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  1. Re:Not the total cost! on Wind Power Now Cheapest Energy In UK and Germany; No Subsidies Needed · · Score: 2

    Hydro is easy to implement as renewables go, but it is probably the least environmentally friendly of the renewables. It often releases methane from decomposing biomass in an oxygen low environment. It has huge impacts on the local environment as well as any environments down stream. Frankly, even if you find a suitable river that hasn't been tapped, you probably aren't going to get the green groups happy with your choice.

  2. Re:I love it on Disproving the Mythical Man-Month With DevOps · · Score: 1

    No the silver bullet is coffee. If you don't have coffee then the work that would take 5 developers 5 months would take 25 developers 5 years.

  3. Re:I wonder if TiVo is long for thisworld on TiVo's Latest Offering Detects and Skips Ads, Adds 4K Capability · · Score: 1

    I've been tempted to scoop up a roamio OTA and an antenna. I know it would pay off over time but that is quite a chunk of money. That would get a good share of what we watch. On-demand "features" skip disabled ads. I'm also not particularly tempted to replace my satellite bill with a bunch of smaller streaming bills especially when support for any particular service on any particular device is hit or miss.

  4. Experian on Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the three major credit rating services? I'm a little bit impressed that this breach was limited to only everyone who has ever applied for T-Mobile service.

  5. Re:Cyberbullying amped up to 11. on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    Until they rate down all the news personalities attacking it. I mean what do you think you are doing getting your news from a single-star person? How much do you think you can trust that anchor who is doing pot, beating his wife, and delinquent on child support?

  6. Re: Obligatory Jeff Goldblum... on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    Driving more cautiously near Bob based on the idea that it might be Joe is slightly different than socially shunning Bob because he might be Joe.

  7. Re:There could be reasons for skipping the broccol on Scientists Discover How To Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables · · Score: 1

    This is an important point. Cafeterias are sometimes feeding 60 lb 7th grade girls side by side with 250 lb 12 grade male student athletes and everyone gets the opportunity for the same amount of food. A friend of mine had a son who was regularly near collapse after football practice because he wasn't allowed to take in a sufficient number of calories to fuel his body while at school.

  8. Re:There could be reasons for skipping the broccol on Scientists Discover How To Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My wife's cousin is has a PhD in health science, is in great shape, eats healthily, and is a middle school PE teacher. She won't touch what her students have to eat. It is not that the food is not healthy. It is that the combination of available ingredients, the time to prepare, and the skill level of those preparing don't often end up with things that taste on the majority good. It isn't any better to teach the "lard butts" that you've got to hate eating because you teach them that healthy food tastes like garbage.

  9. From an article I read earlier, the best part is the manufacturers haven't been able to keep up with the demand for the new readers. So, many smaller retailers are going to be potentially on the hook for a couple of months for any card fraud while they wait for their machine.

  10. Re:Maybe we actually need fewer humans. on An AI Hunts the Wild Animals Carrying Ebola · · Score: 2

    We are making some changes on that front. We are starting to look critically at overuse and misuse of anti-biotics. We are starting to look positively at some of the things that grow inside of us. Of the many things we do terribly, we actually might be able to turn this one around before it bites us too badly.

  11. Re:Totally inaccurate on What Ridley Scott Has To Say About the Science In "The Martian" · · Score: 2

    "Matt Damon guy is an actor, not an astronaut" To be fair, until last week the biggest hope we had of sending humans to Mars was funded by being a reality TV show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  12. Re:A new world? on Let's Not Go To Mars · · Score: 2

    The real biggest hurdle, if I am to believe the internet, is the entirety of humanity except the individual behind any particular keyboard is an inept idiot who is incapable of forming a single rational thought. We clearly have no hope for reaching Mars and we will do good if we make it to lunch on Earth.

  13. Re:Automating software creation on An Idea For Software's Industrial Revolution · · Score: 1

    Quick. Someone is on to us. Get him!!!!

  14. Re:In other news on How Autonomous Cars' Safety Features Clash With Normal Driving · · Score: 1

    While they are indeed a problem, possibly the largest, there are two problems with that being THE problem. 1. Driving safely is often but not always about following the rules. 2. Sometimes the rules are written in a way that happen to counter safe driving to increase the local revenue.

  15. Re:Better myself on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be the CEO of the company I work for. Nice to meet you. Is this actual permission or do I need to keep "compiling"?

  16. Re:What does Science have to say about this? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Just move to Green Bank, West Virginia with the rest of the folks who "suffer" from this.

  17. Re:Obey traffic laws; offer emergency override on When Should Cops Be Allowed To Take Control of Self-Driving Cars? · · Score: 1

    Box the automated car in and slow the group of vehicles to a stop. Standard maneuver now with a completely compliant driver. No need to throw technology at it. Beyond that the driver should be able to cancel navigation and order a complete stop of the vehicle for all sorts of reasons not just the orders of an officer.

  18. Re:If only they weren't in the boondocks on Oakland Changes License Plate Reader Policy After Filling 80GB Hard Drive · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't be surprised if it was the opposite. I live near a tech town. There is no way that the town that my residence is in can actually compete with the tech industries. It isn't like they can pick up the tech savy kid who doesn't want to leave but the only IT position is the crappy paying local government IT spot.

  19. Re:Dear comcast: I dont want more speed on Comcast Planning Gigabit Cable For Entire US In 2-3 Years · · Score: 1

    Having had Comcast before. Barring having both of those, the second is the preferable solution.

  20. "Umm... you mean like all other speech?" I have an ancestor who contained speech that was deleted by Henry the VIII. Deleting speech becomes a lot more valuable and a lot more costly as you gain power.

  21. Re:You still go through HR for jobs? on Do Old Programmers Need To Keep Leaping Through New Hoops? · · Score: 1

    The company I work for is very strict about HR. All our hires must go through HR. All the resumes have to go through HR. We can't interview anyone who doesn't make it through the HR process. Multiple employees can't recommend the same person to HR. Employee recommendations have to go through a specific HR process. So if it is working for you, great, but you won't get in everywhere like that.

  22. Re:Could have its uses on Now Google Must Censor Search Results About "Right To Be Forgotten" Removals · · Score: 1

    They are none of those, yet still famous.

  23. Re:didn't happen in Manitoba on Finland Considers Minimum Income To Reform Welfare System · · Score: 1

    So, they are violent because they have free time and not because they are living in terrible conditions because they are poor and their supervising adults can't get a livable wage out of a job that gives them any time with their charges?

  24. Re:Home Robots Already Useful on How Long Until We Have a Home Robot That Lives Up To the Hype? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had some mod points. We have a rather strange obsession with making a robot butler when we already have offloaded tons of tasks to simpler robots. As you mentioned, we've got robots that will clean your clothes as long as you feed them clothes and soap. We've got robots that (mostly) clean the dishes you feed them. I've got a robot that will switch on my lights if I push a button on my phone. There are robots for admitting guests to your house or barring entry. Robots that figure out how to optimize your thermostat to keep you comfortable while minimizing energy usage. Robots for specific cleaning tasks. Robots that remind you of regular recommended maintenance. I imagine with the progress being made in robotics, before my kids start driving there will be a robot chauffeur. With the exception of physically moving objects around my house, an environment of task robots will very soon if not currently give Rosie a run for her money.

  25. Re:Part of a much larger problem, ISTS. on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 2

    Software is a discipline and all your examples are industries. If there is a need for such checking: Food software (if there is such a thing) should be checked by the FDA. Stock software by the SEC. Automobile software by the NHTSA. Your desktop stuff for home use gets passed because very few people will pay 15 grand for a securely certified OS to keep someone from stealing the $500 from your checking account.