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  1. Re: What debate? Mass vs Count noun on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That's nice that you knew some Latin and are also familiar with the mass/count distinction, but I question whether you're a native English speaker, when you claim that a server asks if you want "mashed potato". It's always always always mashed potatoes.

    The big question is if the chef literally only mashed a single potato and served it to you, would it still be mashed potatoes?

  2. If this entitled douchebag on A New Study Says Services Like UberPool Are Making Traffic Worse (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    doesn't like being stuck in traffic, he should take the subway.
    The solution is already there, right in front of him.

    or is it that he doesn't feel that "he" should be the one who has to suffer poor public transit?

  3. Re: Trying to outlaw the competition on A New Study Says Services Like UberPool Are Making Traffic Worse (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    except the OP won't witness that "more time" experience because they weren't traveling by car to begin with. So from their perspective, everything is still improving when they change to using Uber or UberPool. This is opposed to someone who has been driving to work for 20 years and is seeing more and more traffic and being frustrated by it...but that's a classist argument. Sorry; life and cities change...get over yourself...or maybe take the subway.

  4. Re:Not even allowed to use the gym on Facebook Employees Living in a Garage Hope Zuckerberg Will Learn What's Happening in His Own City (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Facebook isn't in the cafeteria business

    Then maybe they shouldn't have a cafeteria.

  5. What about his neighbors? on Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road To Meet Regular Folks -- With a Few Conditions (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe he should try to meet with the Hawaiians that he's attempting to sue into being forced to auction their family land because he feels it's too close to his estate. He could probably learn something interesting from them.

  6. most crazy-rich people are frugal to an extreme that can appear almost revolting.

  7. Re:Horrific way of reporting it on Tesla Autopilot 'Predicts' Accident Before It Happens (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well it worked great that one time out of a few hundred.

    Tesla rarely has customer dashcam videos for every time it "has" worked...we mostly only get to hear about the failures, which given the number of Teslas on the road that used autopilot in 2016, are considerably few.

    ...airbags and seatbelts have saved countless but we don't see an article praising how well it works.

    You mean we don't see them anymore...there are literally thousands of articles and advertisements about airbags and seat belts going over the past 60 years.

  8. If they re-implement their business to function with the efficiency 7-11 has in Japan, the overtaking will come faster than you think.

  9. Re: 20 million can buy 3 houses in San Fran on Facebook Commits Millions to Help Silicon Valley's Have-Nots (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Libs and fags are digging their own grave.

    You really should do the world a favor and choke on something.

  10. Re:Jail Them on FCC Republicans Refused To Give Congress Net Neutrality Documents (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Srsly, why isn't this considered an acceptable option to this crap? It seems to happen every other month with each party simply refusing to give documents and testimony to investigating committees, then everyone bitches and moans and lets it go.

    Why are there not more findings of Contempt of Congress, and why is Contempt of Congress seemingly punished with a slap on the wrist?

  11. respectfully, I disagree...the older you get, the better shock value becomes.

  12. Which legal options are those?

  13. Re:Americans don't care about privacy on ACLU Is Launching A Campaign To Convince President Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    I post a lot of things on FB, there is a whole lot more that I don't.

  14. Srsly?? One of the greatest artistic gymnasts in the world is not befitting the dumb jock stereotype...he's not a high school footballer with a C average.

  15. I'm not going to RTFA on Pixels Are Driving Out Reality (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If the summary is even remotely close to what this and is suggesting, then it appears he really thinks that an overabundance of CGI is what makes people indifferent to films, and not the complete dearth of decent storytelling, character development, acting, and direction. I cannot RTFA...if I do I'll spend every 3 sentence griping to myself about what a useless idiot the author is, and how the article is pure tripe...

    This would not be good for my mood or my evening. I'll pass.

  16. Re:Tesla Autopilot is comparable to Airline Autopi on Second Tesla Autopilot Crash Under Review By US Regulators (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, which is why pilots have extensive training and planes costs millions of dollars. Neither is true of a tesla or tesla owners.

    I'm pretty sure Tesla owners still have to take a drivers test. The "extensive training" a pilot goes under is not about weird magical situations that requires more than normal flight training. Just because my car has "autopilot" doesn't mean I need to undergo some new special drivers training that isn't covered by regular driving schools...the autopilot mode doesn't give the car a complex new control set or somehow change the rules of the road.

    Also this has nothing to do with why planes are expensive, not to mention that Teslas aren't cheap.

  17. Re:On the contrary on Second Tesla Autopilot Crash Under Review By US Regulators (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Intention is everything...your argument is specious. Nothing in the domain of Automobiles, much less any machinery is 100%.

  18. Re:Apple is being weird and annoying on 'Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives' (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    The lightning port is not going to replace USB. All of the external technology busses are are in the process of converging on the USB-C connector, which will support DP, Thunderbolt 3, and USB 3.1 communications.

  19. Re:The ego... on Trent Reznor: YouTube Is Built On the Back Of Stolen Content (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The same music he used to literally tell people to go online and steal when he was performing his concerts.

  20. Re:Apparently he can change his family tree! on Hacker Weev Admits To Hacking Printers To Spew Racist and Anti-Semitic Messages (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    It depends on which parent. If your mother is a Jew, you are a Jew.

  21. Re:tangential but relevant on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Glare On Cellphones? · · Score: 2

    Glossy screens typically have higher contrast and color saturation. There are plenty circumstances where someone would prefer that over a matte screen on a monitor, regardless of glare.

  22. Re:This isn't about the right to be forgotten on Japanese Court Demands 'Right To Be Forgotten' For Sex Offender (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    You're right, as a parent you should also be able to walk in to any home of any neighbor at any time of day and watch them surf the internet as well as check their browsing history. You also should be able to check their bank statements, any other criminal history, as well as have any potential weapons in anyone's home in the nearest square mile registered and available for you to see at any time you feel like it...after all you never know who may be around you...and "as a parent... [your] right to know and to make an informed objection trumps [my] right to anonymity"

  23. Re:Haven't we already debunked this? on Paris Attacks Would Not Have Happened Without Crypto (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the person you're replying to is just pointing out the fact that history is written by the winners.

  24. Re:I think the problem is overstated on John Cleese Warns Campus Political Correctness Leading Towards 1984 (washingtonexaminer.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is "triggers" have been co-opted by a larger public that is not suffering from PTSD.

    They've taken "someone hurt my feelings and or undermined my own sense of entitlement" and relabeled it as "Triggered"...and now they are essentially claiming that anyone/anything (or everyone/everything) is raping them...and yes, according to them, it's just as "real" of a "rape" as those who are actually sexually assaulted and violated.