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  1. It's not a religion, but a Jonestown cult! on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Environmentalism as a cult makes Scientology look good.

  2. Thank the environmental zealotry for that. on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I honestly have no idea why anyone was ever in favor of the Paris agreement.

    That is solely favored by people that have a irrational hatred for carbon-based compounds as fuel. In addition, the people pushing Paris are largely shielded from the costs - they can fly highly polluting jets, power large houses, and drive smog-generating cars without worry.

  3. Trouble is, AGW's not real. on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Fine and dandy to believe the Sierra Club and some highly-politicized "scientists", but AGW (unlike the natural change in climate over geologic timespans) largely DNE.

  4. Much ado about a non-binding "agreement" treaty on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's so much of a nothingburger where the US pays and developing nations don't, why bother trying to stay in? As for the states and other entities wishing to bankrupt themselves into compliance, that's on them.

    It'd be more credible if it was an actual treaty and developing nations actually did more than face-saving gestures.

  5. As an another Ohioan LF work, that doesn't. on Does Silicon Valley Need More Labor Unions? (salon.com) · · Score: 2

    In more populous states and in the cities especially, it's very easy to find work.

    Ohio isn't exactly friendly to (re-)entry-level IT/CS work. Southwest Ohio, even moreso with the myriad of staffing agencies from whoknowswhere in the I-75 corridor.

    Should one be in the Dayton metro area and also is looking for IT/CS work that doesn't involve Wright-Patt or some onerous certification requirements (IAT 8570, I'm looking at you!), good luck. You'd have to bankrupt yourself to find somewhere willing to take you on.

    If you're wondering, I've interviewed as far out as Columbus.

    Let the free market do its thing. If a company wants better workers, pay more and treat them better. If your employer is crap, leave. It actually does work.

    If you don't have an employer, what then? Kind of hard to quit something you never had.

    As noted above, southwest Ohio is a huge counter-example to your argument. The market is broken here.

  6. Re:I will never belong to a union on Does Silicon Valley Need More Labor Unions? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    The worst employee is much better than the offshored individuals that come in.

  7. They need to get rid of the contractor designation on Does Silicon Valley Need More Labor Unions? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't so much lack of unions as it is the existence of a second-tier contractor status.

    Get rid of that and you get rid of the problem.

  8. But what of the displaced? on Ask Slashdot: What Types of Jobs Are Opening Up In the New Field of AI? · · Score: 1

    It'd be nice to know what's available going forward, but is any of this readily available for the displaced/long-term jobless (but still have an interest in IT/CS)?

  9. Shoe on the other foot for the left. on Slashdot Asks: Is Trump's Blocking of Some Twitter Users Unconstitutional? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Given that the left organizes lists to make sure they only hear, discuss, and distribute official Party narrative, it's amusing to see them complain about their creation used against themselves.

    Doubly amusing to see them try to repeatedly enforce it on /.

  10. Then bring back openness. on 'I'm Not Sure I Understand' -- How Apple's Siri Lost Her Mojo (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a return to Sculley and openness would save the company.

  11. Delegation would actually be better. on Apple Makes iPhone Screen Fixes Easier as States Mull Repair Laws (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    what this machine likely does is handle the delicate process of calibration, alignment, and most importantly replacement of the biometric sensor on the device. the access control and authentication from the reader to the rest of the phone is likely a highly guarded component as its used to access encryption keys for the device itself. these machines might contain a copy of sensitive intermediary or signing certificates used to rekey the phone. If Right To Repair passes, Apple could likely delegate the PKI straight to the user with an itunes API or something. replacing the button means you're in charge of generating the certificates.

    That way, at least the button can be replaced without having to resort to Apple magic, just like everyone else on the planet.

  12. Apple is why I (reluctantly) stick with Thinkpads. on Apple Makes iPhone Screen Fixes Easier as States Mull Repair Laws (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    In contrast, my Lenovo Thinkpad's keyboard cost all but $10, and I replaced it myself in just a few minutes.

    That, and they also have a service manual collection detailed enough to hint at potential mods.

    I don't see Apple ever letting one of these happening easily. Or even allowing raw logic boards to be in the hands of the "unwashed".

    I also don't see them allowing enough documentation for various x220 screen upgrades, keyboard mods for x230's, or even an out-of-spec processor support upgrade for a W520.

  13. Just calling out your identity politics. on Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information? · · Score: 0

    It's one thing to say who you are, but a "virtue signal" doesn't answer the original question.

    Try again.

  14. How long until it is cloned? on Apple Makes iPhone Screen Fixes Easier as States Mull Repair Laws (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter that they bribed a few places with tools, it matters that the processes are known and available to any person (like many of their competitors).

  15. Apple being Apple. on Apple To Phase Out 32-Bit Mac Apps Starting In January 2018 (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    If there's a perfectly usable piece of equipment, they'll arbitrarily can its support.

  16. If it's the left, just a narrative will do. on Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information? · · Score: 1

    If it follows the narrative, they keep and publish it.
    If it doesn't, they purge it to keep the narrative.

  17. How original to say who you are. on Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information? · · Score: 0

    Instead of saying who you are, try making an actual point?

  18. Shoe on the other foot for the left. on Slashdot Asks: Is Trump's Blocking of Some Twitter Users Unconstitutional? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    Given that the left organizes lists to make sure they only hear, discuss, and distribute official Party narrative, it's amusing to see them complain about their creation used against themselves.

    Doubly amusing to see them try to enforce it on /.

  19. If it's the left, just a narrative will do. on Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information? · · Score: 1, Troll

    If it follows the narrative, they keep and publish it.
    If it doesn't, they purge it.

  20. Then end all block lists. on Slashdot Asks: Is Trump's Blocking of Some Twitter Users Unconstitutional? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  21. A reminder that this administration has also blocked certain members of the press from White House press conferences,

    Which is standard practice for every President. Perhaps if they actually wrote truth (versus approved narrative), they might not have a problem.

    Alex Jones press credentials.

    Proof that you can be a journalist and not have to tow the Party line.

  22. Shoe on the other foot for the left. on Slashdot Asks: Is Trump's Blocking of Some Twitter Users Unconstitutional? (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    Given that the left organizes lists to make sure they only hear, discuss, and distribute the official Party narrative, it's amusing to see them complain about their creation used against themselves.

  23. Their hard-left ideology is their evidence. on Harvard Pulls Student Offers Over Online Comments (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Their hard-left ideology and push for political correctness is all the evidence needed for faulting Harvard.

  24. House them at Harvard then. on At $75,560, Housing a Prisoner in California Now Costs More Than a Year at Harvard (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That university seems to generate a lot of criminals anyway, what's a few more?

  25. Oh, the Ellen Pao firm. on More Than 20 Employees Fired at Uber in Sexual Harassment Investigation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    attorney in at Perkins Coie LLP

    IIRC, that's the same firm connected to former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao.