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  1. Somebody wake up the editors! on Is The Linux Desktop In Trouble? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "That's, after all, is where the money is."

    Does no one edit anymore? We used to see a little (sic) every now and then, or a ...[word]... here and there. Now, nothing.

    *sigh*

  2. Fuck! That's two errors on the front page this morning!

    *sigh*

    I get that not everyone has good grammar (or uses Grammarly), but FFS, every modern device that edits text has a spell checker built in... Use the goddamn thing!

  3. Re:Also creates social "peace" on Alibaba Founder Defends Overtime Work Culture As 'Huge Blessing' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    There are so many more layers to his "challenge"/speech; competition, national pride, youthful exuberance (and pride), etc...
    All of it carefully crafted to keep costs low and productivity high. Full stop.

    Clever monster...

  4. Sociopathic Monster on Alibaba Founder Defends Overtime Work Culture As 'Huge Blessing' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    This is Rick acting like a god and telling his microverse inhabitants that they can only be truly happy by working for his betterment.

    Fucking monster.

  5. Re:Apollo Lander software on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Sophisticated Piece of Software Ever Written? (quora.com) · · Score: 1

    I would like to reply to your sig.

    It took humans thousands of years to build houses capable of withstanding natural catastrophes.

    Software's been around, what, ~100 years (200 if you go back to the Jacquard Loom c. 1804).

    We're dumb, and only learn from experience. Gibe us a few thousand more years. :)

  6. This certainly felt like the early form of A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

    Not that I want any corporation to be responsible for teaching my children, but having a private, custom version without relying on someone else's eyes; I'll take it.

  7. Re:Gov protects rights on The iPhone Is Guaranteed To Last Only One Year, Apple Argues In Court (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Well said. One missed item, that hard-fought for 40 hour work week is now considered lazy.

    I work in IT, not programming --just the back-end stuff, and I have been shamed (not ashamed) for considering anything less than 60+ hours per week --not including weekends-- to be idiotic. They each looked at me and said, "You're in IT". Like that was supposed to say it all.

    I'm not working anything more than I absolutely have to to keep my job, and keep my family fed. If I were hourly, it might be a different story.

  8. "Uber denied that the practice is widespread." on Uber Drivers Gang Up To Cause Surge Pricing, Research Says (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Not for long.

  9. Re:I've noticed that, but something else interesti on Satellite Navigation 'Switches Off' Parts of Brain Used For Navigation, Study Finds (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    That makes sense. You implicitly trust the SatNav to be accurate, but other people's direction could be erroneous. Ergo, your brain is constantly fact-checking their directions.

  10. Re:I knew it on Apple's Next Big Thing: Augmented Reality (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    AR was always going to be the "Next Big Thing". VR is a fun, limited-use-case solution looking for a problem. AR keeps the user productive. AR keeps the user engaged in the world around him/her.

  11. WTF!? Re:DO NOT give Hillary your credit card... on Hillary Clinton's Campaign Creates Way To Make Money From Donald Trump's Tweets (adweek.com) · · Score: 0

    When a Wells Fargo employee accuses you of financial malfeasance you know you done fucked up good.

    What a scummy fucking troglodyte.

    I pray for the VP to suddenly and violently be promoted to POTUS.

    *sigh*

  12. Expediency of transactions? on Banks Adopting Blockchain 'Dramatically Faster' Than Expected (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Will this speed up transfers and other digital transactions?

    I find it incredibly frustrating that it still takes DAYS to do some electronic transfers. After all, immediately verifiable trust should foster a speedier transaction, right...right?

    Unfortunately, I doubt it...

  13. Re:Terraforming teaser at the end? on SpaceX Shows Off Its Interplanetary Transport System in New Video (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    That's great and all. Just one issue, without a super-heated, spinning core the atmosphere will just blow away...

    Magnets, yo!

  14. Terraforming teaser at the end? on SpaceX Shows Off Its Interplanetary Transport System in New Video (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably the most interesting bit, after the 50s-esque ship landing on mars, is the terraforming teaser at the end...

    I wanna more about that!!

    How do they plan on restarting the magnetic core?

  15. Expected Disappointment on Google Cancels Project Ara Modular Smartphone Plans, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm really disappointed with this decision. So much potential wasted.

    But, I think we all saw this coming a mile away. It didn't come across as 'sexy' enough.

    Too bad...

    *smh*

  16. Re:How nice of Facebook to take time out of... on Too Fat For Facebook: Photo Banned For Depicting Body In 'Undesirable Manner' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You truly believe that, don't you?

    That is called self-acceptance. Accepting my lot in life does not mean I should be claiming enlightenment due to my ailment/impairment/shitty fucking lifestyle choices, it came from deep introspection and a truckload of work. That should be the message.

    Fat acceptance says I should accept that fat people are beautiful, too. Fuck that.

    I had been fat all my life (still about 20lbs over my ideal BMI), like seriously fat. Morbidly obese was the term. I worked my ass off to lose half my body mass.

    Losing weight didn't grant me enlightenment, it just made me lighter. Enlightenment came from the years of mental struggle, overcoming my own demons that got me to that weight.

    Fuck that. Celebrating what makes a person shitty is not good.

    But what do I know, I don't own a media outlet.

  17. Pedantic? Yep!
    Necessary technical detail? Yep!

    How necessary? 8 times as necessary!

    6 GB/s is fucking awesome!

    6Gb/s, not as impressive.

  18. Shades of Gibson's future... on Can Switzerland Become a Safe Haven For the World's Data? (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Neuromancer for the win; we now just need an orbiting, privately funded space station.

  19. How 'bout the reverse? on Futuristic Suit Lets You Feel What It's Like To Be An Old Man · · Score: 1

    A suit that makes old people feel young!! That would be swell!

  20. Re:A lot of it is driven by the engineers themselv on Tech Pros' Struggle For Work-Life Balance Continues (dice.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not just engineers. I work in education and there are two of those people I can think of off the top of my head. Both of them gave tons of free time to the company to get promoted and now everyone else is held to their standard.

    Already have my resume out.

  21. Isn't this just heuristic scanning? on Stem Cell-Derived Brain Mimics Predict Chemical Toxicity · · Score: 1

    This is the same mechanism used during antivirus scans.

    Makes sense to do it with biological machines, too.

  22. Re: Don't we (the US) already have that... on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Well put.

    O'm always flabbergasted by how few people actually learn from history and he mistakes that have been made in the past.

    Dumb.

  23. I may be drunk, but... on NASA's Hurricane Model Resolution Increases Nearly 10-Fold Since Katrina · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the hell is a petfalop?

    HAHAHA!

    Hooray beer!

    Why are typos so much funnier when drunk?

  24. 23 years!! Holy crap I feel old! on Debian Founder: How I Came To Find Linux · · Score: 2

    Living in Allston in the early 90's and some friends of mine (L0pht, NewHackCity, CDC, etc...) ran all kinds of boxen. Solaris, Mac, and something brand new called Linux. I loved the power and efficiency. I loved how configurable it was. I wasn't even in college at the time (broke adult).

    Slackware on a 486dx4-25. Gotta admit, I miss the days of hacking hardware to get it to do what you want.

    God, remember when Linux fit on a floppy?

  25. DMCA? Typos are the devil!~! on Universal Pictures Wants To Remove Localhost and IMDB Pages From Google Results · · Score: 1

    I think you meant DMCA...