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  1. Re:I'm not worried. on Netflix: Non-'A' Players Unworthy of Jobs · · Score: 2

    Oh, and here's the obligatory Onion video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyViKby7lX8

  2. I'm not worried. on Netflix: Non-'A' Players Unworthy of Jobs · · Score: 2

    What's there to be worried about? If you make wise decisions despite ambiguity, identify root causes, think strategically, smartly prioritize, perfectly understand others, speak and write in an articulate yet concise fashion, treat people with unfaltering respect no matter what, never lose your calm, accomplish amazing amounts of important work consistently, somehow focus on great results without thinking about how to do so, are fluent in meaningless buzzwords, learn rapidly and eagerly, know everything and can do everything, understand all about marketing, innovate, quickly find simple and cheap solutions to extremely hard and complex problems, take risks, make tough decisions, emit controversial opinions and criticize other people's bad behaviour without offending anyone or ever failing, inspire others, care deeply about your employer's success, [...], and you take time to help your colleagues and share information openly and proactively, then you'll have no problem.

    Netflix have listed all of their criteria for being an A-player, you just have to follow that. What's so hard about that?

  3. Solid Concepts, which last month revealed the first fully-functional, metal 3D gun

    Hold on, I'm pretty sure guns existed long before this "Solid Concepts" company, and they were all 3D too. Granted, it's hard to tell if the gun is just hung on a wall, since you only perceive one side of it and it looks flat from a distance, but if you pick it up and rotate it around you'll see that it indeed occupies a volume.

  4. Re:most of us already manage the machines working on Will You Even Notice the Impending Robot Uprising? · · Score: 2

    that's why you can buy it for 99

    99 what? Problems but a bitch ain't one? Bottles of beer on the wall? Luftballons? Yard Touchdown?

  5. Re:OK, I'll bite on Google's Dart Becomes ECMA's Dart · · Score: 0

    Having to add "programming language" to your search query hardly makes it ungoogleable

  6. eBay Status on eBay CEO: Amazon Drones Are Fantasy · · Score: 1

    [ ] Not Told
    [X] Told
    [X] Just-in-told
    [X] Retold Over Investment
    [X] United Postold Service
    [X] Return Marchandise Autoldization
    [X] Jeff Betolds

  7. Fortunately, there's an alternative on Female Software Engineers May Be Even Scarcer Than We Thought · · Score: 2

    MALE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

    They're supposed to be equally viable candidates, remember?

  8. Re:Stop Messing Around Gabe.... on Valve To Demo Prototype VR Headset, "Steam to Support and Promote VR Games" · · Score: 5, Funny

    VR
    V = 22
    R = 18
    V - R = 6
    Two letters in VR: 6 / 2 = 3

    Half-Life 3 Confirmed

  9. Assignment for Japan on Scientists Invent Urine-Powered Robots · · Score: 2

    Golden shower addicted gynoids. Get to it, Japan. You know you want to.

  10. Re:godzilla on New Framework For Programming Unreliable Chips · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? Properties with a beautiful view on the battlefield between Godzilla and Mega Godzilla would definitely be worth MILLIONS of yen

  11. Re:KitKat? on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    Well, shit, now I can feel inadequate for not owning a smartphone AND be hungry for chocolate all at once. Thanks a lot, consumerist marketing.

  12. KitKat? on Android KitKat Released · · Score: 1

    Should we expect a lawsuit or do they have a licensing agreement with Nestlé? (It's very indicative of the time we live in that this is the first thought that came to my mind...)

  13. Re:"I feel?" on Root of Maths Genius Sought · · Score: 1

    I think this TED Talk really nails what aspects of math most children are never shown and which the government is scared to implement in the curriculum. Some people do discover all of that, through books and/or mentors I suppose... I didn't, not in time anyway.

  14. Re:"I feel?" on Root of Maths Genius Sought · · Score: 2

    The education system routinely takes people who might grow to enjoy maths, and obliterates that interest in math with repetitive, contrived, formulaic, drilled problems done with pen and paper, taking great care to avoid talking about where maths come from and what math aims to do. We aren't even teaching math, we're teaching arithmetics, the most boring and most easily automated part of math. It happened to me, I'm sure it happens to tons of people. Some probably grow convinced that they never could've liked math to begin with. Before math aptitude you must have math interest.

  15. Confirmed on Microsoft Makes It Harder To Avoid Azure · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can confirm that I am now much more difficult to avoid.

  16. Filters on Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Fuel Cells Are 'So Bull@%!#' · · Score: 1

    Don't worry if Elon has few filters, everyone else seem to have plenty of filters they are dying to lend him. I'm pretty sure Elon didn't walk up to a reporter and say "Fuel cells are bull at percent bang crunch"...

  17. Failed Projects on Most IT Workers Don't Have STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Degrees · · Score: 1

    And then they wonder why so many IT projects fail miserably. This is just the sad realization that employers hired too cheap and too greedily.

  18. Darn it on DNA Sequence Withheld From New Botulism Paper · · Score: 1

    Here I was, all ready to synthesize botulism from its DNA sequences in my basement. What am I going to do with the million-dollar lab I bought on credit?

  19. The game is not an exact duplicate on Full Screen Mario: Making the Case For Shorter Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Not even close. It handles like shit. Jumping is laggy, stopping is slippery, turning is sluggish. Tried in Firefox 24 and Chrome 30 (really? THIRTY? jesus)

  20. Blame Canada on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1
  21. Funny FAQ on Valve Announces Steam Controller · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I’m a happy Steam customer happily using my happy mouse and keyboard. I don’t want a controller?" "You can’t make a sentence into a question by just putting a question-mark at the end. But we’re happy you’re happy [...]" Oh Valve. I love companies who can still afford to have a sense of humour about things.

  22. ASAP on How Early Should Kids Learn To Code? · · Score: 1

    In my completely unbiased and valid opinion as a programming enthusiast and wizard-level virgin, I say we should start exposing children to programming as soon as possible. Whisper opcodes into their wombs, put C cheat sheets in their beds, give them blocks printed with operators and basic functions to play with, and when they reach five they have to start reading SICP.

  23. Re:C++ on The Most WTF-y Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    I'm sure we all know by now, from this single but very reputable and totally 100% serious source, that Stroustrup designed C++ to be practically impossible to master so that projects would be bigger and C++ programmers would be worth more ;)

  24. Re:We live inside a black hole? on Study: Our 3D Universe Could Have Originated From a 4D Black Hole · · Score: 1

    Maybe when you enter a 3D black hole you become a very oddly shaped Flatlander.

  25. Of course they are on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Rock Star' Developers a Necessity? · · Score: 1

    How else are we going to get the next Grand Theft Auto?