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  1. Re:Not a fan of Odroid on Odroid C2 Challenges Raspberry Pi 3 On Hardware But Not Ecosystem (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    The draw of Odroid is running android. It works pretty well on their hardware. It's still a "weirdo" stack but it's hands down bang for buck for running android. If you want Linux then yeah, raspberry pi is probably what you want.

  2. Re:So when's "gun control" going to stop guys with on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    A home made rail gun is pretty cool. Can we say the word gun without it getting turned into a stupid gun control argument.

  3. Re:Useful once, now kind of redundant on To Learn (Or Not Learn) JQuery · · Score: 1

    Till all very commonly used browsers treat javascript the same way there will still be a place for jQuery. It may be a time now for something more light weight.

  4. Re:Optics! on What Happened To the Photography Industry In 2014? · · Score: 1

    With an SLR you get a lot better color representation and dynamic range. Sensor technology and image processing is still in a state where sensor size matters. You're right that for 99% of uses and users an SLR is just fine, but I think there is still a big difference in image quality.

  5. Re:Well duh on The Open Office Is Destroying the Workplace · · Score: 1

    Originally it was just cost-reduction. Now that open offices are in fashion they are lucrative for venders catering to open offices for furniture and etc.

  6. Re: How about over 10 years? on Is Ruby On Rails Losing Steam? · · Score: 1

    More than ever it's important to have complete control over your HTML structure. We need to cater to more browsers and screen sizes than ever. Sure, templates you only write once, but you still need to re-template or rewrite new components. For redesigns, css isn't to a point that html structure doesn't matter so it's still important to reorder elements or change nesting. If your talking about point and click tools, I've never found them to be as quick as a good IDE with code completion.

  7. Re:Doesn't say SVN in TFA on Help ESR Stamp Out CVS and SVN In Our Lifetime · · Score: 2

    You're right, he doesn't say that in the article but he does say he's "on it " in the comments.

  8. Re:Mind boggling on Now That It's Private, Dell Targets High-End PCs, Tablets · · Score: 1

    They can be more competitive in that they can compete where they want to compete, not where shareholders force them to compete.

  9. Re:NoScript on eBay Redirect Attack Puts Buyers' Credentials At Risk · · Score: 1

    I have problems all the time with the ebay site. A lot of there javascript is broken anyways. (I'll click on place bid an nothing happens.) You would probably end up with a better experience. Although I do use greese/tamper monkey to get the price of shipping to show on the listing.

  10. Re:Hard to get excited. on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    You know facebook owns instagram right?

  11. Re:"Thus ends "Climategate." Hopefully." on Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages To UVA, Michael Mann · · Score: 1

    "They fund a whole series of institutions doing science trolling." What institutions? What evidence is there the Koch brothers are involved? You give one example of a group that you say got shut down. Thats not the "huge grants for disproving or challenging anything related to AGW" that you said there were.

  12. Re:"Thus ends "Climategate." Hopefully." on Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages To UVA, Michael Mann · · Score: 1

    I see people say this all the time. Some mysterious group is willing to pay for skeptic research. I've never seen any evidence of this. Can you post a link to something substantial.

  13. Re:Uh, sure.. on Ask Slashdot: Correlation Between Text Editor and Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    Funny, it took me a while to realize you're being sarcastic. I was thinking psychoanalyst was the name of some new fangled tool.

  14. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 1

    I guess you're right. At the vary least you get a free screening. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.... It looks a little foggy as to what exactly is emergency care. It sounds like as long as you say you're in pain it's considered an emergency.

  15. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 2

    A hospitality room is a hastily spelled hospital room - go to one some time, there filled with poor people with minor illnesses (colds, flues, things like that) because the hospital emergency room is required to treat people if they can pay or not. Your right that eating habits arn't limited to the poor, he is saying that poor eating habits are more common in lower class. They are generally less educated, including education on nutrition, and are more likely to buy cheaper and less nutritional meals. What he is saying is not wrong nor being a "nazi". http://www.gallup.com/poll/163...

  16. Re:You make it... on Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional In California · · Score: 1

    Great points. Also, look at every other post where teacher's complain about pay. They always talk about being overworked and working in illegal conditions - no lunch, no breaks, working over 60+ hours a week. Has tenure helped them, apparently not.

  17. Re:You make it... on Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional In California · · Score: 3

    1) The abuses go both ways. That's why the need for tenure is in question in the first place. At every place I ever worked, even though it's at will employment, management made sure to have a good case together before letting anyone go out of fear of any litigation. Through the court system there is some level of protection if rights are being violated.

    2) You second statement can be said for anything. "The long history of [insert whatever you want here] abuse definitely shows some sort of protection is needed."

  18. Re:Wait... on Chelsea Clinton At NCWIT: More PE, Less Zuckerberg · · Score: 1

    This is my anecdotal experience with a company that built a software product. The majority of engineers were men. The product owners (those that had final say) were not engineers but business majors. They had more influence as to the product result than the engineering team did. Just because engineering isn't 50/50 doesn't mean that women are not adding to technology development.

  19. Re:Flight time 1 hour on Airbus E-Fan Electric Aircraft Makes First Flight · · Score: 1

    That's still a good amount of time to be useful for things like island hopping.

  20. Re:Don't overlook the easy on Ask Slashdot: Beginner To Intermediate Programming Projects? · · Score: 1

    I agree. When I started off I did two things wrong that ended costing me a lot of experience. I didn't start off simple enough, and I didn't seek help when I really needed it. You need experience planning your program and going large at all will make planning difficult. If you do a larger project break it out into smaller projects, proof of concept each feature separately. When you feel you have a grasp on the pieces then try to put it together. You will find things you thought were simple take a long time.

  21. Re:Market saturation on Figuring Out the iPad's Place · · Score: 1

    I thought when I was at the apple store it was higher. Guess I was wrong. Thanks pointing out. $100 for a $10 - $20 battery is still crazy expensive. The idea remains. Replacing the battery replacement cost is 20% of the device. This makes for a strong motivator to buy the latest and greatest. Going elsewhere isn't for the average consumer. They don't want to think about it or take risk and a non-apple repair facility.

  22. Re:Market saturation on Figuring Out the iPad's Place · · Score: 0

    There is, it's why you have to pay a $150 service charge to replace the battery. The planned obsolescence is the lifespan of the battery. Which should be around 2 - 3 years.

  23. Re:Top Gear was worse. on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    Yes. The same one, and at the end they said they got threatened to be sued for using the wrong year in a classified ad. It was like they were trying to hit every american stereotype.

  24. Re:Top Gear was worse. on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    That episode, and the the episode where they were trying to buy a car for like $500 in Florida are the episodes that made me stop watching. After watching those two I couldn't trust anything they said anymore and ruined ruined the experience. It was like Bear Grylls getting caught in a hotel on a shoot.

  25. Re:Another amazing fact: on More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use · · Score: 2

    They need to compare it to how often drivers use their phone in their car. I know the first thing I do on my commute is make calls. I'm not very social but it wouldn't take much for me to be using the phone 25% of the time while I'm driving.