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  1. Shouldn't it be MY choice to determine whether my children watch porn?

  2. We need more carbon dioxide in the air on Is Elon Musk Serious About Building A Flying Tesla? (inc.com) · · Score: 0

    Carbon dioxide is a problem today. Global warming. So let's make flying cars and put ten times more carbon dioxide in the air. Brilliant.

  3. LI was relevant, 10 years ago on Ask Slashdot: Is LinkedIn Still Relevant? · · Score: 1

    Ten years ago, LinkedIn was useful for maintaining your business network. Today, it has become just another Facebook clone.

  4. Who in their right mind would install the Facebook app?

  5. Re:Because.... on Ask Slashdot: Why Are There No True Dual-System Laptops Or Tablet Computers? · · Score: 1

    "Expensive" because building a laptop for a market of half a dozen customers is expensive.

  6. Post everything in chronological order? on Facebook Will Prioritize Local Stories In Your News Feed (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Why can't facebook just post everything you subscribe to in chronological order? Why do people accept that Facebook manipulates your timeline? Geez...
    Not that I care, I quit fb long ago.

  7. Renewable energy on Hong Kong Has No Space Left for the Dead (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Just cremate people in power plants.

  8. Re:Why is this here? on Hong Kong Has No Space Left for the Dead (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean, one-death-per-family?

  9. Just in the cabin? on US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    How does it matter if an explosive laptop is in the cabin or in the cargo bay? When it explodes, the plane goes down. In both cases, the person who brought the thing on board, dies too. So, how does it matter?

  10. It's neonicotinoids on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Neonicotinoids (Monsanto's Roundup) are a major cause of bees death. But Mr Trump will not do anything about that. Nor, as it seems, will the EU.

  11. electoral college is soo 18th century on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    I live in a country where the person with the most votes gets elected. That's democracy. It doesn't matter how they change district borders or whatever, the candidate with the most votes gets elected. We live in the 21st century.

  12. Never had a chance on AR Helmet Startup Skully Has Crashed and Burned (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    When you buy a helmet, you want a good fit. You go to the store, try all brands and models, until you find the good fit. Then you want safety. A strong shell, good padding, good foam layer. Then you want the right type (full face or other) and a good visor. Skully offered one model only. Statistically, one model only fits a minority of people. They had one choice of materials, type of helmet, visor. That limits the number of potential customers to only a few.
    I looked at them, and decided the helmet wasn't safe enough for me, and probably wouldn't fit.

    What they could have done instead is produce visors and build-in electronics for a range of well known helmet models. That way, I would have bought a Skully set for my preferred helmet.

  13. They should go for an elderly person (nothing to lose), with an Msc in astrophysics, with great tech skills.

  14. We should abandon patents altogether.

  15. not special on Japanese Researchers Achieve Record 56Gbps Wireless Transmission · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I had 56kbps ages ago, how is that special?

  16. They shouldn't need a law for that. on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean, you would report sexual child abuse anyway, wouldn't you?

  17. Daesh on Google Exec Says Isis Must Be Locked Out of the Open Web (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We should call them Daesh. Out of respect for the millions of girls name Isis. And because they hate it to be called Daesh.

  18. There's no "before" when there's no time on Are Some Things About the Universe Fundamentally Unknowable? (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Time was created in the big bang. If there's no time, there's no "before" or "after". So, technically, you cannot ask the question "what was there before inflation". Which means, we can know everything in our universe. What's not part of our universe, does not exist, by definition.

  19. Not just CS on The President Wants Every Student To Learn CS. How Would That Work? (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If every student should learn programming, than they should also learn astrophysics, and architecture, and rocket science, and medicine, and every other job there is. Or should they?

    Some people have a talent for programming. Others for astrophysics, or architecture. Before making statements about CS and programming, people should acquire a basic knowledge about what CS is. Apparently, Mr Obama doesn't have that knowledge. That's a pity, because I know that at least one of his advisors does.

  20. When I copy code from StackOverflow, if it's more than one or two lines, I include a reference to the source page. If only so the programmers who work on my code after me know where it comes from and why it is the way it is.

  21. Or rather, no we can't. I'm convinced that gravitational waves exist, but at the same time, I'm convinced we can't currently detect them, or detect them at all.

  22. Vraiment? on French Conservatives Push Law To Ban Strong Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Ils sont fous, ces Français....

  23. it's natural gas on Giant Methane Leak in California Won't Be Capped For Months · · Score: 1

    Methane is natural gas. In this country it's piped to homes for cooking and heating. Why can't they do that in California?

  24. Only 1, 2 and 3. on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I watched Star Wars 1, 2 and 3 when they came out. When they released 4, 5 and 6 and called them "1, 2 and 3", I decided these couldn't be worthwhile. No way I'm going to see this new film, created by Disney.

  25. #prayforparis on Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Paris Attacks; Death Toll At 127 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Americans introduced the hash tag #PrayForParis. To which a Parisian replied "Friends from the whole world, thank you for #prayforParis, but we don't need more religion! our faith goes to music! kisses! Life! champagne and Joy! #ParisisaboutLife". I found that amusing, despite the fact I read it last night shortly after the attack.

    It seems that American tweeps don't know that the French value their secular state. Which must seem odd to people in a country where so many people are still religious.