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  1. Re:But....... on Light-Based Memory Chip Is First To Permanently Store Data · · Score: 1

    We already have them... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Is it just me who hates all these stupid sounding technology names?

  3. Re:Why management is hard on Ellen Pao Drops Appeal of Gender Discrimination Suit · · Score: 1

    Any manager referring to me as an underling can go pleasure himself with a cucumber, and probably wont get any decent work from me. You might want to revise the title of your first chapter.

  4. Re:Mandarin? Spanish? on UK Industry Group Boss: Study Arts So Games Are Not Designed By 'Spotty Nerds' · · Score: 0

    And if i ever need to speak to someone in Mandarin or Spanish, I'll just pay someone a pittance in yen or peso to do the translation for me.

  5. Mandarin? Spanish? on UK Industry Group Boss: Study Arts So Games Are Not Designed By 'Spotty Nerds' · · Score: 0

    I always laugh in the faces of the morons who tell me that bs.

    Mandarin, 14.4% of world population, spoken in: China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia
    Spanish, 6.15%, spoken in: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Western Sahara.
    English, 5.43%, spoken in: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.

    Thanks, but I'll stick with the DOLLARS and POUNDS rather than try my luck with those yen or peso.

  6. 10 or 20 nuclear devices? on Should Nuclear Devices Be Kept On Hand To Protect Against Near Earth Objects? · · Score: 1

    Is he implying that there aren't already (and will probably always be) at least 10 or 20 nuclear devices laying around that would do this job perfectly?

  7. Re:Monster Business School on Apple De-Certifies Monster Cables After Lawsuit Against Beats · · Score: 1

    The best thing I ever saw was a fiber optic cable advertised with superior connection quality because it had gold plated connectors XD

    Fiber optic cable connection improved by the gold plated connectors XD XD

  8. Re:No videos, how many times? on Starcoder Uses a Multiplayer Game to Teach Programming (Video # 1) · · Score: 1

    "Spend the time" ? I find it much quicker to find and pull out the information I need from a big block of text than trying to pull the information out of a video.

    Tutorials are the worst, since you usually only need them for less than 10% of their content, searching through text is much quicker for finding said content than searching through a video.

    I agree with sentiment "Videos suck"

  9. Re:Good on Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    My father in law uses the eBay toolbar, not sure why, but he does...

  10. Re:Huh? Wasn't it clear that he was joking? on Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Criticizes Role of Women In Labs · · Score: 1

    I think the outcry kinda proves his point, doesn't it?

  11. Re: Star Citizen on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 2

    Star Citizen, while crowd funded, is not indie developed. Unless you consider major studios being paid by someone as indie, which they do. For instance, Kuju considers itself "indie" because it is not a publisher or affiliated with one, but they have a few big studios with 100+ per studio, in multiple countries.

    Indie in the game industry does not mean "one or two guys in an apartment"

  12. "Once finished Radiant will simulate hundreds of on World's Rudest Robot Set To Simulate the Fury of Call Center Customers · · Score: 1

    millions of angry customer interactions, helping companies better understand what triggers heated calls."

    I'll help you cut to the case, it's shitty service and shitty call center reps with no power to do anything helpful. Until you fix that, you're gonna have pissed off customers.

  13. Re:concerned about **too many** homeschooling?? on Bill To Require Vaccination of Children Advances In California · · Score: 0

    Yeah, because teachers have that whole golden parachute thing going on, along with the billions of dollars they earn...

  14. Light detection and ranging?? on OSGeo Foundation Up In Arms Over ESRI LAS Lock-In Plans · · Score: 1

    From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...: Although thought by some to be an acronym of Light Detection And Ranging, the term lidar was actually created as a portmanteau of "light" and "radar".

    Go fuck yourself.

  15. Re:4K on Sharp Announces 4K Smartphone Display · · Score: 1

    Just because he says he never said it (which is about all i could get from that link) doesn't mean he actually never said it...

  16. Re:Easy grammar on Ask Slashdot: What Would a Constructed Language Have To Be To Replace English? · · Score: 1

    The only problem with Esperanto is that I can't decide whether I like it black or with milk and sugar.

  17. Re:Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 2

    Sponsors Visas? Where can I send my resume? I've got 10+ years of engine programming plus a few of rendering work, and I'm willing to move if you help with relocation costs ;)

  18. Re:Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 2

    Yes thanks, having a great time :) The weather isn't a problem, you should apologize for Quebec! ;)

  19. Re:Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 2

    Maybe the problem isn't the visas - other countries have uncapped visas and do fine.

    Maybe the problem is the insane super-capitalist culture that Americans are taught from a young age - the idea that you are nothing unless you are at the top, the idea that you have to get to the top at any cost. Maybe that culture is what spawned these douche bag CEOs trying to squeeze every last drop of blood out of what they fail to see as human beings.

  20. Re:Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 1

    Can you not quietly start the process to move to another job if you're unhappy with the pay? Surely these visas are transferable to another company, or another company can apply for one for you while you continue working?

    I've been having recruiters begging me to come work for company x/y/z in the states for the last few years - I'm quite certain I'd be able to command a competitive salary, even though I'd be on a work visa and have no degree to my name.

  21. Re:Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 1

    I'm really not sure how it is in the USA, but I'm working in Canada on a work permit: After working up the courage to ask a few colleagues, I found out that I'm earning about the same or more than other Canadians in most cases.

    Are H1b visa employees really that much cheaper than true red blooded Americans?

  22. Re:Contradiction in article summary on Why More 'Star Wars' Actors Don't Become Stars · · Score: 1

    No, but it was fucking AWESOME! XD

  23. Re:Why? on Developer of 'Banished' Develops His Own Shading Language · · Score: 1

    So would people be interested in my feature rich game engine that I've spend the last 10 years single handily developing on my own with not external help? I need to figure out how to get some publicity on that... but being a programmer, I suck at all these marketing things...

  24. Re: Define "Threatened" and "Unwelcome" on A Software Project Full of "Male Anatomy" Jokes Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    Why are all of these replies getting moderated down? They are all valid replies to the parents invalid assumption about what "Programming" was back in punch-card days...

  25. Re:here's some statistics on A Software Project Full of "Male Anatomy" Jokes Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    As soon as I hear the the word "narrative" or "dichotomy" these days, I'm instantly suspicious that I'm reading bs feminist propaganda.