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  1. Re:USA next? on Chinese Tech Companies Building Factories In India · · Score: 0

    Too many unions in the USA - which is why the jobs went to China in the first place.

  2. Re:Africa after That? on Chinese Tech Companies Building Factories In India · · Score: 1

    If your read the article you will see that Chinese workers are not as malleable and conformist as they once were, and are now demanding more pay.

  3. Re:Foxconn is Taiwanese on Chinese Tech Companies Building Factories In India · · Score: 1

    I thought Taiwan was "Nationalist China" or some such.

  4. Don't use a shotgun on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Depending on the range, pressure washers and garden hoses work quite well. Paintball guns, not so much.

  5. Re:Right to Privacy in One's Backyard? on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Looking over the fence, no. Climbing over the fence, yes.

  6. Re:Right to Privacy in One's Backyard? on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    In the United States, it used to be that the default was you have a reasonable expectation of privacy if (insert situation here).

    How things have changed, especially with citizens now adopting the arbitrary and baseless BS police quote of "you have no expectation of privacy."

  7. The thing is, Windows 8.1 isn't bad on Windows 10, From a Linux User's Perspective · · Score: 1

    Install Classic Shell, ignore the Metro desktop, and move on with your life.

    It boots faster, is more stable, and uses less resources than Windows 7. Honestly, aside from UI complaints, I am not sure why everyone hates 8.

  8. Re:I have Bronze blood on Man With the "Golden Arm" Has Saved Lives of 2 Million Babies · · Score: 1

    For whatever reason the target recipients did better with their actual blood type. B- being 2% of the population (and half of that being CMV+) put it in high demand in that small audience (which is why I give myself a bronze since my bloods high value has such a narrow focus). Or so they said. All I know is that I donated gallons of the stuff, along with a shit load of platelets, because they said very young children needed it for the above reasons. Sounded good enough for me.

    Like you I then I went to Iraq, donated a bunch there, and was told on my return no more blood drives for 5 years.

  9. Re: I have Bronze blood on Man With the "Golden Arm" Has Saved Lives of 2 Million Babies · · Score: 1

    Leukemia of some type. Never bothered to find out exactly.

  10. I have Bronze blood on Man With the "Golden Arm" Has Saved Lives of 2 Million Babies · · Score: 1

    B- CMV- platelets are apparently good some some kids. Used to donate very often. Probably still should.

  11. Re:Linux Support on Reactions To Apple's Plans To Open Source Swift · · Score: 1

    I peaked in 1993 you insensitive clod.

  12. What are good Slashdot alternatives? on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 0

    Techdirt? Ars Technica?

    I have been around this site for so long, I would be sad to abandon it. But it really seems like things have jumped the shark here.

  13. Re:Obvious solution on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 1

    yeah that is an obvious problem. sucks.

  14. Obvious solution on SourceForge Responds To nmap Maintainer's Claims · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Migrate to github. Shut down SF repo.

  15. Re:Great tool for insurance companies, too on New Test Could Reveal Every Virus That's Ever Infected You · · Score: 1

    >> For example, someone with antibodies for 50 different flu strains is clearly taking more risk than someone who has only, say, 10

    Explain the line of reasoning behind this.

  16. Netflix on Why Americans Loathe Cable Companies · · Score: 1

    They are just becoming another cable company. Rapidly.

  17. Re:Speaking of "theft" on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Sadly, that is quite reasonable CEO pay these days.

  18. Netflix has a foolproof plan for stopping this on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Advertising.

  19. China cheating?? on Baidu Forced To Withdraw Last Month's ImageNet Test Results · · Score: 2

    Surely you jest!

  20. Re:Age discrimination on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 1

    If they canned any younger workers then there goes that lawsuit.

  21. Quit ASAP, the severance isn't worth it on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 1

    Hedge your bets: keep working/training but look now.

    If you get an offer try to negotiate a start date after your release date to grab the severance... but consider that you need to beat your fellow soon-to-be-unemployed colleagues to the remaining jobs in the area, so the few weeks pay is not really worth it.

    Too bad all the local employers know what is going on and the well is somewhat poisoned.

  22. Hmm - I don't see them here... on 100kb of Unusual Code Protecting Nuclear, ATC and United Nations Systems · · Score: 1
  23. F that, I DID cancel on Netflix Is Experimenting With Advertising · · Score: 1

    The website didn't ask why, so I called them and told the customer rep why.

    I urge all Netflix customers to do the same.

  24. I *WILL* cancel on Netflix Is Experimenting With Advertising · · Score: 1

    No way am I putting up with that shit.

  25. This is why non-competes are essential on Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers · · Score: 0

    Asshats like this.