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  1. Errata Corrige on Is Amazon's AWS Hiring 'Demolishing The Cult Of Youth'? (redmonk.com) · · Score: 0

    Soon the only people you'll be allowed to hire without being acused of discrimination is anyone who is exactly 32.54 years old.

    32.5 years old Black Woman.

  2. As a mathematician, computer scientist... etc on 'Science Must Clean Up Its Act' (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and yet she didn't publish anything impactful in any of these disciplines. Ah, the Dunning-Krueger effect.

  3. Was he an H1-B visa holder? I wouldn't be surprised.

  4. Natural language is not math on Scientists Claim 'Cold Spot' In Space Could Offer Evidence of a Parallel Universe (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    You are technically right, but a natural language is not mathematics. A black hole is not a black hole, and the milky way is not made of milk.

  5. Re:Is this a bad thing? on Robots Could Wipe Out Another 6 Million Retail Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    You assume that more wealth, automation and productivity and the more well-off you are going to be. Unfortunately, for the last 20 years, automation or not, the income of middle and lower classes diminished, while the wealth of the nation ('s 1%) multiplied. I have a hunch that automation is not going to reverse this trend.

  6. I have an idea on Robots Could Wipe Out Another 6 Million Retail Jobs (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    How about we replace robots answering the phones with **** actual people.

  7. The website the summary points to is a cluster-fuck of ads, pop-ups and video on auto-play. It also contains no useful information about the release.
    Do yourself a favor, and check the official page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes.

  8. 1% is just stupid on Chrome 57 Limits Background Tabs Usage To 1% Per CPU Core (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    If I am a web-developer (I am not), I would like to know the exact amount of processing power I am allowed to use when the tab of my page goes on the background, not a percentage. This way I can guarantee a uniform user experience. 1% could be a lot of processing power for some users, making the fix useless, but too little for others, which may lead to some functionalities to be disabled.

  9. Technically, they are right on Chrome 57 Limits Background Tabs Usage To 1% Per CPU Core (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Edge saves you 30% of battery time b/c Windows does not insist on checking and notifying you to switch browser when you are using it.

  10. When I was a kid people used to hack public phones with a similar technique. I think they used candies' wraps. It's true what they say that everything in computer technology is at last 50 years old.

  11. ...and according to their definition you are now a paedophile. Don't you dare visit Forever21.com or any other clothing site. And remember to unfriend anybody under 18 from your friend list, you filthy Pedo!

  12. Re:What happens if the package falls off the moon? on Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin To Offer 'Amazon-Like' Moon Delivery By 2020 (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Or if the delivery guy decided to throw a rock towards the earth!

  13. Re:"Amazon-like" delivery? on Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin To Offer 'Amazon-Like' Moon Delivery By 2020 (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    This is actually insightful, but I can't upvote b/c I have already posted a couple of stupid comments.

  14. The first half of the trip

  15. Because poor people suck.

  16. RTFA, please. They will use drones to deliver your package from the suborbital shuttle to the moon. You only get your own shuttle if you have prime with same day shipping.

  17. Re:There is that lovely "Women are wonderful" effe on Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture Of 'Pervasive Harassment' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Good one. I didn't know about it.

  18. Wolf-crying? on Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture Of 'Pervasive Harassment' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have been working in the US for several years, and I have noticed this dangerous trend of constantly labeling as misogynist or racist behavior anything that targets a woman or a minority for things that have nothing to do with race or gender. As an outsider (I am from Europe, and worked in Asia), I can say that nowhere I have seen such an obsession with these two topics. If a white person sucks, and get fired, you talk about the actual causes of the firing. If it's a woman or a minority doesn't get hired, or get fired, it's often sexism and racism. I am sure there are real cases of racism and maybe even sexism, but this constant and indiscriminate wolf-crying is going to delegitimize real victims and actually make people hire fewer of these people.

    If I were to hire in this country, I'd be damn sure not to hire a woman or a minority which had a background in social justice (even a blog post or some classes in college would be a no go). There is just a chance that the person is some sort of fanatic. It sounds awful, but from what I can tell that equates to having a ticking bomb ready to explode under my ass. I don't care what your race or your ethnicity is, if shit hits the fan bad things may happen, and the last thing I would want is to have a lawsuit for discrimination and a wave of bad publicity for my business. Aww, yes, I am a such an awful person. Well, sorry, and welcome to the real world.

  19. Re:Hmm on How is The New York Times Really Doing? (om.co) · · Score: 1

    Can we agree that either position (my whole point) is at least suspicious and that they would deserve more attention than a few blog posts?

    I am not defending either position, in fact, I am trying to understand why it is so hard to find a reliable, official source that discusses this. The data is out there, and it looks extremely suspicious to me.

  20. Re:Echo-chamber fake news on How is The New York Times Really Doing? (om.co) · · Score: 0

    Why was parent voted down?

  21. Re:Hmm on How is The New York Times Really Doing? (om.co) · · Score: 4, Informative

    o The average Chinese person has no interest in Trump or the Brexit. The average Chinese has very little interest in Western politics in general. This is anecdotal evidence, but I have lived in HK and Taiwan (which are way more open than mainlanders) and none of my friends read American news (and they were all mostly very westernized). Open any Chinese newspapers, or social network and see how much they care (they don't, and also, you can't because from your post I cantell you have no clue about their culture).
    o Taiwanese, Japanese, and Indians care way more about Trump (especially Indians), and India is an English speaking country. But there is no spike in viewership from these countries.
    o As it has already been pointed out, these numbers are ridiculous compared to the number of speakers of English.
    o Why only these three journals (one of which is banned)?
    o Do you have any actual argument or evidence to support your claim.
    o Please, realize that you are the idiot, your post and your signature are full of contradictions.


    Now, back to the actually rational, non-brainwashed people left in this site. The data seems pretty legitimate, do we know why it hasn't been picked up by anybody (the news is pretty old). A google search returns very few results, and I couldn't find anything debunking it. Any actual, technical idea of why this info should not be trusted?

  22. Re:poignant.guide or machine code on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 1

    Why? Because it is entertaining enough to get you through many important basic concepts without falling asleep.

    I might sound repetitive here, but if you need your first programming book to be entertaining then you should probably just stick to watching movies or play video games.I have been coding for more than 15 years, and every time I read a new book about programming I am always excited about it (except for JavaScript, that really sucked).

  23. Visas only grant you the right to present yourself to an immigration officer. It doesn't give you the right to enter the country. Technically, border control may just keep on blocking any immigrant coming from the banned countries.

  24. Value of the components. on Apple To Start Making iPhones In India, Says State Government (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    By 30% of the product, they mean 30% of the value of the components.This is a breakdown of the cost for each component in the IPhone 5. http://www.digitaltrends.com/m...

  25. The scenario described in Her is also particularly convincing http://www.imdb.com/title/tt17... (the plot may sound stupid, but the movie is actually nice)