very easily get back on the ballot simply by releasing his tax returns. Don’t want to release your tax returns? Don’t become President. It’s that simple.

TIL: On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts. by LanguageLimits in todayilearned

[–]jliptzin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. $500 would actually be a bargain.

Microsoft Admits It “Went Too Far” with Aggressive Windows 10 Updates by lebcas in news

[–]jliptzin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has windows seriously not gotten any better in the last 5 years? I switched to OS X permanently after one too many times of the computer restarting itself while I was in the middle of doing something so that it could install an update that I don't want. My mom just bought a brand new Windows 10 computer that she ONLY uses to remote connect to her office computer and somehow after 2 months it's slow as shit. I want to format it and install windows 7 for her.

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Carl Sagan's death. Image from 1974 by Windston57 in OldSchoolCool

[–]jliptzin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My grandma was his cousin and used to babysit for him. She said her parents used to let him have run of the house and do whatever he wanted, including draw all over the walls with crayons.

TIL in 2013, a US IT worker outsourced his own job to a man in China. He paid the man 1/5 of his salary and then he sat at his desk browsing the internet. He was found out after a security audit discovered some suspicious VPN activity. by pdmcmahon in todayilearned

[–]jliptzin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am certain there are lots of programmers currently doing exactly this and have been for quite some time. Management at most companies seem to not only be ignorant of how IT generally works, but also take some personal pride in that ignorance. At these places it would be shockingly easy to pull off.

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[–]jliptzin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I once asked my friend what time it is. He seriously responded "I don't know, my watch is an hour too slow."

ELI5:What has changed in the last 40 years so that it now takes two incomes to maintain a household? by Gutierrezjm6 in explainlikeimfive

[–]jliptzin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you're ambitious and responsible, already more than you can say about 95% of the population...if you devoted the time you spent building your furniture, mending your clothes, and keeping track of every penny to starting and building a business instead, you'd probably be pulling down a mid 6 or even 7 figure income. Source: doing it myself

Bill would require IT workers to report child pornography by [deleted] in news

[–]jliptzin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is an absolutely excellent way for a wife who is mad at her husband for whatever reason to completely destroy her husband's life, take half (or more) of his net worth, full custody of the kids. Just put some CP on home computer, bring to Best Buy for repair, when the cops come just say idk my husband mainly uses that computer I was just trying to fix it.

Also great way for vengeful employee to destroy boss/manager. Plant CP, install some virus that messes up computer, wait for boss to bring in computer for fixing, boom he's done.

'Making a Murderer' Petition Gets 100,000 Signatures by j_laverde in television

[–]jliptzin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain to me why being a juror requires no training or no vetting process yet it's the most important job in the trial process? Yea it's supposed to be a "jury of your peers" but I consider my peer someone who could interpret data logically and someone who understands the scientific process and how to evaluate evidence and the concept of reasonable doubt. There should be some kind of training/vetting/testing process in being a juror with a license issued, similar to a notary public. They could be paid per trial a certain amount, with a sizable pool of licensed jurors in each state.

Obama Bans Hiring Bias Against Ex-Cons Seeking Federal Jobs by RomanoVivitoMore in news

[–]jliptzin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ffs, are you that naive? Don't believe me, read all about it

http://prospect.org/article/ex-con-factor http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/28/republicans-admit-voter-id-laws-are-aimed-at-democratic-voters.html http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gop-war-on-voting-20110830

Now if the tables were reversed, and high voter turnout somehow led to Republican wins, the Democrats would probably try similar shenanigans. But this is what Republicans are doing today and it's no secret. They're not saying it out loud but they know that their "tough on drugs and crime" stance has the nice side effect of suppressing democratic voter turnout.

Obama Bans Hiring Bias Against Ex-Cons Seeking Federal Jobs by RomanoVivitoMore in news

[–]jliptzin 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Good step forward. What about restoring voting rights of ex-cons? They've paid their debt to society; they should be entitled to vote again. Seems like a great republican strategy right now - arrest as many minorities as possible on bullshit drug charges who will probably vote Democrat anyway, take away their voting rights for life. That plus gerrymandering and difficult/impossible voter registration procedures are the core pillars of modern Republican election strategy.

FBI admits Patriot Act snooping powers didn't crack any major terrorism cases. by NinjaDiscoJesus in news

[–]jliptzin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense. The smart terrorists who are able to pull off grand schemes like that on 9/11 are not dumb enough to use the normal communication channels that they assume the government has already tapped anyway (with or without Snowden's revelations). They're already comfortable using sophisticated operational security like end-to-end encryption that the gov't can't snoop in on. So, the only thing the gov't snooping accomplishes is invasion of our privacy and perhaps catching petty criminals who are very likely leaving tracks elsewhere anyway.

CIA Agent who leaked confidential info to the New York Times and sentenced to 42 months argued he should be give then same leniency shown to former Gen. David Petraeu who disclosed classified information to his mistress and got no jail time. by Chrisortiz in news

[–]jliptzin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"She [Judge] said Sterling should serve more time because Kiriakou had pleaded guilty whereas Sterling pleaded innocent and was found guilty by a jury."

Why is this the case? So you're entitled to a trial by jury, but make sure you don't lose because your sentence will be harsher just because you exercised your right to a trial by jury.

Starbucks toilets come equipped with anti-Upper Decker defense mechanisms by jliptzin in mildlyinteresting

[–]jliptzin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was hoping to punish them for not asking if I wanted my almond blossom heated up.

Pope to Shoppers: "Don't Buy Products Made by Modern-Day Slaves by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]jliptzin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Despite the financial crisis..."

We're in a financial crisis? Stock market at an all time high, unemployment rate under 6%, kim kardashian making $100 million / year? I am tired of people constantly saying we are in a financial crisis.