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  1. Re:About 20-30 years too late on this one on Why More Tech Companies Are Hiring People Without Degrees (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that unlike driving using a computer has an infinite number of 'undos'. Once you have figured out how to backup things properly before wrecking something, computers are fertile grounds for experimentation at any speed. Naturally inquisitive people will quickly learn the same boundaries that make things 'safe'.

  2. Re:"Shadowbans left and right" on Twitter To Developers: Please Love Us Again (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    I have exactly the opposite problem I don't care what anyone thinks and I don't want to hear from any of them. Same result though....

  3. Re:Lies, damn lies, and statistics on In Tech, Wage Gender Gap Worsens For Women Over Time, and It's Worst For Black Women (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the average years experience for the women's group was 4 years and the average for the men's group 5 years for the same job. That could explain a salary difference. You can get any result you want by manipulating control variables....

  4. Re:Side effect of the Fake news in MSM on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    My point was that 'big' stuff like 9/11 truthers and fake moon landing can be debunked without a seconds consideration for this reason that you ultimately agreed with.

  5. Re:Buggy whip salesman on A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are equating watching a VHS tape or cable on a 480p interlaced device anything close to a movie screen? A parity home experience at reasonable cost has only been available the last 4 or 5 years.

  6. Re:Buggy whip salesman on A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are equating watching a VHS tape on a 480p interlaced device anything close to a movie screen? A parity home experience at reasonable cost has only been available the last 4 or 5 years.

  7. Re:what purpose does this app serve? on IoT Garage Door Opener Maker Bricks Customer's Product After Bad Review (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Even then you have to trust the provider is a)not friends with criminals b)not going to get hacked.

    Just knowing when your garage door opens and closes is enough to let a thief know when you are not home.

  8. I don't care if its free on People Think Smart Home Tech is Too Expensive (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Do not want! I mess with 'gadgets' all day I don't want to have to deal with that at home. If it's cold I light the pellet stove that is my automation.

  9. Buggy whip salesman on A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Movie theaters were successful because people had no option to view a movie otherwise. Sorry guys but theaters are going the way of the dodo bird. If anything enthusiasts will start clubs with small projectors etc but there will be no demand for what we have now.

  10. tumors are heavy!

  11. Re:Smart move, but not that bold on Netflix Now Lets You Download Videos Onto Your PC (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Not to mention they don't have any movies anyone would want to pirate

  12. Fortunately OD's don't count as suicides so I think our rate now should be better

  13. Re:The truth on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not sane. I don't need to entertain or hear the ideas of NAMBLA or some white supremacist group. Being able to cut through the noise is pretty much what defines sanity.

  14. Re:Next up... on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    nothing says 'old fart' like a 4 digit uid

  15. Re:This is the BEST news I could have hoped for to on Twitter Is Ditching the Egg (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    Nerds like to argue about how stupid news can be, so yes, news for nerds.

  16. chemical engineer graduates on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    were pulling in 60K a year in the early 90s

    Aging demographic and the growing wealth gap are deflationary it's going to hurt when it happens

  17. Re:Side effect of the Fake news in MSM on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    All leaked or reveled. What is your point?

  18. Better solution on FCC To Halt Expansion of Broadband Subsidies For Poor People (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    How about providers have to offer a 1 or 2 mb solution to anyone who wants it for 10$ a month

  19. Re:Side effect of the Fake news in MSM on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Government is way too incompetent to pull any of these crazy scenarios off....

  20. Re:Headed there? on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A huge number of people are religious what else is there to say?

  21. Re:It was always sick on What Killed Adobe Flash? (daringfireball.net) · · Score: 1

    Remember boo.com vividly, the whole site was rendered with flash and was a use-ability trainwreck

  22. I need more coffee on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    EOM

  23. Re:It's not my fault. on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 1

    FIFY


    1.) The error is in my code.
    2.) The error is in my code.
    3.) The error is in my code.

  24. Re:I know just the man for the job on 'Sightings' of Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Prompt Search in Queensland (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    With the proliferation of inexpensive motion triggered wildlife cameras it's hard to believe someone wouldn't have photographed one by now.

  25. The Real 'WHY' on GameStop To Close At Least 150 Stores Due To Poor Q4 Sales (nintendowire.com) · · Score: 1

    People don't want to mess around with disks any more... and you end up having to download the whole thing anyway. People are just downloading games from PSN or the MS equivalent.