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  1. If Cali, OR, and WA all seceded together they could form the country of COW. It has a nice ring to it.

  2. hand?

  3. Re:Couldn't Clinton Still Win? on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    But isn't the winner only the legitimate winner after the electoral college votes? Right now the assumption is that the electoral college will vote in such a way that trump becomes the legitimate winner, but until then isn't he just the presumed winner? And if the electoral college votes for Hillary instead, then wouldn't she be the legitimate winner?

  4. Couldn't Clinton Still Win? on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Serious question, but what is stopping the electoral college people from voting for Hillary despite what the people in their state voted? From what I've read, even those states that have laws that mandate how the electoral people have to vote, the punishments are so laughable for breaking that law that they might as well not exist.

  5. Re:16 Celebrities who said they would leave the U. on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Has anyone who said that, in any election, ever actually followed through?

  6. Re:One party rule on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So true. I didn't vote for Hillary or Trump, but I would have voted for Sanders in a heartbeat.

  7. Re:One party rule on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Dear Sir/Madam,
    Would you please call 202-406-5708 at your earliest convenience? We would like to have a word with you.
    U.S. Secret Service

  8. Sounds like a perfect project for Musk or Bezos.

  9. Re:NASA Eagleworks is NOT NASA! on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    queue, not que (which is spanish for what).

  10. This was my question. I'm imagining saltines. I've never tried to burn one, but I imagine it would release a lot of particles.

  11. Re:Here's the deal about grid connect on Why Tesla's New Solar Roof Tiles and Home Battery Are Such a Big Deal (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait, but the page says you have the option of outright buying the system. If I outright buy it do I still go through Solar City?

  12. Because LastPass just works on Macs and iPhones, while KeePass is a major pain to set up (I tried following a number of tutorials when I tried it, but was never successful, YMMV).

  13. Unless you are on the Apple ecosystem, then keepass is a nightmare to set up (YMMV, but that has been my experience). LastPass on the other hand just works.

  14. Too bad on No One Is Buying Smartwatches Anymore (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    That's too bad. This will probably slow research in this area. I was looking forward to someday having a watch with as much power/space/battery-life as a high end smartphone that could be paired with a keyboard and screen when needed.

  15. Re:1.3 billion euro whoops on Schiaparelli Mars Lander May Have Exploded On Impact, European Agency Says (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Does the ESA typically work with imperial units?

  16. Wait... are you saying that the parachutes actually needed to be attached to the lander? Why doesn't anyone tell us these things?!

    (Oh, and it's "too early", not "to early")

  17. Re:News? on Nintendo NX Will Be Officially Revealed Tomorrow (gamespot.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, that's interesting. I guess I've never paid any attention to the timestamps on Slashdot posts. I didn't realize they reported date/time as GMT until now. It really is the 19th where I live - I swear!

  18. Re:News? on Nintendo NX Will Be Officially Revealed Tomorrow (gamespot.com) · · Score: 1

    It's still the 19th where I live ;-)

  19. But, I love my job. I don't _want_ to work fewer hours! If I could I would work more hours (I'm salaried). And no, I don't want to go home and work on my own person projects doing something similar.

  20. Re:jQuery monoculture on The Linux Foundation Helps Launch the JS Foundation (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    "Many web apps will come bundled with jQuery to support older browsers." I honestly have no idea what you are talking about here. When you say "web app" what exactly are you thinking about? Are you talking about something like Google Docs (which is clearly a web app) maybe using jQuery (I have no idea if it does, but this is just an example)? What would it matter to me, as a developer that some web app online uses jQuery or not? That would just be a problem for that one development team if they ever want to move away from jQuery. The fact that one web app is using jQuery doesn't have any affect on all the other web apps.

  21. Re:jQuery monoculture on The Linux Foundation Helps Launch the JS Foundation (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What are you talking about? I don't know anyone creating anything new that is using jQuery. Now that the majority of people have an evergreen browser installed, the need for jQuery has diminished to the point that I don't know anyone that still uses it unless the client specifically needs the site to run on ancient versions of IE (and since those version of IE have reached End of Life Support, most clients can be convinced not to do that). Are you talking about paying some sort of price for all the websites that were created with jQuery previously? What kind of price will we have to pay?

  22. What is the appeal? on Upcoming Blade Runner Sequel Gets a Title: Blade Runner 2049 (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm in my mid-40s, but I had never watched Blade Runner until very recently when I heard they were making a sequel. To be honest I did think it was a very good movie and I don't understand why a sequel is being made. Is most of the appeal some sort of nostalgia? What am I missing?

  23. I just checked some of the apps I own, and they are the same price in the google play store. Though I've heard its really easy to steal and side load apps on android, so maybe that is what you are referring to.

  24. Well, since I'm not the one paying for my smartphones or my data plan I'm not really too worried about it. My only outlay is the apps I purchase.

  25. The have board games like stone age, castles of mad king ludwig, carcassonne, ticket to ride, pandemic, agricola, san juan, splendor, galaxy trucker, tsuro, patchwork, paperback, AACBAS, etc. built in? Cool! I put out $30 for a dictionary that has wonderful etymologies. I'm thrilled to learn that that same dictionary is built into android. I have tons of apps that I happily paid money for that aren't the types of things that are built into any OS.