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  1. Re:Why bother on Apple Looks For Exceptional Engineer With a Secret Job Posting (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree, don't kick that job, you're well overpaid.

  2. Revenue generation is often the intent of laws.

  3. Re: Remind me... on Hearing Loss of US Diplomats In Cuba Is Blamed On Covert Device (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 0

    BS, a thriving country under Trump is what we voted for and are getting.

  4. They got their uranium and ran, without further concern of the election.

  5. Re:"fake news" on First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role In Spreading Fake News (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The list of 'fake news' sites should have included Slashdot, CNN, and MSNBC. Snopes is not trustworthy either.

  6. Re:Get a cheap PC that 10 years old, add PFSense on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware? · · Score: 1

    Orange Pi. Cheaper and faster.

  7. New York Times is the real problem. They're worthless as a news service. No amount of AI can fix them.

  8. Re:Fire them, hire replacements. on More Than 35,000 AT&T Workers Threaten Weekend Strike (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Only the unskilled and weak want unions. If you're better than at least half of your coworkers, unions are only dragging you down. Unions caused the mass offshoring of manufacturing.

    Drop unions, fire the dead-weight, then surge ahead in performance.

    If you don't like what you're getting paid or your work conditions, change jobs.

  9. It appears the philosophy of "promote those who can't to management" is in play.

    "The company's workforce is just 33 percent female, with women holding just 17 percent of technical roles and 27 percent of leadership positions."

  10. Re:Not since Google Reader folded. on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    Google Reader was one of their best services. I tinkered with Feedly then ended up just hosting a small RSS ingesting system. If I was breaking a link with Google, I didn't want to sign up with another service that was going to end up tracking readership.

  11. Re:I mean I got this article through RSS on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    I use RSS because I can see if an article is worth reading by the blurb. There are so many headlines, in IT alone, each day that it would be insane to try to keep up without RSS.

  12. Re:AKA "snowflake syndrome" on Report Shows Another Diversity Challenge: Retaining Employees (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    This comment is more accurate than it is flamebait.

  13. Re:"Diversity is a Strength!" on Report Shows Another Diversity Challenge: Retaining Employees (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like the study was flawed. I'm sure "I sucked at my job and decided to go elsewhere" wasn't an appealing reason for most to select.

  14. Re:It's only "surprising" to arrogant idiots on The Surprising Rise of China As IP Powerhouse (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Anonymous Coward. That says a lot.

    China is full of rip-offs. That's what they specialize in. They have a couple of patents now and expect and have suddenly become aware of IP?

    Buy something on Aliexpress and witness the "greatness" of Chinese manufacturing. The stuff is junk.

    The best Chinese food was developed elsewhere.

  15. Re:Geometry is hard, as is geography on Boston Public Schools Map Switch Aims To Amend 500 Years of Distortion (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Leave it to Boston to pretend there's an issue where none exists. Maps and different projections were being taught to us (uneducated southern folk) decades ago. Heck, there were maps using different projections in the classroom.

    Going from a oblate spheroid to a two-dimensional illustration will involve distortion. Boston is just now figuring this out? It's more likely that they just found another reason to whine.

  16. Re:I'm using an Orange Pi on Canonical Helps Launch A Snap Store For The Orange Pi Community (ubuntu.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is one Raspberry Pi in my house. It just sits there being lonely. The 13 orange Pi devices, mostly Ones, are having the most fun. The most recent is streaming video and running the Octoprint frontend. The 2e is a take on the road to tinker during down time board.

    There hasn't been a bit of trouble using the Armbian distro. Do keep away, or at least be cautious, of the "Official" images. They were piling heaps of dung when I first looked at the Oranges. Google will have your issues sorted out in a few searches.

    Check out the comparison charts that are out there. With Raspberry, you're paying for a fancy label and gimmicky tricks. They may be a fine fit to spin a wheel for a science fair project. For me, the Oranges are much cheaper and even more capable.

  17. Better late than dead.

  18. I prefer 'dumb' monitors that I can plug whatever tuner, dongle, or gizmo in that I want.

  19. I've been waiting at least that long for Natalie Portman, hold the hot grits.

  20. Verizon is trying to compete w/ Comcast? on Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service, Moves Free Stuff To Yahoo View (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    One can hope this will create competition between Comcast and Verizon that will make things more tolerable for the end user, but my hunch is otherwise.

    Broadcast television (recorded personally) is still how I find it easiest to watch shows.

  21. Re:sunglasses, contacts, allergies oh my! on Galaxy Note 7 Iris Scanner Explained (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 0

    It's Samsung. They're starving for attention and data.

    They need to be dropped like eMachines. The business model is the same.

  22. Re:I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Dissolve the EU. It serves no person only the corporations.

  23. Re: I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Scumbag news article is trying to say that vacationing abroad is a good thing. Unless you're Disney, support vacationing in your own country.

    Less issues of picking up a disease your body cannot handle and your money goes back into your economy.

    The EU and globalization in general is a scam.

  24. How were crimes solved before cell phones? on New York DA Wants Apple, Google To Roll Back Encryption (tomsguide.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Many law enforcement leaders are acting as if no crimes can be solved unless all cell phones are made more vulnerable.

    What a great idea.... weaken everyone for a few rare cases.

  25. Re:Apple's on the wrong road on Apple's Electric Car Project To Be Led By Bob Mansfield (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    Apple had vision in the 80s. They've followed the path of Microsoft since and just ripped off things from others and touted them as their own. The Apple //c , which I still adore, is the last bit of Apple I'll ever own.