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  1. Perhaps packing people in was a bad idea. on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    After the bean-counters were allowed to design airplane layouts, they forgot about the people that had to sit in them.

    Then people wonder why consumers want regulation in air travel to smack these practices down.

  2. Or you can disclose economic development early. on Protesters Blockade Microsoft's Seattle Headquarters Over Tax Breaks · · Score: 2

    Now what would happen if nobody could hide economic development decisions, such as the relocation of companies between states? That is, that any decision to move, no matter how small or early, had to be publicly disclosed - and that all existing records had to be made public? That would anger thieving states like Georgia, who have no qualms about removing history from Northern states, while providing a chance for states to make an agreement.

    Or, you can have the status quo, which encourages blood-feud between states.

    On some level this sounds like playing dirty pool but it's really not... it's the exact same thing you would do if you had your employer behind the eight ball in salary negotiations: "Other companies are willing to pay me X for my skills, so why don't you match it or I will leave?"

    Statistically speaking, that's a rare enough position that it is an exception. Besides, employers can do more damage with the same position over multiple people and jurisdictions - as they are favored by government over workers.

  3. Avoidance == Evasion in sheep's clothing. on Protesters Blockade Microsoft's Seattle Headquarters Over Tax Breaks · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You can rationalize it all you want, but tax "avoidance" really is the same concept as tax evasion.

  4. I didn't know truth was trollish. on Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture · · Score: 1

    Moderation -1 100% Troll

    Some people just need to take this person's advice before modding down truthful information.

  5. C. Van Valkenburg & friends are having problem on Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture · · Score: 0

    If they have to throw everything and the kitchen sink to shut up critics, it doesn't look good for them.

    Consider the deeds of professional victim-manipulators like:
    Anita Sarkeesian, who can make a convincing, but fake, death threat on herself.
    Chelsea Van Valkenburg, aka Zoe Quinn, who reached out many forums to clean out dissent - when she was called out on corruption.
    Maya Felix Kramer, an individual that aided/abetted Ms. Van Valkenburg.

    In addition, consider that various unrelated sites carried essentially the same message, "Gaming is dead", at about the same time. They won't allow anyone to say the truth or present evidence that journalistic integrity in gaming has died. All they permit is the party line - which supports these professional victims.

    Crying "misogyny" won't help when people are calling them out on the real issue - their lack of integrity when it comes to developers and game journalism. Trying to shut critics up on multiple forums won't help to control the message - since nothing has stopped it.

    Of course, this might not appeal to some, but modbombing this won't make the issue go away.

  6. Re: Broadcom... on Update: Raspberry Pi-Compatible Development Board Cancelled · · Score: 1

    If you don't mind spending a bit more, there is the hummingboard which has a better USB implementation and options for gigabit ethernet/wifi/bluetooth. In addition, it runs more conventional distributions of Linux (iirc, Debian armhf).

  7. Re:Fully loaded 2U POWER8 for $2,000 USD, yes or n on Slashdot Talks WIth IBM Power Systems GM Doug Balog (Video) · · Score: 1

    Also, if you want to cheap out on compilers, GCC is a perfectly valid option on AIX.

    The folks at Mozilla would beg to differ unless they're stopped NOTFIXing gcc on it.

  8. Nice, but lowered support for POWER3 != good. on Slashdot Talks WIth IBM Power Systems GM Doug Balog (Video) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't mind if they would done their part to keep the slightly older, but still-viable CHRP systems in the loop. AIX is one thing, but dropping it from Linux just seems odd.

    AFAIK, it seems like the only way you can still build for POWER3 is if you build the toolchain not to be crippled or go with a fully 32-bit system.

  9. Only valid for POWER4/+ for the most part. on IBM Gearing Up Mega Power 8 Servers For October Launch · · Score: 1

    If you've not followed things, they've tried to drop anything below POWER4 for support. Perfectly fine POWER3-II's get arbitrary cuts.

  10. IBM's back to no-mortal-can-afford-it platforms. on IBM Gearing Up Mega Power 8 Servers For October Launch · · Score: 1

    Now that IBM's let Lenovo bastardize their x86 platforms, that only leaves the stuff that no normal person could hope to afford - POWER.

    Perhaps they could come up with some entry point that doesn't have EOL written all over it.

  11. Thank Chelsea Van Valkenburg, aka Zoe Quinn. on News Aggregator Fark Adds Misogyny Ban · · Score: 1

    Thank her and someone related to Kassie Washington for the dhimmitude:

    A link
    Another

    Thankfully Slashdot isn't getting the SJW treatment. But if this gets downmodded, you can probably tell who modbombed me.

  12. That only makes it easier to justify. on For Microsoft, $93B Abroad Means Avoiding $30B Tax Hit · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you just proved that it won't fail the test of targeting one party.

  13. Welcome to the 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th.... on For Microsoft, $93B Abroad Means Avoiding $30B Tax Hit · · Score: 1

    If they're willing to go far enough to pass that law, I wouldn't put it past them to pre-emptively shut down some tax domiciles.

  14. You operate in the US, you pay for the protection. on For Microsoft, $93B Abroad Means Avoiding $30B Tax Hit · · Score: 1

    If you want to sell in the United States we get to tax your global profits?"

    More like "If you want to operate in the US and want its protection, forget about using jurisdictional shell games"

  15. Since they're freeloading on the Rest of Us. on For Microsoft, $93B Abroad Means Avoiding $30B Tax Hit · · Score: 1

    They aren't paying for any protection provided by the US.

  16. Likely deployment on Apple CarPlay Rollout Delayed By Some Carmakers · · Score: 1

    Apple: Cars that few can afford

    Android Auto: Everyone else.

  17. For very limited (South) values of United States on Dramatic Shifts In Manufacturing Costs Are Driving Companies To US, Mexico · · Score: 1

    Dramatic Shifts In Manufacturing Costs Are Driving Companies To US, Mexico

    They're only interested in Southern or Southernized states, which is not representative of the US. That is, they're only interested in places with a well-defended "know thy place" mentality where labor is rendered servile.

    Any deviance from said philosophy is severely punished, whether it be by individuals or corporations. In the case of individuals, it is measured in legally-friendly terminations, designed to break support. In the case of corporations, especially the precedent-setting Volkswagen, interest groups will threaten to take out tax incentives or otherwise hobble the company.

  18. Thank the de-prioritization of the First World. on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    I personally do not expect thing to get better.

    That's what you get when you let a Third World hellhole be the target of design and that First World nations get shoddy translations.

  19. Works in the M7 as well. on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    If you make a few cuts in the side plastic, an HTC One M7 will fit in there as well. Cut out the camera section a bit more and you get to use that as well.

  20. It's also destructive to add to the problem. on Ask Slashdot: How Often Should You Change Jobs? · · Score: 1

    With respect to contract work to people and places that normally don't see it, it is a net loss.

  21. How ironic for Atlanta to complain. on Mayors of Atlanta & New Orleans: Uber Will Knock-Out Taxi Industry · · Score: 1

    While I have my own misgivings about the randomness of non-taxi service, it's ironic that Atlanta's complaining about something being stolen from them - especially when their "economic development" department solely exists to steal companies from the North.

  22. As opposed to someone that's crossed the line? on Former NSA Chief Warned Against Selling NSA Secrets · · Score: 1

    The congressman from the House of Representatives reminds the bankers (and Edward Snowden, should he be listening) that selling top secret information is a federal offense.

    FTFY.

  23. Regular Employment Beats Self-Employment on What's Your STEM Degree Worth? · · Score: 1

    For most people, regularized employment beats self-employment and all forms of indirect employment due to economies of scale encountered by an employer.

  24. Tyranny by Diversity Candidates on Girls Take All In $50 Million Google Learn-to-Code Initiative · · Score: 1

    This is simply a case of reverse discrimination, which harms things overall.

  25. Only in certain regions of the US. on Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional In California · · Score: 2

    Why not simply let the [overused libertarian bromide]?

    If not for how private schools operate, you might have a point. On the other hand, not everyone has the option of being accepted at van der Snoot Academy or affording it - which is how you see the ugly side of private schools and how they don't work.

    In the South, tenure is more related to union/protectionism than to academic freedom by virtue of cultural norms.

    Fixed that for you.