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  1. Re:A more basic question on Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Luckally money is a unit of measurement.
    1. How much money did you use to tax the population vs how much you will need to tax the population now.
    2. Find out if the average percentage of a persons tax per wage has gone up?
    3. Factor in any government dept needed to be payed for the service.

    Now if we find the side effect of a basic income is laziness then you will find that incomes will stagnant so your tax revenue will too if using a progressive income tax. If you find that people invest into this safety net to further education and take risks over time you should see a rise in income so to pay for the basic income would be less percentage of the taxable income.

    Now I applaud counties for trying it out. However if it doesn't work then it doesn't work and we shouldn't get so suck on the idea.

  2. Re:Perhaps it's time Apple finally went the whole on Apple's Ultra Accessory Connector Dashes Any Hopes of a USB-C iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So please enlighten us what is the high quality versions?
    Because they all seem to be the same and more or less copying what Apple did 9 years ago.

  3. Re:Why bother hoping? on Apple's Ultra Accessory Connector Dashes Any Hopes of a USB-C iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Well there are many reasons.
    1. In the grand scheme of things those connector problems isn't an issue at all.
    2. Apple started the current smartphone market so many people are stuck with Apple because if they switch then they will loose their apps that they have.
    3. Companies often do not support Android apps as well as for Apple.
    4. Apple echo system has more high quality apps then android.

    Apple will be a major phone product unless they really screw up or someone else can successfully get something past the square touchscreen phone.

  4. Re:Doing it wrong? on Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes but that forces you to run a function. If you need to sleep in a loop then you need to change your function to be recursive

  5. Re:obvious on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Care About Tech Conferences? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In your office it is very easy to get stuck with your own way of doing things and your companies approved products. You could be suffering at your job and you don't know it. Going to these conferences even just visiting the sales booths you get to see what else is out there and how to approach a problem differently. Realizing you may need a new class of products to stay competitive. That is companies pay for people to go to these. Also it gives your company exposure too. Sometimes those vendors may not sell anything to you but can become a partner were you can both expand the customer base.

  6. Re:Doing it wrong? on Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we all missed the memo.
    Now there are some places where it is misused.
    1. Can make code too cryptic. When tracing code a recursive algorithm forces the observer to understand the full algorithm vs just the part which can make debugging an odd use case difficult.
    2. Limited stack space. So if you don't know how deep that routine will go. You could end up with some hard to fix problems.

    However some language like JavaScript really don't give you much of an option. Such as a lack of a sleep command and poorly implemented synchronize way to call data. Means using recursive method is necessary where one normally wouldn't.

    Then sometime there are problems where recursion is much more logical way to solve. While can be done with a loop but you need to make a stack by itself vs using the natural one that is in a recursion.

  7. Hey don't make fun of the Grand Nagus.

  8. I agree that is a useful clarification for businesses but for home users. That normally will have a cable modem, router and wireless access point as part of one unit called a router. A normally call it a wireless router mostly because I use the cable modem provided by isp as just as the final gateway and use my one router/access point so I have my own control of my network.
    But the solution to move it past the Display even 2 meters isn't a good answer.
    If someone is going to be using a high end monitor. They will probably also be having a good desktop based gaming system or a high end workstation and may prefer to plug it in directly to the wired part of the "router" for faster and more consistent data speeds. Leaving the wireless for lower end devices such as phones tablets and laptops.

  9. Re: Considering how often it is down... on Microsoft Reports New Subscribers For Office 365 Plunged 62% (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I would like better detail here.
    Were you out for 5 years? Or is it that you had isp problems every day for 5 years? Or is it that you had one day of outage but your company had 2000 employees and you calling it a 2000 day outage?
    Even the stupidest of CEO. Wouldn't tolerate not having his email for more than a few hours a day.

  10. Re:Obviously on All-Corn Diet Turns Hamsters Into Cannibals · · Score: 1

    This article reeks of anti-corn lobbies.
    Corn should only be part of your diet not all of it. Granted we use corn as a sweetener and a grain and filler. But it's flavor and cooking diversity doesn't mean that it will have all the nutrients of a full balance diet.
    Hamsters have been known to eat other hamsters in time of stress. If they are not having a balanced diet for hamsters then they will be under stress.

  11. Re:Efficiency on Chrome Now Reloads Pages 28% Faster (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    That isn't how http works. Send the data and disconnect.
    We should have a better protocol that deals with Web 2.0 content. But the protocol wouldn't be http

  12. Re:Well, no shit! on Mac Sales Declined Nearly 10 Percent Last Year (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Not the hardware, but the use of a desktop is causing the decline.
    I have a laptop over 5 years old and other than it being bulky and I lost some rubber tabs by today's standards there is isn't any motivation for me to upgrade. There isn't software that takes advantage of the newer faster software that I use. The stuff that I do use is more limited by network speed than my pc speed.
    If I were into gaming or CAD perhaps I could use a faster computer but for my needs it is on par with my newer work PC

  13. Colleges and universities have a lot of waste. For those who had graduated you probably will get notes saying they need your support to build a new building. While during peak class times 20% of the rooms are being occupied. And would be much cheaper to renavate then build. Especially because of most majors with today's technology you just need a spot for wi-fi and perhaps a place to charge.
    Sure there will need to be some lab areas with some specialty room requirements but for most degrees of study most if not all your classes will be in a boring lecture style room or a small group classroom. Which they have plenary available at nearly every college.

  14. Re: Non Issue on Vivaldi CEO: Stop Your Anti-Competitive Practices With Edge, Microsoft! (betanews.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I am just happy the full monopoly of init.d is gone.

  15. What data can you trust? on Ask Slashdot: Can US Citizens Trust Government Data? (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't trust government data because it is manipulated to favor their agenda.
    I can't trust corporate data because it is warped in a way to maximize profit.
    I can't trust data higher education because they are in cohorts with the top two and if they have something too far off the norm they won't get their phd.
    Scientists tend to form cliche and will discredit anyone who tries to break their world view. By rejecting a hypothesis without even studying its aspects.
    I can't trust my own data because it is nearly impossible to get a good sample size,bypass my own ego, and preconceptions.

    Now we need to do the best that we can. When we are facing conflicting info we need to try to figure what makes the most sense and fits the most simplistic model. Will it always be correct? No but it is the best we can do.

  16. Re:Pretend this is slashdot on Cervical Cancer Just Got Much Deadlier -- Because Scientists Fixed a Math Error (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The biggest healthcare issue is lack of follow up and preventive care. For many type of cancers you can be determined if you are a risk or not, by genetic screening, auditing your life style, environmental conditions... So for many of these conditions if we had a strong healthcare infrastructure the focus will be far heavier on detecting and preventing then on curing or holding off.
    The proble with this method it means we will need an infrastructure so it will require corporations and governments and the population to work together. And across the world this is very difficult.

  17. Not energy. But privacy and respect for others. Voice interface is popular in TV because it help move the plot. But in real life like translucent displays. Even with technology working perfectly just get in the way of civil life.

  18. Also you could had called the police with proof of your laptop being stolen. Being a laptop plus the info on it it could be considered grand theft.

  19. Re:Microsoft is leaning itself out on Microsoft To Lay Off 700 Employees Next Week, Report Says (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    There is the business services unit that I still see very active.
    I expect Microsoft is going to be like IBM dropping its consumer products and focus more on B2B products and relationships.
    End use technology is really too cheap to focus software for.
    Back when a good PC cost 2k. Putting an extra couple hundred bucks for OS and software was normal.
    Today with PCs under $500 and will last you 6-10 years before going out of date means conserned are not willing to invest software on such a cheap system.

  20. Re:Hopefully It's The UI Design and Privacy Teams on Microsoft To Lay Off 700 Employees Next Week, Report Says (geekwire.com) · · Score: 0

    I would fire the guy who made the registry to begin with. It was always a bad idea.
    Needlessly cryptic to figure out what does what. A single point of failure for the entire is.

  21. Re:Now lets see. on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    While not a Trump supporter. There is reward in taking risks. People who are successful in their tasks do fail often, and often fail big.

    However for government. There are some things where failure is too horrible to deal with, so such a risky behavior at a sacrifice of getting the big success will prevent such a horrible failure.

    But there are some aspects in government where Risks can be safely enough made, where a failure could be recovered, and success could lead to a big success. Many politicians try to keep their actions safe.

  22. Re:He's certainly *different* in many ways on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    We elect a top corruptor as he can't be corrupted by the likes of him.

  23. Re:you think a billionaire is dependent on $500? on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a psychological aspect about receiving gifts. Even offering the person a bottle of water. If they receive the gift. It will get their guard down a little bit, and feel thankful and more willing to reciprocate a favor. Even if that is listening to the person for an extra minute where they may have that extra time to convince you.

  24. Well if they got rid of that headphone port, there may had been enough free space to account for manufacturers discrepancies.

  25. Re:Now lets see. on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are assuming the President of the United States is All powerful.
    Work on your local government and your State's Representatives and Senators to make sure the crazy is limited.