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  1. Re:I see on British PM Candidate Promises Social Media Crackdown (politico.eu) · · Score: 2

    Nah, just anyone who disagrees with them.

  2. Re:Where is the FTC??? on Comcast and Charter Agree Not To Compete Against Each Other In Wireless (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, both CEOs need to be locked in jail for attempting to violate the public's trust.

    Fining the corporations don't work. The actual people at the top need to be held accountable.

  3. Re:Anyone get this to work? on John Oliver Gets Fired Up Over Net Neutrality, Causes FCC's Site To Temporarily Crash (fortune.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, you have to fill out the csv template they give.

    It's pretty fucking clear they want as few people as possible to be able to comment, by making technologically prohibitive to do so. It's fucking scummy as shit.

  4. Re:Absolutely on Ask Slashdot: Is ReactOS A Serious Alternative To Windows? (reactos.org) · · Score: 1

    "Can it run games?"

    No, it can't. Not like Windows can. It won't run anything competitive like Overwatch with high framerates and low input lag.

    That's the only thing stopping most users who would switch to Linux from switching to Linux. WINE will let you run your other windows applications you need. It's the plain and simple fact that Microsoft has DirectX and Linux doesn't.

    The idea that ReactOS is a good idea is kind of confusing. It doesn't offer any solutions to any of the problems that currently exist for Windows users who don't want to use Windows.

  5. No, of course not, not after getting a degree. The worth skyrockets even if your skills are the same.

    And sure, he's wiping people's asses. So what? That doesn't have anything to do with trying to pay someone low for their skills because they don't have a cert or a piece of paper or whatever, and the end of the day the software ships and the customer doesn't care if a degree-holder wrote it or not. They just want it to work.

    And yeah, it's kind of crap. I was given table level access to their databases yet still making relatively the same amount. It was absurd (hence why I left) that you're paying peanuts for skills that are otherwise worth quite a bit more. But feel free to go tell your junior dev team you're going to cut their salaries in half because they should feel lucky to have a first job.

    Or you'll what? Hire the first poor schmuck off the street? Don't tell me that it could be worse for me when the company is getting the way better part of the deal, like they're somehow doing a favor. I was the one doing the favor.

  6. Translation: work long hours for minimum wage.

    I got a software job without a degree post 2010. The company I was working for said I was doing a great job and gave me $30k a year, despite performing better than developers they were hiring that have been in the workforce for 5-10 years that they had to pay well over 2x as much. It's a joke to get talent for cheap.

  7. Re:That's Great But... on China To Boost Non-Fossil Fuel Use To 20 Percent By 2030 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to worry about terms like "climate denier" or use something like "scientific consensus". That shouldn't convince you really of anything.

    I use the word "definitive" because that's when satellite corrections took place, leading to a corroboration of evidence gathered. I really don't give a shit if you think that its natural cycles or our current hundred years aren't "statistically significant" for whatever the hell that means. It's pretty basic fucking observation that you can do in your kitchen.

    Do you know how greenhouse gasses work and why they're called that? If you don't, you're about 150 years behind in your Chemistry, back when people still thought bloodletting was a good idea. Good, now what happens when you dump lots of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere? Both of which are greenhouse gasses? And don't get me started on global dimming or albedo reflection, it's pretty fucking obvious the world is warming up.

    So you know that we're dumping tons of substances that would cause the world to get warmer, and it is. Whether it's "natural cycles" or whatever bs you may come up with or not, the fact of the matter is we're pumping greenhouse gasses into the fucking atmosphere. WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU THINK ITS GOING?

    That's not even the worst part, the worst part is that sealed gasses at poles, trapped in ice, are getting melted, and we're just like, "Yeah well we probably didn't cause it because uh... Natural trends!" If you think this, you must be mentally retarded, because there is no possible way you can accept that dumping large amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere isn't warming the planet without having some serious form of brain damage where you can't put your shoes on because you're incapable of the basic logical reasoning required to do so.

  8. That's Great But... on China To Boost Non-Fossil Fuel Use To 20 Percent By 2030 (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's already too late.

    People dragged their feet since it was definitive in the 90s. If humanity has a crisis from the shift we damn well deserve it at this point.

  9. Re:My experience... on 95% Engineers in India Unfit For Software Development Jobs: Report (gadgetsnow.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you can sue them for replacing you with foreign workers, which is a violation of the H1B visa policy.

  10. Re:Wait wot? What about the Nexus 4? on Qualcomm Says Apple Broke Contract, Hindered Performance of Its Chipsets (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Google is still using Qualcomm chips and not trying to move to Intel.

  11. Re:ISPs all have your verified name, address and p on FCC's Ajit Pai Says Broadband Market Too Competitive For Strict Privacy Rules (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You know what's more insane is that they can grab all of your passwords, bank account information, etc.

  12. Re:Intel stopped trying 5 years ago... on Why Intel Insists Rumors Of The Demise Of Moore's Law Are Greatly Exaggerated (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean despite the poor thermals, weak components, and locked down OS, what you have to complain about most is the lack of more RAM?

  13. Re:Doesn't anyone pay as they go anymore? on Student Loan Debt Has Nearly Tripled (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    You realize that colleges, just tuition, cost $12-15k a year now, right? They charge more for engineering programs, etc.

    The average minimum wage job at 40 hours a week couldn't cover this. And I'm amazed you found a job that would give you that much overtime and that you didn't burn out during it or had time to do, I don't know, like three sections of calculus a week?

    Sounds like you're just making stuff up.

  14. Re:Best Linux? What about best UNIX? on Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The same OS that makes you go into settings to run programs not downloaded through its proprietary services?

    Crap like MacOS is the reason why Linux is so popular among tech savvy people. We're tired of it.

  15. Re:Availability of content on Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content (techinasia.com) · · Score: 2

    Crunchy Roll I think has the rights for Simulcast of this show.

    But you do have a point that real shows are region locked or not licensed in certain regions. It's attempting to control distribution of something that's always going to be easily distributed that's the problem.

  16. Re:Microsoft is good once again on Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 (visualstudio.com) · · Score: 1

    There's VS for Mac.

  17. If you ask 200 people what kind of pizza they would want from Pizza Hut, you'd find some subset of people who want pizza from Pizza Hut.

    It makes sense if they're not interested in what we want, but about the potential market for such a device. I think it's naive to assume that Razer (a company that manufacturers hardware with their own software) doesn't have a whole team of super smart people who use linux or couldn't do basic research on what they think the features they need to include are.

  18. Re:This is pretty obvious. on Microsoft Research Developing An AI To Put Coders Out of a Job (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    We already have code that automates itself based on short descriptions. We call them high level languages. The resulting code is interpreted by our more concise instructions.

  19. The console version of overwatch actually has built-in aim assist, because of the fast-paced nature of the game since it's balanced for use with controllers.

    The PC version has no such assists, so if a PC user is playing on a console, they'll be even better.

  20. I still use Windows... on CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because games run on it. If the games I wanted to play worked on Linux, I would be using it exclusively.

    I had a forced restart and I promptly did registry edits and installed Ubuntu. Now I do all my work in Linux, and the only thing Windows could possibly do is kick me out of some online game. It's like they want people who like their platform to switch.

  21. Re:Oh noes! on Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Good thing this lowers the likelihood of them passing on their bad organ failing genes.

    Think of all the future generations you'd save.

  22. Re: The problem could be Android on Some Pixels Have Problems (techtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile I've never had any problems with my $200 Nexus 5x.

  23. The leverage is that what the company doing is a federal offense, and they're trying to thinly veil it as not one.

    In short, you could sue the company for personal damages for losing your job because they tried to replace you with illegal labor, and therefore they owe you for all of the salary they would have had to pay you.

  24. Re:Thank you EFF, I was wrong on US Court Demands Documents On AT&T/Police Collaboration (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    The courts are just upset that /they/ can't view them either.

    It's just a power game where the police told the courts they can't give them the documents to review and the court is like, "Dude wtf? Yes we can."

  25. Re: Great on Nokia Dials Back Time To Sell Mobile Phones Again (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What, specifically do you hate about Android?