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  1. The youngling excuse on Ask Slashdot: Whatever Happened To the 'Year of Linux on Desktop'? · · Score: 1

    I was a gamer; and also very familiar with the Windows environment since I was the "tech support" for everyone in the neighborhood when I was growing up.
    Needless to say I was always impressed with when I had a chance to play with it, I just had no real incentive to switch. Any family member's PC that I work with now usually ends up with a fresh Ubuntu install though; cause most of them just use their PCs/Laptops for Facebook and don't feel like shelling out $$$ for Windows (understandably).

  2. Isn't it bad enough that half the packaging of stuff I buy is full of "no-gmo" "100% organic" "100% real ingredients" "blahblahblah"? Now I need a "Cut from LEB (Low Emission Breed) Cattle"?

    Sheesh!

  3. Re:7 minute abs on Is the World Ready For Flying Cars? (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You're saying obstacles don't matter in 2D?
    Well then.

  4. Or I'll be very mad!

  5. You mean on Why Bats Crash Into Windows (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Outlook and Office crash on Windows.

  6. Re:Not the right question. on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Gigitty.

  7. What a fucked up situation on Uber Gives Free Rides to Shelters During Hurricane Irma (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    That sometimes the conversation goes like this:
      - Refugee : "Please help us! We need a drive to the shelter before the storm hits!"
      - Driver : "Yeah of course! That'll be $20 a head!"

    Sickening.

  8. Re:The Russians. on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Or that. We can always go with that.

  9. The Russians. on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    There, I said it.

  10. Re:And after 90 years... on TV Turns 90 (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    I fucking agree bro. Amen.

  11. Seriously? How do I see my life after a piece of software is released? Seriously?

  12. You're right, but they'll probably still end up winning anyways.

  13. Re:I could ... on SanDisk Breaks Storage Record With 400GB MicroSD Card (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    There's this new tech supposed to be ready for commercial use around 2018~
    I believe they call it "The Backup".

  14. Re:As the child of people who couldn't afford kids on Stanford Study Finds New Dads In US Are Older Than Ever (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you think they're [the filthy rich] trying to automate *EVERYTHING* ?

  15. I did some quick research on this and, apparently shade 12 and more is sufficient to view with a welding mask. I don't know the details about the different intensities, but I figured if anything could be used it would be a welding mask.

  16. He was from Quebec on Dealership Remotely Disables A Car Over A $200 Fee (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 0

    So it's k.

  17. Who bought them? Elon? Bastard.

  18. You mean I didn't imagine that? on Ask Slashdot: How Did You Experience The Solar Eclipse? · · Score: 1

    And here I was thinking those shrooms were some kind of powerful! You know, making it look like some massive object was moving in front of the sun and all. Needless to day, I sketched out.

  19. Re:Congrats, Burger King Russia! on Burger King Now Has Its Own Cryptocurrency - the 'Whoppercoin' - in Russia (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Kind of like Canadian Tire money, I believe?

  20. Re:Time travel on Ancient Tablet Reveals Babylonians Discovered Trigonometry (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I fucking knew it. Assholes.

  21. Re:Nice headline on Elon Musk's Neuralink Gets $27 Million To Build Brain Computers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a computer that looks like a brain, duh!

  22. Huh on The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    What are these consoles you speak of?

  23. Assuming someone is being paid to read all of your pointless questions.
    Trust me, there's going to be a fuck load of pointless questions...

  24. Re:I don't get it on Here's Why People Don't Buy Things With Bitcoin (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, I love you.

    Nobody actually answered my original question though. I guess if I cared enough I'd research it. Maybe some day...