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  1. Re:So they only prosecute a safe, "no-harm" target on Federal Prosecutors Actually Prosecute H1-B Fraud (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd be curious to see where you get your data. For some reason it's very difficult to find hard data on crime by illegal immigrants. Texas is one of the few states that keeps track of it and there illegals for the period of 2011 to 2015 committed about 7.5 percent of the murders in that state. Given that illegals are estimated to be about 6 percent of the population of the state that's probably slightly higher than average but not seriously higher and probably within a margin of error. I really don't have a problem with people from Mexico coming to the US but I think it's only reasonable to expect them to register and apply for a green card. I don't really get why people think it's okay for 11 million people to just come here and set up shop without documentation. Sure, the wall is a stupid idea and I'm sure it's just Trump being his blowhard self. I figure even he knows it's not going to happen. I really think though that these people should be required to comply with the law.

  2. Re:Bathroom on The Smog-Sucking Tower Has Arrived in China (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Then the bag would contain fertilizer!

  3. LXDE is synonymous with bland. Not that I care. On the Pi all I want in a desktop is more speed.

  4. You're hilarious.

  5. Re:Needs more mobile focus on Raspberry Pi Foundation Unveils New LXDE-Based Desktop For Raspbian Called PIXEL (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually I haven't seen that much use as a desktop computer for the Pi. It's mostly used for things like KODI, Retropie, Robotic projects, remote projects such as weather stations and industrial applications. It's a hobbyist board that happens to have desktop capabilities. In some places I suppose it's nice to have a computer that will run off a cell phone charger but although I've fooled around with the desktop a bit on the Pi unless you have a Pi 3 it's not really very usable.

  6. This was over 400 years ago and I believe they measured displacement as empty, not including ballast and armament. Actual displacement would probably be higher than 400 when loaded with passengers and cargo. I've been reading some of this stuff and it's pretty interesting.

  7. Here, make your own!

    https://learn.adafruit.com/pip...

  8. Re:Clearly Samsung's QA department..... on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    You can actually watch through the door and see this process in action. Sometimes I like to just sit and watch it go round and round and rou......

  9. Re:Clearly Samsung's QA department..... on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember that buzzer. My Mom had a Kenmore and when it was out of balance the neighbors across the road knew it.

  10. Admission on Cloudflare: We Can't Shut Down Pirate Sites (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Damn! They just admitted that they are irrelevant.

  11. Re:Tonnage on SpaceX Shows Off Its Interplanetary Transport System in New Video (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, a ships displacement is measured in tons but the 180 tons of storage is just that. The estimate of Mayflower's displacement is somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 tons and total weight about 400 tons including some 130 tons of ballast. Of course all these are approximations based on the given dimensions of the ship and what was typical for the period.

  12. They say it can transport about 100 tons. That's not much for a colonization effort. The Mayflower that transported the pilgrims to America was rated at about 180 tons. They could expect to live off the land for the most part whereas whoever takes the trip to Mars will be entirely dependent on what they bring with them. Without help from the natives it's likely that the Mayflower's people would not have done as well if they managed to survive at all. Maybe the Martians will help Musk's colonists.

  13. Re:I live not too far from a major highway on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Have Become Top Carbon Polluters (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    They're loud so you'll know they are there. Too often they don't get seen and often flattened as a result. I heard one the other day riding in my blind spot off my quarter panel. Death wish I guess, since he was riding a crotch rocket.

  14. Re:Hollywood aren't the consumers on California Enacts Law Requiring IMDb To Remove Actor Ages On Request (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I understand that California is now moving to repeal the law of gravity. It seems it's not fair that some people weigh more than others.

  15. Oh I imagine they'll root us pretty good.

  16. Re:Will it run systemd? on Boot Linux (or OpenBSD Or Oberon Or FreeDOS) In Your Browser (copy.sh) · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't that be a hoot. It'd probably make as much sense as anything else those two blather about. I'd rather watch Johnson and Stein debate. Sad!

  17. Re:Will it run systemd? on Boot Linux (or OpenBSD Or Oberon Or FreeDOS) In Your Browser (copy.sh) · · Score: 0

    I am almost as sick of hearing about the systemD crap as I am the US presidential election. Almost

  18. Re:Makes more sense on Verizon Says It Knows You Don't Need Unlimited Data (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't need unlimited data. I just need data that isn't 5,000% overpriced.

  19. "Destroys Raspberry Pi" Really? They had to know this was BS when they posted it so obviously it was designed just to get the flames going. Sad!

  20. My Mac Pro destroys the Pi too yet somehow I still find uses for my raspberry pi collection. Like the one sitting out on my deck with a camera module hooked to a battery and solar panel. I'd hate to stick a 3,000 dollar computer out there not to mention I'd need a hell of a lot more batteries and multiple/bigger solar panels.

  21. Re:The guy who.... on Colin Powell's Private Email Account Has Been Hacked (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not by plane. I'd like a yacht though. I love the ocean.

  22. Re:The guy who.... on Colin Powell's Private Email Account Has Been Hacked (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't say I'd ever want my own jet. If I'm that rich I can have everything I want brought to me.

  23. Re: Conventional warfare is dead on Air Force Grounds $400 Billion F-35s Because of 'Peeling and Crumbling' Insulation (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The best thing about the F-16 is it was and is cheap. The F-35 doesn't even have that.

  24. Re: Not a nice way to die on How Cities Are Using Dry Ice To Kill Rats (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen my neighbor's half feral cat kill some pretty big mice.

  25. Re: Conventional warfare is dead on Air Force Grounds $400 Billion F-35s Because of 'Peeling and Crumbling' Insulation (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Both.