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  1. Re:Ops, you're a bastard or you child isn't! on What Happens After Surprising DNA Test Results? (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    You do have to keep in mind that 104% of statistics are made up.

  2. Re: Science? on What Happens After Surprising DNA Test Results? (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably the same kind of weird events that happened with Clayton Bigsby.

  3. Re:Surprising? on What Happens After Surprising DNA Test Results? (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess it's easier to be shocked by test results than to acknowledge your own suspicions.

  4. Même chose pour moi on What Happens After Surprising DNA Test Results? (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 2

    Mon test d'ADN confirme que je suis 97% Français et 3% Amérindien. Et pourtant, je ne parle pas un seul mot de la langue française.

    Quelles foutaises, ces tests d'ADN!

  5. Wine? on What Happens After Surprising DNA Test Results? (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    At 23andMe, Hillyer often encourages representatives to go for a walk after an intense call, or cracks open a bottle of wine to help them decompress.

    If experience has taught me anything it's that to decompress something you usually need pkunzip.

  6. Re:Ai ai ai! on A Delivery Robot Spontaneously Burst Into Flames (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ICR = LiCoO2 (also called LCO)
    IMR = LiMn2O4 (also called LMO)
    IFR = LiFePO4 (also called LFP)

  7. Re:90s? on Rare Amiga Bought on eBay For $2,500 (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Lemmings was pretty much the one game that was available on almost any computer.

  8. Re: Its not just old computers that should be save on Rare Amiga Bought on eBay For $2,500 (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Apart from being able to cut glass and focus lasers, diamonds are pretty useless too.

  9. Re:ebay is the dinosaur in the story on Rare Amiga Bought on eBay For $2,500 (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Heck yeah, I still use eBay. For the parts I need for my projects, the prices on eBay are usually lower than Aliexpress.
    And I find eBay easier to use, too.

  10. Lies and statistics on Price Of Bitcoin Rises 27%, While Price of Bitcoin Cash Triples (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Funny how anti-crypto-currencies news always talk about how much of a fall the value of Bitcoin took since last year, but they never mention that it also rose by a lot to get to that insane peak value.

    Remember that Bitcoin was proclaimed dead by a number of fools every time it went down in value.

    Let's look at the four-years chart for a second. From july 2017 to december 2018 was simply a peak, but extrapolating that curve only shows it will keep going up.

  11. Re:This is ON PURPOSE, coming from the top! on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Virtual +1 Funny.
    The joke about Tim Cook that is, not about the iPads being bent. That's #sad.

  12. Re:The Cadillac Cimarron of tablets. on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    And that's why other companies should try and partner up with Apple to offer macOS on their own computers too. And don't bother to quote anything from Apple's early history, offering macOS to other manufacturers today wouldn't put much of a dent in Apple's profits, unlike the first time around when Macs where their only source of profits. More macOS users equals more iTunes sales, more iCloud subscriptions and whatnot. Services are where pure profits are made.

  13. Steve Jobs was not only the "keynote guy" but also the user of Apple products. And as user #1 of Apple products he was extremely demanding and in a position to send the engineers and designers back to the drawing board. Fuck the profits.

    Tim Cook is the "numbers guy" and will avoid send the engineers and designers back to the drawing board and fixing defects because doing so costs a lot of money. Fuck the users.

  14. It's even more sad that quality is decreasing while the prices are increasing.

  15. Re:You took it out of box wrong on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Even my cheap Amazon Fire 7 tablet feels solid. Best 40$CAD I ever spent on a "what's a computer".

  16. Re:The production process is perhaps not valid for on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Because then you could also go with a 100$ cheap Android run-off-the-mill tablet - with all your private data siphoned to china.

    That's too expensive. If you wait for a sale, you can get a cheap 40$CAD Fire 7 tablet with all your private data siphoned to Amazon.

  17. Re:That's an example of Apple's "attention to deta on Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Virtual +1 Funny.

  18. Internet Explorer? on Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix For Internet Explorer Zero Day (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are Microsoft still releasing patches for Internet Explorer? Didn't it get replaced by Edge years ago?

  19. Re:I don't like to do it. on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you work for free? Your boss only allowed X hours to do the job. And your apps would need to be compatible with older devices no longer supported by the companies so what the fuck would you do?

  20. Re:I don't like to do it. on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You're the one who visited the application website.

  21. Re:Curious how they tell legitimate from illegitim on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    If you came from a different domain name, then the back button has probably been hijacked.
    Also, all they have to do is add a property to the history log: user click vs script modification.

  22. Re:I don't like to do it. on Google Working on Blocking Back Button Hijacking in Chrome (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Website = One platform. All users are always up-to-date.

    Application = A minimum of five platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android. All users need to update the application themselves.

    Guess which one is cheaper to develop for? And before you say "cross-platform compiler", remember that these make crap UIs for each platform.

  23. Not only is the phrasing hilarious but I wonder how it even passed the Slashdot repetition filter.

  24. Re:Remember the 2nd rule of acquisition on Amazon Wants To Curb Selling 'CRaP' Items it Can't Profit On, Like Bottled Water and Snacks: Report (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/...
    Indeed. Second on the list but actually the third rule. My mistake.

  25. Re:Boo hoo on Former Edge Browser Intern Alleges Google Sabotaged Microsoft's Browser (ycombinator.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Google would be able to change YouTube's code a lot faster than Microsoft could push out updates for Edge.