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  1. Here's a crazy idea on US Military Seeks Biodegradable Bullets That Sprout Plants (newatlas.com) · · Score: 0

    couldn't we just not shoot people?

  2. Failure is not an option on Next-Gen Samsung EV Battery Gets 300+ Miles of Range From 20-Minute Charge (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    it comes bundled with your Microsoft software.

  3. You don't know how hormones work, do you? on Richard Stallman Acknowledges Libreboot Is No Longer A Part of GNU (gnu.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    or what it actually fucking means to be transgender? There are people who have too much or too little of what makes us one or the other sex. They are _literally_ transgender.

    I know a few members of the LGBT community and the last fucking thing they wanted was attention. They kept their heads as low as they could for most of their lives to avoid having them smashed in by people like yourself. Your B.S. is more of the "They choose to be LGBT" crap. Nobody chooses that life. You get shit on non-stop by everyone; _especially_ your family. You spend most of your childhood getting the shit kicked out of your.

    Finally your opinion is bad for you too. Hating on LGBTs, like hating on Blacks, is just yet another way the ruling class gives you an outlet for your frustrations instead of better pay and a better lifestyle. It's a buffer to keep the working class at each other's throats instead of theirs. They've been doing it for centuries. Grow the fuck up, wake the fuck up and realize who your real enemies are. You've got more important things to worry about than whether some dude thinks like a chick.

    And since fucking when did /. mod trolls up? This guy got up to +4 for God's sake... Can we get some mods in here?

  4. Regressive Leftist? on Richard Stallman Acknowledges Libreboot Is No Longer A Part of GNU (gnu.org) · · Score: 1

    What exactly are leftists regressing too? Or is this another case of someone from the right wing trying to paint the left with their own brush ala Karl Rove?

    And WTF else should the FSF have done? Yeah, the author of libreroot over reacted and is likely a bit of a nutter. That's no reason for you to take pot shots and the FSF, liberalism and anti-discrimination policies in general. Or did you think nobody would notice that little tidbit in the rest of your post?

  5. Security is a _lot_ harder than you think on US Government Offers $25,000 Prize For Inventing A Way To Secure IoT Devices (ftc.gov) · · Score: 1

    if it wasn't you'd be $25k richer right now, right?

  6. I think the problem is Judges are well to do on A Federal Judge's Decision Could End Patent Trolling (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    and generally come from well to do families. If you've lived your entire life without any major hurdles or problems it's hard to imagine anyone who has. There's a meme for it: What don't the poor just buy more money. It's kinda funny, and an exaggeration, but there's a fair amount of truth in it.

  7. all that does is put a stop to the market and any new products. You end up in one of two scenarios:

    a. Everybody stays out because the risk's too high.

    b. Only a few big players who can afford insurance and/or to buy off exceptions for themselves can play. What little is available in the market is expensive and crummy.

  8. If I could secure IoT devices on US Government Offers $25,000 Prize For Inventing A Way To Secure IoT Devices (ftc.gov) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I could make a heck of alot more than $25k...

  9. If he's at the same level as you on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Deal With A 'Gaslighting' Colleague? · · Score: 1

    just ask him to do some work every time he comes near you. Be polite about it and say you really could use some help and make it sound like he's the only one who can do it. Butter him up too. Tell him how great he is.

    He'll get start steering clear of you to avoid the extra work. Such people are always incompetent and lazy to a man (or woman).

  10. The Electoral college failed miserable. It was there to prevent a popularist demagogue from taking advantage of momentary passions to damn a whole nation to disaster. On a side note it was also created to prevent those same popularists from voting themselves land and food from their ruling class. If you read even a little of what the founders wrote this is obvious. It failed miserably at the former though if the corruption in Trump's cabinet is any indication it'll do the latter swimmingly.

  11. I was born here. With little or no power to make decisions save a vote in a right wing state that gets drowned out by the zealots around me. The systems were built long before I had any say. Hell, most people had no say in the creation of America. You do know we have, had and always will have a ruling class, right?

  12. I've been wondering how this will change society on Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Risk of Dementia, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    once those folks with mild lead poisoning start to die off. Having a significant part of your population with varying degrees of brain damage can't be a good thing...

  13. Kodak was always screwed on Kodak Is Bringing Back Ektachrome Film (petapixel.com) · · Score: 1

    because no matter what they did they were stuck switching from a pay per use model (film) to a one time purchase (digital). When I was a kid I paid for each and every picture because film was a physical media I bought. I don't do that with digital. Sure, in the 90s and early 2000s I had to buy flash ram. But it didn't take long for increases in space, better compression and faster mobile internet. Even if I'm a pro I can just pony up for 512 mb SSDs and portable 2 tb hard drives.

    There's _always_ more money in selling people supplies than product. The razor blade model is what everybody wants. Kodak lost that, and with it their fortunes.

  14. They'll keep it in the courts for years on A Coal-Fired Power Plant In India Is Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Baking Soda (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    until no one is looking and then get a slap on the wrist mentioned on page 3 of a newspaper not even the Japanese still read. That's how these things are done. I think the word is 'theater'.

  15. That's one of the nice things about being well off on Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Risk of Dementia, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    being able to live away from all the pollution. Man I wish we could convince folks to give up their damn cars and switch to public transport. Not a chance though as long as cars get you laid.

  16. Once again this is why these companies are on Theranos Is Laying Off 155 People, About 41 Percent Of Its Workforce (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    so valuable. >400 employees, $4 billion dollar valuation. There's not a lot of risk there. Sure, 9 out of 10 fail, but the 1 that survives makes up for the 9 that don't. And the 9 that don't are enough "losses" that you don't pay a dime in taxes on the profits from #1. It's a completely screwed up and perverse system created by our lovely tax code and all it's cheats.

  17. What the hell are you talking about? on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    of course we realize it. We're utterly terrified.

  18. A lot of them do on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 0

    there's a lot of folks who really hate the thought of their tax dollars going to treat lazy blacks. It's called the "Southern Strategy" and it's been a cornerstone to the Republican's coalition for decades. Google "Dog Whistle" and "Welfare Queen" and watch a bit of your soul recede away. Sure, it's only about 10% of our population, but that 10% vote and they win elections.

  19. Lots of people survive just fine on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    but you need access to medical treatment early on to do so. Total Biscuit of youtube fame got it (he's British, single payer) and he's in remission and just fine. I've got a family member in the same boat and I've known a survivor of childhood leukemia in her mid thirties who's just fine. The key is early detection and treatment.

    Now, as an American you're probably screwed unless your independently wealthy. But we prefer to play the odds. We treat luck as a skill. Something you cultivate (often by praying). That's not rational, but most of us aren't.

  20. Well, you're half right on Fewer People Are Dying of Cancer Than Ever Before (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    you're seeing short term costs rise as people who put off treatment for years are finally getting it. Long term costs go down as preventative care does it's job and people use less of the really expensive stuff.

    Now, just because the insurance company's costs go down doesn't mean yours will. Left alone they'll just pocket it all. That's where the public option (aka single payer) comes in.

  21. It's been around long enough to impact Survival Rates. I've had (young) family members who survived cancer because they got treatment. That treatment cost millions and was paid for by taxpayers. There's no other way, it's just too expensive to keep them alive otherwise. For get taking a village. It takes a country. In poorer regions that money comes from ACA in the form of the medicaid expansion. Without it those kids don't get treatment. They die.

    This isn't hyperbole. It's one of those 'inconvenient truths' folks don't like to talk about. And yes, I know that term is loaded. That's my point. It's the same as Climate Change. It's easy as hell to turn away from it. People are going to die when the ACA is repealed. Many of them children. And nobody, and I mean nobody is talking about it.

  22. Google wants cheap computers? on Google CEO Says Next Wave Of Affordable Smartphones Should Cost $30 (phandroid.com) · · Score: 1

    No shit sherlock. They make money selling ads and demographic info. They want every man, woman and child with an income to be tagged.

  23. he's made it painfully clear that he'll OK any merger that crosses his desk. As always his twitter feed tells whatever story he thinks people want to hear this week though.

  24. I'm not sure I see the point on T-Mobile Eliminates Cheaper Postpaid Plans, Sells 'Unlimited Data' Only (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    to an expensive T-Mobile. I mean, their lack of short bandwidth signal means their coverage is spotty as hell.

    I plan to stick on my cheaper plan as long as I can. You'll never use more than a gig since they made 99% of video free (I have cheap phones, even 720p is just a waste). I'm guessing they did this because people like me where downgrading their plans when they noticed they weren't using any of the data. Pity I forgot to. Coulda saved a few bucks.

  25. especially without qualification.

    I might believe this report over Assange because he had a very clear motive to make sure Hilary Clinton didn't get elected. Her dislike for him (and Snowden) was well documented).

    And you'd be a fool if you didn't believe Russia preferred Trump over Hilary. Trump has been pro-Russia all along and has millions (billions?) to gain from his business interests by supporting them. The real question is, do American interests align with Russia. If the answer is yes, by all means, believe Trump and his ilk. Otherwise, well, Houston, we have a problem...