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  1. Re: True, but you won't like the solution on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    Have any hot takes on how to deal with/avoid the critical thinking crisis that's largely afflicted the White 40+ community?

  2. Re:Provide this at the state level on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    No one cares what a bunch of racist landowners in the 1700's wanted, they are dead now. Those that are living will decide what is and isn't valid.

  3. Re:Not a good idea... on Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not 1790 anymore, I don't care what the intent of the writers were at the time. Their opinion of free speech and likely didn't include internet pornography , and their opinion of a 'the people' definitely didn't include a black woman.

    They had some noble ideals but we should not be beholden to the whims of these men long dead.

  4. Edibles are hard to dose. I still smoke occasionally because I like the aroma's burning gives.
    Also the effects of every method is slightly different.

    They come nicely portioned into 5 or 10mg increments from my dispensary here in CO. This is why it's important to legalize and regulate substances instead of banning them in a panic.

  5. Re:Not a good idea... on Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Government must be held to the exactness of what the law says. Because when they aren't, we get things like "free speech zones".

  6. Re:Not a good idea... on Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Ah yes, like "well regulated militias"

  7. Most of us just vape and eat edibles these days. Burning plant matter is passe

  8. Re: Dumb on Foxconn Testing Wireless Charging For iPhone 8 (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    Really, you don't think if apple does this that wired port will be gone?

    And I say that as a relative Apple fanboy, by Slashdot standards anyway

  9. Re:I'm waiting on Apple Says It's Out of the Standalone Display Business (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Not at all, the new MacBook Pros come with a 2nd 2170x60 monitor built right it! :-P

  10. Agreed. What manufacturer do you suggest for an all metal non creaky laptop with a good touchpad that supports Linux/UNIX well? That's what I've been paying Apple a premium for for close to a decade now, but they've completely jumped the shark.

    I'd hate to go back to plasticky laptops and bad battery life. I'm willing to spend money to achieve that. Where do you suggest?

  11. Re:That will piss off developers and power users on It Looks Like Apple is Killing the Physical Esc and Power Keys On New MacBook Pro · · Score: 1

    If someone coded up a vi fork so I could hotlist 12 or so of my favorite commands as virtual buttons on this display bar, without memorizing vi arcanery, that might actually be pretty cool, lack of tactile feedback and all.

    But no one will do this, the OS will probably be unable to tell that I'm even running vi in the parent Terminal.app window.

  12. Re:You deserve to get owned on Android Trojan Asks Victims To Submit a Selfie Holding Their ID Card (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why should the information on my Drivers License/Passport that I show publicly to all sorts of people like bartenders or security cards put me at any risk?

  13. Re:Slashdot Sponsored Whitepaper on FreeBSD 11.0 Released (freebsdfoundation.org) · · Score: 1

    http://i.imgur.com/ErnoXw5.png

    just running uBlock origin and noscript at the moment, though I do run noscript with everything globally allowed, then blacklisting domains that bother me/seem irrelevant as needed.

    I know, not the most secure but I'm more into it for making stupid JS design go away than out of paranoia of a script that doesn't visibly annoy me. Maybe I'll try ghostery or play with my NoScript settings. Thanks for responding!

  14. Slashdot Sponsored Whitepaper on FreeBSD 11.0 Released (freebsdfoundation.org) · · Score: 2

    Anyone seeing these? Any adblock/noscript rules that defeat them?

  15. Re:So basically... on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Godwin's law doesn't indicate that the reference to Hilter and Nazism is always out of place though. Just that it tends to occur.

    In this case we're talking about a politician attempting to gain power by scapegoating minorities and immigrants, and the comparison is for once, apt.

    Here is Mr. Godwin himself on Trump:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

  16. Re:So basically... on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No. It is self evident, even Slashdot, the refuge of fucked up 50 year old Nazis, can see that. Why don't you write me a paper about why the Sky is blue?

  17. Re:So basically... on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Trump is actually speaking like Hitler though. This is not just partisan bickering. People don't have to do business with those that support fascists. No one in 1933 thought Hitler was going to lead the country in mass murder either -- it is a *good thing* to point this out before it gets out of control.

  18. Re: So a guy that runs a ride sharing company. on Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Just a thought but you could... walk somewhere.

  19. Re:Vandalism really? on Vandalism Detection Contest Sponsored For Wikidata (wsdm-cup-2017.org) · · Score: 1

    According the Wikipedia deletion log, that page was deleted once (in 2007), and the similar page MGTOW was deleted a few times after a contentious debate in 2006/2007. In the end, it is 2016 and the article is there. It seems like the process won?

    I'm not a part of this movement either, but from the little I've gleaned from it on the internet over the years, it was a pretty new thing in 2006 (maybe not the concept, but the 'MGTOW' group/logo/etc.) Maybe the sources back then really did suck, and it was just needed a bit of time to boil into the cultural zeitgeist?

  20. Re:2 years on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    What didn't work about Obamacare? Millions of people who didn't have coverage previously have it, and we have millions of assholes pissed off about just that. It's a win/win.

  21. Re:Won't work in America on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    Drugs would actually be really goddamn cheap if you stopped rubbing their noses in it. Just something to consider. No reason it has to be any more expensive than grocery store produce -- it's all plants and it takes a lot less weed to get me high than it takes spinach to get me full..

  22. Re:Won't work in America on Finland Prepares Their First Tests Of A Universal Basic Income (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    No you didn't. I call bullshit on your anecdote.

  23. Re:Obligatory indie bookstore on Creators Call Out YouTube For Demonetizing Videos (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the the Breitbart, /pol, MRA sort of assholes, as compared to the Cheney/Bush/Buckley sort of assholes.

    I think the 'alt-right' guys are more honest because they are at least up front about their horrible views, where as the old school guys draped themselves in a veneer of respectability and authority that made them much more dangerous.

  24. Re:Obligatory on Creators Call Out YouTube For Demonetizing Videos (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not government censorship, I would think it would be a very libertarian right-wing ideal to vote with your eyeballs and move the fuck on.

  25. Re:Obligatory on Creators Call Out YouTube For Demonetizing Videos (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    *feet

    Never change, Slashdot.