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  1. Re:Uber is not the answer on How Uber Is Changing Life For Women In Saudi Arabia · · Score: 2

    If Uber allows women to move more freely and work at jobs and go to school, something they weren't allowed before then I would think this is a first step.

    No it's not. It's a 3rd-party kludgy band-aid on a problem that only makes it even easier for the Saudi government to put off ever addressing it.

    Consider the possibility of this headline from Montgomery, AL in 1954:

    "Frustrated at Riding in Back of the Bus, Negroes Establish Their Own (Possibly Illegal) Bus Service"

    Would you consider that a "first step" to fixing the underlying problem of racism?

  2. I ain't Kermit, motherfucker!! on Amid Agony, Scientists Discover World's First Venomous Frog · · Score: 2

    I'm a bad motherfucking GANGSTA frog, and you in MY HOOD now!

  3. No worries! Elon Musk will fix it! on Tesla Model S Has Been Hacked · · Score: 0

    "He can do ANTYHING!" said Slashdot

  4. But....but....need H1B's on Good Economy? Tech Layoffs Are Up · · Score: 2

    "We just can't find American tech workers anymore," repeated Mark Zuckerberg to Congress. "And here are some big campaign donations to prove my point."

  5. Oh boy on Israeli Security Company Builds "Unhackable" Version of Windows · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope everyone at that company is prepared for a long week.

  6. Truly authentic conversations* on Reddit Updates Content Policy, Bans More Subreddits · · Score: 5, Funny

    * but watch what you say

  7. Re:Unlimited for one year on Starting Now At Netflix: Unlimited Maternity and Paternity Leave · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I also suspect that if you actually tried to take that year of paid leave (especially if you're a father), they would suddenly find a way to fire you or cut your pay. Are we really supposed to believe that if some high-paid tech there has three kids in five years that they're going to let him take most of that 5 years off to sit at home and collect his same paycheck? Yeah, I'm sure.

  8. Re:But not in Philadelphia on Will Robot Cabs Unjam the Streets? · · Score: 1

    the cars will also contain camera's and gps trackers

    They had better contain maid robots too, because they're going to need to clean the puke and piss out of them every night. They had also better treat the robots to avoid certain neighborhoods (the way real drivers do), or the cabs are also going to come back to HQ with missing parts, covered in gang graffiti.

  9. Re:Solves part of the mystery. on MH370: Fragment Is From Missing Flight · · Score: 0

    So at least we know the plane went down, unless someone dumped 777 parts in the ocean as a diversion.

    The conspiracy theorist in me still thinks that it was an awfully amazing coincidence that it completely disappeared (apparently thanks in part to the deliberate actions of at least one crewmember), and then just a few months later that exact same model aircraft from the exact same airline was shot down over Ukraine (supposedly by the Russians).

  10. Jeremy Irons should be in it on Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting a Film Franchise · · Score: 1

    Maybe have him play a wizard!

  11. "Better model" translation on Researchers: The Thermostat In Your Office May Be Sexist · · Score: 1

    The anorexic 80-lb female will finally be able to forgo her sweater, while every guy in the place will be sweating like a politician at the Pearly Gates.

  12. If you think Windows is bad on Mozilla CEO: Windows 10 Strips User Choice For Browsers and Other Software · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Try using a non-Safari-based browser in iOS

  13. Re:We're much more progressive in the states on Britain Shuts Off 750,000 Streetlights With No Impact On Crime Or Crashes · · Score: 1

    We started shutting off street lights here in places like Stockton California and Detroit Michigan quite some time ago. The impact on reported crime is minimal

    I think crime in Detroit is already as high as it can possibly get.

  14. Re:Steam machine was already useless on Windows 10 App For Xbox One Could Render Steam Machines Useless · · Score: 1

    Number of Steam games: 4500+

    Yeah, 4480 of which are cheap indie crapware.

  15. Steam machines were already useless on Windows 10 App For Xbox One Could Render Steam Machines Useless · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Another half-assed effort from Valve, where they tried to pawn off all the risk onto everyone else.

  16. Is Linus Torvalds a real person? on Interviews: Ask Richard Stallman a Question · · Score: 1

    I always assumed he was like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. I figured you would know the truth.

  17. So, how much to buy a better life? on Your Stolen Identity Goes For $20 On the Internet Black Market · · Score: 2

    My current identity sucks ass.

  18. Yeah sure, this and nuclear fusion, right? on Currently Quantum Computers Might Be Where Rockets Were At the Time of Goddard · · Score: 2

    Big breakthrough just around the corner!

  19. Re:Sure, ok. on Trillion-Dollar World Trade Deal Aims To Make IT Products Cheaper · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that my iPhone and Mac aren't made in the USA??????

  20. Even better news for China on Trillion-Dollar World Trade Deal Aims To Make IT Products Cheaper · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And all the other countries that actually make those tech products.

  21. Re:Suburban thinking on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    No problem, just put the solar panels somewhere else instead.

    Where?

    generate excess power in advance and store it in batteries

    Who's going to pay for the batteries, and to replace them periodically?

  22. Is she paying for them? on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    Because if she is, then I'll certainly take them. Otherwise, piss off.

  23. Re:Honey price on The Science and Politics Behind Colony Collapse Disorder; Is the Crisis Over? · · Score: 1

    If honey bees are thriving, then why is honey still so expensive?

    Because it's marketed to hipsters with more money than sense.

  24. Re:All 'science' now supports a particular ideolog on Fossil Fuels Are Messing With Carbon Dating · · Score: 1

    Or it is because reality has a well-known liberal bias.

    If it did, maybe all those honeybees that were being killed by global warming would still be dying. Yet, once again, reality failed to conform to the environmentalist agenda.

    Time to backtrack on yet another failed prediction for you "reality" types, huh?

  25. Re:Can't be true on The Science and Politics Behind Colony Collapse Disorder; Is the Crisis Over? · · Score: 1

    I know it can't be true, because all my environmentalist friends ensured me that colony collapse was caused by global warming and would continue to get worse. They said this was SCIENCE and called me a "denier" when I questioned it.