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  1. Re:Hold on a minute on Developers, IT Still Racking Up (Mostly) High Salaries · · Score: 1

    Depends on where you live, maybe. I can see wage depression here in Los Angeles. I'm loathe to go to SFO simply because of the sheer amount of douchebaggery that's up there, but then again, we have Hollywood here. Might not be much different.

  2. Re:I'm not convinced on Torvalds: I Made Community-Building Mistakes With Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go fuck yourself.

  3. Will it fit in my front pocket? on Google Announces Motorola-Made Nexus 6 and HTC-Made Nexus 9 · · Score: 1

    My Note 2 is at the edge of discomfort already. I'm not going to buy a Fanny pack. Hrm.. maybe JNCO can stage a come-back with Phablet pocket bags.

  4. Re:Of course! on Lockheed Claims Breakthrough On Fusion Energy Project · · Score: 1

    I dunno why it never occurred to me, but I wonder what kind of ecological disaster is waiting to happen if one of those ships gets sunk...

  5. Apparently on Microsoft, Facebook Declare European Kids Clueless About Coding, Too · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The only competent coders in the world are the ones who will work for $8/hour.

  6. Re:wait, what? on Companies Genetically Engineer Spider Silk · · Score: 1

    Well, reading the article, it appears they know this and have devised ways to do this. Those methods may or may not be cost-effective, which seems to be the gist of the article: Several labs are touting break-throughs in processing spider silk proteins produced by goats, e. coli, etc etc.

  7. Damn girl on Online Creeps Inspire a Dating App That Hides Women's Pictures · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your font looks so good. How about we get together and kern that shit?

  8. FUCK! on Could Maroney Be Prosecuted For Her Own Hacked Pictures? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I clicked on a Bennet hassington article. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.

  9. Don't worry, everyone on Back To Faxes: Doctors Can't Exchange Digital Medical Records · · Score: 1

    The Free Market shall Provide a binding and comprehensive solution.

  10. Re:Start menu usage dropped in lieu of what? on Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time · · Score: 1

    Amusingly enough, my desktop has a ton of icons on it that I never, ever use. Everything's pinned to the taskbar or I use the run box these days, and if I'm really "lost" I go through the start->program files. I have been amused at times to find out the thing I was looking for has an icon on the desktop...

  11. Re:It's true on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    There's quite a few here in Los Angeles. The issues here are mostly related to population density. Rich tech moguls don't really have to worry about street parking and figuring out how to charge the damned things overnight like the rest of the plebes. And, realistically, the average American is having a hard enough time paying for a mortgage (lol), much less trying to pay for a $70k car that's got limited range, requires a dedicated charging station that they don't have a spot to install, etc. I like Tesla, hope they have long-term success, but I'm certainly not in the market for one, either.

  12. Re: Unfortunately on Ask Slashdot: Is Reporting Still Relevant? · · Score: 1

    If only we had a way to.. automate repetitive tasks? Why, what a world we'd live in!

  13. Re:Oh good on Miss a Payment? Your Car Stops Running · · Score: 1

    This is all well and good if you live in a city where one can rent a place with a shade-tree to practice your shade-tree mechanics, but many of us (like most of the of the country) live in areas with high populations and even less parking. Not to disagree, though, because my first car was a 1980 Toyota Corolla that I replaced the starter on on Christmas Day in the parking lot of a grocery storm during a sleet storm (no exaggeration). Lesson learned was to budget for car repairs because that shit sucks. But that was a different city with lower costs than Los Angeles.

    Now, for my current situation, fuck a car. My neighborhood is metered parking, 1 hour limit, no way anyone can really work on a car under these conditions. So I ditched the car. Bicycles are even cheaper than cars, bus pass is cheaper than cars, walking is cheaper than cars, and while I now have a motorcycle, it's still cheaper than a car. I agree whole heartedly that one should try to just buy outright, and buy used if possible. Depreciation is a bitch.

  14. Re:47 square yards? on IBM Solar Concentrator Can Produce12kW/day, Clean Water, and AC · · Score: 1

    You typically buy fabrics by the square yard/meter. I know cubic yard is common for landscaping, as well. I wonder if construction trades also do similar for certain construction?

  15. Re:Emma Watson is full of it on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Be careful of that broad brush you're painting with. My girlfriend is a feminist. She has exactly the same issues with what she considers a vocal minority within the feminist movement (much like the "all penis-in-vagina-sex-is-rape" crowd) that Emma has. What's the point of giving women empowerment over their own bodies if you're going to turn right around and shame back into a niqab? It's lunacy. Mainstream feminism, as opposed to the Fox News sensationalist headlines feminism, isn't about what *you* think it is. It's a tired trope, but the loudest 2-3% gets all the press for just about any group you can think of, and that 2-3% is generally batshit crazy.

  16. Re:What where they copying? on Blizzard Has Canceled Titan, Its Next-gen MMO · · Score: 2

    Legos.

  17. Re:Is there a single field that doesn't? on Science Has a Sexual Assault Problem · · Score: 1

    FWIW, this is precisely what I was intending.

  18. Is there a single field that doesn't? on Science Has a Sexual Assault Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't think of a single profession which doesn't seem to have a "problem." Makes one wonder.

  19. Beats second life... on The Minecraft Parent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A friend of mine's kid plays incessantly. Not even in kindergarten, but can build gigantic, amazing structures. And then he blows it all up. :)

    Major plus sides:
    Ability to express creativity with no real cost but time
    Ability to socialize with others without having to worry about getting beat up
    Ability to exercise lots of things, like planning. I mean, when we were kids, we built forts in trees to throw pinecones at each other, snow forts from which to throw snowballs at each other, and cardboard forts at which to shoot each other with bb guns. Now kids can kinda do the same in a video game. Plan out the fort, build the fort, then tear it all down and do it again, even better this time.
    I'm pretty impressed with the game, but haven't actually played it myself. Shame. I wish I had more time for play these days.

  20. Re:Spot on on Dealership Commentator: Tesla's Going To Win In Every State · · Score: 2
  21. You may laugh... on Ask Slashdot: Any Place For Liberal Arts Degrees In Tech? · · Score: 1

    Some of the best programmers I know have degrees in art and music, with even a few English Lit and Philosophy degrees scattered around. Then again, some of the best programmers I know never went or graduated from college. That's just on the IT/Programming side of things.

    Hiring a real writer to handle press releases, web "verbiage" (um, the actual text on the website) would do wonders for quite a few sites (like.. /. hiring a real editor would be a boon...), documentation, etc. Once your company gets to a certain stage, you're going to want an HR person, who probably has a LA degree of some sort.

    Frankly, outside of an accountant and a lawyer, anyone with a degree that's not from the Business School would be good.

  22. this is where we find out on The FCC Net Neutrality Comment Deadline Has Arrived: What Now? · · Score: 2

    (store-comments comment /dev/null)

  23. Re:Umm... WHY??? on Report: Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Studio For $2bn+ · · Score: 1

    Maybe clojure, then, but most likely just hacked together with perl.

  24. Re:Umm... WHY??? on Report: Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Studio For $2bn+ · · Score: 1

    Amusingly, he even foresaw that Gargoyles (glassholes) would be viewed with uneasy contempt by the masses they glasshole on.

  25. Fuck You, I've Got Mine on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    Seriously, this whole comment trail is a gigantic version of Occupy.