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  1. Re:A few lousy conjectures, there ... on How Does Microsoft Avoid Being the Next IBM? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and Windows phones fuck-stomped iOS and Android for usability...when has that stopped the market for removing a superior product?

  2. Re: It's the Gods of Climate Change on A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up In Antarctica (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Dude....this had me cackling with laughter.

  3. Re:Or... on The Case Against Biometric IDs (nakedcapitalism.com) · · Score: 1

    So stop borrowing so much.

  4. Re:Here's a serious question: on Does Online Crowdfunding Actually Reward Innovation? (strategy-business.com) · · Score: 1

    Innovation is often ignored and or punished. That is why the rewards of innovation are usually attached to strong, persistent people.

  5. Re:Thanks for that... on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    Can't forget Timothy. What a douche.

  6. I get depressed when I haven't had a notification for a while.

  7. Dude....you can't read slashdot on a phone.

  8. Re:A buisness case for CEOs on Equifax CEO Richard Smith Who Oversaw Breach To Collect $90 Million (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    They are granted institutional power which people over-value. By that standard, CEOs do set the "tone at the top" which washes down through the company almost like an electrical current travels through a complex circuit. If he is a micro-manager who values "yes-men" then the culture of the entire company will become that. CEOs affect and influence the company because enough employees let them.

  9. Re:To be fair... on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    mod up

  10. Re:Not for a long time on Ray Kurzweil Explains Why Technology Won't Eliminate Human Jobs (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    "We already know that trickle-down economics doesn't work, because people can't physically spend money fast enough."

    Amazon is making headway in that space. Between my wife and I we spend money much faster than it comes in!

  11. ""What new jobs?" And I'd say, "Well, I don't know. We haven't invented them yet.""

    Jobs where you slowly die while working your life away in a windowless office with a bunch of whiny, back-stabbing assholes. Progress.

  12. ...and then they read blogs and articles and apply their vast misunderstanding with their colleagues on software projects where the business has no idea how clueless the developers are; all the while they operate under limp-wristed dev managers who think they have to let people run wild in order to keep them happy. Code reviews are conducted by the architects but the "solutions" are usually so fucked up that correcting them will amount to a lot of work, missed deadlines, and basically a full dress down of the snow-flake developer. In the end it goes to production and people lie and throw others under the bus to obscure the true nature of the collection of monumental fuck-ups and those responsible. ....and that is at a nice company with a good culture.

  13. Re: ^^ Not true in most of USA on Computer Science Degrees Aren't Returning On Investment For Coders, Research Finds (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Unless you are getting paid...then you are a professional.

  14. Most people only make around $50k a year or less. They will save $10 where they can and will blow $2 in gas to do it.

  15. If there is a prohibition against taking pictures of merchandise it is really just a way of intimidating people into putting their phones away. Women respond to that type of coercion.

  16. Guess who else has a "Target" painted on them?

  17. Kohls' customers are all Amazon addicts. How or why Kohls went for this, I can only guess that Amazon is in for a bigger deal to acquire them later. Kohls is dead.

  18. Some people were complaining about a new Kohls going into a high-traffic area causing more traffic. I told them not to worry, Kohls will be gone in less than three years.

  19. Re:What the fuck are you talking about? on Google Buys Part of HTC's Smartphone Team For $1.1 Billion (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    ^^^ SJW

  20. Re: They paid a $ billion to be able to hire us on Google Buys Part of HTC's Smartphone Team For $1.1 Billion (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    No....owning land is dependent on paying taxes. Go delinquent on your city taxes for a year or two....see what happens. It is not pretty.

  21. Re:We Aren't to the Friendly Part Yet on What Comes After User-Friendly Design? (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    If Windows 10 annoys you then you need to get out of the house more.

  22. Re:We Aren't to the Friendly Part Yet on What Comes After User-Friendly Design? (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    Clippy is behind the ribbon pushing pedals and pulling levers while laughing hysterically.

  23. Re: Actually you can on Pepe the Frog's Creator Is Sending Takedown Notices To Far-Right Sites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    When I first learned of Pepe I was told it was a racist meme. It took a lot of convincing and I still didnt buy it. This explains it.

  24. Re: Actually you can on Pepe the Frog's Creator Is Sending Takedown Notices To Far-Right Sites (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I say: "Good one Streisand!"

  25. Re:Apparently faulty algorithm? on Amazon 'Reviewing' Its Website After It Suggested Bomb-Making Items (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not like Clippy pops up and steps me through making a bomb. It was simply linking purchases. This is all about being politically correct (PR).