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  1. But one of the advantages of having a Bond villain...

    The various bits of Musk's brain clearly inter-operate well enough that I'd rule out him being a sociopath/psychopath. Hollywood's bullshit portrayal of "evil geniuses" notwithstanding, if the part of the brain that we empathize with isn't functioning correctly, other parts will be compromised as well: witness not just the sociopathic behavior of Fortune 500 CEO's but also the incredibly stupid and unimaginative choices they tend to make.

  2. Re: I always wonder how they define 'best' on Beijing Startup Offers Engineers $1M Salary Plus Options in Battle For Talent (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    No idea why.

    Clearly you didn't remind HR of Milton from Office Space.

    It's good to be a gangster...

  3. Re: Chinese Overtime and most of pay is in locked on Beijing Startup Offers Engineers $1M Salary Plus Options in Battle For Talent (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Can is a transitive verb.

    Why do they like Thanksgiving so much in Arkansas? They can pumpkin.

  4. Re: Always wondered... on Beijing Startup Offers Engineers $1M Salary Plus Options in Battle For Talent (financialpost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem with superstar programmers is they are hard to count on: they are difficult to recruit, offer no guarantees on retention, and can have friction with other superstars.

    So you're saying they're still people.

  5. Professor Aspberger, is that you?

  6. Re: Sucks how, exactly? on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The audio sounds fine.

    It sounds okay if both devices support true lossless. I'm going to guess that my bluetooth speaker system (2015 Suburban with factory Bose) is probably more capable than whatever you're using... and it still sounds better if I use analog aux-in.

  7. Re: $300 headphones on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Eventually, the manufacturers will get the message.

    Or die a suitably painful death; I'm hoping for the latter.

  8. And of course there's no way to sync the two, given the two totally-different transmission types... or not.

  9. Re: It isn't the BT 5 that Counts, it's the AAC on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Beats? Superior??

    The software EQ with the most superior marketing.

  10. Re: It isn't the BT 5 that Counts, it's the AAC on Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    The file format of the music - be it AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc - is entirely orthogonal to the discussion.

  11. Re: I trust him. on Vice President Pence Vows US Astronauts Will Return To the Moon (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    And you don't feel the slightest bit lame for talking to yourself??

  12. Re: No Jack No Problem on Google Unveils Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL With No Headphone Jack (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Say hello to jitter for me.

  13. Re: Includes an adapter for wired headphones on Google Unveils Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL With No Headphone Jack (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    And I'll tell you where they can stick their adapters.

  14. Re: Bye on Google Unveils Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL With No Headphone Jack (venturebeat.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're an utter moron. No disrespect; just an objective observation.

  15. Stupid.

    It only seems stupid if you're not bright enough to see the actual motive.

  16. No, that's not why.

  17. My dad made me take Coast Guard classes (seamanship, navigation, piloting, advanced piloting) before I got my driver's license - that was the rule if I wanted to his mediocre sailboat)...

  18. Re: GPS Spoofing on Russia Suspected In GPS-Spoofing Attacks On Ships (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Informative

    These days only in name.

  19. Re: smdh on FCC Silenced Puerto Rico Radio Station's Boosters In March 2017 · · Score: 1

    But its arcane regulations leave...

    Should be no suprise that's it's politically motivated; real writers at least know when to use correct tense.

  20. Any decent town planning...

    That's right up there with "intelligent bureaucrat."

  21. Re: CARB can't even keep my hotrod off the roads. on California Considers Banning Internal Combustion Engines To Meet Emissions Goals (sacbee.com) · · Score: 1

    loud =/= polluting more

    So you'renot a physics major.

  22. Re: "The first Dyson product that doesn't suck or on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what I'm thinking.

  23. Re: I bet it's going to... on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what I said?

    which is one of the reason why waveform sculpting has never left the "it needs to be as small as possible" realm and moved into wider industry.

    No, Ten-Second Tom; it isn't.

  24. Re: I bet it's going to... on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    ...unless you're talking about something equivalent to a golf cart.

    All but the crappiest RC vehicles have even gone brushless.

  25. Re: I bet it's going to... on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's one way to generate down force...