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  1. Re:Who cares about bathrooms? on Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Lobby Against Texas 'Bathroom' Bill (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where you're getting that from, when reading that particular act of legislation.

    Unless we're going for the whole reaching argument, and it's a pretty fucking large reach.

  2. What we have is a glut of workers (in software anyways) that THINK they're skilled.

    Turns out floating through your undergraduate, gaining no work experience, and being terrible at interviewing makes you ill prepared to work in the field. Who knew.

  3. That's a regulation and/or rule, not a law.

    The more you know.

  4. Re:Morons are running the USA on US Federal Budget Proposal Cuts Science Funding (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    It's approximately 6 trillion held by foreign nations, not 1.something trillion. You can get at that directly from the Treasury department.

    You are correct that most of the debt is owned by us in one way or another, but your figures are way off.

  5. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Well unless you wanted to work behind a retail counter getting a degree is a good way to expand your potential options.

    It is the right path, if the things you want to do require a degree. If you want to work in the trades, you can do that too, with a different sort of pathway.

    Simple fact of the matter is that people with degrees earn more money than those without. So if your pathway was 'earn more money', then sure, this was the best path. If you thought more about 'what do I want to do' then there are other paths available depending on the answer to that question.

  6. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Did Mr. Peruzza imply this would help him now?

    He's giving the facts of the matter, and this is relevant even here in the US. If you don't go and get experience during college, you're going to be well behind your peers that do. Both in interviewing and getting noticed via your resume.

    Universities that are smart push these things all the time for good reason, they improve hiring rates.

  7. That might tell you something.

    For some people it's so out of the way they don't give a shit. Seriously, if I don't notice the 'blinking squares' and go on with my normal activities am I damaged? Did I get harmed somehow?

  8. www.google.com

    "Software Engineer Interview Questions"

  9. Re:So an American hero might be jailed for life on Russia Considers Sending Snowden Back To US As a 'Gift' To Trump (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Snowden hasn't been through due process, hasn't even been convicted of anything. So yeah, you can't really 'pardon' him, you'd have to drop the charges which the DOJ can be ordered to do at any point in time.

  10. Re:deliberate attempt to stall the process on FBI Will Revert To Using Fax Machines, Snail Mail For FOIA Requests (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact that you believe this is 'expensive' is why we have tax policy like we do lol

  11. And none of those languages are offered at most public schools, not one of them.

    Fucking Arabic in 7th grade? Are you daft or do you have no knowledge of the typical American HS student?

  12. Stop sucking at interviews and you'll get one.

  13. Re:Malignant narcissist upset, news at 11. on Running For Congress, Brianna Wu Criticizes The FBI's GamerGate Report (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    You being black is entirely irrelevant information here.

  14. Re:Meaningless on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Think the other guy handled that case pretty well, and I think I gave the appropriate label. Do you guys even read these days?

  15. Re:Meaningless on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Maybe delusional is a better word.

    If you can't figure that out in the first week of press releases and twitter happenings you're a fucking brainless puppet.

  16. Re:"Science" on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Apparently when a 'bunch of scientists' get together to eat a cheesburger it needs a fucking disclaimer that 'no guy, honest, we're not doing science'.

  17. Re:Not doomsday on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I think you're forgetting that climate change (in history) has caused major civilizations to falter and die. This leaves a bunch of nuclear warheads in the hands of whoever fucking wants them. We were concerned about Russia falling to 'democracy' and losing track of them, and that's just a minor blip compared to climate change.

    Humanity will live just fine, it's 'governments' that will have a hard time surviving it.

    It's a damn shame this is 'insightful'.

  18. Re:Meaningless on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's moved forward because Trump is an unhinged leader at the helm of the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in existence.

    That's not opinion, it's a fact. It's even better than an 'alternative fact'.

  19. Re:Autopolit, should have been called Assistpilot! on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The 'Average Joe' isn't buying a fucking Tesla lol

  20. Re:For all those calling for Snowden's pardon on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a common affliction when you try to be a pedant but get put in your place. It'll heal up in a few years I'm sure.

  21. News Flash on Piracy 'Warnings' Fail To Boost Box Office Revenues, Research Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Preventing people from getting your movies for free does not in fact make them better able to afford your movies, or make it seem more worth it to those who can.

  22. Are you somehow implying that having coal/coal redundancy is different than solar/hydro redundancy?

    We run nuclear/hydro redundancy in my area. Are we doing it wrong?

  23. I think my day is ruined on Checking Email as Soon as You Wake up Could be Ruining Your Day (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "who studies happiness for a living"

    I mean, the existence of this field of study pretty much ruined it for me.

  24. Re:Over/under: Invasion of sovereign nation or tru on US Announces Response To Russian Election Hacking [Update] (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No.

    Russia incited an internal revolution and then said 'come on home'. There was no invasion, there was no occupation. Keep to the real news, not the fake stuff.

    But I can already tell where your head is, sad thing this is 'insightful'.

  25. Re: Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverle on Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverless Cars In Florida (politifact.com) · · Score: 1

    Permits are just a money grab by the state, ultimately.

    These states already require a permit, it's called a registration. They can pull this registration at any time for any reason. They can also track via the registration.

    They also require insurance for liability reasons.