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  1. Oregon is at %70 already on Portland Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not much of a challenge when over 70 percent of electricity generated in Oregon is currently from renewables. The only coal plant is shutting down in 2020 and by 2050 most of the existing plants will have long been replaced.

  2. way too low on Studios Flirt With Offering Movies Early in Home for $30 (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would want at least $100 from the studio to waste my time watching their movies. $800 to suffer through anything with Tom Cruse in it.

  3. Liberal Arts doesn't bring in money on Should College Tuition Vary By Major, Based On the College's Costs For the Major? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Engineering, medical and so on bring in donations and partnerships. Very few people have any interest in funding liberal arts buildings and programs.

  4. Coal is dead, forget about it. Coal fuel costs more then you can make off the electricity you sell. Power prices keep heading down. Nobody is building coal plants anymore,

  5. Did bicyclists program the car? on Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Running red lights and numerous other traffic violations, that is the standard bicyclist operating procedure around here. It is a miracle 50 a day don't die in my city alone.

  6. Re:Erector set on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Geeky Gift For Children? · · Score: 1

    I used to think that, then the kids got more and more legos and built things you couldn't possibly build with erector sets. Technic builds more stronger devices then erector could ever hope to.

  7. Geeks need tools on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Geeky Gift For Children? · · Score: 1

    Get them good tools. Then teach them how to use them. I can barely remember disneyland, vacations, movies and the other passive activities from childhood. Building or fixing something with my dad or grandfather are all still strong memories.

  8. Re:why am i not surpised on Apple Shared User Data With Governments, Says WikiLeaks Email (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    Because Apple announced this last year. This is only news to the people that don't pay attention in the first place.

  9. Use it almost daily. on Apple Explores the Idea Of Killing Headphone Jack On the MacBook Pro (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    I have multiple audio interfaces and still use the headphone jack all the time.

  10. Re:I disagree with the term "back" on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    US profits do not go through Ireland, only EU profits do.

  11. Intel update? on Apple Said To Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Will Intel release a new CPU that has more then a few percentage points better performance then the ones from 4 years ago? It not worth a few thousand to replace a perfectly working laptop for a barely noticeable performance increase.

  12. The idiots at Chipote can't seem to figure out how make deliveries after 4am. Now the landscaper army has started their leaf blowers, noise, pollution, and dust everywhere what is not to love.

  13. Re:The solution is simple on Apple Is Fighting A Secret War To Keep You From Repairing Your Phone (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Or even simpler learn to use tools. The car manufacturers are trying to prevent me from fixing my own car by using , nuts, bolts, screws and adhesives. Forcing me to buy the correct tools and then making me have to figure out what i'm doing.

  14. Re:Convergence devices suck anyway..... on Ask Slashdot: Why Do Most Tablet Specs Suck? · · Score: 2

    4 hours will barely get me between major airports. It is not worth the risk to believe that I can find a place to plug in while in the boarding area. What happen when I have to be in three cities that day? when is the device getting recharged.

  15. I don't think I have watched 6 days of of TV in the past 2-3 years combined.

  16. One skill will not protect your job. on Why Learning To Code Won't Save Your Job (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Or for that matter fix the economy. If you are in any of many tech fields. You have to constantly add to your skill sets. The big push to learn code is fine but it does not solve the general lack of skills employers face. Code without hardware is just a bunch of one and zeros with nothing to do. Always adding new skill sets tend to allow you to move into new wide-open fields before anyone else.

  17. In a deal with the FBI on Sony Is Bringing PlayStation Games To iOS and Android Devices (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Sony will be installing root kits in as many android and apple devices as possible.

  18. The performance of all laptops has painfully stagnated for at least 4 years now.

  19. follow any maze you want on Ask Slashdot: Linux and the Home Recording Studio? · · Score: 1

    For a home studio sure, what ever works for you. For the people that have to make living in music you are only hurting yourself. I have no idea what the latency is on a RT version of Linux, it took so long for it to be possible I lost interest last decade. If you are working in milliseconds sorry the latency is excessive. In the production world latency is measured in samples.

  20. You lost me somewhere around DJ. I have yet to see a surface in a studio. I see PC's on tours, but few surfaces.

  21. does the kid want a job? on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 1

    Finding anyone under 35 that can actually build anything is like winning the power ball jackpot and the odds about the same.

  22. Re:What is Plex? on Plex Is Coming To Apple TV · · Score: 2, Informative

    Never heard of it, but now you will be able to get on an apple tv. Isn't it exciting!!!!!

  23. Yes lets make all universities financially unstabl on Stopping Universities From Hoarding Money · · Score: 1

    The PRIVATE universities with large endowments seem to be very good at managing their money in ways that keeps them very stable even when the economy tanks. You don't see them slash and burn staff like the for profit schools every other quarter when there is small downturn.
    Should we make retirees spend at least 8% of their investments as well. They are just hoarding that money it should be out in the economy. It really seems to bother some people to let any person, school or company keep ample funds to be stable through any financial disaster, typically caused or allowed to happen by "experts" with a 90 day view of the world.

  24. Are we really down to 16,300? on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1

    If that is true was have reduced the amount by 10's of thousands.

  25. Compelling products from Detroit? unlikely on Tesla Presses Its Case On Fuel Standards · · Score: 1

    I find it unlikely Detroit will put out any compelling auto no matter if it runs on electric, gas, diesel.