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  1. It really gets harder... on Ask Slashdot: Do Older IT Workers Doing End-User Support Find It Gets Harder With Age? · · Score: 2

    .. but in my case not for the reasons author states.

    It gets harder and harder because I increasingly cannot stand the continuously mind blowing stupidity, ignorance, helplessness, mindlessness, naivety, long-lost ability or willingness to learn anything, etc the users constantly display. I just gets more and more irritating every day. It makes me really angry too often. It's hard on me.

  2. Not only Finnish... on How the Finnish Survive Without Small Talk (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    100 kilometers to south Estonians are (even more?) like what was described.

  3. Re:Been there, tried that on EU Polls The Public About Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (europa.eu) · · Score: 1

    I've never given a f about the morning darkness or brightness because it's darkish or outright dark anyway when I go to work (in the winter). What I give a f about is the inconvenience of turning the clock and adjusting to the change twice a year ... and the missing hour of daylight at the end of the day. It gets dark 3PM already in the middle of winter .. and that's SUPER annoying. So; I would prefer not switching and would prefer all-year summertime and not going back not wintertime never again.

  4. Re:Well, if coffee needs a cancer warning... on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Or some weird GMO stuff...

  5. Re:Well, if coffee needs a cancer warning... on Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Europe already tries to ban (or already banned, I'm not so good a reader of stupid news) fried potatoes in restaurants.Actually restaurant can still fry the potatoes, but the result must not be brown...

    I'm pretty sure though that the possibility of getting cancer by occasionally eating some fried/browned potatoes is pretty freakin' low compared to just walking around in average city.

    Oh whatever.

  6. 1) The IOC banned Russia from competing as a nation (and banned a bunch of Russian athletes) and Russians are pissed. Don't discount simple animosity.

    Yes, this. One has to remember that we are talking about Russia and Russians.

  7. Re:Not in the browser on Firefox 57's Speed Secret? Delaying Requests from Tracking Domains (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You probably did DROP instead of REJECT.

  8. Re: Ah yes the secret to simplicity on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    Really, this sounded like those modest 9-star IMDB user reviews for a really shitty movies (worth of 3/10 max) starring the megastars of times gone by long time ago.

  9. Re:Tragedy of the minority. on New Attack Can Now Decrypt Satellite Phone Calls in 'Real Time' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not that expensive to own and use a satellite phone. If you can buy new iPhone every year - then you can definitely afford a probably cheaper SAT phone (too).

  10. Re:crap on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some of use JIT! So that should mean you must never interrupt me!

  11. Brianna Wu just watched last episode of The Expanse before making the statement?

  12. Waiting until they switch from iOS to Android too...

  13. Re:COMPACT ?! It's Y.A. Enormophablet ! on LG Unveils G6 Android Nougat Smartphone With a Compact 5.7-Inch QHD+ 18:9 Display (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Sry, that's a lady's toy.

    What we want is something Sony Xperia Z1/Z3/Z5 Compact came pretty close. Approx 4.5", quite powerful, stays working after little rain, battery lasts quite long. Sony abandoned the concept in X series - Compact in that series lost the IP rating. What they should've done - add less plastic-y frame and back cover (fingerprint smudges only on screen please) and make the phone 2mm fatter to give even more battery power.

    But the marketing department knew better...

  14. So, still only Sony? What a world!

  15. and Chrisjen Avasarala will be the Secretary of UN some time in future.

  16. Work around? on Appeals Court Decision Kills North Carolina Town's Gigabit Internet (hothardware.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An European here cannot comprehend what's preventing creating a Pinetop Municipal Broadband Company which will provide the connection to locals and contractually buying bandwidth/network and other related services from the Wilson guys?

  17. Re:I do on occasion.... on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Use Optical Media? · · Score: 1

    Zalman ZM-VE350 or such is very helpful in this case. Use any old hard disks and fill with .ISOs. Boot whatever you need the moment. Granted, won't work for really old computers without (proper) USB optical storage support. There are some glitches even with newer ones. But overall - very nice device. No need to hustle around with strange reflective disks.

  18. Still using... on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Use Optical Media? · · Score: 1

    ... CD-s. Car radio is able to play MP3s but no USB mass-storage input or such. So I write music to CDs to consume in car. DVDs are not supported either. I haven't paid attention to the brand as long as it's a recognizable one - Verbatim, TDK, some more. Older discs still seem to work after some years (except when really scratched physically).

  19. Re:Makes sense on North Korea Hopes To Plant Flag On The Moon Within 10 Years (ap.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe we could do a Kickstarter campaign to get the eternal leader to Moon. With Flag. Should be easier that with astronauts - no need to bring back anything. One multi-stage rocket + fuel + space suit + flag. Maybe a video camera and an antenna to send the fame back to NK. Cheaper cetainly than current affairs with NK.

  20. Re:USB interface? on OpenWrt Turns a $14 Card Reader Into the Smallest Wireless AP (livejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Difference? Probably no drivers and no support for wireless is needed from computer? No need to enter wifi passwords etc as it's preconfigured in this device. Would be nice way to provide quick access to network at some meeting or to a friend at your home? Just connect USB and you will have the connection ready in a second! ... if it's USB can act in device/slave mode. Not sure about that.

  21. No too good movies anyway ... on British Movie Theater Staff To Wear Night-Vision Goggles To Combat Movie Piracy · · Score: 1

    ... so if I can't be bothered to go to cinema (because unable to convince myself about the movie worth this treatment) I'm perfectly happy to wait for WEB-DL or BluRay rip.

  22. Re:I don't see anything different. on Google Changes Logo · · Score: 1

    Yes, there is a difference. Now the logo lacks elegance. Elegant-y people not welcome anymore by Google. The masses make a better customer in the long run.

  23. Re: Why isn't this illegal again? on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 1

    The special skill is being more humble to their master and thus more easily controllable by employer. That's the skill missing in local population.

  24. Re:Such a nice, sugary story.... on Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they will [die].

  25. What can I say? on Douglas Williams Pleads Guilty To Training Customers To Beat Polygraph · · Score: 1

    This is plain stupid. Period.