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  1. Re:why on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    you've got more guns and more violent crime than anywhere else but you're trailing the world in pretty much everything else. i wouldn't even want to visit your fucked up fascist police state of a country, let alone live in it.

    So what you're saying is no, you would not like to spend 8 hours a day sitting next to someone with a history of violence?

  2. Re:PROPAGANDA: IRAN, NORKs == BAD, BAD, BAD !! on In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite · · Score: 1

    How much do software engineers get ? 300k ?

    What country are you from, and do they have an H1-B visa program?

  3. Trains today... on Trains May Soon Come Equipped With Debris-Zapping Lasers · · Score: 1

    Sharks tomorrow.

  4. Re:We've already seen the alternative to regulatio on A Backhanded Defense of Las Vegas' Taxi Regulation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do Americans have history classes in school?

    Yes, I can see eager young minds salivating at the thought of learning more about the exciting history of taxi regulation in the US. Come on, man; nobody in the nerderati even knew about taxi regulations until we started talking about Uber. Everyone's an expert on whatever topic they Google about.

  5. The Uber vs Lyft vs Taxis thing is interesting on A Backhanded Defense of Las Vegas' Taxi Regulation · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But it's got fuck-all to do with anything nerdy I can think of. Medium.com is covering this well. Let them handle it.

  6. Re:More dribble on Twitter Should Use Random Sample Voting For Abuse Reports · · Score: 1

    The period always goes inside the quotation marks. Never outside.

  7. Re:We don't care what he thinks!!! on Twitter Should Use Random Sample Voting For Abuse Reports · · Score: 1

    Dude, we got a twofer! A Bennet post AND a Nerval's Lobster post in one day!

  8. Re:Problem domain, not language on Which Programming Language Pays the Best? Probably Python · · Score: 2

    Every corporate development team I've been on has had a leader, even if unofficially. Technical leadership is essential for developing talent, authoritatively resolving conflicts, and mentoring new and younger developers. A team without such leadership is dysfunctional from the get-go.

  9. Re:Which job website pays the best? on Which Programming Language Pays the Best? Probably Python · · Score: 1

    Nerval's Lobster strikes again with another Dicevertisement. For those who don't know, Nerval's Lobster is the unofficially official Dice astroturf account. And everything he posts is drivel.

  10. Re:Lord, save me from buzzwords on IoT Is the Third Big Technology 'Wave' In the Last 50 Years, Says Harvard · · Score: 1

    The Flatheads were well known for spreading their seed about; I would not be surprised if there was a little bit of Lord Dimwit in all of us.

  11. Lord, save me from buzzwords on IoT Is the Third Big Technology 'Wave' In the Last 50 Years, Says Harvard · · Score: 2

    Yeah, bluetooth is cool. Everything's connected. I can control my toaster with my Harmony remote. But this is NOT bigger than the internet.

  12. Re:Coming Soon! on Microsoft's Age-Old Image Library 'Clip Art' Is No More · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the chair fits, throw it.

  13. Re:Steve Jobs vs. Vladimir Lenin on 10-Year-Old iTunes DRM Lawsuit Heading To Trial · · Score: 1

    But he never told them the secret to defeating the Mule: a functional, minimalist neo-industrial interface inspired by Dieter Rams!

  14. Re:she almost crashed both Lucent and HP on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 1

    The linked "fact check" is a guy's alternative opinion on how to interpret the numbers. It is not a conclusive counter-proof.

  15. Re:she almost crashed both Lucent and HP on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 4, Informative

    By the time Bush Sr. got into office, the decline and fall of the USSR was already well under way. I read a fascinating article (can't find it, sorry) recently detailing how Reagan convinced the Saudis to flood the oil market; with USSR oil production taking up enough of its GDP to put it into an economic death spiral. Interestingly enough, the Saudis are once again flooding the market (according to Iran, which has been raising a small stink about it), and the Russians are still oil-dependent.

  16. What about long-term data integrity? on How Intel and Micron May Finally Kill the Hard Disk Drive · · Score: 0

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't SSD's have a point where they put on too many write's per bit?

  17. Re:Be Gentle With Him on The Schizophrenic Programmer Who Built an OS To Talk To God · · Score: 2

    Actually, I'm free of sins, no idea anout you, though.

    Spelling, typing, and egregious usage of single quotes count.

  18. Re:Are You Sure on The Schizophrenic Programmer Who Built an OS To Talk To God · · Score: 1

    Would have been easier if they'd named it with a palindrome.

  19. Re:Be Gentle With Him on The Schizophrenic Programmer Who Built an OS To Talk To God · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Many good men are. Others are liars, or thieves, or adulterers. All men have their sins. Yours is self-righteousness.

  20. Re:Who... the... FUCK... Cares??? on Top Counter-Strike Players Embroiled In Hacking Scandal · · Score: 1

    We need to have a discussion about what a "nerd" is. Here's what it ain't: some vaguely, almost tech-savvy dude who likes to argue politics on the internet and poo-poo's anything actual nerds care about. You're not a nerd; you're a wanna-be hanger-on. Reddit is for you.

  21. AIDS is bad on Apple To Donate Profit Portion From Black Friday For AIDS Fight · · Score: 1

    But there are a lot of very unglamorous diseases that kill more people every year. And that's my problem with these celebrity causes: they're mostly for show. A portion of profits; that is to say, just enough money that the goodwill advertising can make it back up again.

  22. Same as Columbus on Multi-National Crew Reaches Space Station · · Score: 1

    A clear sign that we are finally going to exploit the resources of our solar system.

  23. Well, by God, we're gonna plant a flag on it and call it Freedoma.

  24. Homegrown Outsourcing on Obama's Immigration Order To Give Tech Industry Some, Leave 'Em Wanting More · · Score: 1

    Much cheaper than international outsourcing.

  25. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon on Does Being First Still Matter In America? · · Score: 1

    Namely, we built big fucking rockets, put people inside a little sardine can, and hit the moon with them. They took pictures, played golf, and went home. It could only be more quintessentially American if one of then died choking on a 2 pound hamburger along the trip.