Everyone overcharges when it’s a government contract, which is annoying enough because everyone acts like it’s not their money that they’re stealing, but this is just obscene.

Aren’t there arrest warrants against George W. Bush from like 20 years ago? This is just more talk that won’t be backed up by any meaningful action because of how trivially easy it is to avoid going to these countries.

Gmail would like a word

Yeah but take the small wins where you can get them. This is a good thing and we should celebrate even if for a short moment.

The total number is even in the first paragraph. Not the best summary I’ve ever seen.

Feeling kinda neutral on this one. Nice that it’s added but I always liked that Nintendo games didn’t have these. I can just tell people I beat the SMS Plinko game.

As long as there are people for whom streaming compression isn’t acceptable, there’ll be a market for Bluray movies/TV shows.

Making a web browser that’s fully compatible with modern standards is not easy nor cheap (and worse it’s a moving target because the standards keep evolving). I’m rooting for these folks but eventually money will be an issue.

free filing would discriminate against the poor

As opposed to the current system where the richest among us can hire a whole team of accountants to find every deduction possible?

You’re acting like the filing that would come from the government would be the final record and you wouldn’t be allowed to correct it, which is not at all what people are suggesting.

Plus, audits will still be a thing.

Doubt there is one. The hard truth is that most Americans’ taxes are pretty simple and straightforward. We can stop pretending that copying some boxes from a W2 and a 1099 is difficult.

I mean, personally I wish we’d stop pretending that the IRS isn’t already fully aware of what you owe and could just do the filling for you, like in other countries, but until Grover Norquist fucks off forever we’re stuck where we are.

McConnell has already said

Let me stop you right there, because this man has already shown his word doesn’t mean anything. It shifts with the political winds.

Democrats have to win in a lot of red states this time around. I’d be over the moon if that happened, but maybe we should have a backup plan in case Democrats lose in Ohio, Montana and Texas.

Even if you hate Biden because of Israeli support

i.e. don’t be a single-issue voter.

It’s very likely the GOP will win control of the Senate, and if they do McConnell would sooner die than let Biden even consider nominating someone.

Still gonna vote for Biden though, because if Trump wins the Conservative justices will all retire at once and they’ll nominate 30-year-olds to fill in. I don’t want 60+ more years of a Conservative court majority!

I just can’t understand why they wouldn’t post private

Do they know any better? Facebook users don’t strike me as the most technically savvy.

Wow, literally the first sentence and already this article is full of shit.

His reputation is set in stone already. No matter what the jury decides he will appeal, and keep appealing until there’s no one left to appeal to. He will not drop out of the race even if he is jailed (spoiler alert, he won’t be), but assuming hell freezes over he’ll still get at least 40 million votes.

Fuck articles like this. Why even post this click-bait trash!?

Um… then what is it intended for? ATMs and POS terminals don’t really strike me as IoT devices.

Despite concerns about accuracy and potential misuse, facial recognition technology seems poised for a surge in popularity. California-based restaurant CaliExpress by Flippy now allows customers to pay for their meals with a simple scan of their face, showcasing the potential of facial payment technology.

Oh boy, I can’t wait to be charged for someone else’s meal because they look just enough like me to trigger a payment.

Here you have no recourse options

I can’t speak for every University, but some have a way for you to appeal issues like this to the Dean.

All well and good for Enterprise folks I guess, but what about home users?