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  1. Boarding and Bags on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer On Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 1
    CGP Grey showed that significant delays come from people, in the form of boarding order and bags.

    http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/wh...

    If airplanes were willing to reduce checked-bag fees, and passengers were willing to delay boarding / disembarking, the overall process could be sped up drastically. But try to tell someone in row 20 that they have to wait to get up until someone in row 30 gets off first.

  2. Fulfillment on Ask Slashdot: Why Did You Quit Your Last Job? · · Score: 2

    The job was a waste of my talents. I was persistently bored and not doing what I wanted to do. Left, went to grad school, and got a job that I love. Pay sucked, and boss was a micromanaging egomaniac. That certainly helped the decision.

  3. Re:Open Source - Open Data on NYC Announces Plans To Test Algorithms For Bias (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Health-related information (currently covered under HIPPA) and personal finances are two that immediately come to mind.

  4. Re:Open Source - Open Data on NYC Announces Plans To Test Algorithms For Bias (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    "and all data passed through them must also be easily accessed"

    May not be possible due to releasing personally-identifiable information that should otherwise be kept confidential.

  5. "Preventing us from doing the things we do now to make money will cause us to make less money." --- Google

  6. ..................

    Don't hold your breath. You'll be waiting a while.

  7. Nielsen said the government “must think beyond the defense of specific assets — and confront systemic risks that affect everyone from tech giants to homeowners.”


    So....people themselves.

  8. Re:Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Current one has broken LAN port, but your comment still stands. Current one is also kind of a shitty spectrum analyzer, so now I have multiple reasons for wanting an new one.

  9. Re:Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Nope. Still a spectrum analyzer. Rigol DSA1030. USB and ethernet ports. And for some reason this unit's ethernet port is malfunctioning. Now, I've been wanting a new spectrum analyzer anyways because...well...Rigol DSA1030. But now the USB policy means that I REALLY want a new spectrum analyzer.

  10. Re:Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I specifically avoid windows-based scopes when I can. Viva la Tektronix DPO4000!

  11. Re:Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Tried it. Got denied. Forced to continue doing things that are textbook examples of security breaches waiting to happen.

  12. Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But how much productivity is lost because I need to use my personal laptop to transfer screenshots from a spectrum analyzer (USB port only!) via emailing to myself? My company does basically the same thing, and as an electronics engineer that spends a bunch of time at a test bench, this SUCKS!

  13. Compensating on US Cities Lose Tree Cover Just When They Need It Most (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With the emerging (but still very small) movement to add a lot of plants to the roofs / sides of buildings, I would like to see a study making a quantitative evaluation as to how much said plants can compensate for the loss of trees.

  14. Correct Wikipedia Link on 60-Year-Old Maths Problem Partly Solved By Amateur (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  15. A new platform....relevant xkcd on Baidu Announces New Open Platform To Help Speed Up Development of Self-Driving Cars (theverge.com) · · Score: 2
  16. Avoid the Crazy on Americans' Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    By living outside the city I can avoid future "protests" which involves burning cars, looting businesses, and assaulting bystanders.

  17. Better Summary Info on Electric Car Battery Prices Fell By 80% In the Last 7 Years, Says Study (electrek.co) · · Score: 5, Informative
    Because the original summary was such crap, I bothered to read the report and have this information:

    From 2010 to 2016, battery pack prices fell roughly 80% from ~$1,000/kWh to ~$227/kWh

    From 2013 to 2017, ranges of EVs have increased. The Nissan Leaf went from 75mi to 107mi, and the Tesla Model S went from 208mi to 249mi. This is mostly due to bigger battery packs (24kWh --> 30kWh and 60kWh --> 75kWh respectively).

    In 2016, the battery pack cost is still ~$227/kWh, meaning that a 60kWh Tesla battery pack is ~$13600. The target cost for parity with ICE vehicles is $100/kWh, which is likely to happen sometime between 2025 and 2030.

  18. You can pry my mouse out of my cold, dead hands.

  19. Re:This sounds familiar on Senior Homeland Security Official Says Internet Anonymity Should Be Outlawed (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Overgeneralization, with a hint of false analogy.

  20. And they keep saying the same thing about firearms......

  21. DLC vs. Games on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: -1, Troll

    The article is misleading. I don't see anything regarding how Steam will refund you a *game* you've purchased and played for less than two hours, just DLC for a game.

  22. I see you.... on London's Crime Hot Spots Predicted Using Mobile Phone Data · · Score: 1

    Big Brother is watching you. Again. Even when they say they're not.

  23. Re:False positive on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    M60? Dang, that's some fast fapping.

  24. Re:Technology will turn this all upside down on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    We (CCW-ers) only get upset about people knowing because then they raise a stink about it. Where I live, there is a huge proliferation of guns and hunting, so even if people knew they'd shrug and go about their day. In a major coastal city (say in California or the New England areas) everyone would flip a shit, call the cops on me, and accuse me of being a baby-killer.

  25. Re:Easier and better solution on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    Privacy violation.