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  1. Re:loyalty on The Long, Long History of Long, Long CVS Receipts (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    As I am clearly alone in feeling like I shouldn't have to give up my privacy to be able to buy reasonably priced band aids then this clearly isn't an issue. If I'm not alone then maybe, given the lavish salary managers pull down, one of them might ask around to see if anyone knows why the store isn't busier.

  2. loyalty on The Long, Long History of Long, Long CVS Receipts (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    I rarely shop at the local CVS, but when I do the guy typically tells me I could have saved $$$ if I had a loyalty card. I just reply that that is the reason I hardly ever shop there.

  3. Re:Bummer - won't work on New App Lets You 'Sue Anyone By Pressing a Button' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Any attempt to arrest a senior OCP employee results in shutdown

  4. Re:You misspelled Jupiter on Economics Nobel Laureate Paul Romer Is a Python Programming Convert (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that how he measured the speed of light ?

  5. Re:I hope I die early on Scientists Are Working To Eliminate Senescent Cells (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish you a long and happy life. I don't know how slashdot could continue if AC passed away.

  6. can't wifi capture MAC addresses, not all devices are stationary

  7. I could probably get a pair of eye glasses and splatter them with paint or crack one of the lenses and get this effect with every font.

  8. Re:It depends on how your government is spending.. on Half the World Is Now Middle Class Or Wealthier, Says Brookings Institution (brookings.edu) · · Score: 1

    78% doesn't sound right. Here is a breakdown of income taxes in NL and there are other links to taxation in general in Wikipedia. It looks as if you did the usual thing, picked the top marginal rate, found a worse case scenario...

  9. I don't know about a small fire - here it is from another angle.

  10. maybe they should port tomato to a tractor.

  11. or we get to see just how worthless all that "heavy armament" turns out to be in this case, time will tell.

  12. Re:Convert to Auction on Box-Office Giant Ticketmaster Recruits Pros For Secret Scalper Program (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    It would work for individual seats. But how would it work for a party of 3 to sit together. I have given up on many concerts by being frustrated by the ticket buying process, even when I was willing to spend a little more, eg. to treat my parents to tickets for a show, it would be easier to buy 3 cars.

  13. make an example of it on We Hold People With Power To Account. Why Not Algorithms? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    long division should be punished, for the pain it has inflicted on countless schoolkids.

  14. beginning of the end for blockchain hype on The Latest Course Catalog Trend? Blockchain 101 (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If people actually find out what it does and how it works they will realize how small a niche it really fills.

  15. I do enjoy it when the reviews get to be tongue-in-cheek, there are plenty of examples. But I only just saw the reviews for these apple headphone adaptors which are apparently...

    The best martial art training product...

    An excellent popup tent

    If you like your whiskey neat and your rifles wooden, this ones for you

    I wonder how much you have to pay to get reviews like that

  16. higher rates on Uber Glitch Stops Payments To Drivers, Prices Surge (sandiegoreader.com) · · Score: 2

    it should give their competitors a bit of a lyft.

  17. Re: Finally, but they need multiple on To Fight Climate Change, California Says 'We're Launching Our Own Damn Satellite' (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure CA would be happy to stop accepting federal money completely, provided that the federal gov. stopped accepting any money from CA.

  18. ww1 centennial coming up on Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. With respect to my heritage this is an account by someone on "the other side" in WW1. Always worth getting a different perspective.

  19. Re: more pc stupidity on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I might start using "control" and "spy". Or even "dog" and "tail".

  20. You've got to... on Tencent Shuts Poker Platform Amid Widening Gaming Crackdown (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    know when to walk away, know when to run...

  21. Well they were ripped off for an hour of work for 32c.

  22. The real best way to annoy SJW is to simply not be racist or sexist. I urge you to treat your fellow man with respect and consideration as a way to drive SJWs wild (if that;s your thing)

  23. Re:Never attribute to malice... on Russia Thinks Someone With a Drill Caused the Recent ISS Air Leak (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Now the astronauts have found this they must be wondering what issues remain that they haven't discovered.

  24. maybe quick clay

  25. Parents need to be "instant experts" in so many things. I'm sure that many just use the term coding (or other even more loosely defined or misapplied terms) as a catch-all for the discipline of solving any sort of issue through software, I would not read any more nuance into it.

    And in answer to "coding for what" I would say coding for the development of the child's mind. As an abstract peek at how to define problems and approach solutions, why some solutions are better than others. There's a wealth of lessons that can be learned through coding even if a career in software is not the end goal.