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  1. Why has the parent been voted down? Really?

  2. One-thousand times no.

    I work in tech and routinely watch technical content. Mostly videos from conferences, meetups, howtos, etc. I do it at 1.5x most of the time, sometimes 2x. This is because I am looking for interesting (to me) bits such as interesting (novel, unorthodox, etc) solutions or just want to quickly rehash key points of things I haven't dealt with in a while. It saves me time and I still can accomplish what I set out to. What is wrong with my approach? Care to elaborate?

  3. Mod up the parent. Sad but true.

  4. Re:I'm leaning toward the 20 years estimate on Slashdot Asks: How Long Before Self-Driving Cars Become Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    ... We can certainly get there, but it isn't going to be cheap for a while yet.

    Indeed. Furthermore, it will require a number of subsystems responsible for data collection and processing to be implemented in HA fashion. Possibly on both hardware and software level. Short of that, a SPOF could lead to some nasty scenarios. That means significantly higher production/maintenance costs than a comparable 'standard' car. I for one enjoy driving my car myself and have no interest in swapping it for a self-driving one until the day I can completely disconnect from the driving part without rational fear. Sort of like I normally would when boarding a commercial airliner.

  5. Re:We should never expect or accept tracking on Ask Slashdot: Should I Expect Tracking When Subscribing To News Sites? · · Score: 1

    uBlock blocks all 10. HTH

  6. Re:He doesn't have a running mate... on With Carly Fiorina As Running Mate, Cruz's H-1B Stance Now In Question (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Because politicians are not hypocrites at all and they always stick to what they pitch to the masses once elected. He's just another snake trying to get the mouse.

  7. Re:Gonna go out on a limb here on NASA Is Already Studying What Sort of Person Is Best Suited For Mars (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen documentary called 'The Martian' - they're sending Matt Damon.

  8. Re:Deciding between Adolf and Osama for our neborn on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 1

    You mean like the parents of Bobby Tables?

  9. Re:Interesting CTo cheerleader piece on GE CTO On Moving 9,000 Apps To the Public Cloud · · Score: 1

    What you do not seem to realize is that there doesn't have to be a vendor lock-in. All machines should be under config management and orchestration if the environment is large enough (ie more than one box). All you need to do to leave a vendor is: 1. Stand up new, mirror infrastructure at vendor B (using tools mentioned above) 2. Replicate/copy data 3. QA/sanity check (although well put together CM will do that for you) 4. Say good-bye to vendor A. On the other hand, if you choose to set up all of your CM/Orchestration to be very vendor specific, you may have some extra work to do to free yourself. AW's CM is basically Chef, but they call it OpsWorks. No miracles there because they're the 9000lbs gorilla.

  10. Re:Useful for in-store pickups on Walmart Plays Catch-Up With Amazon · · Score: 1

    Walmart has more advantages... they've even managed to get into the dating market see this

  11. Hacker? on Man Behind Week-Long Bitcoin Attacks Reveals Himself · · Score: 0

    So the guy runs some stress testing tool against bitcoin machines/network and that makes him a hacker? That's quite a hyperbole.

  12. Re:Unionize on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 4, Informative
  13. Re:News for nerds? on Two US Marines Foil Terrorist Attack On Train In France · · Score: 1

    Today:
    Apparently a guy with a gun, on a train from Amsterdam (possibly still quite high) == terrorist.
    Military guys (regardless of branch) are Marines, if they happen to do something interesting.

    Tomorrow:
    A homeless guy with a knife sleeping under a bridge == terrorist
    Navy cook == Navy Seal (as long as seen outside of kitchen). ./ is dropping in quality not by day, but by the hour these days. Get a grip @timothy

  14. Re:SO... on New Study Accuses Google of Anti-competitive Search Behavior · · Score: 1

    Tommorrow's /. news: OMG!! Water found to be WET!!

  15. Re: What would Monderman say? on "Vision Zero" Aims To Eliminate Traffic Fatalities In San Diego · · Score: 2

    ...

    There was never free parking in any downtown area. There were just spaces that the government paid for but couldn't directly monetize. There's plenty of street parking in rural towns - move there if you want to park your car for free.

    There were several building removed and space turned into parking lots. Some of these buildings were taken from their rightful owners through the abuse of the imminent domain laws. Some of these ex building owners even won their cases against the city, after their buildings and businesses had already been leveled.

  16. Re: What would Monderman say? on "Vision Zero" Aims To Eliminate Traffic Fatalities In San Diego · · Score: 2

    I live in San Diego. This is just another example of city officials funneling money to their buddies. It was the same with illegal hi-rise development and some other larger projects. The city is also a partner with ACE Parking corp and has effectively removed all free parking space downtown in exchange for ACE's paid parking and red 'no parking' curb. Bullshizzle.

  17. Re:Do It, it worked in AZ on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone without reason.

  18. Re:Great news on Google Nest Rumored To Be Moving Into Audio · · Score: 1

    Google found a way to place always-on microphones in everyone's homes. Fuck this company.

    Why downmodded? The AC is making a valid point.

  19. car on Study: Refactoring Doesn't Improve Code Quality · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Car repair does not make car faster, nor more comfortable.

  20. Re:About right on In Florida, Secrecy Around Stingray Leads To Plea Bargain For a Robber · · Score: 1

    ...crime. ...

    Correction: 'to become proper crime professionals.'

  21. Re:About right on In Florida, Secrecy Around Stingray Leads To Plea Bargain For a Robber · · Score: 1

    likely to turn them to harder, more violent crime/quot
    Likely? I'm not a statistician, but I would be willing to be that such outcome has the highest probability out of all 'correctional' prison exercises.
    The prison system is 'correcting' minor offenders to become crime.

  22. Re:About right on In Florida, Secrecy Around Stingray Leads To Plea Bargain For a Robber · · Score: 1

    Well, there's the privatized prison industry to protect and the guy must have been a sniper. Where's NRA in all this? FTW.

  23. Re:I want a picture on Al-Shabaab Video Threat Means Heightened Security at Mall of America · · Score: 2

    Yes, they can, but it is limited to ReiserFS.

  24. Re:Well Then on Tips For Securing Your Secure Shell · · Score: 2

    Moving services like ssh to a higher, non-default port is not done for "security". It is primarily to reduce the noise written to logs. More noise = larger logs = more CPU cycles to process. Probably never intended to be "clever".

  25. nothing new on The Downside of Connected Healthcare: Cyberchondria · · Score: 1

    Move on, nothing to see.
    Hypochondria is alive, well and getting stronger. Look how big pharma companies have been trading. Look at the slew of new "diseases" and the "disorders" that were not considered anything other than an expression of an energized growing human youth.