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  1. There are only 2 states which get more money fro DC than send back in taxes, WY and AK. Both red states.

  2. The US would lose the 7th largest economy in the world, not the nation, the world. Bad move.

  3. ANd give TX back to Mexico. If they'll take it. We may have to invade them to force them to take TX.

  4. Re:Short Lived - MAGA, despite the liberal shits. on General Motors To Lay Off 2,000 Workers at Two US Plants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    there's no such thing.

  5. Re:Clueless on What the Trump Win Means For Tech and Science (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He is against the TPP which is good for tech workers. Which is why Silicon valley CEOs don't like him Meg Whitman endorsed Clinton. No TPP would be good for workers, the environment, worker safety, national sovereignty, and infrastructure due to the fact that the TPP would create "lowest common denominator" tax loopholes.

  6. Check out Meg Whitman's message on IT Workers Facing Layoffs Jolted By CEO's Message (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    There was a stock holders meeting where there was talk of "high cost geographies" and there is a push for "early career" hires. That is what a strong dollar will get you.

  7. Re:That was kind of the point on Will The New 'Starship Troopers' Reboot Stay Faithful To The Book? (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    "Be all you can be, a private taking out the garbage. That's all you can be."

  8. As if anyone in Hollywood reads books.

  9. Seriously do you think anyone in Hollywood will even read the book? Skim it maybe at best. Then watch the movie and rework the script to amp up special effects. Done and done.

  10. He was all based around the leader principle.

  11. Re:Awesome satire. on Will The New 'Starship Troopers' Reboot Stay Faithful To The Book? (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Propaganda pieces always present their most vile principles; e.g. the leader principle; in its most idealized, purest, and perfect form. The entire book is like that (As is "Atlas Shrugged" but that's another discussion). There are no flaws in the system as long as you obey you are well taken care of, except for that pesky "being ready to die at the drop of a hat on your leaders command" bit.

  12. Re:Disappointing code on US Government Launches Code.gov To Showcase Its Open Source Software (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm just saying there are a lot of underwhelming GitHub projects out there.

  13. Energy balance anyone? on A New Process Turns Sewage Into Crude Oil (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this going to require more energy in than out like the ethanol scam? In this case it wouldn't be unreasonable to ignore energy spent producing the food, IMO, as it has already served an important purpose. But I still want to see how it stacks up to say drilling, transporting, and cracking petroleum.

  14. Re:Disappointing code on US Government Launches Code.gov To Showcase Its Open Source Software (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    GitHub often gives me that feeling as well.

  15. Re:Depends on the system on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    there is no such thing as 100% coverage. But virtual environments give you much more flexibility and can improve you coverage if done properly. You can also define templates which allow you to spin up basic combinations of software configurations as base lines and for regression. I wouldn't use them for performance testing but thye have made things easier in many ways. And increased flexibility and coverage.

    I agree there are things you should not use them for, but there are many things they can be used for quite well. Gone are the days when spinning up a test environment could take months, now they can take days.

  16. Re:The propblem is bad accounting practices. on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, so what's the point? If they have nothing to do with code what's the point? I thought the point was to deliver better product and code, or rather functionality is the product. Methodologies and philosophies try to deliver the result better but it always seems to go wrong. I spewed out a laundry list of of things which I have always seen breakdown.

    The point I was making is that every time some one tries to improve process and therefore hopefully the end result, it gets subverted. I have ideas as to why this is, beyond making a quick buck, but I'm too tired to write more.

  17. Re:Who pays for it? on White House, 35 States To Boost Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    People who don't own cars still subsidize people who do. They pay for rescue services, police patrols, parking lots, etc. and have to breath the fumes cars produce. Stop whining.

  18. Re:Bad time for the Environment on White House, 35 States To Boost Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Now ditch coal fired plants and factor in alternative energy sources including solar roofs. That's the real long term solution.

  19. Re:Depends on the system on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why can't you use virtual environments?

  20. Re:inability to fully recreate production environm on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have never seen a methodology survive its first contact with sales.

  21. The propblem is bad accounting practices. on App Developers Spend Too Much Time Debugging Errors in Production Systems (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    We get hung up on developer costs but never on rework and fix costs. There is constant pressure to deliver untested features to make sales but never much accounting for customers who will walk at the first opportunity or sales which get cancelled due to bugs.

    And it has never changed. Watefall, 6 signma, kanban, agile, rapid proto=typing, devops etc. has not made a difference. I have seen no improvement at all over close to 30 years. And people wonder why I drink.

  22. Office Space, a good movie.

  23. We want money! "public-private" + "competitivenes"+"security"=Pork!

  24. It's bleeding cash so look to them to become more desperate as time goes on. Their model does not work. See Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news...

  25. Re:Why is everyone against Uber? on Uber Drivers Are Company Employees Not Self-Employed Contractors, Rules British Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They fact that they pulled out in the face of a reasonable safety requirement tells you all you need to know about their business model. They make money by skirting regulation, not by creating value.