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  1. HAHA! 'Murkins are the DUMBF! on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even going just partial metric can also lead to big problems.

  2. H1B proponents bullshit. on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 3, Informative

    The U.S. tech workers are required to train their replacements before vacating their jobs, or risk losing severance benefits

    SOOOooooooo.....
    They can obviously find Americans who can do the jobs.
    So why do they need H1B workers ?


    Only takes one disgruntled employee to burn the whole place to the ground.
    Just sayin'...

  3. Re:This is a great example. on Mystery Company Blazes a Trail In Fusion Energy · · Score: 1

    "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."

  4. Those damn elitist kindergarteners had it comin'.
    Some of us didn't have the luxury of going to school and learning our colors, we had jobs. How dare they sneer at me just because they've never heard of snyellow.

  5. getting my popcorn ready on Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers · · Score: 2

    It's gonna be fun to watch what happens when the teamsters start sabotaging self-driving semis.
    All the best parts of Mad Max : Fury Road all in better-than-3D on Americas highways!

  6. Thanks a lot Clooney! on Tron 3 Is Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Now how are we going to ride off into Valhalla all shiny and chr^W neon?!!

  7. AND FURTHERMORE... on More About Dan Shapiro and the Glowforge CNC Laser Cutter (Video #2) · · Score: 2

    If any of these kiddie code-camp dingbats were serious about getting kids interested in coding, they'd see about getting Big Trak re-resurrected. They had a modern version available for about five minutes around 2009. Add a WIFI interface to the the thing and Bob's your uncle.
    While they're at it, make available add-on modules for a camera(s), and a freakin' lazor, maybe a robot claw.

  8. I see at least TWO problems with that last project on More About Dan Shapiro and the Glowforge CNC Laser Cutter (Video #2) · · Score: 1

    A project called Robot Turtles with no ROBOTS nor TURTLES involved?!!
    Hell, he could have made that cool by having a option to integrate a physical turtle robot so kids could see how virtual code can make things move in the REAL world.
    #YAY!KICKSTARTER!!

  9. Florida hospital? Where #FLORIDAMAN frequents? on Florida Hospital Shows Normal Internet Lag Time Won't Affect Remote Robotic Surgeries · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't think Texas surgeons are going to be properly trained in the procedure to remove the alligator you stapled to your face during a meth binge.

  10. Bob Wilson knows they're real! on Linux 4.0 Has a File-System Corruption Problem, RAID Users Warned · · Score: 1

    Way to go Barney Buzzkill!
    Next you're gonna try to tell us that gremlins aren't real.

  11. WARNING BADTHINK MINDCRIME DETECTED! on US Proposes Tighter Export Rules For Computer Security Tools · · Score: 5, Insightful

    no, MONEY is speech.
    sourcecode is munitions.

  12. ::Cue::Cat STRIKES BACK! on New Chrome Extension Uses Sound To Share URLs Between Devices · · Score: 1

    Digital Convergence, the company that brought us our beloved ::Cue::Cats, also had a technology that could capture an audio-encoded link from your computer's microphone port.

    Man I miss the oughts... I lived in a house back then...

  13. Re:I don't understand.. on Microwave Comms Betwen Population Centers Could Be Key To Easing Internet Bottlenecks · · Score: 1

    wow, those are some pretty tall towers.

  14. Re:What's the difference? on Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto · · Score: 1

    The feds might do better just using the phone book.

    That's pretty much what they do now, isn't it ?

    Robert'); DROP TABLE Terrorists;--

  15. Re:I think it was systemd. on Decoding the Enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto · · Score: 1

    That's GNU /systemd, tovarish!

  16. lizzard wings?! on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 1

    sometimes eggs make lizards, turtles or even snakes. it's kind of potluck

  17. 100% Naval grade coffee on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coffeebots SUCK!
    If you're not spending at least 40 minutes on your grind and brew ritual, you're just a philistine drinking gunky swill.

  18. I hate Illinois Grammar NAZIs... on After Over a Year of Police Action, Dark Net Black Markets Still Growing · · Score: 1

    Thank God the Grammar NAZIs lost the war!

  19. honey, where'd you hide the spare key? on ISS Crew Stuck In Orbit While Russia Assesses Rocket · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they vacate the premises, they might have to worry about squatters.

    Full disclosure, I see no downside with Elon turning space pirate.

  20. Asian drivers on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 2, Funny

    American components, Russian components, they're all made in Taiwan.

  21. what's your problem Miriam?! on FAA Program Tests Drones Flying Beyond Pilot's Line-of-Sight · · Score: 1

    The CQ10A weighs 1400 lbs wet, and uses a parafoil for lift, the parachute's baked into the design.
    It's only those dumbass quadcopter designs that like burning battery fighting gravity. hint, you're never gonna win...

  22. Re:Upgrade the Gigafactory? on Tesla To Unveil Its $35,000 Model 3 In March 2016 · · Score: 1

    that soft quiet WWWWWWHHHHHHOOOOOOSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHssssssssss is a whole fleet of flying Delorans powered by safe, clean nuclear fusion flying over your city.

  23. TOM CRUISE WAS RIGHT ABOUT PSYCHLOS! on American Psychological Association Hit With New Torture Allegations · · Score: 1

    Donald Ewen Cameron says "GET OFF ME LAWN!"

  24. YAFCJ (yet another flying cock joke): on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches Its First Rocket · · Score: 1

    Can anyone explain why Jeff Bezos is doing the same thing that SpaceX is already doing

    To put Richard Branson in his place.

    That's a perfectly reasonable motivation.
    It also explains the shape of that fairing.

  25. more anti-Darwinist claptrap on Tesla Announces Home Battery System · · Score: 1

    THANKS A LOT, Elon!

    How the hell are we going to kill off the Stupids if you remove a primary source of carbon monoxide poisoning?!
    Ok, to be fair, this might balance out push-to-stop on IC automobiles.