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  1. Re:Conversion on Is Bitcoin Mining a Real-World Environmental Problem? · · Score: 1

    Mined bitcoin blocks are the verification of past transactions. So, yes mining produces something of value, it produces a guarantee that that the transaction took place correctly. The network serves a role similar to that of banks in processing checks.

  2. Re:Why fire HER? on SendGrid Fires Employee After Firestorm Over Inappropriate Jokes · · Score: 1

    her actions constitute sexual harassment according to the sensitivity training i've recieved. if she had merely reported them to the proper authorities she would have been safe. stupid laws, stupid conduct.

  3. Re:Noise canceling headphones on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1

    also it's easier to tune out music that you are familiar with...

  4. Re:Noise canceling headphones on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1

    this. techno generally works for me, but for when someone at the next desk over is on a sales call, I find that metal (the loud, angry, heavily distorted, but not very dynamic kind) works best.

  5. Re:I say cut the F-35 on There Is Plenty To Cut At the Pentagon · · Score: 1

    this is like saying that you'll have no trouble paying rent because you haven't over-spent your rent budget, just all the other budgets. what it comes down to is that the federal government has not plausible plan for meeting all of its financial obligations in the long run, at least no ways that don't involve dirty words like 'inflation'

  6. Re:I say cut the F-35 on There Is Plenty To Cut At the Pentagon · · Score: 1, Troll

    since the government has already spent the money, i'd rather acknowledge this, and have you go bankrupt than have the government go bankrupt (or start devaluing currency so that it can pay its debts).

  7. Re:Yes on What To Do When an Advised BIOS Upgrade Is Bad? · · Score: 1

    IANAL but it seems to me that that kind of advice should only result in liability if 1. if they have a duty to give you good advice or 2. if they knew or should have know that the advice was bad. If 1 is not the case then there is a whole lot of liability being incurred in these comment threads, for which many lawsuits could be filed If 2 is not the case then whenever a patient responds badly to a treatment administered by a doctor, even when the doctor does everything right (within the limits of current medical knowledge), he could be held liable for the negative outcome. Neither seem like particularly good options to me.

  8. Re:Devil's (angel's?) advocate: on China's Radical New Space Drive · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... , and the original builder and designer never tested it in a vacuum chamber.

    maybe try reading the context of a post before inserting the snark next time?

  9. Re:Perhaps it's the other way around on Can Proprietary Language Teams Succeed By Going Open Source? · · Score: 1
  10. touché, mon frère

  11. Re:Actually a competitor sold out ... on How Apple Killed an iTunes Competitor · · Score: 2

    I think the difference between AC's position and perp's is not whether there is culpability. But where it lies. Did the Lala execs have a duty to continue to ensure good service to their customers? Did apple acquire that responsibility when it acquired the company? Did the Lala execs divest themselves of responsibility when they divested themselves of the company?

    To me, at least, it is quite unclear who bears what responsibility to whom (outside of those responsibilities which are clearly delineated in contracts).

  12. Re:A matter of perspective... on In Vitro Grown Meat 'Nearly Possible' · · Score: 1

    According to this article, modern commercial breeds of chicken are so docile that even when given room to roam around, all they do is stand all day next to their feed trough eating, or waiting to eat. I guess that's why free range chicken isn't that expensive: no wasteful exercise.

  13. Re:I couldn't disagree with you more on GNU Hands Out Trisquel At a Microsoft Store · · Score: 1

    Ironically winpcap is actually more feature-rich than the original libpcap.