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  1. you can have two different bad things, with one being worse than the other.

    but they are both bad.

    get it now?

  2. where exactly do you get the idea that islam tolerates this violence? the vast majority of islam denounce ISIS explicitly, which makes you wrong. not only that, but MOST OF WHO ISIS IS KILLING ARE OTHER MUSLIMS. this makes you wrong AND dumb.

  3. the bible DOES say to kill adulterers & witche on Democrat Drops MN State House Run After Tweeting 'ISIS Isn't Necessarily Evil' (startribune.com) · · Score: 1

    hell, the bible advocates stoning for lots of things!

    what was your point again?

  4. seriously, get a standing desk on The $6,000 Computer Desk That Lets You Lie Down While You Work · · Score: 2

    buy a $40 ikea coffee table, put it on top of your desk, use it as your keyboard & mouse stand.
    buy a $50 tall monitor mount from amazon that clamps to the back of your desk and raises your monitor or laptop to eye height.
    buy a $30 hog heaven foam floor mat to stand on

    play music and shuffle & move around as you work. i used to have constant lower back problems from sitting all day, but ever since i've switched, my back has been great. it's also been great for my overall health. do it for yourself.

    the first week or so of adjustment period is a little rough, but from there on out it's smooth sailing.

  5. where is the link to this so called article? on How the FBI Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    cmon editors - where is the link to this so called article?

  6. i don't actually think they are the same, GP did on 'Game of Drones' -- a Live War Game About Drone Combat Strategy (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree that cheap drones are very different in capabilities than a cruise missile. but GP made the stupid argument that this was the same, and rather than disagree with him, I thought I would point out that even if he were correct, it would still a big deal, not the la-de-da he was making it out to be.

  7. a missile that anyone can buy for $500 on 'Game of Drones' -- a Live War Game About Drone Combat Strategy (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    did you actually think about what you were saying? the fact that anyone can easily purchase a missile now for such a low price is a huge fucking deal.

    smartass.

  8. you don't need to advertise life-saving drugs on University Reprimands Professor For Assigning Cheaper Textbook (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    I promise you, if they invent a drug that cures cancer, they don't need to advertise that shit.

    Even on a lesser scale, important drugs don't need advertising. Advertising is for shit drugs that are desperate for a market and customers. It's just a way to milk us.

  9. car dealerships are typically not local businesses on Are Car Dealers a Business Worth Keeping? (vox.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    most cars sold are sold by dealerships owned by large chains that span counties or states. you might call them regional businesses, but very few of them are small enough to be considered local.

  10. actually, are you sure about that? on Ultrasonic Power Transfer Investigated Using Data From uBeam Patent Filings (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    looking at the size of various sound waves, it looks like for instance a 50hz soundwave has a wavelength somewhere around 30 feet. yet that is within the range of human hearing - somehow our tiny eardrums are able to hear 30ft soundwaves? so its a little more complicated than you make it out to be

  11. oops. yeah i suppose that explains it on Ultrasonic Power Transfer Investigated Using Data From uBeam Patent Filings (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    n/t

  12. Re:why not user ultra low frequency instead? on Ultrasonic Power Transfer Investigated Using Data From uBeam Patent Filings (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    antenna? we are talking sound waves, not radio waves - they need a speaker, not an antenna. i'm not a sound geek but my understanding is that relatively standard subwoofers can put out sound below 20hz, approaching as low as 10hz, so i wouldn't expect size to be an issue.

  13. why not user ultra low frequency instead? on Ultrasonic Power Transfer Investigated Using Data From uBeam Patent Filings (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    i feel like the obvious question is, why use ultrasonic frequencies that lose half their power in a meter of air, when we could be using ultra low frequencies that travel much further before losing power - and are also much better at penetrating obstacles? something like 5hz or 10hz?

    anyone care to dig into the physics or biology of why that wouldn't work either?

  14. Re:GOOD GRIEF! on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    the snippet you posted compared pure fructose to pure glucose. which is not at all the same as comparing HFCS to table sugar.

    fructose may very well be worse for you than glucose, but that is completely irrelevant when we are talking about HFCS vs table sugar, as they are both roughly half and half.

    show me a study from a reputable source that is able to show that HFCS is in any way worse than table sugar. good luck.

  15. Re:GOOD GRIEF! on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    high fructose corn syrup: 55% fructose, 45% glucode

    table sugar: 50% fructose, 50% glucose

    yep, huge difference there.

  16. deliberately shitting up our air IS unethical on VW Fiasco Puts Ethics In Engineering Under the Spotlight, CEO Steps Down · · Score: 1

    FTFY

  17. if you go big enough, you don't go to jail at all! on Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Operator Pleads Guilty To $150M Fraud · · Score: 1

    just ask wall street!

  18. [citation needed] on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    your numbers are laughably wrong. or, they would be laughable, if they weren't so horribly racist.

    if there were "literally millions" of radical muslims that wanted to kill you, we would all be totally fucked. thankfully, the ACTUAL number of radical terrorists is incredibly low, as can be seen by the fact that actual terrorist attacks are virtually nonexistant. a statistical blip. you are far more likely to die from a lightning strike.

  19. Re:[citation needed] on Report: Computers 'Do Not Improve' Pupil Results · · Score: 1

    the findings of the book are based on IQ tests given to adults. that is far too late to allow for any sort of separation of race vs socioeconomic status - the damage had already been done ten or fifteen years prior to when these tests were given.

  20. [citation needed] on Report: Computers 'Do Not Improve' Pupil Results · · Score: 1

    what the subject says

  21. socioeconomic, not racial on Report: Computers 'Do Not Improve' Pupil Results · · Score: 1

    you come off sounding like a racist asshole. the problem is socioeconomic, not racial.

    and one might postulate that worrying about where your next meal is going to come from or working 3 part time jobs might make one less able to engage with their children.

  22. Bernie Sanders, obviously on John McAfee On Why He's Running For President · · Score: 2

    that dude is awesome.

  23. ok fine, create $100 million trust funds for each on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 1

    for the irresponsible ones anyway

  24. give $100 million each to best friends & famil on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    then we could all still hang on roughly equal levels.

    i'd ONLY have $1.5 billion left to myself, oh noes :-(

  25. naysayers are missing the point on Ten Dropbox Engineers Build BSD-licensed, Lossless 'Pied Piper' Compression Algorithm · · Score: 4, Informative

    comparing this to PNG or h.265 is missing the point - this is not a compression algorithm for creating new files. this is a way to take files you already have and make them smaller. users are going to upload JPG and h.264 files to dropbox, that is a given - so saying PNG is better is moot.