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  1. Re:Nope, nothing to see here on Mike Pence Used His AOL Email For Indiana State Business -- and It Got Hacked (theverge.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Department of Homeland Security is a federal department and communications with them are subject to federal laws, not just state laws.

  2. Re: Wait a min... on Uber Ex-engineer Who Alleged Sexism Retains Lawyer (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    100% of made up statistics like the one above are bullshit.

  3. Re: Where were they... on Court Throws Out $533 Million Verdict Against Apple Over Data Storage Patent (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    That said, there were no touchscreen smart-devices that didn't require a stylus before Apple's iPod Touch

    You've been drinking too much Kool-Aid. Fingerworks produced a number of smart devices that didn't require stylusis long before the iPhone and iPod were created. In point of fact, Apple bought the Fingerworks company and used their technology to make the iPhone and iPod.

  4. Re:You obviously lack COURAGE! on Sorry, Apple, the Headphone Jack Isn't Going Anywhere (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Bark At The Moon on Sorry, Apple, the Headphone Jack Isn't Going Anywhere (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Sadly, that's not true. Dogs that bark at the moon are idiots, but other idiot dogs usually join in and they all very much enjoy making all that goddamn racket at 3am when everyone is trying to sleep.

    Bark at the moon and some other idiot will inevitably join you.

  6. Who knew? on Skin deep? Robots To Wear Real Human Tissue (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    Turns out ED-209's last name is Gein.

  7. Re:But Trump is the Emperor on White House Supports Renewal of Spy Law Without Reforms (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's unfortunate that they are going to just let this be renewed, it was bad enough under Bush, but at least we haven't found out that they're expanding it like Obama did.

    FTFY

    There are still 10 months left in the year for them to decide that Trump deserves even wider surveillance powers to prevent imaginary attacks like the Bowling Green massacre.

  8. Re:Canadian media outlet, CBC... on DNA Test Shows Subway's 'Chicken' Only Contains 50 Percent Chicken (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So it's a higher quality media outlet. What's your point?

    "Media outlet" is not a derogatory term, despite the attempts by the current US administration to paint it as such.

  9. Re:The long, slow downfall has begun on A New Video Shows Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Arguing With a Driver Over Fares (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    By that logic, Trump's twitter feed is also a hit job. There's a new bit of idiocy up there every 2-3 days (hours), after all.

  10. Only an idiot would expect a fully thought out, researched and authoritative position to be presented in 140 characters or less.

  11. Re:Lifestyle disease on Fasting Diet 'Regenerates Diabetic Pancreas' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Goddamn that a serious case of conspiracy-theory typing style you got there.

    Have you been probed by aliens or something?

  12. Re:Weak/nonexistent punishments for faulty notices on Google Says Almost Every Recent 'Trusted' DMCA Notices Were Bogus (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Won't someone think of the poor strawmen who are being hurt by these malicious facts?

  13. Re:Product and Vendor on Software Vendor Who Hid 'Supply Chain' Breach Outed (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    "Incredibly, the summary did not name the affected software"

  14. Re:Put on a ship and sink on Some Recyclers Give Up On Recycling Old Monitors And TVs (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Because the monitors by themselves aren't enough or an environmental hazard, so you feel an entire ship should be dumped into the ocean along with them?

  15. But... on No CEO: The Swedish Company Where Nobody Is In Charge (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Without a CEO, how will we ever be able to make sure that corporate assets are sold off to third parties and then leased back in order to show a huge short-term profit that generates a huge year-end bonus while simultaneously stripping the company of value and driving it toward bankruptcy?

  16. Re:Mostly thanks to H1Bs on Tech Jobs Took a Big Hit Last Year (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Data like the shitload of news stories about how Disney laid off workers and required them to train their H1B replacements or lose their severance pay?

    There have been any number of stories that follow the same pattern. It's very easy to find them if you actually look.

    The regulations meant to stop companies from replacing workers with H1B workers simply caused the companies to outsource the work to companies that, coincidentally, are staffed almost exclusively with H1B workers.

  17. Re:And what IS "Magic Leap"? on Magic Leap CEO Defends His AR Company After Leaked Photo (mashable.com) · · Score: 0

    The second sentence in the first link from the summary says "Here is the first public photo of a working prototype of Magic Leapâ(TM)s portable augmented reality device."

    It's not the author's fault that you skimmed the first article and went click happy until you were "5 links deep in" before you slowed down enough to actually read what was in front of you.

  18. Translation on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job? · · Score: 1

    "I am a pointy haired boss who wants to treat my employees like I treat my fantasy baseball team. Please give me a stat system so that I can rank them and start abusing/eliminating the ones who end up ranked lowest."

  19. Re:Like they always say... on Microsoft Teases Windows 10's Upcoming 'Project Neon' Design Language (windowscentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, you can polish a turd, which means Windows 10 is more like explosive diarrhea.

  20. Fuck it... handicap everyone on Overwatch Director Speaks Out Against Console Mouse/keyboard Adapters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mandate QWOP style controls for all players on all platforms.

  21. Re:What are the known risks on Report Finds PFAS Chemicals In One-Third of Fast Food Packaging (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course not. From TFA:
    "These are long-chain PFASs that have largely been phased out, in favor of shorter-chain compounds that are thought to have shorter half-lives in the human body, but these shortened forms have not yet been thoroughly studied."

    Maybe the shorter chain compounds have similar effects and maybe they leave the body faster. Or maybe not. We don't know.

    The logical thing would be to demand a study of the compounds that are in use, but good luck getting that with budgets being cut and information being locked down under the current administration.

  22. Re:Priced 9Vs recently? on Electric Car Battery Prices Fell By 80% In the Last 7 Years, Says Study (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Most 9V batteries have 6 cells inside, not 9.

  23. It's year end list compiled from other music critics year-end top ten lists. It's not their fault that you don't understand the difference between a chart that shows what's trending and a poll that shows what critics thought was best over the past year.

  24. Re:I think it's safe to say that wouldn't hold up on Police Use Pacemaker Data To Charge Homeowner With Arson, Insurance Fraud (networkworld.com) · · Score: 0

    I like how you made sure not to quote the part where I mentioned HIPAA would be a better argument before you went on to explain the basiis of HIPAA.

  25. Re:I think it's safe to say that wouldn't hold up on Police Use Pacemaker Data To Charge Homeowner With Arson, Insurance Fraud (networkworld.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Your argument wouldn't work because the heart rate data had already been sent to a third party. Since the information was already given to a third party and the third party is the subject of the warrant, it's no longer a case of the defendant being compelled to do anything.

    The best argument against the use of the heart monitor data would actually be the HIPAA privacy rule.