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  1. Very clear defense by Facebook on Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook To Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads (propublica.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I suppose they think I can 'responsibly apply' this accepted industry practice to other demographics like gender, race, religion etc.?

  2. About 2% of the people you meet outside Africa is Neanderthal. See: https://genographic.nationalge...

  3. I don't think it is acceptable to make an understandable and relevant car analogy.

  4. Re:Solve the 'problems' of C now they aren't probl on ESR Sees Three Viable Alternatives To C (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    So memory guards and other clever debugging mechanisms are not a good idea for code that needs to run quickly? Any new language out there that is built on that idea, or do I just keep using the COMMON and EQUIVALENCE statements?

  5. Re:Leftism is incompatible with functioning econom on 'World of Warcraft' Game Currency Now Worth More Than Venezuelan Money (theblaze.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you mean:"Spend and let the Democrats do the taxation bit twice; before and after the spending".

    Disclaimer: I have no preference as history later only shows an alternation of spending and taxation anyway.

  6. Re: "Lauren" is mentally ill. on Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually missed that story. The most interesting thing about it appears to be the reaction of Danielle Brown at Google: "...expressing views on the natural abilities and characteristics of different genders, as well as whether one can speak freely of these things at Google. And like many of you, I found that it advanced incorrect assumptions about gender. I’m not going to link to it here as it’s not a viewpoint that I or this company endorses, promotes or encourages...."

    Google does not approve of linking to stuff that it doesn't endorse promote or encourage? That made me smile.

  7. Re:Anti-extension Narrative Ramping Up? on Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy (vortex.com) · · Score: 2

    You almost remember correctly. Do you happen to work for an advertising company? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...

  8. Re: Prove it's true on Linux Kernel Hardeners Grsecurity Sue Open Source's Bruce Perens (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Readinb the first part of the complaint they appear to claim that their future versions of the linux kernel will violate the gpl2 license. I guess that would make it a declaration of intent rather than an outright breach of contrzct...

  9. Set XmNmwmDecorations to zero in your application, and you have a free floating drawing area. See the Motif programming manual [pdf alert] ftp://ftp.sgi.com/other/motifz...

  10. Re:similar controversy ... on Ubuntu Will Revert Window Controls To the Right-Hand Side in Next Release (neowin.net) · · Score: 2

    No discussion, we all now that toast must be buttered on the floor side.

  11. Re:Here is my question? on Ubuntu Will Revert Window Controls To the Right-Hand Side in Next Release (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Being a programmer, why not just change the frame window code of your window manager and recompile?

  12. No he's not

  13. Re:Blipverts on Millennials Only Have a 5 To 6 Second Attention Span For Ads (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Obvious. Advertisement is a product that is bought by gullible people who believe the advertising agency is the only business that does not want to sell its own product but rather somebody else's.

  14. Re:Interesting article on pros/cons.. on Open Source Contributions More Important Than Tabs Vs Spaces For Salary (opensource.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he just read Heidegger? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

  15. Really, google fracking (beta) is ok now? on Google's New Startup Heats Your Home With Energy From Your Lawn (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting
  16. Re:All Of Them on The Best And Worst ISPs According To Consumer Reports (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    But then, xs4all is more like a cult than an ISP. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... (No affiliation, just a happy brainwashed cult-member)

  17. Re:Everyone hates tipping on Uber Finally Adds a Tipping Option To Its App (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Allegedly, cow tipping is better known in Shropshire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

  18. Re:Baseline figure for this prediction on A Third Of the Planet's Population Is Exposed To Deadly Heatwaves (motherjones.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct, it is well known that in total many more people die from cold than from heat. Obviously the numbers vary per season and location. My point is; we have a starting figure and a trend for both higher and lower than optimal temperatures. The Nature paper also only shows the right hand side of the story in figure 4. If you honestly think mortality is the problem, there should be a red line somewhere below 0C as well. Assymmetrically linking only 'bad stuff' to 'higher temperature' may be counterproductive if we want to come to a smarter policy (yes, I work in government, and I think it could be done...).

  19. Re:120 whatchyamacallit on It's Too Hot For Some Planes To Fly In Phoenix (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    It is no so bad. Look up the definition of Inch from wikipedia "Traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s it has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 2.54 cm". So an Inch is just shorthand for "254/10000 m" just as millimeter stands for "1/1000 m".

  20. Re:British retailer in London? on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, to emphasize it's not Lidl or Aldi for instance, because you would expect them to tattoo foreign avocado's.

  21. Baseline figure for this prediction on A Third Of the Planet's Population Is Exposed To Deadly Heatwaves (motherjones.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  22. Re:even more agile on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Team Track And Manage Bugs In Your Software? · · Score: 2

    Sounds like you have a cheap and functional prioritization algorithm. Perhaps you should consider selling your managers?

  23. Re:No bug tracking on Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Team Track And Manage Bugs In Your Software? · · Score: 1

    But, that means you don't have time to prioritize them. So things might actually get fixed for the users in a less than perfect sequence. The horror...

  24. You mean, If Rashid were to marry Sundar's aunt, both their villages would be exterminated? Wouldn't that be a stupid assumption about tribalism?

  25. You are aware that '-1 I disagree' is not a moderation option?