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  1. Re:Corporate freedom, unless we say otherwise on Come and Take It, Texas Gun Enthusiasts (Video) · · Score: 1

    There's precedent to suggest that sexual orientation is a protected group, political activism and/or related products, are not in and of themselves protected from discrimination by private entities. FedEx is free to ban wedding cakes, they can't ban gay wedding cakes exclusively. So yes, there would likely be a lawsuit over a gay cake shipping ban.

  2. Re:Missing the point on Will Every Xbox Be a Dev Kit? · · Score: 1

    Making games is hard, really hard. Selling on an app-store is hard, really, really hard (ask yourself: how many apps have you bought?).

    At least a hundred, maybe more.

    As someone who's made games... Making games is not hard, making a good game is time consuming, a little frustrating, occasionally hard and sometimes rewarding. Selling a good game on an app store is easy though.

  3. Avoid Q&A style interviews on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've had a lot more success hiring great people when I stopped interviewing in a Q&A format and instead spend the time learning how the candidate solves problems. I typically spend 5-10 minutes asking some specific questions about technologies on their resume. Then I define a fictitious project and spend the remaining time ( typically an hour ) learning about how they might solve it, dive deep into a few areas, do some white boarding, a little bit of impromptu code examples and discuss the potential long term problems and solutions. You get a better feel for the breadth of someone's knowledge and their ability to think soundly on their feet. It lets you know that they have the knowledge and ability to apply it to a problem.

  4. Better summary on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    "the U.S. doesn't require its plastic to contain an encryption chip, so stealing cards remains an effective, nonviolent way to get at the cash in an ATM. "

    In other words encryption leads to violence!

  5. Re: Bad comparaison on The American App Economy Is Now "Bigger Than Hollywood" · · Score: 1

    If you want their content you play by their rules for distribution.

    This isent a problem for the software industry to solve, it's a legal one over personal use of paid content. Collectively us consumers can potentially solve it via litigation, voting for increased personal rights for digital content or with our dollars; if you don't like it, don't buy it. The majority of consumers are lazy and / or don't care however, so it'll never change. Outside slashdot you don't actually hear most average joes complaining about region locking or DRM, it dosent affect their ability to play a bluray disc on a bluray player they bought at Walmart so why should they?

  6. Actually you can, and I do, every year.

    You claim head of household and itemize all your annual expenses. It's tedious, requires excellent record keeping, and takes quite a bit more time... so most people don't bother. As an aside... you can just pay someone, a CPA for instance, to do all this for you. The fees they charge are also tax deductible. I also file business taxes which are not much different than personal taxes that are itemized.

    Alternatively you can just take the standard deduction, which is what it sounds like you do every year.

  7. Re:unexpected deletion on Steam For Linux Bug Wipes Out All of a User's Files · · Score: 1

    I'm a long time system engineer. I use that command in scripts fairly often. It's not necessarily ingrained to not use it, just to use it with extreme care, which didn't happen in this case.

  8. Re:Priveldge Protest on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 1

    "If you don't try to fight with them you won't have to worry about them harming you."

    You're not a black american male are you?

  9. Re:learn your rights! on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 1

    I thought it was actually the federalist papers that suggested things like training, state sponsored classes, etc, not the 2nd amendment itself.

  10. Re:Not doing what they're thinking on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 1

    People with enough money to create legitimate counterfeit money don't need it. They already have the working class as economic slaves making money for them.

  11. Re:Thanks, assholes on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 1

    "Theory being that the BATFE (and fed gov) only get the ability to restrict/deny based on interstate commerce."

    Up until 1940's that wasn't just a theory.

  12. Re: Home mitigation? on No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fact: beer has feelings. Your basement beer sees people less and is lonely. Its overreacting to human interaction.

    Solution: spend more time in your basement.

  13. Re: America, land of the free... on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 2

    You've never seen a background check report have you? It lists state and county, date of conviction, the severity of the crime, what crime was committed and penal code section. It's a bit more detailed than just showing a yes/no for convictions, no one has to investigate what happened as it's pretty plainly detailed in the background check.

  14. Re:Disturbing on Colleges Face New 'Gainful Employment' Regulations For Student Loans · · Score: 2

    Sure, they should have known better than to voluntarily sign up for something they could not pay back. Thats easy for me to say being someone who's always had an aptitude for these things, but to a certain extent we've all failed to provide most high school graduates with the tools to be normal well adjusted and functional adults. The first time I learned to balance a checkbook was when I got a checking account, the first time I saw a car loan was when I bought my first car, the first time I learned how taxes worked was when I did my taxes for the first time. These are all things that should augment basic freshmen high school math classes as mandatory subjects you learn in public school before getting put into the wild, but they are not. I'm positive that I am not part of some minority that learned this on my own as an adult, and I am equally positive that there's a fair percentage of us who are just not as well equipped to learn this on their own, those are the ones that these types of organizations will pray on. The problem with just brushing these off is that there was predatory intent to financially exploit a subset of the population who are already in need and looking to make something better for themselves.

    All that being said, I'm not necessarily in favor of this regulation. IMO it ignores the greater pre adulthood education issue.

  15. Re:Clown Shoes on Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached · · Score: 1

    In a former workplace we had a "You dun fu*$ed up" statue that we would pass around. It's humbling to receive and plain fun to pass on to the next guy or gal. I hope you get those clown shoes ordered.

  16. Re:It's Ironic... on Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached · · Score: 1

    I've made ~$30k purchases on a credit card a few times with no problems. On the other hand I've had problems before with $20 purchases at convenience stores... so there's that.

  17. Re:So they got their reservation using deception? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 3, Informative

    Does not appear to be deception, but rather no one bothered to ask what it was about in any detail. Additionally, it seems that the faculty does not really care...

    FTA
    University officials say they have no plans to interfere with the event. “Free speech is at the heart of academic freedom and is something we take very seriously,” said Kent Cassella, MSU’s associate vice president for communications, in a statement. “Any group, regardless of viewpoint, has the right to assemble in public areas of campus or petition for space to host an event so long as it does not engage in disorderly conduct or violate rules. While MSU is not a sponsor of the creation summit, MSU is a marketplace of free ideas.”

  18. Step #6 image is all wrong on Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic · · Score: 1

    Step #6 image should have been this instead:

    https://doodleaday.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/doodle-1016-money-bags.jpg

    I think it illustrates whats happening more appropriately...

  19. Re:That's not the reason you're being ignored. on Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated · · Score: 1

    But did you know that your nearest exit could be behind you? ;)

  20. Re: Amen, brother Amen! on Game of Thrones Author George R R Martin Writes with WordStar on DOS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Name 1 way to back up her emails and pictures on a remote server that requires fewer mouse clicks than forwarding them herself with email."

    Dropbox - drag, drop, done. Single click.

  21. let him experience the good and the bad on Ask Slashdot: Experiences Working At a High-Profile Game Studio? · · Score: 1

    Can you share with me your experiences so I can give him real life examples to convince him to take this job?

    No. It's better to learn what type of job you enjoy on your own. If he is talented he will be fine; maybe he will hate it and quit, maybe he will like it, who knows. If he likes it you'll just end up looking like an asshole. The important thing is he will probably learn and move on. There are good and bad jobs across industries in technology, I've had my share of both and I would never trade those personal experiences for someone else's opinion. They've given me more insight and experience about the industry than anyone could summarize for me. They have become part of how I interview and look for new jobs.

  22. Re: This is bullshit. on Sexism Still a Problem At E3 · · Score: 1

    Yeah those non entertainment industry shows just use bribery and send prostitutes to your room... much more low key and family friendly.

  23. Re:Who's the criminal on TSA Moving X-ray Body Scanners To Smaller Airports · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that the TSA has caught more thieves (within their own ranks) than terrorists.

    Citation needed

  24. Re:How Much Would What Cost? on Ask Slashdot: Explaining Version Control To Non-Technical People? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    git doesn't need a central server.

    Right... and by those standards neither does svn. Look man, I use git on my personal machine all the time, but it's a far cry from version control that a team can reliably utilize without a centralized component to it. Before you go on about git on a desktop machine please think about the implications. In general I think a central server should be baked into the costs for any revision control proposal, just because it can run on your desktop does not mean it should.

    "What happened to my merge!?", "Oh sorry man, I rebooted"

  25. Re:Simple: By Communicating It on Ask Slashdot: How To Prove IT Knowledge Without Expensive Certificates? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Are you seriously telling me that you are that unwilling to invest in a profession or trade that you intend to pursue for the rest of your life??"

    I invest in my career daily, 15 years and counting now, I don't see certifications as any kind of meaningful investment. I've held top positions at small start ups on up to fortune 50 tech companies. I'm going to hire my engineers based on demonstrated real world experience. I agree with l0ungeb0y; get up there and show me something on a whiteboard or log into a vm and build something. If you have no experience put a cert on a resume, but they are no more than resume filler IMO. Certs are not even on the same playing field as real experience. Any monkey, with enough practice, can fill out the right bubbles on a sheet. Aside from entry level gigs, it takes real experience to ace a tech interview however.

    My advice; Get a Linkedin account and setup a small website. Do a few gigs and get some positive reviews on your profile page. Go to your local chamber of commerce mixers and start networking. Do well and start building a reputation. Know what you can do, but more importantly know what you can't. You might need to start with small and cheap gigs to build a trust relationship before you'll start getting bigger ones. References and recommendations are golden.