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  1. Next up will be length verification as many men exaggerate on this point also.

    To keep it safe and friendly, male patrols will be required to show a ruler placed on their hand as the length of the hand is also an indication of the length of the penis.

    Similarly the arm span from from finger tip to finger tip is another DaVinca human proportion used in the art world.

    How many of you are currently measuring your hand?

  2. LED upgrade is still an option on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1
    "Critics say if the reversal is finalized it will mean higher energy bills for consumers and more pollution."

    Consumers still have the option to upgrade to the more energy efficient ones. Market forces of supply and demand will prevail.

  3. Right to Repair on Texas Lawmakers Want To Stop Tesla From Fixing Its Own Cars (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    A law like this may also affect Right to Repair and knock down makers of farm and construction equipment like Caterpillar and John Deere who have been trying to hold a monopoly on servicing their own brands of equipment.

  4. Are M&Ms involved? on Kids Have 'Math Anxiety' Thanks To Parents and Teachers, Report Finds (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No anxiety from my daughter in elementary school. Had to do long division. We used M&Ms and she got to eat the remainder. Dad had to plan the problems carefully to attain remainders less than 5.

  5. is consumer tracking legal on Ask Slashdot: How Is It Even Legal For Websites To Gather And Sell Users' Data? · · Score: 1
    Every retailer wants to know more about their target markets to get that competitive advantage.

    Before the web, user information was gathered based on TV channels you watched by vans equipped with radio equipment that could detect which channels were active on a TV as they drove through neighborhoods for ratings or licensing purposes: https://www.theguardian.com/no...

    Credit card companies, magazine subscriptions, and mail order catalogs requested were also valuable sources of consumer interests

    The search engines and social media are simply extending the concept which is how they get paid for all the free software and services you get.

    You can skew the AI engines and results somewhat by periodically visiting completely random sites or posting completely random things way out of your normal interests and watch where those interests show up in ads on other web sites. Industrial equipment is my favorite alternate go to.

  6. The Art of Computer Programming - 4 vols on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Programming Books You Wish You Had Read Earlier? · · Score: 4, Informative
    by Donald Knuth.

    Do all the exercises.

    https://www.amazon.com/Compute...

  7. Nothing stays the same on Climate Change Will Have Dire Consequences For US, Federal Report Concludes (cnn.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course the climate is changing. Has been for millions of year. The argument is over how much human activity influences it and whether restricting human activity would make any significant difference when compared to natural events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. Climate models also need to take into account long term natural cycles of solar activity that cause warming and cooling. Many put forward as 'evidence' only look at very recent history of 20 or 40 years which is meaningless on an geo-cosmic timescale.

  8. How magnanimous of the UK government to give away property that does not belong to them.

  9. No seriously, that is a fundamentally really bad idea. The earth already emits a lot of radio waves, why invite potential disaster of an advanced race capable of navigating the stars. Sure they might be friendly, but they could equally destroy the planet or decide we're tasty snacks to harvest.

  10. They are right to seek a ban on this. War has to be ugly and horrible for both sides. Eventually we'd just have autonomous robots battling autonomous robots.
    Or we can just skip the autonomous war and go straight to computer simulated war with calculated consequences brought to you by the Star Trek Enterprise circa 1967: A Taste of Armageddon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. Start with something easier.... on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Explain Einstein's Theories To a Nine-Year-Old? · · Score: 1

    like the eternal mysteries of how coat hangers multiply in the closet and why socks always disappear in the dryer.

  12. I make bits of light dance on Ask Slashdot: How Can Programmers Explain Their Work To Non-Programmers? · · Score: 1

    The most colorful explanation I've come up with to what do programmers do is:
    I make lots of little bits of light dance.

  13. Cable vs streaming content? on ISPs Won't Promise To Treat All Traffic Equally After Net Neutrality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Will the cable companies charge streaming providers like Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix for priority bandwidth to offset their losses of cable TV subscribers?

  14. Whoa cowboy.... on Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Go with a Linux laptop from Dell or a vendor like System76. Ubuntu is super easy and most software is free.

  15. Should accountants audit their own bookkeeping? on Should Developers Do All Their Own QA? (itnews.com.au) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    QA done right can add value to a project by rooting our ambiguous requirements and holding developers accountable. Developers are worried about a lot of issues like function, aesthetics, security, performance, scalability. Having QA work from the same specs to derive the functional tests from a different perspective can provide a huge value to developers. But you have to involve QA early in the game.

  16. Daylight Saving's is factually incorrect on 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    As attributed to a wise Native American, "You can't make a blanket longer by cutting a foot off the top and sewing it to the bottom."

  17. Pointless Regulation on FBI Couldn't Access Nearly 7,000 Devices Because of Encryption (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    If the FBI succeeds in making the device manufacturers provide back doors to encryption, it will take exactly 0 seconds for 3rd party apps that encrypt securely to take its place.

  18. Re:Bias??? on FCC Silenced Puerto Rico Radio Station's Boosters In March 2017 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    FCC audio division's regulations have done little to stop AM and satellite radio from broadcasting right-wing streams-of-consciousness throughout the lower 48 states.

    Can't tell if he's far right, and complaining about being silenced by the left, or far left, and complaining that "those pesky nazis" get to spew their hate speech.

    Either way its -10 points for off topic content.

  19. Ad Revenue sharing fairness on Medium Will Now Pay Writers Based On How Many 'Claps' They Get (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If this online journal, magazine or news site is paid from ad views, then the fair way to do this is to share a portion of the ad revenue with the authors by views. By instituting a requirement for the viewer to 'clap' the article, they have another opportunity to get paid for an article and ad viewed, but not pay the writers.

  20. An anonymous bot service that provides automated "claps" for writers to get paid on articles.

  21. Feeding the tort lawyers on Let Consumers Sue Companies (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3

    I've been a knowing or unknowing party to many consumer class action lawsuits and I usually get coupons, rebates, and the occasional $5 payout. The only ones making millions off this are the attorneys filing the lawsuits.

  22. Its called: Adulting on People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35, Study Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Between 25 and 35 the world is your oyster and the sky is the limit. From 35 to 45 fast living is catching up with the demands of family, you may have teenagers, and possibly overspent your credit cards. The mortgage on the house is feeling heavy. From 45 to 55 you settle into reality and just plough on, or reinvent yourself with a career change. From 55 to 65, your planning your exit strategy.

  23. Lego Robotics on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Teach Programming To Schoolchildren? · · Score: 1
    The Lego Mindstorms robots is an awesome learning tool, its tactile, and provides the opportunity to participate in First Lego Robotics League.

    For a more PC based learning tool, we use to use Apple Logo. The Turtle Logo lives on as a free web site: https://turtleacademy.com/play...

    For more advanced youth, an Ardruino kit may work well. https://www.arduino.cc/

  24. Re:Shouldn't have used the name 'Breakout' on Kit Kat Accused of Copying Atari Game Breakout (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This won't go anywhere. Kit Kat 'Breakout' is different than Atari Breakout. Its also less than 30 seconds so fair use could apply. It looks like they've taken down the playable game out of an abundance of caution however: http://www.nestle.co.uk/Career...

  25. They need a Public Profile API on Judge Says LinkedIn Cannot Block Startup From Public Profile Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So accessing the public profiles is to be allowed unless its done in such a way as to create unnatural load on their servers, something akin to a DDoS attack. They can set a throttle on hits per minute for programmed access. Or provide an API so HiQ and others can access the public profile info without impacting user facing servers, except the users get an additional profile security option to allow API access and default it to Off for everyone initially so they can opt in.