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  1. Re:Sorry, employers on Do Code Bootcamps Work? (inc.com) · · Score: 1

    Rather ironic

  2. Scotland had their chance to split from UK and they blew it

  3. Re:Radio has never been optimal on Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Never? I remember hearing Jimi Hendrix for the first time on the radio on WNEW NY and I was blown away. Also lots of good music on college radio like PRB Princeton and Pirate Radio(seaton hall).

  4. Re:Half of the story on Tech is the Most Lucrative Career: LinkedIn Study (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Salary differentials aren't that different with cheaper parts of the country. Posting from NM :)

  5. Well the Elliot wave theory goes back to 1700s... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  6. Re:it's just another prototype. on Cummins Unveils Electric Semi Truck Before Tesla (autoblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, the shame for even trying to compete with Tesla, even in a tangential sense!

  7. Re:Literally the worst idea they've ever had on Best Buy Will Now Send a Salesperson To Your House To Sell You Things (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Our local thrift store has boxes of cables for like a dollar each...not the 30$ gold plated network cables like at BB.

  8. Excellent, I can't wait on Best Buy Will Now Send a Salesperson To Your House To Sell You Things (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I just signed up for a service where someone breaks into my house, kicks me in the balls and takes a dump on my living room rug. I am thinking this Best Buy service will be almost as good!

  9. Is this how an aging director ruins his own film?

  10. Re:100+ year olds in Japan? on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Asians have been exposed to hazardous diets and toxins longer than Europeans, a good example is they are significantly less effected by ill effects from tobacco. So perhaps they are better able to adjust to a starchy diet.

  11. Re:Makes sense. on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Too much water is poisonous too. Until very recently, fruit(even whole grains quickly spoil) was available to us only during very limited times of the year. From a survival perspective it makes complete sense for our body to turn episodic food sources directly into fat.

    Eating 6 or so oranges sounds kind of gross and gluttonous but that's exactly what you are doing when you drink a restaurant sized glass of orange juice, and the majority of people in the USA don't think twice about this.

  12. Re:People with an agenda on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's also lots of money involved with selling a couple of cents worth of corn or grain + chemicals in a box for several dollars with a long shelf life. Meats, cheese, eggs and produce not so much. What do you think is the most likely explanation?

  13. peastant food on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Carbohydrates are peasant food.

  14. Re:The world has not changed just the words used. on In Our Cynical Age, No One Fails Anymore -- Everybody 'Pivots' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    new coke was just marketing for the switch to corn syrup, a change they never reversed

  15. Re:sure why not? on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That's pretty funny I got my son one of those(leon) a couple years ago and his mom recently got him an iphone (dont ask) and handed down his phone to me... phone is great holds a good charge and I got a wallet holder for it so I carry one thing around, perfect size for pocket. Not sure what I would do with a 'better' phone....

  16. Re:Sounds like they succeeded on In Our Cynical Age, No One Fails Anymore -- Everybody 'Pivots' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lots of companies pivot and fail too. There is confirmation bias at work here- nobody hears about all the failures unless they burn through a bunch of venture capitol or something...

  17. Re:When to say no. on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a leon that i bought my son two years ago for 150$ that he gave to me when he was done with it. It works great.....

  18. sure why not? on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you don't care about your money it is great.

  19. Re:Obig Orwell on Popular YouTube Artist Uses AI To Record New Album (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately life has no value

  20. Re:Great quote from TFA on New York City Cops Will Replace Their 36,000 Windows Phones With iPhones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Amortized even for just a year the cost of the windows phones are still less than i-phones which are ridiculously overpriced and non-serviceable.

  21. Re:Great quote from TFA on New York City Cops Will Replace Their 36,000 Windows Phones With iPhones (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I guess the phones were supposed to last forever? They got several years of use out of them. I don't see what the big deal is... not like it's a billion dollar software project that completely failed.

  22. Re:I hope they get a discount on New York City Cops Will Replace Their 36,000 Windows Phones With iPhones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't say how much they spent. But the Lumia 830 is 3 years old and Lumia 640 XL was dirt cheap

  23. Re:Who cares on Facebook's 21-Year-Old Wunderkind Leaves For Google (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    he probably came up with that douche-bag notification that goes off at 2am when you battery is full

  24. Re:Amazon won't be a monopoly on Amazon Just Made Shopping at Whole Foods Cheaper (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Walmart is a joke- they have the actual low cost stuff which is cheap junk and the better stuff is more expensive than you would pay somewhere else.

  25. Also could be worse on People Are Complete Suckers For Online Reviews (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a chance it could be worse too. I've bought things that were useless junk that a few people made relatively good reviews. When I buy stuff from harbor freight I know exactly what I am getting, a throwaway tool that I might use a couple times. People don't always want the best...