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Re:Service for Some, Slavery for Others on Sunday April 28, 2019 @11:53AM (#19771759)
Can't you also say that being a slave assigned to cotton-picking is better than being destitute, in the middle of nowhere, with no food? Or being whipped to death, which is what the master is "forced" to do in cases of extreme disobedience? You can defend literally anything saying they give a choice that gives the victim a better option.

I love how it's Uber that is giving drivers a rational option instead of the drivers giving Uber a rational option. It could go the other way, and be people giving Uber a "choice" of paying better and halting self-driving research or go out of business.

5236.03 is not 4.7% less than $6500.

If those were the prices before and after, the drop was 19.45%.

It depends on how the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal goes.

Gawker closed up despite it's billion-dollar Unicorn status because of a $140M verdict. A multi-billion dollar suit like the Cambridge Analytica could be devastating.

Re:Helium shortages will impact quantum computer research on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:56PM (#19704385)
Can it go through lots of solid metal, copper for instance?
There already is a $78B class action lawsuit against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. $1000 per American whose information was harvested. It's hard to google for however.