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  1. Re:I'm not rooting for those people on Oracle Systematically Underpaid Thousands of Women, Lawsuit Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I might swallow my bile to vote for one (I voted for Clinton herself) ... but that doesn't mean I support or defend them.

    Voting for someone is the literal definition of support.

  2. Re:Anti-competitive behavior is rampant on Start-Ups Aren't Cool Anymore (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Recent trend?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Hint, check the aspect ratio of the above clip (4:3, not 16:9).

  3. Re:Truthiness versus evidence on NYC Politician Wants To Ban Cashless Restaurants (eater.com) · · Score: 1

    If you just want jobs, why not get rid of the cash register and have them count money by hand? Then instead of 90 jobs, you'll have 120 due to the further reduced efficiency.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/...

    A meaningful job means they are making the pie bigger for all of society, not simply standing in a place doing a thing. In fact, that's a net cost because they have to travel/be managed/etc...

  4. Re: Increased electrical burden on Electric Cars Are Already Cheaper To Own and Run Than Petrol Or Diesel, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Flexibility in time, rather than location.

    Can you think of a better way to store massive amounts of energy than in battery packs in electric cars...

    Because if you can, there are a lot of people that would like to talk to you.

  5. Re:crap versus quality on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > it depends on how you count. I'd count what people use.

    Isn't that exactly what they were counting and found declined?

  6. Scientific breakthrough. on Dolphins Recorded Having a Conversation For The First Time (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The analysis of numerous pulses registered in our experiments showed that the dolphins took turns in producing [sentences] and did not interrupt each other, which gives reason to believe that each of the dolphins listened to the other's pulses before producing its own. Now if they could just teach that to my spouse...

  7. Community did it. on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1
  8. Re:In other news... on US No-Fly List Uses 'Predictive Judgement' Instead of Hard Evidence · · Score: 1

    To be fair, being imprisoned is just a form of travel restriction...

  9. Better question... on Is Advertising Morally Justifiable? The Importance of Protecting Our Attention · · Score: 1

    Is justifying behaviors using morals morally justifiable?

    I know... we should find a majority... that believe in morals! Yeah, that's the ticket!

  10. Re:I've said it before on Robots Appear To Raise Productivity Without Causing Total Work Hours To Decline · · Score: 1

    If robots don't cause total human working hours to decline, then what the fuck good are they?

    They free up time so we can build better robots of course. Duh.

  11. Re:The reason is more simple on Why Electric Vehicles Aren't More Popular · · Score: 1

    He also says he had to install a 240V socket it in his garage because apparently though you can charge it on 120V in a pinch, apparently it can cause damage to the batteries. That's according to Nissan.

    I have never heard this and am considering a Leaf (time frame is next year). I was planning to 120v charge so I did a little googling and still can't find it. Not saying it's incorrect, but it seems odd I haven't heard of it. I actually heard rumors of the opposite... fast charging was worse.

  12. Re:Desalination plants cost a lot to operate on William Shatner Proposes $30 Billion Water Pipeline To California · · Score: 2

    SoCal could solve the "water crisis" today if they stopped watering all their fucking lawns.

    I'm surprised that after all this time people still have this misconception. Lawn watering is just part of that little 4% sliver at the bottom. Farming uses the vast majority of water.

  13. No actually, I didn't catch that. on First Recorded Observation of Freshwater Fish Preying On Birds In Flight · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was too busy frantically reaching for the mute button to silence your horribly loud banjo music.

  14. And this summary... on Gravity: Can Film Ever Get the Science Right? · · Score: 1

    ...focuses on spoilers regarding a movie about space.

  15. OMG! on Social Media Is a New Vector For Mass Psychogenic Illness · · Score: 1

    I think I have psychogenic illness now!!!

  16. You are complaining about a lack of information. on How Did My Stratosphere Ever Get Shipped? · · Score: 2

    Yet you used a completely new product from before the release, if I understand correctly from the release date of the Stratosphere 2 (Nov 2012).

    For both video games and phones and indeed any complicated piece of hardware one must wait. This is a hard learned lesson for me as well. I played Skyrim without bugs... six months after it was released. I've skipped other games and phones entirely. Markets are not instant feedback devices that make every product perfect, they are feedback devices that tell us which products are best.

    There are some problems that markets can't fix... monopoly, regulatory capture, etc... Buying complicated technology without waiting for early adopters to pay the break-in price is another one of them.

  17. Re:It depends. on Why Protesters In Cairo Use Laser Pointers · · Score: 1

    If Obama woke up tomorrow and ordered that all Tea Party members be arrested, I would expect our military to essentially remove him from office - in the immediate case by ignoring him, and in the longer case by Congress impeaching him and removing him from office - which would still require the cooperation of the military (they'd have to decide to listen to Congress and not the President.)

    This is what Abraham Lincoln did and he is considered a hero.

  18. Re:It's funny because... on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Piracy is not used game sales. People understand the difference, which is why so many more are outraged at losing the latter.

  19. Re:It's Bill Hicks with the puppets all over again on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    1) The recession ended in 2009.
    2) Consoles are far simpler to setup and use, and will look nicer than nearly any build.
    3) There are unique functions to each of the input devices on these consoles.
    4) There are unique sharing/community functions that will operate across every game on the platform.

    PCs do have their advantages (upgradeable power/mods), but consoles also have theirs. Pretending they don't is fanboi-ism.

  20. Re:Then do what I did. on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    You can, but by definition if everyone does as you then you will not have any games in the used/bargain bin five years from now for any system or even the PC.

    Keep your mouth shut. I wait because the first round of buyers are beta testers nowadays, but I don't blab about it. Oh crap!

  21. Re:A few things to watch out for on Ask Slashdot: Wiring Home Furniture? · · Score: 4, Funny

    , so your comments about making sure that chords are protected is spot on. I've found E, A, and B are good power chords, but they only heat up if you use a wah-wah pedal.

  22. Re:More Statist Bullsiht on Excel Error Contributes To Problems With Austerity Study · · Score: 1

    Problem with that is we generally rely on our government not dying...

  23. Hmmm... on HBO Says Game of Thrones Piracy Is "a Compliment" · · Score: 1

    If quality is such a concern, they can always seed it themselves.

  24. Re:You Can Try on Ask Slashdot: Should Bitcoin Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. No more than they would do so to watch TV.

  25. Re:Next Gen? on Carmack: Next-Gen Console Games Will Still Aim For 30fps · · Score: 0

    With PC sales plunging 20% and Windows 8 considered a failure, I don't think PC is where the money is headed. Valve itself is making a set-top box because they see the writing on the wall.