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  1. Rodriguez did the same thing he did with "Sin City". Many of the frames looked so much like the manga, it brought tears to my eyes. I've been waiting to see this version of Gally and was not disappointed (except for the ending!).

  2. It's the plot of a SciFi story on Bill Nye: We Are Not Going To Live on Mars, Let Alone Turn It Into Earth (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Trump will veto any action to overturn Pai... and I don't think a 2/3rds majority to support such action is likely. Say goodbye to Net Neutrality until Trump is gone.

  4. Re:Yes, there is definitely something "wrong" on Mark Zuckerberg's Real Campaign: Save Facebook (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Install "Social Fixer" and have it hide all political posts. https://socialfixer.com/
    Saves my sanity every time I login to FB.

  5. Re:I replaced my kid's Toshiba laptop on HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They truly DON'T CARE one way or the other, the crapware generates income for them, hence why.
    Solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/TronS...

  6. Re:I don't know about turkey on Turkeys Are Twice as Big as They Were in 1960 (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    RE: tasteless fruit
    The "produce" in most grocery stores has been grown for appearance and longer shelf life, not taste. The solution is to order direct from the groves via mail order. Several people told me they hated grapefuit; I gave them a ruby red ordered direct from a Florida grove, and they were AMAZED how much better it was.

  7. Typical Dodge on Tech Companies Try Apprenticeships To Fill The Tech Skills Gap (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Just another way of saying "We want young (gullible) people that will work 70 hours a week for half of the 'reasonable and customary' wages this position normally pays"

  8. I was the first one hired to start the "internet" dept of a printing/advertising company.
    After several years, I was replaced with six guys in their early twenties.

  9. BE SAFE! Use a pinhole projector on Solar-Eclipse Glasses On Amazon May Not Meet NASA's Safety Requirements (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    The SAFEST way to view the eclipse is INDIRECTLY, not looking directly at the sun.
    Instructions:
    https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/s...
    https://www.timeanddate.com/ec...

  10. Industry Complaints are standard on Google Releases Study Defending YouTube's Value To Music Biz; Trade Bodies Hit Back (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    The "music industry" will not be happy until they get _ALL_ the money in the world.
    Anything else is "unfair" to them.

  11. You left your car unlocked... on US ISP Goes Down As Two Malware Families Go To War Over Its Modems (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    You left your car unlocked, so I've removed the engine to prevent anyone from stealing it!

  12. "Follow the Money" on Diet Sodas May Be Tied To Stroke, Dementia Risk (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Has anybody looked at who FUNDED this "study"?... could it have been https://www.sugar.org/ ???
    For example, people have been trying to demonize Aspertame for YEARS.
    But the American Cancer Society finds no ill effects https://www.cancer.org/cancer/...
    There are other examples if you search.

  13. Re:Still the best on Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? · · Score: 1

    It's got my vote.
    This is the one that set the standard for all non-cheesy scifi that came after it.

  14. It's Google's Fault on Ask Slashdot: A Point of Contention - Modern User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    https://support.google.com/ads...
    "Starting April 21, 2015, Google Search will be expanding its use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal."

    So if your site doesn't have HUGE buttons/links, tons of whitespace around elements so a finger doesn't hit two controls at the same time, and small bite sized paragraphs that fit on a phone screen, you get deranked compared to sites that do.

  15. Theaters Find New Ways to Make money on Despite Piracy Claims, North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion In 2016 (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    The local theater chain near me now has "Prime Seating". They changed the color of the two rows of seats in the exact center of the auditorium, and CHARGE EXTRA to sit in them. If you sit behind those seats (which now have reclining mechs) you get the "priviledge" of having your knees attacked as if you were on an airliner.

    I'm waiting for them to bring in the pay toilets and parking meters soon.... :P

  16. Need Cheap Child Labor? on Apple CEO Tim Cook: I'd Require All Children To Start Coding In 4th Grade (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the matter Tim, aren't the H1b's cheap enough anymore?
    You want Congress to revoke the child labor laws. so you can buy a bigger new yacht?

    Sheesh!

  17. Ads During Programs on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll just overwrite the bottom of the screen with an ad played DURING the show. Networks are already doing this to advertise their other shows, and they'll just expand it to products now. Welcome to the CNN version of TV viewing, where the "crawls" shove the content you want to see into a teeny window in the upper right corner...

  18. Yet Another Good Reason on Google Will Retire Chrome Support For XP, Vista, OS X 10.6-8 In April 2016 (blogspot.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yet another good reason to avoid using Chrome, besides it being so resource hungry.

  19. Follow the money on Firefox 39 Released, Bringing Security Improvements and Social Sharing · · Score: 1

    How much do you think Pocket, etc paid Mozilla to make their services an integral part of the browser?
    How long do you think it will be before advertisers pay Mozilla to route around adblock extensions and display their ads?

  20. It's supposed to come with the machine, actually on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 1

    Did a quick Google, and found this:
    http://remember.the-aero.org/a...

  21. Just a friendly reminder on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    Of the corporate owner, Dice.com; their online applications are surely WELL designed...

  22. Nobody Needs a "Diet Book" on Book Review: The Healthy Programmer · · Score: 1

    One sentence; eat less, exercise more. Simple.
    I'm taking up competition horseshoe throwing; had a ball last tues night :)

  23. What about PuppyLinux or DamnSmallLinux? on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 4, Informative

    What about PuppyLinux or DamnSmallLinux?

    http://puppylinux.org/ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

    Both are tiny, and boot in less than a minute.

  24. What the new Xbox is _really_ for... on Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns · · Score: 1

    Haven't you got it yet? The new Xbox isn't about GAMES anymore, it's about selling people's eyes to advertisers. These consoles are being used more for displaying media, rather than games. The mandatory Kinect and internet connection are a means to tell advertisers how many butts are in seats, watching their ads.

    Want to see what the future will be like? Watch "15 Million Merits" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Mirror_episodes

    How about media that won't display unless your butt is in the seat, watching the ad?

    The new Xbox will be one way to achieve that, EASILY.

  25. Re:Better answer on Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns · · Score: 2

    No he feels he isn't throwing away his customers, because he thinks his customers are sheeple.