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  1. Re: Is more education, better education . . . ? on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    More university educated young people competing for less jobs as the boomers delay retirement.

    Sorry, it goes against your narrative but that's the truth.

  2. Re:It seems like an exaggerated story on Twitter Cut Out of Trump Tech Meeting Over Failed Emoji Deal, Says Report (politico.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Trump *is* appeasing the terminally offended. They are the Trump supporters.

  3. Re:This is interesting on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 0

    The same Brexit brigade tearing down the very fabric of British democracy by calling for the end judicial independence and parliamentary sovereignty?

    Led by Nigel "make the courts bend to the will of the people" Farage?

  4. It's interesting to see so many messages defending Russian meddling on ./ early in the morning before the US wakes up.

    It seems to the MO these days on the Internet. China, Russia, etc. are doing overt and covert campaigns while the US and the West are doing SIGINT. Both are just as bad for the average man or woman.

  5. Re:What is Keurig? Nesspresso/Dulce Gusto? on Keurig Spends 10 Years Developing A Recyclable Coffee Cup (boston.com) · · Score: 1

    It's worse than that. At least the nespresso system is a high pressure system for brewing (something vaguely similar to barrista-style) espresso. The Keurig k-cup system just brews low pressure filter coffee.

  6. Re:Well that would be refreshing on Clinton Campaign Chair: 'The American People Can Handle The Truth' On UFOs (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    "But I still came..."

  7. Re:This sounds great on Boom Aerospace Company Wants To Bring Back Supersonic Civilian Travel (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, AF and BA raised the ticket prices after they bough the planes from the government for peanuts and made loads of profit operationally. The R&D and initial build costs for the plane was burdened on the UK and French taxpayers though.

  8. Re:It's about time we realize on RBS Cuts Hundreds of Jobs As FCA Approves 'Robo-Advisers' (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Scotland would be left with a big gaping hole in the finances if Yes won. Oil prices aren't set to recover any time soon. If you don't like the Tories, hell, I don't like them either, but that's a bad excuse for blind nationalism.

  9. It's about time we realize on RBS Cuts Hundreds of Jobs As FCA Approves 'Robo-Advisers' (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Blind allegiance to profit is causing society's downfall.

  10. Re:This is not surge pricing on Surge Pricing Arrives In Disney's Magic Kingdom Just in Time for Star Wars Opening · · Score: 1

    That's still peak period pricing, increased prices are calculated in advanced and advertised in advanced. Surge pricing ala Uber is algorithmic and done pretty much on-the-fly when there are periods of high demand and low supply of services.

  11. China blues on Chinese Tech Group Offers To Buy Opera; Board Endorses · · Score: 5, Insightful

    China is due for a massive correction in the economy. Debt driven growth has reached saturation and from now on, we will see a lot of deleveraging and money being printed (ie. QE) to prevent deflation.

    Acquisitions is one of the best ways to swap depreciating Yuan assets (to use as collateral) and turn them into foreign assets. As the likelihood that CNY will devalue increases, you will see more and more of these desperate deals.

  12. Re:More nation-wrecking idiocy on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    They are just removing the false sense of security one has with the central road markings. The people that would speed would do so regardless of whether there are markings to divide the road, and they would be the types that significantly don't care about road markings in the first place.

  13. Re:Pushes 4k but no displayport? on Dell Brings 4K InfinityEdge Display To XPS 15 Line, GeForce GPU, Under 4 Pounds (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    That's what the USB type C connector (and Thunderbolt 3) is for. Read up on it. It can replace a whole variety of ports.

  14. Re:either integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 or a po on Dell Brings 4K InfinityEdge Display To XPS 15 Line, GeForce GPU, Under 4 Pounds (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be both active, just Nvidia Optimus as usual.

  15. Re:Uber is as safe as taxis on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    Liquidity is way overrated. This obsession with liquidity led to financial innovation like CDOs. Often a focus to increase liquidity mis-calculates risk and overlooks the trade-off.

    For a local transportation services, I'd prefer price consistency over a step-improvement in efficiency by liquidity measures like surge pricing. Dual-rate peak pricing is only acceptable because it is consistently applied at a fixed schedule.

  16. Re:I'm afraid to try on Sony Decides Its Waterproof Xperia Phones Are Not Actually Waterproof · · Score: 1

    Used my Z2 in swimming pools extensively several times. Still works fine. Just make sure the flaps are snug.

  17. Re:The men in grey suits are upset on Leaked Documents Suggests Uber Is 'Losing Millions' · · Score: 1

    I haven't don't this in Paris, but Brussels has a website for this. All you need to do is to keep your receipt printout (which sometimes you need to ask for) and that has the information for you to file the complaint.

  18. Re:Negotiating salaries is for the birds. on Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks · · Score: 1

    The problem with glassdoor is that the salary info there is not exactly accurate. Most of the time, it is on the low side.

  19. Re:Interesting; likely more limited than advertise on Pocket SCiO Spectrometer Sends Chemical Composition of Anything To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    That's the best case scenario. I'm usually an optimist, but this is Kickstarter we are talking about.

  20. Re:Interesting; likely more limited than advertise on Pocket SCiO Spectrometer Sends Chemical Composition of Anything To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    There are way more Kickstarter failures than successes and seeing that this is one of the more ambitious projects, it is very unlikely to actually deliver anything close to what was promised.

    Here is another analysis of the product by a analytical scientist.-

    http://www.cnet.com/news/kicks...

  21. Re:Original M3800 Model Linux User Here on Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel · · Score: 1

    The coil whine is a problem for Windows users as well, it's by no means just an issue with Linux.

  22. Re:Original M3800 Model Linux User Here on Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel · · Score: 1

    The XPS 15 9530 (which is the same base hardware as the M3800) is probably the closest you can get to a perfect Linux laptop at the moment. Everything is working in Fedora and no 'tweaks' are needed to make things work (like APCI for the keys).

  23. Re:Original M3800 Model Linux User Here on Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation Packs Thunderbolt 2, Quadro, IGZO2 Panel · · Score: 1

    Bumblebee is straightforward to set-up when using the packages for Fedora. I have been using bumblebee on different laptops for the past 3 years now, the latest one being the XPS 15 9530 which is the same as the original M3800 (with a GeForce instead of a Quadro).

  24. Re:Yes to Brexit on Bank of England Accidentally E-mails Top-Secret "Brexit" Plan To the Guardian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you support a strong EU (which is a necessary counterweight to the aggressiveness of Russia and the instability of the Middle East), then the UK should be in.

    Unless you don't.

  25. Re:Why "Keurig-"? on Here Comes the Keurig of Everything · · Score: 1

    Nespresso is largely unknown outside Europe?

    http://www.nestle-nespresso.co...