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  1. Re: Books on We've Reached 'Peak Screen'. So What Comes Next? (wral.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like ebooks without the electrons? What happens if there's no Wi-Fi?

  2. Bad idea on Ask Slashdot: Is There a 'Gig Economy' Site For Tech Skills? · · Score: 1

    Doing cheap, poorly implemented projects without any thoughts of long term support do not benefit you, nor the community at large.

  3. Re: Disgusting on Tinder Embraces Encryption (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If they're not too egotistical, I hope they choose adoption if their attempts bare no fruit. That's how I got my awesome family. I often joke with my dad that he should've looked into the return policy, cuz I was an asshole soon as puberty took hold.

  4. Re:Mergers are gr8! on Comcast and Xfinity Facing a Nationwide Outage [Update: Company Confirms] · · Score: 2

    Or we could imagine a day where people's lives aren't dictated by whether they have a f'ing internet connection or not. Somehow humans have managed just fine for the past 10,000 years without Facebook.

    I make websites for a living. Pretty sure I'd not have a job before 1993, cuz ya know... having a working internet connection is sort of important for me. Your argument is like saying sanitation isn't that important because witch doctors managed just fine for thousands of years.

  5. Re:Looks more serious.... on Comcast and Xfinity Facing a Nationwide Outage [Update: Company Confirms] · · Score: 1

    It's a day that ends in -y.

    Then all they need to do is switch to Esperanto and their problems are solved. You're welcome. I'm off to solve all political issues with a witty bumper sticker.

  6. Re:Give Europe what it wants. on How the EU Copyright Proposal Will Hurt the Web and Wikipedia (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 2

    ... The Internet generally knows how to route around problems.

    As long as Comcast isn't involved, I'm inclined to agree...

  7. Re: Walgreens and Rite-Aid should be worried on Amazon Buys PillPack, an Online Pharmacy, For Just Under $1 Billion (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Never understood why a company that's selling medications should also be worried about selling me useless shit. Hell, I bought a telescope once while waiting for a pain med refill after surgery. Don't load me up on drugs then offer me stupid shit. I won't be able to help myself. It'd be like getting an oil change for your car at Olive Garden.

  8. Re: So, can we say "I told you so" now? on AT&T Removes HBO From an Unlimited Data Plan After Buying Time Warner (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the reference due to Ill Communication.

  9. ... words with Multiple Meanings Pose a Special Challenge To Autistics. /yawn

  10. Re: Even if you agreed to this on Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone's Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Can confirm it'd be a felony in Pennsylvania. https://govt.westlaw.com/pac/D...

  11. Re: Singlehanded?!? on Finally, It's the Year of the Linux... Supercomputer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Lumping people who deserve respect in with the systemd crowd is unacceptable. That's like lumping the framers of the Constitution in with China's leader (Winnie the Pooh).

  12. Re: That'd be like on FDA Approves First Drug Derived From Marijuana Plant (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    They already make them. They're called Her Pleasure condoms. It's like sticking your dick into a tube of lidocaine. As for ruining sex for women, they have been doing it to themselves forever. No assistance required.

  13. Re: Call me crazy... on George Lucas's Terrible Idea for Star Wars Episodes 7-9 (indiewire.com) · · Score: 1

    Autopsies are interesting too, but is it the type of interesting that a person would generally want to see?

  14. Re: Just a money grab... on Oracle Plans To Switch Businesses to Subscriptions for Java SE (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That's unfortunate that you work for a shitty company.

  15. First I couldn't get pudding if I didn't eat my meat. Now I need to get yarn to get cake? Where will this end?

  16. Re: The contemporary media is a pile of shit on Atari Accuses Journalists of Making Stuff Up So They Produce Recordings of the Interview (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Tell us how you really feel next time. Don't pull your punches.

  17. Plagiarist! ;-)

  18. Re:Admiral Ackbar said it best on China Will Partly Lift Internet Censorship For One of Its Provinces To Promote Tourism (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    more than those sites are for advertisers?

    We're on Slashdot. Most of us are smart enough not to click on the links ;-)

  19. Admiral Ackbar said it best on China Will Partly Lift Internet Censorship For One of Its Provinces To Promote Tourism (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a trap!

    They've basically turned that whole island into a honeypot

  20. I like their implementation. Makes it easy to identify Apple users.

  21. Re:Now, fries, drinks, shakes, etc on Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Should all be automated. I'm amazed that drinks still have not been automated. So much wasted labor on that. Even fries can be easily automated.

    Regarding the drinks being automated, that's already starting to happen. There are plenty of places where you buy the cup, then go to a self service kiosk with myriad drink options available. It's better than automation because they're making the customer do the work. Subway understood that. Long ago, they decided that free refills weren't something worth worrying about with all the savings their approach had. The new modern fancier drink machines are pretty snazzy too...

    I'm actually surprised that fries haven't been fully automated. At the very least, I'm surprised there's not a way to automatically take them out of the oil when done. Even a simple egg timer attached to a motor would do.

    However, I'd rather fast food make ordering kiosks their priority. It would eliminate a major source of error and confusion.

  22. Cold dead hands on China Won't Solve the World's Plastics Problem Any More (wired.com) · · Score: 0

    If you want me to stop using plastics, you'll have to fight me to death and then pry them from my cold dead fingers. My 3D printer doesn't work with metals nor glass.

  23. Re:Sadly, the goal post moved long ago. on FTC Will Examine Tech Platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon as Part of Competition Review (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    They're also just big, not monopolies. There are plenty of online retailers that compete with Amazon. Google's main rival in the search engine space isn't popular because it's a shitty clone of Google, not because search engines are difficult to build. Facebook - well, kinda, but it's just the latest social network a large number of people have standardized on. MySpace was once in the same position. Build a better social network and they'll come.

    I added emphasis to where you screwed up.

  24. Considering the first two World Wars started in Europe, I fully expect the third to start there as well. That said, I didn't expect it would play out this way.

    The malevolent EU leaders seem to want to build up their own Great Firewall of Europe, as if they're jealous of China or North Korea's "internet." This will simply make it harder for European companies to do business with other parts of the world. That will gravely wound their economies for years to come. Add in a ton of refugees/immigrants who have no intention of ever assimilating to the local cultures to create ever more No-Go zones. Also keep in mind that mostly tied together via the Euro, so that some countries can hurt other countries' economies (like how Greece's problems hurt Germany's economy, etc).

    Will that mixed together, I don't think it'll take a large match to ignite another conflagration.

  25. Boo on Google Maps Removes Uber Integration (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    I liked being able to compare Uber and Lyft prices before hopping to the respective app.