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  1. Re:Or did they not keep up with technology? on Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Following Layoffs (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think there really is any, "Latest Technologies".

    There is the latest regurgitation of technologies, Rearranged, Renamed, and Refactored, but it's always the same stuff, just in different costumes.

  2. Re:Or did they not keep up with technology? on Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Following Layoffs (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Thankfully, it does all come back around to the firing/hiring managers when legacy systems start to fail for lack of maintenance and knowledge of those systems. Ultimately the stock holders end up taking it on the chin as IT costs go up and service goes down.

  3. Re: Quintupling your population is not sustainable on Coastal Megacity Karachi Is Running Out of Water (earther.com) · · Score: 2

    Especially Ellicott City this weekend.

    And the CO river is not drying up. It's being sucked up.

  4. Overkill on A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    overkill
    vrkil/
    noun
    1.excessive use, treatment, or action; too much of something.

  5. Re:Eh.. on Missing Climate Goals Could Cost the World $20 Trillion (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    More than you'd think

    "How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world"

  6. Raises Interesting Issues on President Trump Can't Block People On Twitter, Court Rules (knightcolumbia.org) · · Score: 0

    If Twitter can suddenly be considered a Public Forum which is subject to First Amendment protections, then how soon until other arguments will be made against Twitter banning people?

    Seems to me this has opened a door for further interpretations of the whole, "private organization" argument.

  7. Were their Identities REALLY stolen? on Senators Demand FCC Answer For Fake Comments After Realizing Their Identities Were Stolen (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Or did someone just put their name in the name field and click submit?

    I don't know of any commenting system that accurately connects a real person to a comment. You don't think people call me Sycodon, do you?

    Well, maybe they do. But that's besides the point.

    What do these Senators suggest be done? Force people to register and show ID?

  8. Re:Gorsuch is doing exactly what SCOTUS should do on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nope.

    By the 50s and 60s the Constitution had been amended so that it very clearly applies to everyone and that everyone is equal with respect to the laws and their application.

    So the decisions of the 50s and 60s that advanced civil rights are clearly within the scope of the courts.

  9. Re:It should be pointed out... on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seems to be they sided with the Law and court Precedence.

    "Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said that the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act trumps the National Labor Relations Act and that employees who sign employment agreements to arbitrate claims must do so on an individual basis — and may not band together to enforce claims of wage and hour violations.

    "The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Gorsuch writes. "While Congress is of course always free to amend this judgment, we see nothing suggesting it did so in the NLRA — much less that it manifested a clear intention to displace the Arbitration Act. Because we can easily read Congress's statutes to work in harmony, that is where our duty lies."

    NPR

  10. They removed the "Don't be evil" from their code of conduct.

  11. Hank Johnson will be vindicated.

  12. Sous-vide accomplishes the same thing.

  13. Tip: Let the steak come to room temperature. Then the insides will be a nice medium rare by the time you get a char on the outsides.

    Don't worry about nasties because they will all be murderated by the cast iron pan.

    Not recommend for ground beef unless you cook to recommenced temperature.

  14. If it can be cooked by a robot, it didn't need a Chef in the first place.

  15. Who the Fuck is Writing the Shit? on Hardcoded Password Found in Cisco Enterprise Software, Again (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are they using overseas programmers?

    Is this another success of outsourcing?

  16. Re:People Pulling Train Car on Tesla Model X Breaks Electric Towing Record By Pulling Boeing 787 (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    If anything, an electric car would have an easier go at it because there is no mechanical conversion of power from the motive to the wheels. No Transmission.

    Interestingly, that is one of the strengths of the Diesel Electric Locomotive, making it lighter and simpler.

  17. Re:What was visionary in 2012 is a crime in 2016 on Justice Department, FBI Are Investigating Cambridge Analytica (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    I signed up with a fake account simply to watch my kid's concerts which were streamed on Facebook.

    It's also fun to post crazy shit and troll various organizations. As long as you don't go over the top, all you are doing is fucking up FB's data and also give people a few laughs and you stay under the FB radar.

  18. People Pulling Train Car on Tesla Model X Breaks Electric Towing Record By Pulling Boeing 787 (inverse.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    On a flat section of track, your average NFL lineman could pull a train car.

    It' not about the weight,. It's about the Friction Force.

  19. Good Food doesn't cost more on California Study To Examine the Influence of a Healthy Diet On Patients (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    At my local store

    Boneless chicken breast $1.99
    Asparagus $1.50 for enough for three people.
    Olive oil $5

    For one person, that's four meals. The olive oil lasts for at least 20 meals.

    So a single individual could eat for 4 days on less than it takes for get a burger from Carl's Junior. And, BTW, each meal would add up to about 450 calories.

  20. How can you figure anything out without guidelines?

    You are full of shit.

  21. And what is the larger lesson?

    It's OK to break the law if (insert benevolent reason here)?

    Tell us all how much is too much. How far is too far?

  22. "cop-hugging pigfucker"

    I am always amused by people with this attitude who then usually end up calling these very same individuals when things go sideways.

    Our society is largely built on a single premise...don't mess with other people's shit. The majority of problems we have involve people trying to take or taking other people's shit whether electronically, legally, while you aren't home, or just bashing you on the head and taking it.

    So, no, crimes aren't pranks. And that simple "fun" has cost people time and money. You took their shit for a laugh.

  23. I wonder... on Congress Is Quietly Nudging NASA To Look for Aliens (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    ...have there been any credible studies that actually took a hard look at the implications of learning there is in fact intelligent life out there?

  24. It's All A Conspiracy.. on Potential New Cure Found For Baldness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...of the Barbershop industry to boost their bottom line!

  25. Re:Pick your battles on Food Calorie Counts Will Start Appearing in US Restaurants and Grocery Stores (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Ha!

    But you might be interested to know that MustaRd is usually considered a "free food" in most diets.

    And it is surprisingly good, especially the hot or "poupon" mustards over lean and grilled beef or other protein.