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  1. So did he just leave, or did he post an email about it and play the victim?
    Was he run out? Or did he leave because something happened to him? Or was it literally the adoption of "don't be an asshole" code of conduct that triggered him to leave, and he had to post about leaving facebook. I mean llvm. He can leave without making a big stink.

    Click the link, you'll learn something about what triggered people look like.

  2. Yeah, hence the reference to go find a search engine. I guess you can't read more than a sentence at a time. Makes sense considering your follow-up statement.

    Damore's memo? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry, you made me laugh out loud. I'm going to guess by your statement to go read it, that you have never actually read it. His data didn't support his suppositions, some of his citations were bad or wonky, or disagreed with the stuff he pulled out of them, and it's been panned (and reviewed somewhat mixed) by scientists in the field, rather than some guy with a computer who learns google search but dosen't understand data.

  3. Re:Bullying 2.0: Act like you are the victim, use on One Of LLVM's Top Contributors Quits Development Over Code of Conduct, Outreach Program (phoronix.com) · · Score: 0

    I agree he should have just left and quit instead of playing the victim. There's no evidence he himself was victimized or harassed from this new code of conduct.

  4. Brett Bigham. Teacher of the year, fired for being gay. Women's participation in open source projects in general? There's something going on and it's not related to talent.

    There's a cool site called Google now-a-days. You should check it out.

  5. Totally.

    When you look across projects, companies, etc, they just aren't. That's a problem. And what the CoC is trying to fix (whether it's going to work or not, probably not...)

  6. Poor guy got triggered on One Of LLVM's Top Contributors Quits Development Over Code of Conduct, Outreach Program (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seriously triggered, needs his safe space again where he pretends everyone is on even footing.

    Maybe he will learn how countless others have felt with the unstated rules of discrimination in so many projects, companies, etc.... People should be accepted into communities based on skill. That's not how things are. The disconnect between how things "should be" vs. how things "are." People can still be fired for being gay (or even perceived gay, although I think there is a lawsuit there because he was actually straight).

    Don't like politics creeping in? GOP has been pushing identity politics since before Bush W with the whole marriage ban and sodomy laws, there is gonna be a push-back and people aren't going to like it. When it affects individuals it's going to come back on the individual level, which means communities.

  7. Re:And Monsanto will charge them for it on Planting GMOs Kills So Many Bugs That It Helps Non-GMO Crops (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    That article profiles Gary Rinehart. The suit against him was dropped, once it was determined his nephew was the one planting seed on Gary's property (with permission). The seed was patented seed (despite non-patented varieties being available, including saving seed if they liked).

    Because Gary refused to talk to the lawyers to settle this before going to court (he kicked them out in ~ 2 minutes) they had no choice but to take it to court. Again, they dropped the case, and identified someone who was in violation of patents (which have existed before GMOs, and plant patents can apply to non-GMO varieties).

  8. Re:Can somebody who knows more about this on Planting GMOs Kills So Many Bugs That It Helps Non-GMO Crops (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, some things are poisonous to other creatures but not humans, and vice-versa. Dogs can't eat as much chocolate as humans and survive. Chocolate is thus a poison (toxin) but it's harmless to Humans (and many other animals).

    Some of it comes down to pH, Human stomachs are acidic, insect guts are basic. It makes sense that strong chemicals in the complete opposite direction (pH wise) are going to have different effects.

  9. Re:It is not science... on Extreme Winter Weather In the US Linked To a Warming Arctic (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No, not at all.

    To qualify, that's not the definition of a scientist by any stretch of the imagination. Not even a little.

  10. Re:Fingerprinting is replacing tracking on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a distro, but works best on Raspbian IIRC, but works on any linux box now I believe.

    It acts as a dns server, and has a large block list (mine is 640k domains) which resolve to the raspberry pi's address, which it gives a quick explanation, or in the case of HTTPS, connection refused. It's not the best solution in the world but works really well.

    So, no need for SSL certs, since it's just blocking. Hope that helps!

  11. Re:Fingerprinting is replacing tracking on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, selective NoScript is a good alternative too. I've been using pi-hole for my DNS as well.

  12. Fingerprinting is replacing tracking on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Fingerprinting is replacing tracking and has been for at least 10 years when I was very peripherally involved with testing a company that did it for work.

    It's one way they get you with cookies once you've "cleared" them and they are able to reattach the same ones as before.

    EFF has testing: https://panopticlick.eff.org/

    And yes, multiple fingerprints can be attached to a single user. You have 10 unique devices and all 10 of those fingerprints get attached to you after logging into a site or account. It can take awhile, but you can't block it.

    Slight changes are accounted for, profiles updated. It's not as "fool-proof" as cookies, but that's not really a requirement.

  13. Re:you pro-war McCarthyites make me sick on US Response 'Hasn't Changed The Calculus' Of Russian Interference, NSA Chief Says (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There were no scandals but there were plenty of made up scandals to go along with them.

    Remember how outlets got two different versions of what happened re: Sanders during the primary? There was a concerted effort to rig the primaries and also the primaries couldn't be rigged since they were all run by individual state parties, and the emails somehow showed both.

    Remember the pizza place basement slave dungeon (at the pizza place that didn't even have a basement)? Those were from the emails, even though it was a conspiracy theory. People took it and ran, and it damaged the campaign. But there was less than zero evidence.

    So your desire to make everything a straw-man two choice argument is either intentionally misleading, or because of a problem with logical thinking. Pick one.

    Or not, because there's probably another 1000 explanations.

  14. We make a hundred or so mutants, in an effort to get a few independent events targetting the single gene we are trying to knock-out or replace. That's a success rate of a few percent if you can do math. That's much more accurate than before, but not accurate enough to be a medical treatment at this stage. We try to get a few independent mutants because of off-target effects (the CRISPR doing something to some other gene), if you have a few independent events, it's much more likely the gene you are testing actually does the thing you think it does. Otherwise, if you can't disprove off-target effects, you haven't actually proven it.

  15. Re:highly sensitive classified information on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, most of the top members of the DOJ and FBI being Republicans, and some appointed by the residing president, it would only make sense that they are biased against Clinton, but that investigation was pretty much done to death.

    Or do you mean Republicans are biased against other Republicans? Or appointed people are always biased against their boss? That's kind of a big stretch there, buddy.

  16. Nunes admits he didn't read the documents on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The memo is based on documents Nunes now admits to never reading. Trey Gowdy did the reading and has said that the memo doesn't discredit in any way the Mueller investigation.

    So there you go. And having a vendetta against someone has never been a legally disqualifying factor in getting a warrant, although that really doesn't matter.

    (Axios, but video @ Fox News)
    https://www.axios.com/nunes-re...

  17. Re:Don't mess with nature on EPA Approves Release of Bacteria-Carrying Mosquitoes To 20 States (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    And the dodo, T-rex, Brontosauri that roam freely....

    oh wait.

  18. Re:Genetics 101 Question on EPA Approves Release of Bacteria-Carrying Mosquitoes To 20 States (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but resistances are best seen as cycles. Many crop plants go through 10-20 year cycles due to various diseases. As plants are distributed immune to a certain disease another eventually comes along, and then disease resistance for that is prioritized. Maintaining an immunity has costs associated with it, so they don't last a long time.

    Also, disease resistant ones may not be "stronger" except in this aspect, it could be linked to a weaker trait, or multiple traits, good, bad, and mostly neutral, but that is determined based on other factors and environment.

  19. Re:The explanation is bullshit. on VR's Tough Demand: Your Undivided Attention (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    "People play games all the time, in fullscreen, no twitter."

    So, smart phones exist now. I'm typing this in a full-screen web browser window, and I can check twitter, facebook, email, without even having to alt-tab!

  20. This is fine on Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I want to enjoy TV as much as I want to enjoy it, not as much as some marketing company wants me to enjoy it. I'd rather binge, and not feel some desperate need to watch and obsess over the next episode every day of the week. I have work to do, and winter is coming, literally; I'd like to enjoy the outdoors while I can.

    Why is everything that isn't a cocaine-like addiction presented as a problem?

  21. Sometimes I wonder... Why did Apple make lightning connectors and thunderbird or bolt or whatever connectors..

    Other days I know exactly why. I switched from Android from day 1 to an iPhone 7. I personally don't use the headphone so haven't noticed it. The battery is awesome. The UI reminds me of Windows 3.1. Far from perfect, hoping to switch back soon (battery life is killer for me, plus phone durability). Then I see more issues with Pixel or USB-C and it makes me want to be a luddite.

  22. Yes, because only california went blue.

    People who don't pay attention. LIKE YOU. Are what's wrong with this country. LOOK AT THE FINAL ELECTORAL MAP. It wasn't just California. Yes, their population can make up the difference, BUT IT WASN"T JUST CALIFORNIA.

    You sir, are an idiot.

  23. Don't forget the downward trend he had to battle. Things aren't stationary if the government doesn't move, and thus when the new president takes office things are continuing based off of the previous administration's policies as well as international, national, and local markets. It's the trend that matters.

  24. Yes, because having one token member from the other side (who is sometimes ill-informed, or unable to make a decent argument) and controlling the argument and questions and leading is very fair.

    So in your definition, because Trump did make the news, and his posts were on Facebook (hell, his TV station even premiered its first show on Facebook!) this is all moot because Facebook is incredibly fair and there is no favoritism... Yeah?

  25. I'm going to have to disagree, Fox's slogan was "Fair and Balanced" for a very long time. It may be obvious and blatant, but they deny it every chance they get.