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  1. Re:Got it on Oracle's CTO: No Way a 'Normal' Person Would Move To AWS (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Larry is shitting his pants because he's about to lose the JEDI contract to AWS and he knows it.

  2. The world will go on. We won't.

    I'm ok with that. Evolution will come up with a new species at the top of the food chain and the process will repeat.

    We're too fucking stupid to survive. My recommendation to the next species: don't try to protect the stupid fucking members of your species. Let them die. Don't put safety caps on anything. Don't safety label anything. Don't tell people not to eat Tide Pods. Fuck em. This is how natural selection is supposed to work.

  3. You can see it in their product lines on Apple Went Rotten After Steve Jobs' Death, Former Engineer Claims (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anybody else remember Apple's product lines in the early 90s? What a fucking disaster. What did Jobs do when he came back? Slashed and simplified them. Made it easy to figure out which product you needed.

    You can see that happening again now that Jobs is gone. Each product has more and more variations with stupid model numbers.

    Enjoy the gravy train while it lasts. I'm writing this on the last MacBook I will ever own (mid 2014 pro) and still have an iPhone 6s I will use until it dies. After that, I'm moving away from Apple products.

  4. It seems that you're living in that Conservative SimplisticFantasyLand where workers can easily acquire new skills while at the same time living decently, raising a family, negotiating with bosses who actually give a bubbly fart about investing in their own employees....Keep reading that Ayn Rand crap, but it fails the Reality World test...BIGLY!

    Nope. Just thought and planned ahead. You do know that kids and families are preventable, right?

  5. You either learn how to gain the upper hand in negotiation, or you become some employer's bitch. It's that simple.

    If you have an in-demand skill, I recommend you learn how to use the word "no" until the people you're negotiating with tack on enough zeros. As sad as it is, it's a dog-eat-dog world, and you definitely want to be the dog with a full belly.

    If you don't have in-demand skills, you'd better get on it or you'll continue to get shit on.

  6. Maybe you should look up what pseudoscience is? Quite literally, it means "false science."

    I get that. I'm quite familiar with the definition. I worry about dumbasses who don't know how to use a dictionary. We also have this word, "theory" that causes a bit of a problem, too. I'm just advocating for clarity, that's all.

  7. "pseudoscience"? on Massive Recall of Homeopathic Kids' Products Spotlights Dubious Health Claims (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can we please cut the bullshit and call it what it is - "non-science". It's not "pseudo" anything. It's complete horseshit backed by no science. Stop giving these dumb motherfuckers credibility.

  8. Fucking clowns

    I've been a fanboi since 2009. I have owned several top-of-the-motherfucking-line MBPs, an Apple display, several Apple TVs, several iPhones, several iPads.

    Done. Fucking done. Jobs was an asshole, but he knew how to make useful products. Tim Cook is fucking bean counting idiot. On to a Pixel 2 and a System 76 laptop.

  9. You'll get this 2014 MBP on Apple Stops Selling 2015 MacBook Pro With Old-Style Keyboard, Legacy Ports (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    from my dead, cold fucking hands.

    When this one dies, if Apple hasn't fixed their fuckup, I'm moving to a System76 Linux laptop.

  10. Re:10 days??? on The Higher Your Salary, the More Time Your Employer Will Pay You Not To Work (qz.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here in Europe we get 120 paid days off per year! What a country!

    Europe isn't a country. You must be an American.

  11. Re:Raises hand on Another Million Subscribers Cut the Pay TV Cord Last Quarter (dslreports.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fuck. Television. You don't need it. Cut the cord and don't look back. I don't remember when I last had cable and don't miss that shit a bit. When I want to watch something, I use Apple TV, Netflix or Amazon, but honestly, I don't watch TV much anymore. It's all shit anyway.

  12. he is sooo fired. and in the inevitable reference to windows 95 crashing on the live demo, at least in that case the presenter had Bill himself on stage to save him.. Presenter: "And watch as we plug in this.... (BSoD) whoa...." Bill: " and that's why we're not shipping it just yet..."

    Not to be a pedantic prick, but it was Windows 98. Yea, yea, I know - there wasn't much difference at that point.

  13. Duh on Pirate Bay is Mining Cryptocurrency Again, No Opt Out (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Turn Javascript off, dummies.

  14. Wayne's World was ahead of its time on A Small But Growing Group Of Silicon Valley Heretics Are Disconnecting Themselves From the Internet (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
  15. Re:Fun Fact: Juice isn't good for you on Juicero, Maker of the Infamous $400 Juicer, Is Shutting Down (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    So I can milk a cat?

    You can milk anything with nipples.

  16. No shit on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anybody with an IQ over room temperature has known this for years. Funny that the obesity epidemic started in earnest right around the time they started taking fat out of everything and replacing it with sugar.

  17. In my neck of the woods on Energy Firm Slapped With $65,000 Fine For Making 1.5 Million Nuisance Calls (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We call that, "the cost of doing business"

  18. Re:Meh... on The Quitting Economy (aeon.co) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right. The never-ending race to the bottom.

    You're all just human resources to be used, abused and shitcanned when you no longer add value. Either keep your skills up-to-date and grow some balls or be perpetually treated like shit. Your choice.

  19. Re:Looking at calendar. on US Is Slipping Toward Measles Being Endemic Once Again, Says Study (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Medically - politically - I have to look at the calendar everyday because it feels like I'm in a time warp and it's really 1917.

    We, the USA, are getting dumber.

    And just think, we haven't even hit peak stupidity yet.

  20. Re: At least they're honest on Russia Says in Talks With US To Create Cyber Security Working Group (reuters.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yoy have jusy won the idiot of the day competition

    Try having less to drink at lunch. You'll be amazed at what you can accomplish.

  21. Re: Due Diligence on Startups Struggle For Survival As Investors Turn 'Picky' (gerbsmanpartners.com) · · Score: 1

    Is your snake oil gluten and GMO free? If so, where do I send the check?

  22. Re:I don't use Facebook. on Avaya Explains Why They've Declared Bankruptcy (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Those stupid gossipy idiots are the people who pay for your salary, assuming you even have a job, if not, they pay tax that pays your welfare checks.

    Wrap your brain around the network effect. Everybody is on Facebook because everybody is on Facebook.

    If you want to be nobody, that's fine, just don't tell everybody you hate their stupid guts, because they might vote to eliminate your livelihood or, depending on how much of a fucking asshole you are, just come to kill you.

    Jesus. Are you a fucking FB shareholder?

    If so, just say so.

  23. Huh on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The retards have really taken over, alright.

    If we don't burn ourselves up, we're headed for a really nice repeat of the dark ages.

  24. Re:Plumer. on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Job For This Recent CS Grad? · · Score: 1

    Or electrician. These are jobs that are required everywhere and are hard to outsource and automate.