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  1. Until someone actually puts 2/3rds of Manhattan in that hole, I refuse to believe it.

  2. Snopes=Leftis Agenda Confirmation Machine on Snopes Quits Fact-Checking Partnership With Facebook (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Snopes is a partisan tool.

  3. Password Recovery on Hackers Are Passing Around a Megaleak of 2.2 Billion Records (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    This is half smart-ass and half not. But, I have about 5 old accounts on Yahoo and others that I'd like to get access too. Maybe I should get a copy of the database to see if I could recover my passwords?

  4. Green BANANA Crew Will Stop Everything on Only Nuclear Energy Can Save the Planet (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything (BANANA): Each Greeny has their pet solutions for the problem. And for each solution, there is a highly vocal group that will shout down the solution. The result is, every solution is shouted down and we get mired in our inertia. Hydro, wind, tidal, nuclear, solar, geo all have their detractors when the solutions are mentioned. Save the fish, the birds, the Oregon Orange Stinky Ground Owl. Meanwhile, we sit and idle waiting for someone to do something and blaming others for the problem. I'm done, build the nuclear power plants, install the infrastructure for fast electric charging, do it NOW.

  5. The app store for this is?

  6. Millions of Husbands... on Donate Your Noise To Xiph/Mozilla's Deep-Learning Noise Suppression Project (xiph.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Millions of husbands just submitted the sound of their wife's voice.

  7. Now Facebook Wouldn't... on WordPress Ditches ReactJS Over Facebook's Patent Clause (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Facebook wouldn't do anything untoward, would they? I mean, they were founded on the utmost propriety and honesty, right?

  8. Re:Alternative explanation on The Oldest Known Human Remains In the Americas Have Been Found In a Mexican Cave (seeker.com) · · Score: 0

    You really need to get a girlfriend.

  9. Not astronauts, but... on Elon Musk Posts First Photo of SpaceX's New Spacesuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Since these will be used for the short vanity flight of the very rich, can we not call them astronauts and, instead, call them Space Douches, or something else?

  10. I'm still trying to wrap my head around "fiat" paper and useless metal coins versus bits. Both are very susceptible to whims of controls beyond the users' ability to maintain value.

  11. Google Fi on the Nexus 6P on Android O Is Officially Launching August 21 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So, I have Google Fi, with the Nexus 6P, my wife has a new Pixel. - Phone is unlocked. - No bloatware. - Fully rootable if you so desire with no manufacturer complaints. - Gets the latest Android at release.

  12. Freedom of Speech on Thai Activist Jailed For the Crime of Sharing an Article on Facebook (eff.org) · · Score: 2

    We have an a natural born right to speech and thought. Unfortunately, not all countries observe that. This is why we must jealously guard everyone's freedom of speech, even when they choose to exercise the right to utter and state absolutely abhorrent ideas.

  13. You must answer, "Yes"... on Should Kaspersky Lab Show Its Source Code To The US Government? (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, come on now, you really must answer, "Yes" if you are for open source and the ability of the user(s) to review the code. After all, isn't the U.S. Government right now saying that they don't trust the code? Or, they've got concerns, at least?

  14. At 55... on Can Older IT Workers 'Navigate' Ageism? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm one of those, I was in one of the first high schools in the nation to teach programming in the 70's. I've watched languages come and go, technologies boom and bust. About 6 years ago I finally had to move from production into management. I know others that went into consulting. I retire in a few years, I'm happy, I navigated it and it works.

  15. What's the Point of Playing on Microsoft Says a Chinese 'Gaming Service' Company Is Hacking Xbox Accounts (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the point of playing a game if you aren't going to try to beat it? I don't mean beat it by buying your way to success, I mean beat it by using your game skills to build what you need to beat it.

  16. 1977 BASIC on Teletype on Slashdot Asks: What Was Your First Programming Language? (stanforddaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Learned BASIC on a high-school teletype connected to a nearby time share computer. Once we got enough proficiency we were allowed to move to the new TRS-80 Model I.

  17. Release the brake... on Tesla Recalls 53,000 Model S, Model X Cars For Stuck Parking Brakes (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    However, when they finally get the brake released, the car bursts into flames...but, that's a feature.

  18. So, a Subway footlong is 10 inches. The chicken in the chicken teriyaki is 50% chicken. A footlong costs $5. Assuming the chicken accounts for 40% of the cost of the footlong, and that I've had 15 chicken teriyaki footlongs in a year, how much of a refund does Subway owe me?

  19. You do know that the C# compiler comes with the OS, right? Free. The IDE (Visual Studio) is free (Community). You can get the whole Mono thing going, too. So, you were saying?

  20. Tesla: Now Less Likely To... on Elon Musk Agrees To Hold Contest For Fan-Made Tesla Ads, At the Urging of a 5th Grader (adweek.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tesla: Now Less likely to kill your family in a horrible fire than the last model. Maybe.

  21. When it bluescreens, some part of the multiverse will wink out of existence.

  22. I felt a disturbance... on Tesla CEO Elon Musk Joins President Trump's New Manufacturing Council (electrek.co) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's as if a million progressives' heads exploded.

  23. 2 15 minute episodes? on CBS, Paramount Settle Lawsuit Over 'Star Trek' Fan Film (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 0

    This was an out and out capitulation. 2 15 minute episode instead of a 100 minute movie? Yeah, we are getting our contribution's worth there. CBS is going to kill Trek and fandom.

  24. Before I judge Lux... on Meet Lux, A New Lisp-like Language (javaworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Before I judge Lux, I'm waiting for the Lux#.net implementation.

  25. How about UNRESTRICTED Internet? on Thousands Of Cubans Now Have Internet Access (ap.org) · · Score: 0, Interesting

    I wonder how many of those HUNDREDS of thousands (no thanks to the title writer) have UNRESTRICTED access to the internet? It's of no use to people if the Government tells you what you can and cannot read. "There are thousands of books in the library. All of them are Mao's little red book."