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  1. You call this a science article? on Game Theory Calls Cooperation Into Question · · Score: 1
    TFA lost me at the first sentence:

    When the manuscript crossed his desk, Joshua Plotkin, a theoretical biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, was immediately intrigued.

    Remind me again why I care about some dude's reaction.

  2. Came here for science-y comments... on Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages · · Score: 1

    ...Forgot I was on the internet. Stay classy, guys. And gals. Everyone who posted an opinion, really.

  3. Looks crappy on Hobbyists Selling Tesla Coil Kits To Fund Drone Flight Over North Korea · · Score: 1

    Is it actually necessary to the function that it look like random shit dug out of a junk heap, or was that a stylistic choice? And no, it absolutely does not have a fucking "cool N64 base". It looks like shit in a vaguely block shape.

  4. What? on Free-As-In-Beer Electricity In Greece? · · Score: 1

    Which gets me to thinking: with free electricity, wouldn't that be a great business opportunity, to build a cloud of servers in poorer Greeks' basements? Maybe that is the real plan behind the free electricity idea.

    How the fuck did you even make that logical leap?

  5. Why do we care about the nickname? on 'Anonymized' Credit Card Data Not So Anonymous, MIT Study Shows · · Score: 1

    The fact that someone calls him/her "Sandy" isn't useful information to me since we're not going to hang out and shoot the shit. Trim useless information from the summary.

  6. Summary says nothing on Brain Implants Get Brainier · · Score: 1

    Two tangentially stories seem to have been mashed together via short excerpts that lack context and don't make sense together as a single paragraph. Is there some point to either of the linked articles, or should I assume they're just as bad?

  7. Re:Stands to reason on NSA Hack of N. Korea Convinced Obama NK Was Behind Sony Hack · · Score: 1

    McAfee says North Korea didn't do it? That's all the proof I need that they did!

  8. What the fuck is a Kibbitz? on President Obama Will Kibbitz With YouTube Stars · · Score: 2

    At least explain your nonsense if you're going to say it in public.

  9. That title... on Study: Belief That Some Fields Require "Brilliance" May Keep Women Out · · Score: 1

    That's... probably more sexist than what they're attempting to study. What they're saying is that either women are incapable of brilliance, or they're so insecure that they get scared off by big hefty expectations. Holy shit, guys. Was this found in a time capsule from the 50s or something?

  10. Are you trying to get legislation? on Uber Suspends Australian Transport Inspector Accounts To Block Stings · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because that's how you get legislation.

  11. Re:So... on Google Fund To Pay For 1 Million Copies of Charlie Hebdo · · Score: 1

    What are you even babbling about?

  12. My favorite part on Four Facepalm Bugs In USPS Label-Printing Site · · Score: 1

    Now they're actually trying to bury the fact that Benny Hill is writing this verbal diarrhea by neglecting to put the warning in the summary we all got used to seeing. So before Ben 10 shows up and whines "but wut i r wrong about?", you're wrong about the entire fucking premise. None of these are bugs. Also, you're an idiot.

  13. This is clearly a prank on The Search For Starivores, Intelligent Life That Could Eat the Sun · · Score: 1

    It's on a wordpress subdomain for fuck's sake.

  14. Nice headline on Extreme Heat Knocks Out Internet In Australia · · Score: 1

    Let me just fix that for you:

    Extreme heat, as compared to the climate in a specific part of Australia, causes one ISP to panic and shut down internet for a small percentage of customers in said specific part of Australia.

  15. Sounds like multiple failures on Bots Scanning GitHub To Steal Amazon EC2 Keys · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But the user is still mostly to blame. Okay, so you might not find it intuitive that S3 keys can lead to new EC2 instances - I wouldn't have guessed that either, even though I've used both repeatedly. Maybe that shouldn't even be a possibility. But what howling insanity persuaded you to put those keys on github in the first fucking place? And if it was a mistake, why didn't you change them after? This isn't amateur hour, guys - there's real money at stake here.

  16. Kids just have to fuck everything up on Ebola Patient Zero Identified, Probably Infected By Bats · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Like they're not bad enough when they aren't literal disease bearers.

  17. Wow, office jobs must suck on Pew Survey: Tech Increases Productivity, But Also Time Spent Working · · Score: 1

    All the posts on slashdot bitching about just about every aspect of working, you'd think it was the worst thing ever. Why don't you just freelance if you hate it so much? It seems to have worked out well for me so far, but then again, I didn't think an open office was the devil, either.

  18. Re:Bombs in the US? on The Interview Bombs In US, Kills In China, Threatens N. Korea · · Score: 1

    So we're doing Borderlands 2 references now?

  19. Re:But the comments are gone on The Open Bay Helps Launch 372 'Copies' of the Pirate Bay In a Week · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds to me like 20% of comments were actually useful, which is probably a world record.

  20. Re:I'm the app's developer. Happy to answer questi on App Gives You Free Ebooks of Your Paperbacks When You Take a "Shelfie" · · Score: 1

    Why did you create that horrible farce of a word? "Shelfie?" Seriously?

  21. You know how I know this is a bunch of horseshit? on Putting Time Out In Time Out: The Science of Discipline · · Score: 1, Insightful

    First line:

    "At the end of a gravel road in the Chippewa National Forest of northern Minnesota"

    Why do I give a fuck if they were at the end of a gravel road? I don't, and neither does anyone of even the most negligible consequence. They're clearly pandering to a very specific audience with this article. Not that the rest of the summary is any better, of course.

  22. Re:Finally we know the answer on How a 3D Printer Let a Dog Run For the First Time · · Score: 1

    That song is actually about ugly chicks. The more you know!

  23. Great summary on FBI Confirms Open Investigation Into Gamergate · · Score: 1

    Yes, even though some people were threatened, there's an investigation. Looks like the author wanted the issue to be ignored because some people are assholes. That would be like if you got your car stolen, and because your racist neighbor said, "I hope you catch that nigger so I can lynch him!", the investigation was dropped. Bribery is still illegal, even if other things are happening.

  24. Why single out Australia? on Over 9,000 PCs In Australia Infected By TorrentLocker Ransomware · · Score: 1

    According to the image right at the top of the article, there were over 11000 in Turkey. If we're singling out the most infections, that should be the headline. Is Australia somehow more significant?

  25. Go freelancer on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    I've never had a background check run on me for freelancing (to my knowledge). My record is clean, so I don't know for certain that this would work for you. However, I've been able to do very well for myself working at home ~30 hours a week. My wife doesn't work either.