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  1. Re:Really? on WHO: Zika No Longer a World Health Emergency (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much.
    it has gone from
    Epidemic

    to

    Endemic

  2. Re:Effects of WWII on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    and if the Japanese were not enough, you had the Cultural Revolution in China...

  3. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    I think is the same issue: Golden handcuffs.

  4. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Oh man, the irony and ignorance of this post is astounding.

  5. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    And 6 sigma, and LEAN, it is all based on his work.

    The thing is, Deming model matches the Japanese ascetic and ethical system of the Japanese culture very well.

    Less so in America, where the concept is the "work shed" company or lone inventor making a revolution: N. Tesla, Harley Davidson, HP, etc.

  6. Re:Humans are a virus on Study Links Human Actions To Specific Arctic Ice Melt (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I got depressed as a teenager in the 1980s because the Russians and Americans were gonna blow the world up with nukes...

    and then I grew up.

  7. Re:Why are they allowed to do bussiness in US? on LeEco Who? Chinese Tech Giant Tries Its Luck In the US With 'More Products Than You've Ever Seen' (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably because no one would listen if they did.

    China is "too important" to little things like this get in the way.

  8. Actually, it does not:

    "Which is funny for two reasons: LeEco is bigger than Netflix, and it has been around for longer than the American on-demand movies and TV shows streaming service."

    Here, I fixed it for them:

    "Which is funny for two reasons: LeEco is bigger than Netflix, and it has been STREAMING for longer than the American on-demand movies and TV shows streaming service."

    Netflix has been around longer, period.
    It has not been streaming for as long.

  9. Says the AC to the 4 digit member...

  10. The best part of writing it in Latin is they may summon a demon by accident...

  11. must flow!

  12. Re:Why is prostitution outlawed in the US, anyway? on Are Tech Firms Liable For What Their Users Post? (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Dunno, why is gun ownership a matter of public record?

    Presumably, if one of the prostitutes comes down with an STD, they could contact all the previous customers.

  13. Re:Covered this already on Are Tech Firms Liable For What Their Users Post? (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    By RICO standards, probably.

    And the Internet too, but they can't figure out who to prosecute.

  14. Re:What's in the mind on Are Tech Firms Liable For What Their Users Post? (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with Democracy is that you get the Government you deserve.

  15. Re:Toyota Way: All of section 2, principles 5, 6, on US Department of Labor Is Suing Peter Thiel's Startup 'Palantir' For Discriminating Against Asians (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, depends on what "good" is for you.

    If it is innovation, then Demming is not your model.

    If it is the perfection of a process, then it is.

  16. Re:Perhaps, but different requirements. Origin for on Amazon Looking To Abandon UPS, FedEx In Favor of Its Own Delivery Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You did not read the synopsis:

    "The initiative dubbed "Consume the City" will eventually let Amazon "haul and deliver" its own packages and those of other retailers and consumers. That delivery network would also directly compete with the likes of UPS and FedEx."

    It will ship Grandma's cookies to you.

  17. I hate to tell you this, but there is this huge country to the south of China, called India.

    It has a population just slightly smaller than China, and as it is in ASIA, the inhabitants are ASIAN.

  18. Well most Turks are Asian, seeing how only one little part of the country is in Europe, but the bulk is in Asia.

  19. Re:Toyota Way: All of section 2, principles 5, 6, on US Department of Labor Is Suing Peter Thiel's Startup 'Palantir' For Discriminating Against Asians (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is that an American wrote "the book", W. Edward Demming that the Japanese companies used to out compete us.

    There is a definite advantage to the model, which makes small incremental changes that consistently improve the process.

    However, it does not tend to produce memorable products.

    I doubt the hight point of Japanese car innovation, the Toyota Camry, will be gracing future Concours d'Elegance Auto shows.

    The Camry is the perfect blend of the vibrancy of beige and the intensity of gray all rolled into a family sedan.

  20. Ok, but how much in Guineas?

  21. Re:What's undignified about rats? on How Cities Are Using Dry Ice To Kill Rats (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You should see them when they grow up and start posting on the internet.

  22. Re:Loans on ITT Tech Is Officially Closing (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    My nephew just turned 27, and makes 100K+ with overtime as a high voltage electrician.

    I have a degree, and 20 years on him, and I make just a bit more than him.

    However, my office is not 100+ ft in the air, with 45 mph crosswinds and humming 100K voltage lines of death over head.

    My hats off to him, I will stick with the computer and office chair.

  23. Re:A welcome addition to my devices on Opera Brings Its Free VPN Service To Android (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean Opera who was bought by a Chinese company Opera?

    Good luck with that. Staying secure on a VPN requires the middleman to be secure.

  24. Re:Dr. David Bowman on Wikiverse Turns Wikipedia Into a Marvelous Galaxy of Knowledge (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Mod point, if I had one.

  25. Re:Feeling vs Information on 'Only Voice Memos Can Save Us From the Scourge of Email' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I said, PETE