Slashdot Mirror


User: Black+Parrot

Black+Parrot's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
13,037
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 13,037

  1. Nice to get an inside look at how the invisible hand helps the market decide.

  2. Explanation: 2nd law of biological evolution on Astrophysicist Believes Technologically-Advanced Species Extinguish Themselves (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 2

    In any viable biological system, intelligence evolves without bound.

    Until it invents an internet, at which point it quickly drowns in its own vice and stupidity.

  3. Actually, we're red-zoned because we alone of all the intelligent species in the galaxy got the definitions of "male" and "female" backwards, and they're afraid we'll have a massive cognitive meltdown when we find out.

  4. they fixed the real problem years ago on The New Firefox and Ridiculous Numbers of Tabs (metafluff.com) · · Score: 1

    It was barely usable for us many-tabs types, until a few years ago when they quit trying to load every single tab when you start it. Now it only tries to open the active tab on each window.

  5. Re:The Tab Groups feature was removed on The New Firefox and Ridiculous Numbers of Tabs (metafluff.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I group tabs by window, then use "tree style tabs" to put them in collapsible sub-groupings.

  6. long hours guarantee burnout but don't guarantee rising to the top.

    Unless of course your management thinks of long hours a a form of sucking up; then you can "work" long hours and spend the time goofing off, guaranteeing rungs up on the company ladder without burnout.

    But I question what you mean by "top of their field". Do you want to be very good at something, climb the company ladder, get rich, or be a Slashdot idol? Different personalities and strategies are needed for each.

    And of course, a lucky break helps for all of those except the first.

  7. Re:No surprise on $7.5 Billion Kemper Power Plant Suspends Coal Gasification (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean all those annoying commercials were just hype?

  8. Use it to watch porn! on Studio-Defying VidAngel Launches New Video-Filtering Platform (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    The movies go by real fast.

  9. Re:How much you want to bet this was the IOC's fau on Japan Passes Controversial 'Anti-Conspiracy' Bill (privateinternetaccess.com) · · Score: 1

    They always ask for ridiculously restrictive laws in their host countries.

    Maybe so. But it also sounds like 277 special interest groups got together and wrote a law to protect their interests.

  10. Actually... on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They killed him because you could feed a random input into his decoder and the movie that came out would be better than anything Hollywood can produce.

  11. Re:A sterling character witness... on Putin Now Argues Russia Could've Been Framed For Election Meddling By The CIA (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know why it's considered news when a politician, accused criminal, participant in a scandal, etc., says something that's utterly predictable without regard to the facts.

  12. Re:Do I really have to be the one to say this? on NASA Will Create Fake Red And Green Clouds Near Virginia (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Unless this is a simulation.

    Wonder why they're expecting this in the code update?

  13. Re:Ah, the chem trails makers! on NASA Will Create Fake Red And Green Clouds Near Virginia (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not chemtrails. They're trying to kill the fungus that escaped from the research lab.

  14. Re:A written history of inbreeding. on DNA From Ancient Egyptian Mummies Reveals Their Ancestry (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The direct genetic chain was broken at least once; Ramesses I (approx 1292 BC) was of non-royal birth.

    At various times they had dynasties from Lybia and Nubia. Also, I think the Hyksos were from somewhere east of the delta.

  15. I wouldn't mind earning $88K for working one hour a week.

  16. a) It is fun, if you're doing it because you want to.
    b) Slovenliness isn't verboten, it's the norm.

  17. Pirates giving piracy a bad name.

  18. Unrealistic expectations = any at all on Most Millennials Have an Unrealistic View of Their Retirement Prospects, Analysts Say (hsbc.com) · · Score: 1

    OTOH, since robots will have all the jobs, they won't have anything to retire from.

  19. The problem is that it requires a Republican Congress to vote in favor of something that lets corporations get away with being stingy. Trump might decide to support it because he doesn't like Silicon Valley, but I can't imagine a Republican Congress siding with the little guy when it comes to money.

  20. Re:Ryan was defeated, not Trump. on After Healthcare Defeat, Can The Trump Administration Fix America's H-1B Visa Program? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump was adamant that there should be a vote yesterday, presumably because it was the ACA's anniversary.

  21. Is there any reason to suppose Trump gives a shit about this issue?

  22. But then later there's running and screaming.

  23. "Yes, I am a robot, but I'm not going to take your job."

  24. Re:Google knows who you are already on Google's reCAPTCHA Turns 'Invisible,' Will Separate Bots From People Without Challenges (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speak for yourself. Insofar as Google knows, I am a dog.

    No, on the internet nobody knows that.

  25. So... on Skin deep? Robots To Wear Real Human Tissue (thememo.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only will they take our jobs and make the rich richer, but they'll wear our skins while doing it?