I've had it with the political articles. There are plenty of websites for those. Slashdot USED to be "News for nerds, stuff that matters". I'm not saying this story doesn't matter. But it has no place in ANY tech forum. I will surely visit from time to time but will no longer follow on my FB page. Adios.
Ditto the touchscreen voting machines and every other apparatus they come up with in their attempts to do away with the paper ballot, which has worked just fine for over 200 years. Just because it's more modern doesn't make it better.
I'm' trying to break into an IT career at age 42. Lots of personal but no employment experience in IT. "Go to college" they said. "It will help you break it." I graduate next year. So, will I be one of those "blank slates" like the ones young enough to be my kid or am I screwed before even applying?
I'm amazed by how society is tolerating this overt age discrimination. If all of us over 40 were black, this would have been solved years ago.
This is happening under the Obama admin. His people don't give 2 shits about H1B abuses (hi So. Cal. ConEd!) Sanders' actual party affiliation is Socialist. Obama is a Socialist who calls himself a Democrat so I hope you've learned your lesson here.
To do so implies that a camera is always trained on me when in fact, that's almost never the case. The article itself does make an interesting point about people being more reluctant to act like a fool when they know a stranger with a camera is likely to catch it all. But to call that a "surveillance society" is false sensationalism.
You know, "news for nerds, stuff that matters". Sure, this matters, but why the hell is it here? I've always liked./ as a site where we can discuss technical issues, not politics. Yet sadly, poltics seems to be the appearing here a lot more than I think it should. It's a dumb business move too.
He clearly stated that he intended to take his life. I'm glad he was detained. A first repsonder is not in a position to decide if someone who just threatened suicide is telling the truth or not when they deny it. What if the cops just took him at his word and left? They'd be held liable if he really did intend to knock himself off. If he really WAS just testing FB, the proper thing to do is to alert authorities in advance. Go to the cop shop and discuss the experiment with them BEFORE you go making people legitimately freak out. But I give FB credit for having real people actually review the post instead of relying on computer text-parsing algorithms.
Yes, there IS such a thing as a stupid question and this is one of them. I'll say the French have the final word on what's truly French, the Spaniards have the final word on what's truly Spanish, and the Brits have the final word on what is true and "proper" English. I am used to speaking the American version but who really cares anyway? My boss was is from the UK and except for the occasional accent difference, we understand each other perfectly.
I'm dying to know what exactly the ISPs have done to "bring this upon themselves". Yes I know there has been talk about Netflix and others negotiating dedicated pipes and all but how has this affected anyone else? My DL speeds have been around 15 mps for years and I don't notice any delays on any particular websites I visit.
This is nothing but another big gubbermint power grab. They're going to use this as an excuse to regulate the internet, something I think a majority of Slashdotters oppose. Then again, a majority of American Slashdotters voted for the socialist in the White House so I'd say the American people brought this upon themselves.
My favorite wireless router is the Asus RT-N12. It's got two external antenna ports (SMA-type) and readily runs Tomato. Remote access via https and ssh, not to mention everything else that can be fine-tuned (like RF power output) I wouldn't have it any other way.
Anything else sugar-coats the truth. You can't have real progress in anything without knowing the truth. As the old saying goes, know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
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I've had it with the political articles. There are plenty of websites for those. Slashdot USED to be "News for nerds, stuff that matters". I'm not saying this story doesn't matter. But it has no place in ANY tech forum. I will surely visit from time to time but will no longer follow on my FB page. Adios.
Ditto the touchscreen voting machines and every other apparatus they come up with in their attempts to do away with the paper ballot, which has worked just fine for over 200 years. Just because it's more modern doesn't make it better.
Is Slashdot TRYING to lose readers? I thought this was a TECH forum.
What's up with all the political articles? Starting flame wars? I come to /. for TECH discussions. I get my political news elsewhere.
Yes, it's news. Yes, it's probably important. But WHY IN THE HELL is it on Slashdot? It's crap like this that keep my away.
Because it still takes more time to stop an 80,000 lb truck, regardless of your slightly faster reaction time.
I'm' trying to break into an IT career at age 42. Lots of personal but no employment experience in IT. "Go to college" they said. "It will help you break it." I graduate next year. So, will I be one of those "blank slates" like the ones young enough to be my kid or am I screwed before even applying?
I'm amazed by how society is tolerating this overt age discrimination. If all of us over 40 were black, this would have been solved years ago.
Just what the world needs, more lawyers. No thanks.
New York City is probably more productive than most of the other cities cited in the article based solely on their raw populations.
This is happening under the Obama admin. His people don't give 2 shits about H1B abuses (hi So. Cal. ConEd!) Sanders' actual party affiliation is Socialist. Obama is a Socialist who calls himself a Democrat so I hope you've learned your lesson here.
But (I predict) probably not.
There are several medications doctors prescribe although they and even the researchers that invented them don't how or why they work.
Unless you're like me and purposely ignore such garbage. AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
It's a REAL expensive bitch as it is to enforce patents and these patent trolls are going to make it worse because of our knee-jerk reactive society.
I think this summarizes most problems with our current legal system.
To do so implies that a camera is always trained on me when in fact, that's almost never the case. The article itself does make an interesting point about people being more reluctant to act like a fool when they know a stranger with a camera is likely to catch it all. But to call that a "surveillance society" is false sensationalism.
Wow, you guys are so "progressive".
Mod this up. That is all.
You know, "news for nerds, stuff that matters". Sure, this matters, but why the hell is it here? I've always liked ./ as a site where we can discuss technical issues, not politics. Yet sadly, poltics seems to be the appearing here a lot more than I think it should. It's a dumb business move too.
He clearly stated that he intended to take his life. I'm glad he was detained. A first repsonder is not in a position to decide if someone who just threatened suicide is telling the truth or not when they deny it. What if the cops just took him at his word and left? They'd be held liable if he really did intend to knock himself off. If he really WAS just testing FB, the proper thing to do is to alert authorities in advance. Go to the cop shop and discuss the experiment with them BEFORE you go making people legitimately freak out. But I give FB credit for having real people actually review the post instead of relying on computer text-parsing algorithms.
Mod this up.
All last week I had points and used none (the articles sucked). This one deserves a few.
Yes, there IS such a thing as a stupid question and this is one of them. I'll say the French have the final word on what's truly French, the Spaniards have the final word on what's truly Spanish, and the Brits have the final word on what is true and "proper" English. I am used to speaking the American version but who really cares anyway? My boss was is from the UK and except for the occasional accent difference, we understand each other perfectly.
I'm dying to know what exactly the ISPs have done to "bring this upon themselves". Yes I know there has been talk about Netflix and others negotiating dedicated pipes and all but how has this affected anyone else? My DL speeds have been around 15 mps for years and I don't notice any delays on any particular websites I visit.
This is nothing but another big gubbermint power grab. They're going to use this as an excuse to regulate the internet, something I think a majority of Slashdotters oppose. Then again, a majority of American Slashdotters voted for the socialist in the White House so I'd say the American people brought this upon themselves.
My favorite wireless router is the Asus RT-N12. It's got two external antenna ports (SMA-type) and readily runs Tomato. Remote access via https and ssh, not to mention everything else that can be fine-tuned (like RF power output) I wouldn't have it any other way.
THIS x 1000. Wish I had mod points right now.
Anything else sugar-coats the truth. You can't have real progress in anything without knowing the truth. As the old saying goes, know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
or "play-worthy" ?
There's a difference.