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  1. How long till the Dear John letter? on Google Is Expected To Reveal Game Streaming Service At GDC In March (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    Google runs the program 2.5 years, then cancels it abruptly leaving dev's holding $1200 development tablets.

  2. Re:So what does it do on a hazy day? on An Insect-bot Mimics Desert Ants by Looking at the Sky To Navigate (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for this informative bit about sun-stones and polarization!

  3. Re:Why was it all in one database? on Personal Information of 14.8 Million 500px Users Exposed In Security Breach (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    simply mod++ , too many things to quote and agree with after seeing this up close and personal :)

  4. Replication != Backup on Hackers Wipe US Servers of Email Provider VFEmail (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Looks like ZFS replication may have been their backup plan? https://www.vfemail.net/design...

  5. Had 12.1.2 on 4 different model iphones, no breakage..

  6. 'The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 3.7 percent in September, the lowest since 1969'

    Guess Trump gets a second term?

  7. Re:I just want the names to make sense. on Slashdot Asks: Should Tech Companies End the One-Year Software Update Cycle? · · Score: 1

    "I could go on."

    Please don't.

  8. Re:Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the life of hard work and long hours! (not everything falls into one's lap in life..)

    On the upside th the bellyaching, the long hours of work that you put into your education have a potential ROI to them.

    The majority of humans that work long and hard have only that hours wage to show for it.

    Enough with the bellyaching, and back to the sense of perspective....

  9. Reciprocity... on A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe Mr. Bezos should have thought more carefully about annoying the Commander in Chief...

  10. Re:Of course they aren't on Victims Aren't Reporting Ransomware Attacks, FBI Report Concludes (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    "Law enforcement isn't going to do anything to help you about ransomware hitting your computer. For the victim, it's a waste of time."

    Patently false. The fully appropriate "whata moron" shrug of the LEO eyebrows should be more than enough to dissuade repeat events.

  11. Oh, so they can now go bankrupt a sixth time? on Atari CEO Confirms the Company Is Working On a New Game Console (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Such a low barrier to entry on this market, what could go wrong for Atari? Again.

  12. Re: They're going to lose a lot of good people. on IBM, Remote-Work Pioneer, is Calling Thousands Of Employees Back To the Office (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    what stopped you from peeing on his shoes? goes around comes around..

  13. Re:You are talking about Trump managing the US of on No CEO: The Swedish Company Where Nobody Is In Charge (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    As if any of the selected alternatives to Trump were any better?

  14. Re:Placebo? on Why An LSD High Lasts For So Long (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    try it before you make an unfounded proposition :)

  15. When is the last time someone failed an oracle audit? I think they are similar to red traffic lights in LA, mostly suggestory in nature.

  16. Re:Nobody uses roundup on lawns! on US Puts Bumblebee On the Endangered Species List For First Time (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    " it kills ALL plant life with almost zero exceptions."

    Superweeds? They are being selected for by RoundUp as we type :)

  17. You'd need more than 3 drivers for a 7 day week...

  18. Why stop at IT, lets offshore Senior MGMT as well! on Fearing Tighter US Visa Regime, Indian IT Firms Rush To Hire (moneycontrol.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no doubt offshore CEO's could easily be had at 1/10th the cost of US born CEOs, and yield a much much higher per capita savings. Then maybe they will have money for american labor again...

  19. Re:Laws are for suckers! on FBI Agreed To Destroy Laptops of Clinton Aides With Immunity Deal, Sources Say (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine since it was lwyers protecting lawyers on the Clinton side of the fence, they put language in barring cloning of data...

  20. And please describe how the Democratic party is not due for a breakup after being caught throwing the election wholesale to a committee chosen candidate? Funny how no on caught on earlier when the Dem debates stated with only 2 viable candidates, no?

  21. what else? on What Vint Cerf Would Do Differently (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, so what was a viable competitor to IPv.4 or v.anything, actually.....

  22. What a dumb-ass on Stephen Hawking Wants To Find Aliens Before They Find Us (cnet.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    How has he advanced science again?

  23. Re:Who cares? on Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Well said!! This is where so many make the wrong turn...

  24. Re:This actually makes sense on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    If you price a Dell with similar features to a MBP, you might save $70. just stop embarrassing yourself with the $3000 to $1300 apples to oranges comparison :)

  25. Was the bubonic plague started by cats, deer or .. on How Cities Are Using Dry Ice To Kill Rats (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Was the bubonic plague started by cats, deer or wild horses? Silly Op...