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  1. Re:Trump the accidental environmentalist. on White House Announces Tech Tariffs, Investment Restrictions on China (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you up if I could. To add to your comments, we can't have a nationally controlled economy which keeps prices higher than the global average while using offshore labor which pushes salaries (and the means to buy those products) down. It's just not fair to the population and puts a lot of pressure on the middle and lower class.

  2. If the price of making the product goes up, there will still be downward pressure on retail price because people can only afford so much. This means the middlemen will take some hit, which is precisely where it should come out.

  3. Really, there is no doubt that there would be a large adjustment to make shutting out China, but I don't think we need them in a society ending kind of way. Things will be more expensive, but there will be more jobs and we will move on. Also, I'm not really clear on why we are so gung-ho to remove our dependence on foreign oil by pressing EVs and the like, but yet a reliance on a foreign manufacturing is a good thing that we need? Doesn't make sense.

  4. Re:Apple Hardware Program on iPhones Will Reportedly Get the Power To Unlock Doors Using NFC (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Because Apple boldly protects their users, who apparently can't even manage multiple button functions dating back to the first Apple mouse. I'm a regular Android user but I use an iPhone for an mp3 player. I can't believe the mess of swoops iOS creates. Swoop down 0.25 inches from the top of the screen it does one thing, swoop down from the top and it does another. Where is the back? One place in Apple music, another in the browser. It's a crazy mess. Can't imagine living with one of these, frustrating enough as an mp3 player.

  5. Oh yes, COBOL was broken. No success there.

  6. IMHO, forced indentation is what makes Python readable. Matching curly brackets (that may or not be there depending on single statement or multiple, and may not be aligned at all) makes code look terrible.

  7. Re:Please no on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Well the sharks go to the blood and not the other way around, so..... Unknown.

  8. Re:Please no on Europe Plans Ban on Plastic Cutlery, Straws and More (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe you are new here? Never admit any kind of weakness on Slashdot, especially don't admit you need help or assistance in any way. It's like sharks to blood.

  9. explore all interests on Code.org Is Crowdsourcing Database of US K-12 Schools That Teach, Or Don't Teach CS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has anyone started a crowd sourced list for teaching plumbing or welding yet?

  10. Re:Pandora isn’t available where you are yet on Pandora Launches Unlimited Premium Family Plan For $15 Per Month (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    He probably paid the premium for one of those phones with more than 32Gb of storage that are becoming so rare.

  11. Re:So what? As long as it makes money. on Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs · · Score: 1

    Some people don't really come to terms with the fact that giving you something good is not good business, giving you something highly addictive is. You may not choose to listen to it and you might choose to bemoan the quality if it, yet enough listen to it so it sells. Yet they will praise business and defend its right to make a profit. It won't end well.

  12. Re:Yeah, I Wanna I Wanna Baby on Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs · · Score: 1

    .. mostly paid for by rich, entitled white guys.

  13. Re: There are lots of ways to play that game. on Ask Slashdot: Did Baby Boomers Break America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Your final sentence was my point. So we agree.

  14. Thats great, but why wouldnt they just create a blank executable? its really hard to find that info with google. Furthermore, the first few distros i encountered systemd on (debian based) did not have a service file for it pre-configd. in fact i dont use redhat.

  15. Re: Comparing apples and oranges? on How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Money doesnt make all persuits worthwhile to all people. In fact if you abandon your core ideals to make a buck you lack integrity, something that good journslists care about. Ironically, this lack of integrity causes the kinds of politically slanted journalism most Slashdotters hate; so just decide what you want already.

  16. Re: That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    No, if your EV dash has no speed reading or energy capacity reading and the automaker tells you they cannot display speed or remaining miles because it is an EV. That is a more apt comparison. Its not like concepts of netmasks and mac addresses have changed.

  17. Re:Comparing apples and oranges? on How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Newspapers are in business to make news and support making news by advertising. Google is in the business of advertising. Of course they make more money advertising.

  18. Re:That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 2

    If you can't make a display with all the information on the new stack and have it work, then the problem is with the way the stack is designed. At least, that's the problem if you care about your user base.

  19. Re:Comparing apples and oranges? on How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, what newspaper tracked all their customers relationships and sold the data to the highest buyer? That is really the only thing Google and Facebook 'invented'. They were pioneers of a level a sleeze even madmen never stooped to.

  20. Re:They didn't... on Oracle's Aggressive Sales Tactics Are Backfiring With Customers (lightreading.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    In business school, they taught me to value the customer relationship over its lifetime.

    Are you sure they didn't say, "Screw 'em in the ASS!" and you maybe misheard? Because I don't see much valuing of customer relationships going on out there.

  21. The problem with your logic is that 99% of the people you are going to get attacked by are the people without the brains and motivation to do real damage. I never said you shouldn't block the 'real threat actors' as well.

  22. Internet up on Google's Toronto City Built 'From the Internet Up' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Was it built "from the internet up with open-standard technologies"? Otherwise, no freaking thanks!

  23. Re:That would break scripts which use the UI on There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. I just wrote a similar thing below. If the new tools were actually adequate replacements for old tools then there would be no problem.

  24. I'm not a network person, but ICMP is disabled where I work and TCP/IP works just fine.

  25. Doing something to make things more difficult for a hacker is better than doing nothing to make things more difficult for a hacker. Unless you're lazy, as many of these things should be done as possible.