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  1. Re:The only surprise here... on RadioShack Is Preparing to File For Bankruptcy Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes they are German. There was something to be said about having a storefront you could get decent quality tools within driving distance. Now I am stuck buying online I might as well get the best tool for my money and german tools are the best. The tools are carefully made to be as light as possible and have matte finish. Once you try them out you won't go back....

  2. Re:The only surprise here... on RadioShack Is Preparing to File For Bankruptcy Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I stopped going there when craftsmen stopped being made in USA. It was the only thing that differentiated their tools. I've switched to ELORA they are much nicer anyway.

  3. Re:The only surprise here... on RadioShack Is Preparing to File For Bankruptcy Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It takes an ocean liner a lot longer to sink than a dinghy.....

  4. Re:Five years? on Dell Doubles Down On High-End Ubuntu Linux Laptops (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Curiously enough Ubuntu support caps off at five years.

  5. Re:Depends on how you interact on Social Media 'Increases Loneliness', Says Study (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Social media just lets people know I am a bore in writing....

  6. Organic Cobalt!

  7. Re:Robots are Labor Made Out of Capital on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Also I am not discounting the need for UBI or putting on rose-colored glasses. There will be smart people that find a way but loads of suffering for others as well.

  8. Re:Robots are Labor Made Out of Capital on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it cost anything to get a computer? You can pick up an old junk computer for nothing, That's just the way of technology. I am sure there will be clever jobless people restoring junk robots too.

  9. People that do live streaming like 8 core machines since they are encoding and streaming on the fly.

  10. In TFA they mention that the new technology works with sodium metal

  11. Also people in extremely cold areas install heaters in their diesel engines. It's not like electric cars are the only type with this issue.

  12. Re:Can't name replacements [Re:Err, guys?] on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I have to disagree on the first point- consumer to consumer sales are much more numerous now with ebay and craigslist. This is where the monetary velocity comes from. As far as wages are concerned it is a very complex subject but I hardly think you can extrapolate it to the fall in popularity of classified ads.

  13. Re:Familiar? on Skin deep? Robots To Wear Real Human Tissue (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    nobody would go to a movie with waify Ah-nold.

  14. Re:Robots are Labor Made Out of Capital on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So if you are looking for a smart future-proof investment it would be investing in land with mineral resources (maybe not energy... perhaps that will be solved by then)

  15. Re:Can't name replacements [Re:Err, guys?] on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a very simplistic view though. Craiglist has enabled business and people to trade at reduced or nonexistent cost. There are entire businesses that automate posting cars to CL. If somehow you could measure the volume and velocity of money traded before and after CL I would bet you it has increased.

  16. Re:Robots are Labor Made Out of Capital on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Not if we take the whole thing to it's conclusion. If robots are capable of making themselves, then robots will eventually be had for the cost of materials. So maybe in the future poor people will have their own unemployed robots....

  17. One thing I have noticed is that rich people like buying custom/bespoke things. Maybe we will go back to making shoes, furniture and music by hand.

  18. Yes I have to wonder if this acetamine stuff is also being sweated out....

  19. Re:Philippines is 30 days...still annoying. on Fed Up Indian IT Professionals Want To Be Able To Leave Their Jobs Sooner (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd be curious to know if it works both ways, where companies are mandated to give equal amounts of severance pay.

  20. Re:Uh...yeah! on Laid-Off IT Workers Worry US Is Losing Tech Jobs To Outsourcing (www.cio.in) · · Score: 2

    It started in the 80s "Greed is good" that is when employment became a zero-sum game.

  21. I could probably figure it out too but doing it under pressure in interview with the expectation that you 'know' the algorithm is unrealistic.

  22. Re:"heavy costs of cloud video storage" on Can Technology Prevent Cops From Forgetting To Turn On Their Body Cameras? (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Another solution is to have two modes, on/buffering and on/saving. If the camera is on/buffering (what off would be) and a gunshot is detected the entire buffer is saved. Detected a gunshot should be very easy to do....

  23. Re:In What Language? on Software Engineer Detained At JFK, Given Test To Prove He's An Engineer (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    African Forth or European Forth?

  24. Re:some things should be trivial for any expert on Programmers Are Confessing Their Coding Sins To Protest a Broken Job Interview Process (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    That's complete BS. A piano player as part of his skills has to play music from memory by definition. There are entire tutorials available describing strategies to memorize music.
    As a programmer I am never asked to randomly crap out code on a whiteboard as part of my duties. Why should I do this in an interview?

  25. I vaguely remember having this in school around 1995 and would fail the question too.