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  1. Re: How much of an issue is this really? on Robot Lawnmowers Are Killing Hedgehogs (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The American way is to pay someone else to do it.

  2. Re: They have to practice on something on Robot Lawnmowers Are Killing Hedgehogs (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I think they're ready for humans, albeit only babies.

  3. Re: Recovery time varies on After Century of Removing Appendixes, Docs Find Antibiotics Can Be Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Can confirm. Good news is that it gets easier with each surgery. I'm up to three (appendicitis and some hernias). If I get 2 more, I'll have my punch card filled out for a free one.

  4. And Facebook is truly the only company that's singularly about people.

    Soylent Green is singularly about people too.

  5. Re:NASA doesn't say that...? on Humans Are Causing the Earth To Wobble More Than It Should, NASA Finds (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    The NASA's website in the link doesn't say anything about humans. Just glacial rebound, convection and water mass redistribution (mainly from Greenland). So what on Earth???

    BGR isn't reporting on NASA's information. They're pushing a political agenda. Distorting NASA's findings was simply something added to trick naive people.

  6. Just have like everyone in China jump up and down at the same time for a while. If the wobble gets worse, have everyone in North America jump up and down for a longer period of time.

    With about 40% of the US population being overweight, I'm pretty sure we won't need to "jump up and down for a longer period of time." We might want to instead jump only once.

  7. Re: Global warming on Humans Are Causing the Earth To Wobble More Than It Should, NASA Finds (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Stewart, Kopacz, and Phalen seem like douche bags. They're effectively saying that lying is ok, and that they can't imagine that coming back to bite them in the ass. If you keep saying the sky is falling, and it doesn't, then no one will listen to you. Wasn't this covered in everyone's elementary school?

  8. Re: Beyer / Monstanto is scared on Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked To Widespread Bee Deaths, Study Finds (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure we can expect as much honesty and transparency with Monsanto as we can with tobacco companies of old. That amount is somewhere around 0.

  9. Never install more than is absolutely necessary. I've only installed a couple apps that are vital (like a decent email app) and nothing else. With my reduced attack surface and less distractions, I'm generally happier.

  10. Pointing out someone left him or herself wide open to trouble is what they call 'victim blaming.' Apparently helping people avoid being a victim is not cool anymore, which I'm sure you found out.

  11. Making mortgage payments and profits wasn't something Linus was worried about, and things turned out pretty well for him until recently. 20+ years is a good run. If it's as amazing an idea as you say, I don't really see any obstacles other than the ones you place in your own way.

  12. Re: The important part of this article: on EU Justice Commissioner Quits Facebook, Describing Her Experience as 'Channel of Dirt' (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Good idea. At the federal level have some sort of commission to protect our communications. Really good idea. Only question: how would we prevent a vile piece of filth from running it? I'd imagine then that the whole thing would fall apart.

  13. I'm glad there's no privacy concerns and we'll only debate the implementation details dispassionately. Aaaah, the good old times are finally back... Have a pleasant conversation. I'm off to take my dementia meds, soon as I remember where I put them...

  14. Re: Well...duh. on US Senate Staff Targeted By State-Backed Hackers, Senator Says (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    Of course you don't run with scissors. Run with a knife. You'll go faster.

  15. Since you're missing the subtext: the illiberal left is creating their own religion. One of their sacred ideas is that violence can solved by taking away the 300 million guns in the country. They worship safety, but the world will always be a dangerous place. No one ever makes it out alive.

  16. Was this against a Code of Conduct? Without a document telling me exactly how to act, I'm lost. Make it as big as possible so that almost no one reads it. Then appoint people to lay down the law from this infallible book, as your average person couldn't understand it.

    Actually, could we get a cheat sheet with 10 easy to remember rules? Write it in stone too, so people know they're not up for negotiation. I'd split it into 2 tablets to make it easier to carry down the mountain.

    Lastly, we'll need a sacrifical lamb, of sorts. He'd have to be a really good guy. Someone who wants to help but says things not politically correct. If we could then figuratively crucify him in the court of public opinion, maybe then we could wake up as a society.

    Not sure if this has ever been tried before, but it might work.

  17. Re: Do nothing on AI Could Devastate the Developing World (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You have water, enough time to post on Slashdot, and a device to remove energy from a lump of mass called a refrigerator. Making a snowball at any time of year with all that is hardly rocket surgery or brain science.

  18. Re: Oh thank god on Linux Community To Adopt New Code of Conduct (kernel.org) · · Score: 1

    A person wearing a fedora is role playing RedHat. A person wearing homemade clothes is Slackware or Gentoo. A person randomly hugging people is Ubuntu. Any person too paranoid to show up is doing BSD. Anyone with a manbun filling his headphone jacks with epoxy is a Mac OS fan. Anyone in a suit trying desperately to be relevant to a conversation is Microsoft.

  19. You heard it here first on SpaceX Will Send Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Around the Moon (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    https://m.slashdot.org/thread/... Called it. C'mon, Elon. At least make it hard to guess, bakka! ^_^

  20. Convenient on Chinese Phone Maker Xiaomi Is Pushing Ads In Its Settings App, Users Say · · Score: 1

    I'm sure plenty of people went into the settings looking for a way to turn on more advertising. Talk about convenience! What's the fuss about?

  21. Re: Ajit is a troll on Ajit Pai Calls California's Net Neutrality Rules 'Illegal' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Violence against people isn't a good thing and should be avoided. However, I do think his oversized mug is fair game...

  22. Ajit is a troll on Ajit Pai Calls California's Net Neutrality Rules 'Illegal' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ajit strikes me as the sort of person who would shit in a public pool, then spend the rest of his week filing a lawsuit against the pool for unsanitary conditions.

  23. Re: Leatherback turtle study concludes on Scientists Followed a Leatherback Turtle Through Hurricane Florence -- Here's What They Saw (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    The turtle refused to sign up for Twitter, and laughed at having a Facebook account. It was the only way to get properly sponsored content delivered. Now all the other turtles know what's up, and I expect them to fall in line shortly.

  24. If I had 1 guess on SpaceX Says It Signed First Private Passenger To the Moon (nbcnewyork.com) · · Score: 1
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

    He bought an extremely ugly painting for way too much a few years back. This trip would totally be his style.

  25. ALERT on Scientists Discover a 'Tuneable' Novel Quantum State of Matter (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Anyone who shitposts on this... is a turd winkle. This is news. This is nerdy. This matters to me.

    I'll throw the worst of shrubberies with plenty of typoeees at anyone who disobeys this edict.