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  1. If you added alternative battery and super capacitor technologies you would be wealthy...

  2. The laws in place which protect worker safety are inadequate, because they do not make unsafe work conditions sufficiently unprofitable for large industries. And there is absolutely zero job protection for non-union workers; in a world which insists that you have a job, there should be some form of job protection.

    I worked at a chemical plant 25+ years ago at a non-union shop. OSHA laws are numerous and detailed, and yes they protected us. What do you base your claim on?

  3. Re:depends on how you set goals. on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job? · · Score: 1

    I work with an offshore team and there was a 3 month backlog when I took over. We have one less person now and backlog is non-existent after I implement a daily 'scrum' (just a call) to go over tickets. We have started taking over work from other teams. I don't buy into agile necessarily but checking in every day for a few minutes really does seem to help.

  4. Re:Deadlines on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job? · · Score: 1

    Usually these kind of programmers fail QC or production (often) and are easy to identify. I have rarely seen programmers who make un-maintainable code make successful changes on the first try. So it's import to keep an eye on the pipeline....

  5. Re:In my experience on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job? · · Score: 1

    I don't think the OP was suggesting juniors should never fix bugs, hopefully the senior guy would have a sense of what is possible/impossible for a junior to troubleshoot and fix.

  6. Windows 10 Hot Dog Stand

  7. Re:Jeff Bezos: One way to rate his abilties on Jeff Bezos Talks About Music Streaming, and His Political Ambitions (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    same reason they put the milk in the back of the supermarket

  8. What's old is new again. Wasn't this discovered in the early 90's?

  9. Re:Bollocks on Pioneering Data Genius Hans Rosling Passes Away At Age 68 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    huge amount of statistical crap

    agreed. I would put that figure at roughly 67.35%, but only when spouting.

  10. Re:Is it really that hard? on We Finally Have a Computer That Can Survive the Surface of Venus (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    designing a cooling device that works at the temperature (ie the radiating element working at 735K ) is probably as hard as designing electronics... and a lot heavier.

  11. Which factory is this? on Samsung Factory Fire Caused By Faulty Batteries (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this where they were disarming all the Note 7's the customers returned?

  12. Re:Don't work at a place like this on Story Of a Founder Who Burned Through $21M While His Social App Fling Crashed (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    People have all kinds of reasons they became programmers and don't need someone to tell them which ones are acceptable.

  13. Re:Even more fake news on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 1

    No, just that the idea that scientists are 'pure' and lack conflict of interests is baloney.

  14. Isn't declaring enough? on US Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be enough just to declare any social media accounts that you are on? Friend lists should be enough to determine if someone is connected with terrorists.

  15. Also lots of people use password managers and generated passwords. I couldn't tell you any of my account passwords from memory.

  16. Re:How is data "at the border"? on US Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's no different than asking them what city they live in or the purpose of their visit.

  17. Re: Well, damn on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 2

    That's fine, but this 'wealth leveling' has come about on the backs of US working class with the wealthy not only not contributing but taking advantage of the situation to collect a 'vig' they are putting in their own pockets.

  18. Re:Even more fake news on A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months · · Score: 2

    Even if you are a rank and file professor most of your time is spent writing requests for funding... and the more money you bring in the more you get paid etc.

  19. Re:deliberate attempt to stall the process on FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you think it costs?

  20. Re:deliberate attempt to stall the process on FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    This site estimates a half billion a year. http://www.informationdiet.com...
    You are suggesting that every document in government is sitting around in pdf format pre-redacted... really?

  21. Cyanotype printing was invented in 1842

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  22. Not sure what your comment has to do with the article, other than that it points out that this new paper has few or none of the properties that make paper desirable.

  23. Re:It's a lot easier to "lose" a fax... on FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com) · · Score: 0

    Like sending an email is proof of receipt? If you want a record you sent something send it by registered mail. Really I can't believe the accepted emails in the first place.

  24. Re:deliberate attempt to stall the process on FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    FOIA requests cost the taxpayer a lot of money to process. I don't there being a small barrier to entry such as the cost of a stamp.

  25. 90% of these cases are caused by poor diet.