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  1. Stock price fixation is poison.

  2. In a largeish company you cannot do anything without concensus or the ceo dropping the command. There are many companies with problems where a lot of people clearly see an issue which, if resolved, could remove a major barrier to innovation and agility. The reason these issues dont get tackled is mainly cultural. The CEO is surrounded by yes men....completely his/her fault. Project intake is too franktic and drains resources without yielding many benefits. Managers are afraid to carve out a side project that will save a company because there wouldnt be much fanfare for pulling it off and the risk is high. The list goes on and on. It takes someone who is really down to earth at the top to see and fix these things. Being at the top though is not condusive to being down to earth. The board is often your only hope and a lot of those are snowed by managers....outright lied to.

  3. Mod the fuck up

  4. Re: Sad to see on How a PhD Student Unlocked 1 Bitcoin Hidden In DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, nothing has changed in 20 years. You are simply new here.

  5. Re: But... on How a PhD Student Unlocked 1 Bitcoin Hidden In DNA (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Holy shit...that is awesome

  6. Re: What do you want us to say? on The Rise Of The Contract Workforce (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    In IT pretty much every department I have encountered uses an unlimited PTO despite the company policy. They just ignore the PTO reporting unless someone is going on vacation for a few weeks. Stringent adherance to the PTO policy is simply not acceptable given the nature of the work.

  7. Re: This is me... on The Rise Of The Contract Workforce (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    In my experience they want to keep me around for insurance. I have been asked to just hang out for a year. I cant handle it though. I like to be crushed with work.

  8. Trump will get it back. There is already a petition started.

  9. Re: Well... was the driver lying? on Tesla Model S Plows Into a Fire Truck While Using Autopilot (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The excuse in this case is: "auto pilot didnt save me."

  10. Re: Defense: it was drunk on Tesla Model S Plows Into a Fire Truck While Using Autopilot (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This isnt even a headline until the investigation is complete. Fake news.

  11. Re: Hail trump!!!! USA USA USA!!!! on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is not a republican. Besides, politicians have other competing priorities over ensuring that society actually functions optimally. Remember, we are operating under a form of government invented by ancient goat herders.

  12. Re: Hail trump!!!! USA USA USA!!!! on Trump Administration Approves Tariffs of 30 Percent On Imported Solar Panels (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell, you didnt even read the summary. It is phased out over time. They will still be under pressure and the chinese will still be shipping solar panels to the US despite the tarrif.

  13. Re:Is this unexpected? on PC Market Still Showing Few Signs of Life (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The internet is facebook and the local news station to most people. The normies do not need any power.

  14. 1050 is a waste of money when you can get a Ti for a few dollars more.

  15. Probably more like GTX 1060 territory.

  16. Re:AMD affected by Meltdown bug after all on Intel Launches 8th Gen Core Series CPUs With Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    No one wants to deal with the shit to fix this right now...including Intel. It's not just them. No one wants to replace every server, blade, PC they own. So we are going to let Microsoft and the Kernel community deal with it and duck our heads in the sand, in the land of security by belief.

  17. Thats what we all need...hastily produced processors. Just bend over and buy new shit.

  18. Working as intended fuck face.

  19. Re:not even at gunpoint on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. You don't want all that registry bloat slowing down the malware.

  20. Re:But they so skeevy on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    Developers. Developers! Developers!!!

    All end-users need is a landing page and a gigantic download link....that they trust. Cross-platform is exploding. Soon, all applications will be obtained through app stores. Not because people want app stores but because they fear running uncurated binaries and none of the powers that control the OS and application runtimes of the near future have any interest in letting people drop binaries on their machine. Installing applications by hand or via wizard-based installer are coming to an end. It is an old paradigm.

  21. Re:Too little, too late on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    What the fuck are you talking about?

  22. Re:Too little, too late on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    If the current users mattered you wouldn't have needed to rethink or rework the site. Think long and hard about what it would take to get developers to use SF again. I used to be a daily visitor that relied on SF projects. Now I cringe with paranoia and disgust each time I land on the site.

  23. Re:Too little, too late on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. SF is essentially dead to developers. It could be nice place to distribute binaries or direct users to the various app stores however.

  24. Re:Too little, too late on SourceForge Debuts New UI and GitHub Sync Tool (sourceforge.net) · · Score: 1

    Why in the fuck do the Code, Donate, and Forums tabs ATTEMPT to open in another tab?

  25. Re:Alternative alternative explanation: on James Dolan, Co-Creator of SecureDrop, Dead At 36 (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Assuming anything is usually dangerous.