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  1. Re:Remember the 2nd rule of acquisition on Amazon Wants To Curb Selling 'CRaP' Items it Can't Profit On, Like Bottled Water and Snacks: Report (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't put my finger on it but something about either of these transactions doesn't sound very 'smart'.

  2. More fundamentally why are we so wasteful with fuel and packaging on items that people can just buy locally? It was a dumb idea when Amazon started doing it and it is dumb now.

  3. I bought some kind of washer (small part for something) it came in one of those big amazon boxes with bubble wrap etc. So incredibly wasteful.

  4. Doesn't work on Porn Sites Collect More User Data Than Netflix Or Hulu (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    They haven't been able to figure out my naked salad making fetish.

  5. Re:Air Pollution is still a Concern on The Oil Industry's Covert Campaign To Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Cars are so clean now you can't kill yourself with one any more.

  6. Re:I say BS on What Student Developers Want in a Job (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    A job with good management, a well functioning team, interesting work and decent compensation is priceless.

  7. Even if electricity is 'free' 2/3 of the cost on your bill is transmission

  8. Re:who wrote this on Science is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    By your definition Tolkien 'discovered' LOTR

  9. Re:who wrote this on Science is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    You find a rock. You assemble observations into theory. It is created.

  10. Sign of the times I guess when people thinking doing nothing is action ; )

  11. Why wouldn't you assign points for a strategy not resulting in something negative (ie staying alive points)? Seems like an easy tweak.

  12. Re:2nd amendment rights on Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Government Climate Report Finding in a New Low (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Critical thinking would suggest Hillary would have been better?

  13. Re:Of course it's not a new low on Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Government Climate Report Finding in a New Low (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Tit for tat, if you claim we should forget Democrat support of slavery The Republican party has long been the party of moneyed interests, than please provide examples of recent Democrats that weren't beholden to moneyed interests.... Hillary being the most glaring example.

  14. Re:Windows shouldn't be a service! on Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks Windows Media Player, Win32 Apps In General (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Even more reason to use windows 7 they aren't updating it other than security/bugfix.

  15. eagle tec KG010 on Ask Slashdot: What Kind of Keyboard Do You Use With Your Computer and Why? · · Score: 1

    It's inexpensive and works pretty well

  16. who wrote this on Science is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    How does someone 'discover' a theory?

  17. Sadly many of the people do not know they they have won the lottery or have an inheritance is a foreign country.

  18. Re:Are we there now? on Samsung Will Put Notches On Its Future Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Considering what 'improvements' they have been adding to phones lately it is more likely we are on the top end of the S curve for cell phones.

  19. Re:Yes things are getting worse on Ask Slashdot: Do Older IT Workers Doing End-User Support Find It Gets Harder With Age? · · Score: 2

    47 and anything I can find on google I don't worry about. For everything else I keep notes in text files.

  20. Why even put the battery in the phone? Apple could make a screen/cpu widget and several different cases with things people want slim/sexy or thick with a variety of jacks and a bigger battery.

  21. They've done legit double blind studies and drip coffee is considered best.

  22. Most IPAs are gross they use hops to cover up off taste from poor brewing.

  23. It's always the requirements. If you write sufficient requirements they would be transferable into machine code and what is the point of that.

  24. Re:I love the smell of snakes being rendered down on Researchers Explore New Batteries To Power Electric Planes (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    You can already tell the article is farce because of the misdirection with airplanes. If you have a technology that significantly increases energy density you are rich regardless of the battery application.

  25. Re:Slightly significant on Researchers Explore New Batteries To Power Electric Planes (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually small propeller planes get about 25mpg.