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  1. Kill Bloat on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    The Swiss Army Knife School of Software Development needs to die, please, die now. My graphics editor will never be used to email my congressman, and I sure the fuck don't need my phone texting me about what's in my refrigerator. I want fast, uncluttered software that doesn't bitch at me or offer to order me boner pills.

  2. Kill Bloat on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 2

    The Swiss Army Knife School of Software Development needs to die, please, die now. My graphics editor will never be used to email my congressman, and I sure the fuck don't need my phone texting me about what's in my refrigerator.

    I want fast, uncluttered software that doesn't bitch at me or offer to order me boner pills.

  3. Re:How can there be? on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do they abuse an offer of 'unlimited'?

  4. UK and US inteligence agencies suspect.... on UK and US Suspect That ISIS Bomb Took Down Flight 9268 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much stopped reading there. I know where this ends.

  5. Re:So will stacking us vertically on Simple Geometry = More Seats In an Airline · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh it's not so bad. Was once on a flight in Guatemala with one backward facing row.... staring at a mother breastfeeding her baby in turbulence all the way to Costa Rica. I'll never forget that flight.

  6. Re:Nah. They had the price broken FOR them already on OCZ Toshiba Breaks 40 Cent Per GB Barrier With New Trion 100 Series SSD · · Score: 4, Informative

    The 850 EVO has been gettable for around 32 cents per GB for awhile: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Sam...

  7. Re:I've seen it already. on Lenovo Could Remake the ThinkPad X300 With Current Technologies · · Score: 1

    That is exactly like a 420's keyboard

  8. Paid and vapid social media results... on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 1

    These two developments have completely hijacked relevant searches for me. SEO was bad enough but seriously, it's time for a new search provider out there.

  9. Coast Guard chopper pilot once said.... on Droning For Sharks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I grew up just South of Seal Beach. Talking to a CG chopper pilot who routinely flew up and down our coast once and he said that if you guys (surfers) could see what I see every day from the air you would never go in the water. Apparently there are quite a few largish sharks out there. Was news to me.

  10. Re:I've always said... on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    Exactly backwards IMO. And the "Humans are the first and only species capable of having control over their own existence." quote offers a clue why..

    Hubris. Human arrogance on an industrial scale.

  11. I've always said... on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    The human species' most dangerous trait is its ability to rationalize nearly any belief or behavior.

  12. Re:World famous Olympic racing bike designer... on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 2

    Frame geometry is a well explored and long-term empirically proven science. This is ridiculous and pointless branding.

  13. World famous Olympic racing bike designer... on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 0

    This is like calling a jeweler to design your tank.

  14. Re:Pointless study on How Does Musk's Government Funding Compare To Competitors? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A Volt already starts at less than half the price Tesla S. I would suggest you go look at an S. Tesla's expense is not due to some idea of an infant technology, it's built like a luxury car.

  15. Re:Pointless study on How Does Musk's Government Funding Compare To Competitors? · · Score: 1

    I would add:

    3. People who think the government should not subsidize luxury items, i.e, cars with a base price of $70,000.

  16. Re:It's obvious on Cable Companies Hate Cord-Cutting, but It's Not Going Away (Video) · · Score: 1

    It's just a matter of time now. They won't stay on a sinking ship for long.

  17. It's obvious on Cable Companies Hate Cord-Cutting, but It's Not Going Away (Video) · · Score: 1

    Cables companies will primarily become internet providers and satellite companies will provide programming to the peeps in the boonies.

    Personally, I say "freaking awesome". Both industries treated their customers like crap for decades. Reap what you've sown you jackasses.

  18. Not Netflix first mistake on Netflix Is Experimenting With Advertising · · Score: 1

    But if they let this take root, it's their last for me.

  19. I have nothing to back it up, but... on There Is a Finite Limit On How Long Intelligence Can Exist In Our Universe · · Score: 1

    Every species becomes extinct, eventually. Human arrogance doesn't want to hear it, but rest assured, some day it will all end.

  20. Re:Good Grief on Android, Chromecast To Get HBO Now · · Score: 1

    As link points out, it's the difference between a 3% drop and 33% drop.

    Just barely within the margin of error required for moonshots.

  21. Good Grief on Android, Chromecast To Get HBO Now · · Score: 5, Informative

    a 33% dip in their online traffic

    Horseshit. Netflix traffic dipped down to a 33% share. You really can't screw up a writeup much worse than that.

  22. Re:Drive-throughs on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 2

    Yeah, it might be kinda nice to have a view of the road in case the AI happens to miss that approaching tornado ahead.

  23. A little hard to swallow.. on Researchers Discover Breakthrough Drug Delivery Method By Changing Shape of Pill · · Score: 2

    those pyramid shaped pills . Almost as bad as the suppositories.

  24. Let me get this straight... on From Commune To Sharing Economy Startup · · Score: 2

    These guys think they invented the equipment rental business in 2010?

    Seriously, contractors have been renting and trading equipment since, forever.

  25. Apple also attempting to strip music from YouTube on Apple Gets Antitrust Scrutiny Over Music Deals · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Sources also indicated that Apple offered to pay YouTube’s music licensing fee to Universal Music Group if the label stopped allowing its songs on YouTube. Apple is seemingly trying to clear a path before its streaming service launches, which is expected to debut at WWDC in June. If Apple convinces the labels to stop licensing freemium services from Spotify and YouTube, it could take out a significant portion of business from its two largest music competitors."

    http://www.theverge.com/2015/5...