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  1. The fine isn't big enough. It needs more zeros

  2. And people wonder why Britain voted out.

  3. Laws of economics on 'Carbon Bubble' Could Spark Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Price goes down, people can afford more of it, demand goes up.

    Price goes up, people can no longer afford it, demand goes down.

    The price of petroleum products will only ever keep going up (on average). Humanity won't stop burning oil until there's none left to burn.

  4. Dark side... on China Launches Satellite To Explore Dark Side of Moon (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
    Racing around to come up behind you again
    The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
    Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

  5. Re:Some spell checkers ... on Scottish Students Used Spellchecker Glitch To Cheat In Literacy Test (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yo. Dudes! We split from the British Empire before dictionaries and were invented and standardized spelling began to be promoted

    Our friend Samuel Johnson might want to speak to you on that one, as his Dictionary of the English Language came a good 20 years before the American War of Independence.

  6. Dihydrogen Monoxide on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 0

    Remember, kids, that the chemical DHMO is LETHAL. Exccess inhalation can cause death by drowning, excess consumption can cause your brain to swell up, and if cooled sufficiently, it becomes a solid with potential to KILL if mishandled. DHMO has also been found in significant concentrations in ALL cancers. Please, can we ban this deadly chemical!

  7. Depends on the system on Ask Slashdot: Is It Linux or GNU/Linux? (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    To boil it down to it's simplest elements; if it has a GNU userland, it's GNU/Linux. There's other OSes based on Linux without a GNU userland, and there's other OSes that user a GNU userland without Linux. For example, i wouldn't call Android GNU/Linux, because it lacks much of the GNU userland, and i wouldn't call Debian/kFreeBSD GNU/Linux because it uses the FreeBSD kernel.

    In short, if it's GNU/Linux, call it GNU/Linux

  8. For the full effect... on States Turn To an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    For the full facsist effect, pump it through shower heads with the victims unaware unaware.

  9. Shock horror! on Digital and Analog Audio's Curious Coexistence (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It turns out that music recorded on a potato will produce copies that sound like they were recorded on a potato.

  10. Not all problems can be solved... on Great Barrier Reef Gets $379 Million Boost After Coral Dies Off (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all problems can be solved by throwing money at them. This is one of them

  11. Re: hardly news on Old AM Broadcast Towers Get a New Life · · Score: 1

    The AM band is made up of the Long Wave (LW) band, that's between 30 and 300khz, the Medium Wave (MW) band between 525khz and 1705khz, and the Short Wave bands that range from 1700khz to 30000khz (or 30mhz). Other frequencies in between (and a fair few more splits in the SW band) are restricted frequencies that cannot (legally) be broadcast in.

    I used to hunt around in the shortwave bands looking for numbers stations about ten years ago. I found a few, but not many. They've mostly died out since the popularity of the internet.

  12. Re: Not zero emission in China yet. on Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And most modern reactors being comissioned are, in fact, made by the chinese, since the west crapped their pants with Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima

  13. Re: The lawsuit is likely doomed by family's own w on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    The hardware is there, the software isn't. Everyone has enough hardware to fly to the moon in their pocket. I doubt they have the software required though.

  14. The same thing that makes the world go round on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Make My Own Vaporware Real? · · Score: 1

    Money

    By paying people to develop your compiler, you're taking some of the workload off your back, and putting it on someone elses, in exchange for money. If you employ enough people, and keep the source code proprietary, you could then sell licenses to your compiler and generate a profit.

    Many technology companies use similar tactics to generate income.

  15. Re:Extra features? on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Though i will add, in all seriousness, that this can and probably will be a very useful thing for people outside the recommended age bracket, who may have mental deficiencies. I remember as a 10-year-old kid, in my local pool, finding an autistic kid in the bottom of the pool, who had a fit and half-drowned. He was only discovered when i tripped over him leaving the pool. Saved his life though.

    Maybe something similar, but with a pressure sensitive sensor, could be more useful

  16. Extra features? on Engineer Develops Sonar Alarm System To Monitor Kids In the Pool (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Does it come with a roll of bubble wrap and a crash helmet too?

    Health and safety gone mad!

  17. Re:User Moderation vs Admin Moderation on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Now i may be wrong, but i'm sure the most common medium for communication is still speech.

  18. War and Peace. on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Jesus, i was hoping TFA was a quick read, but that's more like war and peace.

    TL;FA (Too long; Fell asleep)

  19. Re:Just a reminder: on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Haiku has had Stack and Tile for nearly a decade now.

  20. All this is, is discrimination dressed up as assistance.What if i live in the UK and am on benefits. Do i get a discount? What if i have a delibitating terminal disease? How about if i'm a paraplegic? It's basically a case of "you don't get a discount because you're not poor enough and live in the wrong country"

  21. About time on Snap Is Laying Off Around 100 Engineers · · Score: 1

    Mayb3e they realised that people don't want to buy their stupid glasses. If people didn't want Google Glass (which was relatively stylish), who wants a pair of snapchat spectacles that make you look like a right berk

  22. Re: Even the fake AI can't help it... on Amazon Admits Its AI Alexa is Creepily Laughing at People (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny/strange, not funny/haha

  23. Re:internet mime on Amazon Admits Its AI Alexa is Creepily Laughing at People (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    the game is not over by a long shot.

    You'll need a sniper rifle for that...

  24. In a perfect world... on Samsung's New TVs Are Almost Invisible (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    In a perfectly calibrated lab environment, with perfect lighting, i'm sure it looks seamless. But i don't think it will be seamless in every lighting situation. In some conditions, it's just going to look odd

  25. Re:More like $15-$25 vs $500-$1000+ on Passengers Who Call Uber Instead Of An Ambulance Put Drivers At Risk (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Most of the time in the US, if you're willing to settle your medical bills right there and then, you can get up to a 90% discount on them. So that $3500 ambulance bill can turn into a $350 bill.