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  1. So.. on The No-GPS Road Trip (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    When people didn't have gps they generally found the right maps for the route before they left. If such common sense was utilized here it wouldn't have been much of a story.

  2. The thing is, I have a lot of side development projects on the go. Living in a place where we are relaxed instead of running around all the time and commuting to work will give me more time and energy for these projects.

  3. I'm moving to a place with much less population, many trees, brooks everywhere, a 2 acre lot and a house double the size for the same price. I haven't made any more money but i consider it a vast improvement to my families quality of life. So tired of living in a house shoehorned into a postage stamp lot surrounded in concrete.

  4. Sure, but that's what creates these companies that don't seem to care about the people actually doing the work.

  5. The problem is that people who become managers are usually great socially but most social people focus on their own needs and end up understanding very little about other people, much less be interested in what those people need and how it differs from their needs.

  6. Re:It's Sunday, Slashdot on Syrian Open Source Developer Bassel Khartabil Believed Executed (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    I was impressed that an article from CBC wouldn't be totally ignored by Slashdot.

  7. Re:An even better punishment.. on Volkswagen Executive Faces Jail Time After Guilty Plea (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh and Walmart, Costco and Safeway don't mind if the fella who lives in the apartment down the street parks there and charges? Generally they expect a little business for the right to charge. Now you're talking about plugging in there and then feeling responsible to use the business that you may not normally used. No thanks, I'll take the gas station across the street for five minutes, pay, and done.

  8. Yeah but Apples "invention" looks ridiculous now.

  9. Vermont Medical School says goodbue to lectures.. on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    .. because who the fuck has an attention span any more? Certainly not the people we're teaching to do your urinary catheters and minor laparoscopic procedures!

  10. Apple's inspiration for this

    "All of this for $24.99!"

  11. Reminiscent of when calculator watches came out.

  12. I remember how cool calculator watches were. I guess things never really change, they just get reinvented.

  13. Re: Anyone care to post Tesla's side of the story? on Tesla Factory Workers Pushing For a Union Send Letter of Requests To Company's Board Members (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    You mean like how cable companies keep insisting on selling full cable packages even though we have the internet now? That kind of thing happens way more without unions.

  14. Re:Anyone care to post Tesla's side of the story? on Tesla Factory Workers Pushing For a Union Send Letter of Requests To Company's Board Members (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    What you can't say is that any union has caused worse working situations than if they never existed in the first place.

  15. I would never buy anything ingest-able from a website. Potential for catastrophe is very large.

  16. Re: Isn't deregulation wonderful? on Uber Drivers Gang Up To Cause Surge Pricing, Research Says (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    *gasp* You mean regulation is something that has to be done PROPERLY?

  17. I second this. Very little that happens in Quebec is actually representative of Canada as a whole. They 'threaten' to separate once in a while, then everyone else says 'go ahead, and good luck to you', and then they stop.

  18. Re:So Let's Get This Straight on Cable Giants Step Up Piracy Battle By Interrogating Montreal Software Developer (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    Most Canadians won't take responsibility for anything that happens in Quebec.

  19. School systems cater to the average child, not the exceptional one. So you had better want your child to be average if that is your motive for moving to any given place. The only people who will help your child become the unique individual they should be is family and having a lot of others around them that care about them.

  20. Re:Anyone care to post Tesla's side of the story? on Tesla Factory Workers Pushing For a Union Send Letter of Requests To Company's Board Members (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, because organizations that aren't interested in their own self-preservation work AWESOME for the people they represent.

  21. The iphone is not really using the lens for image quality, it is using software. So then wouldn't Photoshop processing count too? Is iphone better than android processed with Photoshop?

  22. Re: It's not a minor accomplishment... on Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    So then let any photographer do it in Photoshop then, if post processing counts.

  23. Re:Stupid on New Diesel and Petrol Vehicles To Be Banned From 2040 In UK (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    But you're paying so much for that vehicle and at the same time ruling out ever being able to go for a long drive. To each their own I guess but no matter what the car is less useful and limits you, so don't pay just as much for it.

  24. Yes, it would be great for people without family connections to a place wouldn't it? Or to simply not care about your family. Many have obligations to family and cannot move.

  25. There are many places in this world where there are simply not many interesting tech jobs. I know I live in a smaller city where a large company let go of 600 people and now the entire market is saturated.