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  1. Re:Civil engineers suck on Slashdot Asks: Are You Ashamed of Your Code? (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Like Governor Christie?

  2. Re: I'm always proud of my code on Slashdot Asks: Are You Ashamed of Your Code? (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    When I find myself saying "I can be really clever about this" I ask myself "*Should* I be clever about this?" Probably about 99% of the time the answer is "no".

  3. Re: I'm always proud of my code on Slashdot Asks: Are You Ashamed of Your Code? (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    So in other words it's just a typical software project.

  4. Re:Shake the citizenry, looking for loose change on London's Mayor Wants Volkswagen To Pay $3 Million In Lost Tolls (citiesofthefuture.eu) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No it's not. The mayor is trying to work in the best interests of his citizens and punish a criminal company that lied.

  5. THey usually have some sort of phone as it is often crucial for job hunting.

  6. I don't care. I'll switch companies or freelance. I'm not an indentured servant after all.

  7. Re:Not to worry, they have new aircraft on Royal Navy Giving Up Anti-Ship Missiles, Will Rely On Cannons For Naval Combat (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Stellar idea. Mine was to simply park them in the desert and set the A10s loose on them.

  8. Re:Duh, Slave Labor saves money! on Apple Explores Making iPhones in the US, Finds 'the Cost Will More Than Double': Nikkei (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    But increased wages would compensate for that.

  9. Re:Cheap because of child labor on Apple Explores Making iPhones in the US, Finds 'the Cost Will More Than Double': Nikkei (nikkei.com) · · Score: 1

    With no OSHA or EPA protections either.

  10. Wages will go up so I cna afford to buy more crap. By some estimates I am making half of what I should be making. See this citation for a discussion of the matter.
    http://www.pewresearch.org/fac...

  11. Not to worry, they have new aircraft on Royal Navy Giving Up Anti-Ship Missiles, Will Rely On Cannons For Naval Combat (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They will have operational F-35s in about.... ummm.... maybe 10 years

  12. Re:Good News on President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What are you going to.do, ban robots?

    This has been tried before, and the end result isn't the wonderland you think it is. Stagnating economy and increasingly uncompetitive industry is what you get.

    Yes robots can be banned. Please provide a citation for when and where it happened. Please do not say "The 70's" as 3 oil shocks between '67 and '80 really muddy those data.

  13. Re: Good News on President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Econ 101 is very simplistic. If wages are higher then higher prices for gagdets can be paid. No brainer.

  14. Re:Good News on President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    yes, but if a worker makes minimum wage then the phone is still expensive. If a worker makes, as they should after adjusting for 30 year's of inflation, $40 an hour for skilled labor then a higher priced gadget doesn't matter it would still be affordable (where did you come up with $2500?).

    Adjusted for inflation I am making 1/2 what I should be for my job category. I am getting screwed to the wall.

  15. Re:MPAA, RIAA and Big Pharma on President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There was never any difference between Democrats and Republicans

    That is a dangerous misconception. There were always differences. In this case the anti-establishment wings of both parties have an odd coalition of sorts against these trade deals, while the establishment leaders are for it.

  16. Re:MPAA, RIAA and Big Pharma on President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    The last I heard was there was an odd coalition between progressive Dems and libertarian leaning Repubs. against it. Basically anti-establisment forces.

  17. Re:And you think Hillary would be any different? on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    She would have sold us out. Trump is the iron fist. Hillary would've been the iron fist in the velvet glove.

  18. Re:Climate Hysteria on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not taxation. Just merely preventing externalization of costs. No more free rides.

  19. Re:You personally can reduce carbon footprint by on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you understand most beef comes from feedlots? Rangeland is just the nursery. Beef is "grain finished" by feeding it corn (which is a lousy food for cattle as they have a hard time digesting) in hyperpacked inhumane feedlots that concentrate pollution and require large amounts of water and waste disposal.

  20. Re:Excellent on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    And the posts you read on the internet

  21. Re:The EPA on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean the disaster caused by a private contractor and which the EPA s struggling to scrape money together to fix?

  22. Re:It gets worse on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Slash medicine people die less resources used less global warming. Win! Win! Win!

  23. What good do M&As do? on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Do they increase RnD? Create more jobs? Develop new product lines? What do they do besides create a flurry of activity for managers, accountants, and brokers?

  24. Re:Deutsche Bank owns his ass. on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    there's a difference between owing money and selling yourself.

  25. Re:Trump will be for it.... on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone has a price. But many of us just don't know what it is yet.