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  1. Re:Today's propaganda by US govt trolls on Schneier: China and Russia Almost Definitely Have the Snowden Docs · · Score: 1

    No need to read further than the poster's ID

  2. Re:Slashdot headline is a disgrace on Schneier: China and Russia Almost Definitely Have the Snowden Docs · · Score: 1

    this

  3. Re:Fix the linux client next on Skype For Web Beta Goes Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Is this due to the website detecting your OS through a message from the browser, and telling you to fuck off, or some kind of actual incompatibility in the browser software on that OS?

  4. If ifs and ands were pots and pans (13%) on Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet · · Score: 1

    there'd be no need for tinkers

  5. Nothing to do with US security personnel hack on Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files · · Score: 1

    Nope

  6. Does it generate Android apps? on Swift Vs. Objective-C: Why the Future Favors Swift · · Score: 1

    The future favours cross-platform apps

  7. Does anyone still use it? on Facebook Wants to Skip the Off-Site Links, Host News Content Directly · · Score: 1

    Facebook I mean

  8. Re:Leaping to assumptions on American Psychological Association Hit With New Torture Allegations · · Score: 1

    Psychologists who collaborate with torturers are ethically complicit. Boycotting the torturers is the only ethical stance here.

  9. Big G on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Stable Smartphones These Days? · · Score: 1

    Just get a Google phone

  10. Re:Google Nexus 5 on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Stable Smartphones These Days? · · Score: 1

    this

  11. Re:Big fucking deal. on Soda Pop Damages Your Cells' Telomeres · · Score: 1

    You say that now...

  12. Sigh... on Mixing Agile With Waterfall For Code Quality · · Score: 1

    Like we used to do in the 90s and just called it 'engineering'.

  13. Dumbing down your organisation on If Your Cloud Vendor Goes Out of Business, Are You Ready? · · Score: 2

    Mostly clouds are more expensive than doing it yourself, unless you fire your sysadmin(s) as part of the deal.

  14. Re:*sigh* ... Lack of problem. on Who's In Charge During the Ebola Crisis? · · Score: 1

    I think you may have underestimated the difficulty of sealing the borders of several countries. The more this goes on the more people will try to leave. There are not enough soldiers in the world to stop a population fleeing imminent death.

  15. Re:Awesome on Tesla Announces Dual Motors, 'Autopilot' For the Model S · · Score: 2

    I think that depends what you consider the 100% to be. If it's humanity, then 1% is a significant overestimate of people who can afford this.

  16. Re:Latin? on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    Homo sapiens will never stop using Latin.

  17. Re:Scripting language du jour on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    The more I see of python the less I like it. Every time I try to install some python package there is some incompatibility with the system python, or some wierdness in compiling the underlying libraries, and I have to maintain several versions of the language. For some reason it doesn't seem to be backward-compatible, which leads me to question the sanity of whoever decided to make it that way. It is way worse than perl that at least 'just works' a lot more of the time. Maybe it's just me?

  18. Re:Nothing new here ... on 35,000 Walrus Come Ashore In Alaska · · Score: 1

    That website does not look like an authoritative peer-reviewed source. It is not a scientific forum.

  19. Re:The problem with double standards. on 35,000 Walrus Come Ashore In Alaska · · Score: 1

    I thought she was an expert on the evolution of dogs, on the payroll of the Heartland Institute. Not sure why her opinions on walrus movements should be of interest to anyone.

  20. Re:Try Heathrow Terminal 2 on UK Government Tax Disc Renewal Website Buckles Under Pressure · · Score: 1
    >some idiot paid for them

    I think we know who paid for them.

  21. Re:Do you think the Chinese worker's quality of li on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 1

    Probably, yes. Paying people to do things cheaply does not necessarily improve their life. The quality of life of a hunter gatherer is arguably better than that of a farm worker, and the quality of life of a farm worker is arguably better than that of a factory worker. None of this stops people converting from hunter gatherers to farmers to factory workers, because they want more resources and stability to look after their their children, but it doesn't usually work out that way. The extra 'richness' tends to support larger and larger populations of children, and richer and richer elites, while the quality of life of individuals does not get better on the whole.

  22. Re:Not just Reno on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 1

    The best way to solve these challenges is to start building these things, find out what works, and scale up to enjoy the economies of scale. Germany is clearly winning this race and will be selling everyone their technology later, as per usual.

  23. Not just Reno on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Germany is well on the way to doing this on the scale of a whole country. It just takes some political will.

  24. Key skills on Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative · · Score: 1

    The knowledge that consistently pays best is how to bring a project in on time, to budget, working and accessible by users, and how to communicate well with other people.

  25. Re:New specimens need to be found on Mushroom-Like Deep Sea Organism May Be New Branch of Life · · Score: 1

    I wonder how they managed to fail to extract DNA.