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  1. Re:Families come first on Age Discrimination In the Tech Industry · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What you say is true. I have left work either on time or sometimes early to take care of my kids.

    But my younger colleagues often times show up late (or not at all) with hangovers, my piss will test 100% clean and many of theirs will not, and I spend my time at wok actually working as opposed to a lot of socializing and what not.

    So choose your poison.

  2. So write it, John on Android Needs a Simulator, Not an Emulator · · Score: 0

    Nothing is stopping you.

    Apache 2.0 please.

  3. Re:Russians have better engines on Russian RD-180 Embargo Could Boost American Rocket Industry · · Score: 1

    Proven technology - not necessarily superior.

    that said military thinking prized proven above all else... so your point is valid until proven otherwise.

  4. Re:Move 10% of the military budget on Russian RD-180 Embargo Could Boost American Rocket Industry · · Score: 1

    In case you are not up on not so current events, the last attack on the US was executed by a few guys with box cutters and multitools.

  5. Re:Or Maybe on Aliens and the Fermi Paradox · · Score: 1

    Sadly, I think humans will be the side blowing peace loving civilizations to shit.

  6. Re:Progenitors? on Aliens and the Fermi Paradox · · Score: 1

    You have no basis at all for your assertion that the hypothesis is unlikely.

  7. Explanation on Aliens and the Fermi Paradox · · Score: 1

    Here's your explanation:

    1) We don't know shit about the universe, physics, or exobiology

    2) We have not been listening very long

    Give it time - lot's of time.

  8. Re:Russia on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 1

    Canada is in a unique position that they can enjoy being nuclear free, but has all of the benefits of having them due to proximity to the US.

    (Not to mention some of the problems as well - like being a target regardless of their nuclear posture.)

  9. Re:Does not matter on The World's Worst Planes: Aircraft Designs That Failed · · Score: 1

    I've always likes that one, along with the fighter that would land on its tail.

  10. Re:NASA jobs program on As NASA Seeks Next Mission, Russia Holds the Trump Card · · Score: 1

    I worked as a NASA contractor for a while, and there was not any getting rich on the green badge side of things I can assure you.

  11. I like the Ouya on Ouya's Unsung Strength: Multiplayer For Parties · · Score: 1

    Some of the games are great fun. Ballistic in particular. Not a lot of thinking involved, but fast, fun, and pretty.

    Draw Rider is good on the Ouya as well. A couple of others come t mind.

    My kids refuse to play it for the most part - they are too into their Xbox.

  12. Re:Could have been the folks up at Beale AFB on U-2 Caused Widespread Shutdown of US Flights Out of LAX · · Score: 1

    As does NASA out of the Palmdale DAOF which is much closer to LAX. That said IIRC it takes the ER-2 about 45 minutes and over 200 nm to get to 60,000 feet depending on initial fuel load and climb speed. Usually there wasn't a problem operating over national airspace... they go out over the ocean, climb, and go feet dry over Vandenburg (ish).

    (I wrote software for an instrument that went on the ER-2 (the white one, the black one was off doing something classified), and later helped integrate that instrument on said plane.)

  13. The real problem with "late term" startups... on Ask Slashdot: Joining a Startup As an Older Programmer? · · Score: 1

    ...if you are joining at this point (300 people???) you are an employee. Not a founder, not a low badge number... you may as well be going to work for some megacompany.

    Maybe you'll get some nice options, but you are way late to this party.

  14. Re:Old phone cords? on New Shape Born From Rubber Bands · · Score: 2

    That is exactly what I thought the moment I saw this.

    Kids these days.... sheesh.

  15. Re:OpenBSD's Fork Is The Answer on OpenSSL: the New Face of Technology Monoculture · · Score: 2

    PolarSSL is GPLv2

  16. Re:OpenBSD's Fork Is The Answer on OpenSSL: the New Face of Technology Monoculture · · Score: 1

    PolarSSL.

  17. Re:money on Face Recognition Algorithm Finally Outperforms Humans · · Score: 1

    NSA mission does not include IMINT or HUMINT.

  18. Re:Or.. on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    All together now, say it with me... "shim."

    There! That wasn't as hard as we thought!

  19. Re:Get it FIPS certified on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    Actually, it is more about build tools, configuration control, and dependency management than anything mentioned above.

  20. PolarSSL already won this race on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    No reason to reinvent that.

  21. Re:SD Censorship on SpaceX Successfully Delivers Supplies To ISS · · Score: 1, Funny

    We had a guy like Putin running the show - his name was George W. Bush... and I sincerely doubt you want him back.

  22. Re:Sunk Costs on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    Not the mention of the years of extensive R&D, human factors, and usability trials... which I am sure the home brew folks didn't refer to at all when developing their hand.

  23. KNF can wait on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is most annoying trying to hunt bugs while wading thru massive diffs caused by formatting changes.

    Deal with that later.

  24. Re:Well considering that.. on Ask Slashdot: Hungry Students, How Common? · · Score: 1

    ...because 80% competing for 15% of the money is soooo much more civilized.

  25. Re:Here's a trick: Don't live in the U.S. on Ask Slashdot: Hungry Students, How Common? · · Score: 1

    Then why are there so many cars in Europe?