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  1. Re: "Your payment is due even though you can't pay on IRS 'Direct Pay' Option Not Working on Tax Day (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But don't sign your checks "XX" because that's kind of girly.

  2. Re:It was pointless on MPAA Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    I frequently find myself saying "I'd like to watch X, is it on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime?" and having to search each site independently.

    I've read that the fourth-generation Apple TV can do this.

  3. Re:r.i.p. on MPAA Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    So when you pay to rent a DVD, you want it in your possession too?
    When you pay to watch a movie in the theatre, you want it in your possession too?

    There's this thing called "renting", you might want to look it up.

  4. I called mine "Flowers By Irene".

  5. Re:Can't wait for this to get loose on Scientists Accidentally Create Mutant Enzyme That Eats Plastic Bottles (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh man, I haven't seen that movie in ages. That would be a much better movie for a remake than all the insipid crap Hollywood has been recycling for the last three decades.

  6. Re: It's quite evident on Why New York City Stopped Building Subways (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not my fault +Funny gives Karma. Talk about it to the ones in charge.

  7. It's quite evident on Why New York City Stopped Building Subways (citylab.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's already way too many Subways, just like there's too many Starbucks, too many McDonald's, etc.

  8. Re:Ripe for disruption on Demand For Batteries Is Shrinking, Yet Prices Keep On Going and Going ... Up (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    And we also need a law stating these companies should also buy everyone a pony.

    As long as we can pick both Fluttershy and Rarity, I'm fine with it.

  9. Re:He's Right on Linus Torvalds Says Linux Kernel v5.0 'Should Be Meaningless' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Re:He's Right on Linus Torvalds Says Linux Kernel v5.0 'Should Be Meaningless' (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Windows is great for games.
    macOS is great for desktops.
    Linux is great for servers.

  11. Re:I've become a netflix user... on Netflix CEO: Why Even $8 Billion Investment in Content Isn't Enough (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Same for me, but I would add proper fantasy and science-fiction categories. I don't know why people are putting those together.

  12. Re:Enough to... keep Trump out of prison? on Netflix CEO: Why Even $8 Billion Investment in Content Isn't Enough (axios.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know I'm asking for a lot since Slashdot still can't handle unicode in 2018, but it would be nice if we could set a list of words in our settings to not display posts containing those words.

  13. All these Intel security flaws are insane. If the next MacBook Air replacement runs on Apple's A12 or whatever, I'm switching.

  14. And then Amazon happened, where prices change depending on who is viewing the item.

  15. In the wrong thread on top of that.

  16. A 2000% increase in Russia trolls since friday? on Pentagon Reports 2000% Increase in Russia Trolls Since Friday (axios.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, there's no need to panic until it's over 9000%.

  17. Re: Social media is not the worst culprit on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    All those informations do not tell anyone who my friends are, what my hobbies and interests are, what my daily routine is, etc.

  18. Re:Hello... what is your target audience?! on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    My target audience is usually "_blank" or "_top".

  19. Re: Wrong question; You shouldn't have used it at on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    Everything else I do online is either anonymous or under a pseudonym I keep for that specific purpose. People only know me by the handles I choose, and only people I've met get to know my real name.

    Exactly this. Use a pseudonym with associated email address for each website, isolate all your interests from each other.

    Here, I am known as DontBeAMoran, an idiot that posts mostly stupid garbage and sometimes funny replies or comments. On another website I am known as DontBeARocketScientist since I work at NASA and on another website I am called DontBeACarpenter since I love woodworking.

    So to recap, make sure you never give corporations and governments the ability to associate your persona on one website to another. Use different pseudonyms for each, be careful to avoid similar pseudonyms and never divulge information about your other pseudonyms on the other websites.

  20. Re:Wrong question; You shouldn't have used it at a on Is It Time To Stop Using Social Media? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Modern life has become reliant on those services.

    Says who? I've never used those services in the first place.

    People are too busy, they aren't going to post everything to five different networks and your personal email address.

    The question is, why are you posting everything? Stop broadcasting your life online!

    Go back to regular forums, there's still millions of them all over the place, targeting specific topics. If I visit a DIY arcade cabinets forum, the worst thing that can happen is that I see ads related to arcade hardware, which I might be interested in because I visit that kind of website.

  21. Re:The elusive Cocktail Party Effect on Google Works Out a Fascinating, Slightly Scary Way For AI To Isolate Voices In a Crowd (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Exact same thing here.

  22. Re:What? on Tesla Relied On Too Many Robots To Build the Model 3, Elon Musk Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Exactly. They have no experience so they tried to use too many robots.
    And industrial robots currently suck at doing their own QA.

  23. Crazy, complex network of conveyor belts on Tesla Relied On Too Many Robots To Build the Model 3, Elon Musk Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Everyone knows you need to use tubes, not conveyor belts.

  24. That's easy, you just remove everything that's between <head> and </head>

  25. Re:Yay Coal Power on A Coal Power Plant is Being Reopened For Blockchain Mining (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Those are all polluting solutions. I prefer coal powered solar panels.