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  1. Re:Recommendation: on Ask Slashdot: Software To Visualize, Manage Homeowner's Association Projects? · · Score: 1

    AMEN! I went to one HOA meeting. Some busybodies were complaining of a semi-tractor (not trailer) parked by a house. They demanded it be removed. Turns out the tractor was someone visiting that house. And it was parked correctly. And the street was plenty wide. And the busybodies also parked their cars in the street.

  2. Re:do you want americans to liberate your country? on Venezuela Says Its Cryptocurrency Raised $735 Million -- But It's a Farce (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, most of the refineries that can handle that oil/sludge are in USA. Thus Venezuela's problem exporting the oil to anyone else.

  3. Re:There seem to be 3 kinds of licenses out there on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    If there's exposed 110V, then there's a design defect in the chassis/power supply. Otherwise, the "danger" is not anything more than plugging in your toaster. (And yes, I've been working on computers pre-IBM PC.)

  4. Re:Milton Friedman is shite on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    And the difference between "teh" and "the"...

  5. Re:Cameras (and software) have a loong way to go on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you really want a top-end camera, get a SLR. phone cameras will always be a compromise. The SLR doesn't have to worry about making calls or playing . Also it's big enough to use real optics.

  6. Re:Or on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually my (and most other Americans) disposable income just jumped quite a bit... (We just looked at our first post-taxcut paycheck).

  7. Re:Market saturation on We've Reached Peak Smartphone (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Major counter-example: New Coke.

  8. Re: Probably the sanest use of soldiers on China Reassigns 60,000 Soldiers To Plant Trees In Bid To Fight Pollution · · Score: 1

    They do if you use the wood from said trees....

  9. Re: One question, on Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Heck, in the 80s we had guns *in* the schools (at least in the trucks). And nobody thought anything about it.

  10. I didn't know the Chinese didn't use metric.

  11. If you disagree with your companies legal actions, work with the system to correct those actions. If that (and any "appeals") don't work, then LEAVE (or live with them). A paycheck isn't worth your good name, or your sleep. If you disagree with your companies illegal actions, LEAVE and let the proper authorities know. A paycheck isn't worth your time in jail. If you AGREE with your companies illegal actions....can't help you there. But the term "cannon fodder" does come to mind.

  12. Re:Summary of the debate - what Oxford comma is on Maine Dairy Company Settles Lawsuit Over Oxford Comma (bostonmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    So why not just re-write the sentence so that the intent is clear regardless of existence or not of said comma?

  13. Ironic, since Google owns (or at least has a close relationship) w Waze.

  14. Re: It's really a Hillary For Prison Thing on Fake News Sharing In US Is a Rightwing Thing, Says Oxford Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Trying to be objective (hard, I know), I'm not sure I agree. 1. HRC beat HRC. She ran the worst campaign I've ever seen. Maybe health, who knows, but it appears her arrogance is what killed her shot. PA/WI/MI. 2. After Trump won, the opposition (not just democrats) were out to get him. No matter what he did w Flynn/Comey, we'd still be in this mess. Details may be changed, but objective wouldn't

  15. Re:Carter Page is a known Russian Agent on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm lost...are we talking about Nune or McCabe/Comey/etc? Other than "recuse" you could interchange those names depending on which side you're advocating.

  16. Re:I'd like to see more protests this relevant. on Bicyclist Protests Net Neutrality By Slowing Traffic Outside the FCC Building (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. I've been a bit ambivalent (yeah it sounds good in theory, but it seems every time the govt sticks its regulatory finger into something it makes things worse. Regardless, where I'm at it's a none issue either way. So really don't care.). But when protestors do stupid stunts like this my gut reaction is to take the side OPPOSITE the protestors.

  17. Re:Their society is elitist liberal not facscist on 'How We Made Starship Troopers' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Buenos Aires. He's from Argentina.

  18. Hold on, let me get some popcorn on Robert Mueller's Team Reportedly Interviewed Facebook Staff As Part of Russia Probe (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let the Pro/Anti Trump fights begin!

  19. Re:DUI Laws are broad on Tesla Owner Attempts Autopilot Defense During DUI Stop (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems like I recall someone getting a DUI while riding a horse. That would be similar to the Tesla situation, as the horse kinda has an autopilot and would hope it's self-preservation instinct would help keep it out of 'accidents', drunk rider or not.

  20. Re: Well, no more Maple Syrup on No More Pancake Syrup? Climate Change Could Bring an End To Sugar Maples (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Don't know about production-quality trees, but you've got sugar maple trees growing wild in an area in TEXAS. They grow well throughout the southern US (don't know about Florida). They make great ornamentals as well--The grow faster than a white oak, slower than a red oak. They just don't compete well in the wild with other trees (including red maples, which the native folks used to tap for a "sugary drink") there. So if the climate does move north why won't those there still live? Maybe plantations for new production, if needed.

  21. Re:Uh huh on Global Warming Predictions May Now Be a Lot Less Uncertain (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Or that "solutions" that involve climate engineering won't do more harm than good? Or by crashing the economy we won't end up burning more coal or even wood for fuel, hence potentially making an even bigger CO2 impact? Or even worse environmental devastation? That worked out well for Haiti (read up on "deforestation of Haiti")

  22. Re:Climate changes. It always has. on Global Warming Predictions May Now Be a Lot Less Uncertain (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    If you believe the climate scientists, many places will have more successful agriculture. Think southern Sahara. More active atmosphere means rain makes it further north into the desert. Possibly making most of it green. So all those N Africans could now afford to grow their own food. Maybe make all that land more useful. Etc. Not that I know anything, that's just what those scientists say, and they were saying the climate change is real. So, would making a large population more prosperous (possibly ending some of that warfare going on endemically) a bad thing? Would helping out subsaharan peoples be a bad thing? Personally, with all the political mess going on ("52 days of inaction and The Children are DOOMED" so said one recent politician) I don't trust the proclamations on *EITHER* side.

  23. Re:Fashion or need? on 'No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean possible-future-speaker-of-the-house-and-fourth-in-line-to-the-throne Pelosi? Have you actually heard some of the things she has said? Unless you are voting Republican next time around her mental state IS definitely an issue.

  24. Re:Fashion or need? on 'No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So the "final 4" included Bernie--old as the hills, could tip over dead any minute; Trump, which you've already said could croak; Hillary--need we mention all the health problems she's been having (surprised me that she's still kicking). That leaves Ted Cruz. Though he probably has something wrong. Face it, by the time you've got enough experience to be a decent president, you're likely to have some health issues. (Don't throw out Obama as a counter example...he had *very little* experience running anything. As a result he didn't do nearly as much damage as a Roosevelt would have done. Speaking of Roosevelt (you know, the guy on the dime and leftwing hero), he had quite a bit of health issues--and DID croak)

  25. Re:Uforgiveable on The Tech Failings of Hawaii's Missile Alert · · Score: 1

    If engineered correctly, that mechanical switch is likely to outlive that computer by several orders of magnitude. Yeah, still need to test it, but since that is an "odd" event, the human would be less likely to just "click "...