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  1. Excessive stress on More Tech, STEM Workers Voluntarily Quitting Their Jobs (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    The software industry is booming and growth is not reflected in staffing level increases. That means it is more likely that tech professionals quit and move to other positions because they had enough of working 14 hour days, nights and weekends.

  2. Never believe a statistic.... on Why You Should Be Suspicious of Online Movie Ratings (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    .....that you didn't fake yourself.

  3. CS curricula ARE 2 year degrees on Can a New Type of School Churn Out Developers Faster? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Any CS curriculum at a US university is essentially a 2 year degree. The other 2 years are wasted on mandatory courses that have absolutely nothing to do with the major. In European universities the curricula focus on the subject studied, they do not include stuff you already did or should have done in high school. US universities should remove all the gunk and clutter from their curricula, which will make graduating faster without lacking knowledge and skill while also keeping the expenses for students down...but since each and every university soaks those who are not athletic to pay for money wasters like college sports and overly landscaped campi they have to make the CS majors study biology, philosophy, and write a book report about "The Great Gatsby" for nth time in their lives.

  4. Re:Jew Headfake on Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against CISA · · Score: 1

    So we rather stick with the ultraconservative radical fascist born again Christians that make you plea your allegiance to a "nation under god", excel in faith based initiatives, and even have "in god we trust" printed on every friggin piece of currency? Sure, we are way better off with those folks. As far as people of Jewish faith are concerned, for centuries they were banned from working as craftsmen. The left only becoming a merchant, a banker, or more recently comedian. The facts claimed here are mainly results of historical circumstances and not an evil plot of "the jewry" to run the world. You should put things into perspective first.

  5. Re:Seems in character on Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against CISA · · Score: 1

    Oh contraire! His policies are the only ones that would work...which is why they will never be implemented as that would impact the status and position of the rich and powerful.

  6. Too bad on Bernie Sanders Comes Out Against CISA · · Score: 1

    I would even beat the streets to campaign for Bernie Sanders if it wasn't for his ridiculous and lethal attitude for guns. That is a total deal breaker for what would otherwise be the only acceptable presidential candidate in the field right now. We need much less guns and much stronger restrictions while drastically reducing manufacturing of guns and ammunition. Unless of course we consider it the new normal to have regular mass shootings out of petty reasons and even toddlers shooting themselves or others on a weekly basis.

  7. Bild...or better called Blöd is not even worth being called a tabloid. It surely is not a newspaper, more a spewing device of lies and deception. Although its oversimplistic story telling is right on target with the intellect and attention span of the 144 character crowd.

  8. Rather crappy shadow IT on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    But then again, Clinton's home spun email server apparently was not breached compared to the official servers of the administration. Ports open does not necessarily mean much, if there is no service at the other end the open port does not help much.

  9. Reduce traffic on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    More important than self-driving cars is to reduce the number of cars on the road. Invest in public transit of all kinds (bus, tram, light rail, regional rail, long distance rail, and yes, air travel as well unless we get serious about high speed rail) and a tremendously better Internet infrastructure. I could do my work from home without having to drive the (comparably measly) 8 miles to work...if I was offered a decent VPN with split tunneling and acceptable performance...something AT&T is incapable to deliver. I'd go for that because I hate driving. Until hell freezes over and the above mentioned happens, how about drastically improving driver education? Make it mandatory across the nation that drivers have to attend at least 20 hours of driving training including driving at night and on the highway plus a much better theoretical education that currently is practically non-existent. In other words, if we keep uneducated morons from driving around in their pick up trucks or doing motorcycle stunts during rush hour we might not only be safer overall, but autonomous vehicles would perform much better. The big problem for AV is other drivers.

  10. Video Games Live! on Video Game Music Is Saving the Symphony Orchestra (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Tommy Tallarico makes entire world tours out of orchestral video game music. He sets up the shows with orchestras local to the venue, often youth orchestras with help of professional musicians. I saw them once live and it is one of best and most entertaining concerts I ever been to and except for one or two songs I had no idea what the songs were since my gaming days are long gone. I still whistle the theme song, well, more theme tune of Indoor Sports....

  11. Nice summary of what is wrong in the US on What Non-Geeks Hate About the Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    Oh no! My son could see a fully covered nipple!! Are there really that many people who are so stuffed up? Their moral beliefs are one thing to shake one's head over, but they do not even get comedy. At least now I do not feel bad sending a complaint to the FCC each year for showing excessive violence and public sex when the Super Bowl airs.Ramming each other down head first and cheerleaders in skimpy dresses is OK, but TBBT is profane? Man, are really that many people in the US that ridiculously stupid?

  12. Re:Guaranteed to put stress on any car? As if. on Daimler Tests a Self-Driving Truck On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    The BIG difference is that you have to take dozens of driving lessons, both theory and practice before even allowed to register for the driving test that typically last 45 minutes and usually includes highway driving. Not like the 10 minute test in the US driving around the block where the DMV is. The huge difference is that European drivers are just way better trained, something the US direly needs, especially to get the motor vehicle fatalities down.

  13. Re:Not a substitute on Daimler Tests a Self-Driving Truck On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    Rail is already tremendously more efficient than trucks...and uses far less personnel or robots for that matter.

  14. Re:Not a substitute on Daimler Tests a Self-Driving Truck On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    If you need a truck to haul stuff another 100 miles it only shows that the rail network is not dense enough with too few hubs. As far as the US goes, the dense net is often easily restored. Most abandoned rail lines turned into bike paths.

  15. Lack of QA on Vostochny Launch Building Built To the Wrong Size · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when quality assurance is cut short and when the lowly engineer pointing out the flaw gets fired rather than taken seriously. Just cut the roof off, some rain and snow, dust and dirt won't hurt.

  16. What the heck is an "LCD Display"? on Desktop Turing-Welchman Bombe Build · · Score: 1

    The "D" in "LCD" already means display. "LCD Display" is like white mustang, free gift, ATM machine.... The project is neat, but with the lack of understanding technical terms the OP instantly drops down a few notches on the credibility scale.

  17. It coincides with the radical shift to the conservative right. The EPA is too hippie for the right-wingers and thus gets its funding cut in favor of supporting coal power plants or big industry polluters who happen to write out big campaign checks.

  18. Re:Two Free Years! on Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed · · Score: 1

    Not only that, they got apparently 15 million SSNs...what good does a two year protection do when the identity is hosed for life? Companies that are that careless with personal data should be mandated to provide free identity theft protection for life. Even more important, why the heck does Experian need the SSN? Did they plan to pay into the federal retirement accounts of people? The rampant abuse of the SSN needs to stop!

  19. Monoprice KVM on Ask Slashdot: Advanced KVM Switch? · · Score: 1

    Unless you want to drop hundreds of Dollars for a matrix switch take a look at the 3 PC Monoprice KVM 131DA. I use it with great success. It can switch most inputs separately, but supports only one DVI channel. I looked into dual screen KVMs and while they exist they are prohibitively expensive. I connected the second monitor on one PC directly via DVI and from the second computer directly via VGA. The VGA from the third computer goes to the first monitor, but I very rarely use it because both signals go to the same monitor. What you could do is get two of these switches and control one via keyboard and the other one simply with the push buttons on the switch. That way you can switch plenty of combinations. It is not as convenient as having it all in one box and use programmable hot keys for switching the setups, but there is always a limit to how much one is willing to pay for just a wee bit more convenience. Unless I watch TV/movie, work on large projects, or work from home I do not use the second monitor. You may also want to look into other options such as remote desktop solutions. Not sure if the free options are sufficient, but with selecting which monitor you want to show up from the remote systems you may get what you need. Add a USB switch so that you can share USB peripherals.

  20. Exactly! All you get is a shell command line. Might as well stick with Linux then because the shell there is way better. The only benefit I can see is that you can use the free VisualStudio dev tools to code....on a Windows PC.

  21. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1

    Which does not stop him from consulting on issues and getting inflated compensation for a speech he throws in. As if these regulations stop anyone... And why wait a year? Not only should there be term limits, once in Congress and term limit is up taking any other office or turning into a lobbyist ought not to be allowed. Go back and get a real job. That is the only way to keep Congress members attached to reality.

  22. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1

    Ha said he wanted to step down anyway by the end of the year, but I guess he was sick of all that partisan tea bagger bickering now.

  23. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1

    Über in the way it wants to operate ought to be banned. They want to enslave their drivers, pushing all the risk on the drivers while grabbing all the reward (money).

  24. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1

    He voted against everything that came across his desk, no matter where it came from. The Republicans in Congress have one response to everything: "No!". Boehner and the tea baggers who now pushed him out are the main reason for the political and legislative standstill of the country for years. All they do is keep seats warm and waste tax payer's money.

  25. Re:That's what Nokia, Moto, and Microsoft said on Former GM and BMW Executive Warns Apple: Your Car Will Be a "Gigantic Money Pit" · · Score: 1

    Yes, but to this day Apple is utterly inept of execution. 4 to 6 weeks delays on consumer electronics like an iPhone?? And that when Apple as ridiculously excessive amounts of freely available cash to ramp up production? Once they dropped millions on designing such a car they will find themselves in a buy market with a lot of competitive newcomers. Placing an order for an iCar and having to wait weeks or months until it is delivered will not fly in a market accustomed to walking into a car dealership and leaving with a ride in half an hour. Maybe Apple can generate enough fluffy hype so that naive buyers think that Apple builds the iCar especially for them after they placed the order.