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  1. Re: Ontario, largest subnational debtor on the pla on Ontario Launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Socialism did not create the Regulations and taxation under the guise of "permits".... "democracy" did.

  2. Yes still a dream on No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    1 99.999765% of car drivers can barely handle 2 dimensions, going flying in 3 dimensions? Not a chance in hell.
    2 the FAA will require a pilots license
    3 the FAA will require aircraft maintenance. This means 99.999768% of all typical car owners will never be able to own one as they will whine like hungry babies when told they need to spend $8900 to have the engine rebuilt that is working just fine. Yes the FAA requires scheduled engine rebuilding.
    4 Parking and FAA flight restrictions means you cant just fly from home to work.

  3. Replace all executives with an AI and you will get some actual brains behind the process.

    Right now it's all about acting like freaking used car salesmen, and it's bullshit. At least an AI will make logical decisions.

  4. I love working for, with I boss I think is wonderful.

    you have an iBoss?

    NEAT! I did not know that apple was shipping those yet. What OS version is he running?

  5. That smart people can be drooling idiots.

    Social engineering would have got him a LOT more information with no trail of evidence. But then that is asking an engineer to do social interaction... Not something they are capable of.

  6. Re: Seriously? on Silicon Valley's $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But eating is passe'. The hip kids drink all their foods.

  7. Re:Seriously? on Silicon Valley's $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Your method is not profit filled. His is dripping with profits to be squeezed from the really stupid people of the world.
    That is why investors saw it as a fantastic idea... Extremely high profit margins by fleecing the stupid.

  8. Stop picking on this woman... on The Woman Whose Phone 'Misdiagnosed HIV' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I know of well paid americans that would do the exact same stupid mistake. Most of them get their computer infected with malware by being that uneducated.

    The problem is to safely and correctly use technology requires a high level of education that most people do not get. Most degree holders in the USA are dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to technology.

  9. This is easy. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop The Deployment Of Unapproved Code Changes? · · Score: 1

    you hire a person to be the gatekeeper that does exactly what you want.

    Sorry, but there is no cheap and free way to do this, it's called a project manager and they need to be competent and detail oriented.

    Devs sign off on the code and their own testing, then this person makes sure that the bet testers also tested and signed off on it, then they personally sign off that all is well and OK's publishing to a new gold release.

    Not hard to do, and requires your management to be competent and understand they need to spend money on manpower.

  10. Got you all beat. on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 2

    Cromemco Z-2 my father picked it up with a auction lot he bid on and won. Had a single Cromemco serial terminal.
    It's why to this day I favor Unix and it's derivatives as I cut my teeth on Cromix.

  11. In fact they should be put up for the death penalty and deported. in that order.

    Dear god, because it triggers a piece of toy tech the stupid people get all "PUNISH THEM!"

    Honestly, my fellow Americans all have turned into Low IQ whiney babies.

  12. Not freaked out, but.... on A New Survey Shows Consumers Are Not That Freaked Out By Tech (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    The masses still can configure or use anything because they do not bother with learning or even reading the manual.

  13. Re:What about the delivery of insulin? on Apple Has a Secret Team Working On Non-Invasive Diabetes Sensors (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You are buying the wrong strips.
    I'm paying $20 for 100 strips by looking online. and I usually get about 100 free lancets when I get them. I use the contour next usb, the data is 100% hackable so I simply plug it into the "charger" weekly and it downloads all the data into my linux server.

    I have friends that are paying more than $2.00 a strip and I ask why the hell. they always claim "mine is more accurate" yet when I test my blood with their meter and then my meter I am within 5 points which can be the range you get between multiple tests with the same meter. Hell even using a calibration control solution Mine is always within the range so close that it's not worth the fancy prices. but then these same people NEVER use a control solution when they open a new pack of strips, so their claims of accuracy are thrown out the window.

    Now the Piece of crap one that worked with my iphone? that one had special strips that cost more than $2.00 each and that thing was so far off it was insane.

  14. Re:Seeing is believing on New Solar-Powered Device Can Pull Water Straight From the Desert Air (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    IT can, and quite easily. 1000 watts of solar is not that hard to achieve

  15. Re:Eletronic fingerprint? on Former Sysadmin Accused of Planting 'Time Bomb' In Company's Database (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Second translation: DB admins are pretty inept at IT. It's trivial to change the Mac address.

    Once again proving that those that do evil deed are typically pretty stupid and leave obvious clues.

  16. Re:Driverless on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    " expensive, outdated piece of awkward shit."

    Just like every other Semi Truck ever made.

  17. Sorry but the country can simply issue all the IP addresses they want and fuck the rest of the world if there is ip conflicts. They act like they can control it and in reality they cant control anything and will instead cause huge problems later on.

    Dear Internet Registry... I suggest you get people on your board that actually understand how networking and the internet on it's own even works.

  18. Everyone I know is not having those problems. One friend has 4 cloud servers in a Germany hosting service with 22TB of video on it with well over 40 clients using it daily.

    Sounds like your friends are using low grade server hardware and low end players as well as low grade networks. ATV4/Nvidia Shield are the only two playback devices worth using plex on right now for TV sets. The Roku's are so horribly underpowered they have always been a problem. Ipads and decent android tablets all work very nice. Hell I'm even doing recording with Plex DVR and it has no problems. If you are doing wireless, 802.11AC or go home, you are noever going to get clean 1080p over standard wifi

  19. This is why I torrent my TV shows.

      I would pay for ad free, but the networks are ran by gigantic assholes and refuse to let me. So I have only one choice. Torrent the TV shows and get them 100% ad free.

  20. Re:Make DRM work with my CableCard.... on The Kodi Development Team Wants To Be Legitimate and Bring DRM To the Platform. (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    First Plex cant record.
    Second, dont hold your breath. There is a reason that windows 10 does not have media center
    Third, just get a freaking Tivo. anything that will allow recording protected content will not allow access to unprotected. so just get a Tivo.

  21. Plex has overtaken them hard and they are desperately trying to catch up with the popularity of the rogue fork from years ago.

  22. Because they cherry pick the numbers... on Sorry America, Your Taxes Aren't High (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Forgot to ad the forced insurance payments that are in fact taxes. $900 a month for both my wife and I. I pay more in taxes+the forced insurance payment than the canadians do and they dont have to pay co-pays and their pharmaceuticals are not allowed to be price gouged.

    So add that in and now you have the REAL number to compare, because those countries all have universal healthcare for their citizens.

  23. Re: Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Yep, Sadly he cant even remember what he wrote.

  24. They are having trouble finding people AT THE REQUESTED PAY, they are looking to pay chump change of $30K

    Multiply the pay you are asking by at least 6 and you will get a Cobol programmer within hours. If you use something outdated and rely on it, then be ready to pay extremely well to get someone that is an expert in it. Most anyone I know that is a Cobol guru wont even bother to apply for something under $150K a year.

    So if they really wanted someone, they will increase the pay and benefits to entice a person to actually apply. Sadly this basic element of business is lost on todays morons that are "leaders" and "managers"

  25. Re: Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 2, Informative

    And passed by REPUBLICAN senators and represenatives.

    You assholes deserve as much blame.