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  1. Re:Thursday? on FCC Says It is Investigating CenturyLink 911 Outage · · Score: 2

    Why are you not heading for your nearest bank? Woohoo CRIME SPREE TIME!

  2. more learning on Apache NetBeans 10.0 Now Available (apache.org) · · Score: 1

    I know about lambda parameters but it looks like now I need to read up and lamdba parameters. Sigh.

  3. You might think so, but it's not true, and the Republicans are are working hard to fix that. The Michigan bottle deposit law actually hurts recycling, people would recycle more if they weren't turning in plastic bottles for the deposit so they can be... recycled.

  4. Re:I know this is too ideal, but ... on 'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I think Apple probably did it so they could sell the Bluetooth headphones that people would constantly lose and need to replace.

  5. Re:Yippie-ki-yay mofo on Using Data To Determine if 'Die Hard' is a Christmas Movie (stephenfollows.com) · · Score: 1

    How is this not modded up?

  6. Re: We could use this exploit for good on Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix For Internet Explorer Zero Day (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    You may know it as Javascript.

  7. Re:And the big question must be... on This Was the Year the Robot Takeover of Service Jobs Began (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    A certain amount of labor is required to protect capital. I don't really see that changing too much.

  8. Unemployment rate at 50 year low on This Was the Year the Robot Takeover of Service Jobs Began (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    So I guess it's not the end of the world. Plus, I can always go back to dancing in the clubs like I did to get myself through college.

  9. Re:If you're building a tunnel... on Elon Musk Unveils 1.14-Mile Boring Company Tunnel (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a better idea.

  10. Stink level 5! Achievement unlocked!

  11. It says it gives you an odor score on a scale of 1 to 5. You cannot do that with standard programming, it requires AI to categorize various concentration levels into various stink levels.

  12. Re:correction in linked reuters story on Twitter Warns of Suspicious Traffic Coming From China and Russia (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    You're not paranoid if they're really out to get you. :)

  13. That's a trade I'm willing to make. on Cement is the Source of About 8% of the World's Carbon Dioxide Emissions (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you're looking to cut CO2 emissions, please look elsewhere. Concrete is pretty much essential to life as we currently know it in the civilized world. Let's go back to building with wood and replicate the 1906 fire in San Francisco...

  14. Re:End of personal computing on Microsoft Is Readying a Consumer Microsoft 365 Subscription Bundle (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    People will be 'cutting the cord' on their computers just like they are today with their television if it gets too bad.

  15. I had to start on Ranks of Crypto Users Swelled in 2018 Even as Bitcoin Tumbled (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    It was the only way my sports betting site was going to let me cash out profits.

  16. Re:Blockchain is new in the cloud on 'Blockchain Developer' is the Fastest-Growing US Job (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    import blockchain as bc
    import cloud as cld

    Woohoo! I'm a cloud blockchain developer! This is going straight on my resume.

  17. California wants to tax text messages on FCC Gives Carriers the Option To Block Text Messages (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice service you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it. We think everyone should have it.

  18. Carriers may block or censor our text messages? on FCC Gives Carriers the Option To Block Text Messages (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds kind of silly. Who would continue to use a carrier that did that? The whole point of having a phone is to be able to communicate; if the carrier starts working against you on that you had better be looking for a new company.

  19. Doom is what got me to buy a Soundblaster back then. It blew me away.

    Anyway, John Romero will be releasing 9 new levels to commemorate the 25th anniversary.

  20. I find it interesting you immediately attribute this to Google. Your phone may have connected to the retirement home WiFi network automatically, and advertisers may have noted your IP address change to the same as all the retirees who also share that network. No large leaps of logic for them to make that connection, and no need for Google to be involved with it.

  21. Re:You think that was strange... on Were Those Strange Waves Rippling Across Earth Caused By Magma Shfits? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There were people around for this, although they probably had no idea it occurred.

  22. There also is a theory that a giant asteroid struck Antarctica and the Siberian Traps were antipodal to the impact.

  23. doesn't matter to me on EU Governments Agree To Tougher Stance On E-evidence (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Since I reside in the Apple ecosystem, all of the evidence of my wrongdoings are actually iEvidence.

  24. Great! on An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is going to make electing our leaders so much easier. Mandatory that they wear these during presidential debates and the results live broadcast along the bottom of the screen.

  25. It is bred into current management dogma that you *never* do that. You drive the company off the cliff before you do that. You have a parachute, the workers do not.