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  1. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

  2. Re:with over 70 percent of companies having 50 emp on Unlike Most Millennials, Norway's Are Rich (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Hell..I live in California and almost 50% of my income goes to taxes (Federal + State + St Sales Tax)

  3. Re:huh on Unlike Most Millennials, Norway's Are Rich (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This whole Denmark is the happiest country is a myth because the survey ignores cultural norms. Simple example, it is frowned upon in Denmark to say your unhappy while saying your happy in Japan is frowned upon.

    Additionally, what works in Denmark won't work in the US. Why? Because the population of Denmark is 95%+ homogeneous and is about equal to the population of Brooklyn and Queens.

    Oh, and those Scandinavian countries are not socialist countries but democracies with a social-welfare state (free enterprise, high tax, high social services).

  4. Re:Paris Climate Agreement on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    And how many times did the US have to keep the Europeans nations from killing each other or getting steamrolled by the Soviets in the 20th century?

  5. Communist videos? on YouTube Is Full of Easy-To-Find Neo-Nazi Propaganda (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yet communist/marxist propo vids don't trigger the SJWs like the nazi ones do even though the nazis were amateurs compared to the communists/maxists when comes genocide, repression and subjugation.

  6. I suggest you look up Disparate Impact and see how it was a hammer used by the Obama DOJ.

  7. Re:I think they're on to something. on Your Love of Your Old Smartphone Is a Problem for Apple and Samsung (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually the Note 4 is better then the S5. I have yet to find something to upgrade to as I like my replaceable battery headphone jack, and SD Card slot.

  8. Re:Eletrical grid Energy doesn't come from oil on New York's $6 Billion Plan For Offshore Wind Shows That Oil Drilling Really Is On the Way Out (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You better watch out when linking to National Review. Last time I did that I was accused of being a member of the alt-right.

  9. Eletrical grid Energy doesn't come from oil on New York's $6 Billion Plan For Offshore Wind Shows That Oil Drilling Really Is On the Way Out (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oil is not used in the generating of energy for the electrical grid so how does a subsidized wind project show that oil is on the way out. Oil is used in heating via heating oil, but the alternative is natural gas which is far more efficient then electric heating. Natural gas is whats used (along with coal, nuclear, etc) in generating electricity...but natural gas != oil.

    Finally...what happens when the wind is not blowing? The electrical grid requires a base level going through it and when its a calm night, you have no solar or wind power going into the grid.

  10. Re:You can thank the corporate Dems for this too on North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    After the 2000 census, the R's went along with the D's gerrymandering in CA as is gave most the existing members safe seats...but they became a even smaller minority because of it.

    Dem's only think something is unfair when the R's use there own game against them.

  11. What about when your old job owns the code? on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Apply For A Job When Your Code Samples Suck? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And therefore taking it with you would be illegal?

  12. Just because the Nazi's were a hair to the right of the communists does not make them far-right.

  13. I went from 400mb Comcast to 50mb AT&T due to Comcast having to come out every month due to line issues.

  14. Um..yea you can. You just need to get off your ass and get into reasonable shape.

  15. Re:At-Will Employment on Salesforce Fires Red Team Staffers Who Gave Defcon Talk (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    If the guy is a director level employee, I wager he has a employment services contract and is therefore not at-will. On the side note, a bunch of lawyers are going to get richer off this.

  16. Nine most terrifying words... on Should The Government Fix Slow Internet Access? (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 0

    I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

  17. This is how the federal government fucked over bond holders (who have first dibs on the money in BK) when GM was re-organized.

  18. Dedicated patent courts. on US Top Court Considers Changing Where Patent Cases May Be Filed (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    We have dedicated courts specifically for Bankruptcy and Immigration. We need a dedicated court for both Patent and Malpractice issues.

  19. Read the fucking article.
    " for people who participate in protests involving civil disobedience."
    "The proposals, which strengthen or supplement existing laws addressing the blocking or obstructing of traffic, "

    If you're blocking my car and people around you are starting to get violent, I should be aloud to move and hit you in order to save my own life/property.

  20. Not for Google though.

    I work tech in the BA and telecommute. But I work for a non-descript Fortune 500 company that does a mix of private and government contracts. I get paid the industry avg for what I do and don't get stock options. But I'm also on the back half of my 40's so age discrimination is always a concern, just not w/ my employer (since they are not a tech company).

  21. Poor on $100k? Sure on Scraping By On Six Figures? Tech Workers Feel Poor in Silicon Valley's Wealth Bubble (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As a resident of the east bay, earning 100k and being able to own a house can be a problem so I sympathize with them.

    But if your making 200k+ then you're just being jealous.

  22. While this isn't a option for most people, the Windows 10 LTSB is what Windows 10 should be.

    No Edge.
    No Store (this can be sideloaded though).
    No Cortana.
    Control over updates/reboots
    Control over telemetry data.

  23. I'm old enough to remember when Yahoos were depraved, simple humans (from Gulliver's Travels).

    Of course thats probably a apt description of the board.

  24. Re:Hate the office life on Are Remote Offices Becoming The New Normal? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    True.

    But one solution is to be on projects that deal with information not allowed to be sent out of the country.

  25. You're wrong on the immigration laws. The earliest immigration restrictions were in the 1870's on the restricting of asians.