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  1. Let the kid decide her own interests on Programmer Father Asks: What Gets Little Girls Interested In Science? · · Score: 1

    To do otherwise would be controlling.
    Furthermore, there is nothing wrong, morally, or socially, with a little girl wanting to be a princess.

  2. Re:How is that supposed to work? on The Site That Teaches You To Code Well Enough To Get a Job · · Score: 2

    That's the dark nature of capitalism. If your job becomes redundant, you have to evolve or find another line of work.

  3. Re:Sorry, she is not worthy of the title on White House Names Google's Megan Smith As CTO · · Score: 2

    I work as a computer engineer, and some of the software and hardware design people got mechanical engineering degrees a long time ago, but migrated to the CE side of things and do excellent work.

  4. Re:Stupid is as stupid does on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 1

    The death threats are not part of any sort of video game related fantasy. That is simply someone on the internet behaving immaturely.

  5. Re:Stupid is as stupid does on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 1

    Fantasies, even "Power Fantasies" are perfectly fine for a person to have because most people can tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

  6. Okay, okay on Can Cyborg Tech End Human Disability By 2064? · · Score: 1

    So, say I put my brain in a robot body and there's a war. Robots versus humans. What side am I on?

  7. Re:Ability to design and write software... on Michael Bloomberg: You Can't Teach a Coal Miner To Code · · Score: 1

    The "cake" referred to in "let them eat cake" quote means the crust at the bottom of a cauldron.

  8. website experiences short outage on Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments... · · Score: 1

    Thank god slashdot was there to cover this.

  9. I left my last job with short notice on Ask Slashdot: When Is It OK To Not Give Notice? · · Score: 1

    The boss was a controlling, emotionally abusive asshole who made the workplace a nepotism-filled hellhole and his children were sniveling prima donnas, I left less than a week notice and got a job that paid better and was less hostile. This was in white-collar land, and quitting abruptly will not affect my job prospects at all.

  10. Re:Paleo diet on Iceman Had Bad Teeth · · Score: 3, Informative

    5,300 years ago would have been the neolithic period, so technically, a neolithic diet gave this guy terrible teeth.

  11. Why are they doing this? on Texas Rangers Use Internet To Breathe New Life Into Cold Case Homicides · · Score: 1

    They're taking the time to investigate homicides?! If they had focused on what they were SUPPOSED TO be doing, maybe they wouldn't have done so poorly in the 2012 season.

  12. What I interpret this data to mean is on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    that if you are in an age range in which the flu vaccine is more effective, it is your civic duty to get one so you lower your chances of passing the flu onto those with which vaccines are less effective.

  13. browser cookies being forgotten on Decade Old KDE Bug Fixed · · Score: 1

    This is not a bug to me

  14. I'm calling bullshit on thea religious part on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    Did this lady have zero vaccines taken at all? If she has been had zero vaccinations, then she would be justifiably be fired. Did she only refuse the flu vaccine? If she only refused the flu vaccine and took other vaccines, then the religious argument is a cop out.

  15. Re:The Solidoodle's cartridge bothers me on 3D Printer Round-Up: Cube 3D, Up! Mini, and Solidoodle · · Score: 1

    You are correct. I associated the wrong 3d printer. My bad.

  16. The Solidoodle's cartridge bothers me on 3D Printer Round-Up: Cube 3D, Up! Mini, and Solidoodle · · Score: 1

    I was wondering how a company was going to try to lock people down from buying their own spools of abs plastic.

  17. The film was not the reason for the attacks on Atheist Blogger Sentenced To 3 Years in Prison For Insulting Islam · · Score: 1

    These terrorist groups would have went out and found a reason to throw a fit even if this movie was never created.

  18. fluxbox with a dozen terminals on Ask Slashdot: Good Linux Desktop Environment For Hi-Def/Retina Displays? · · Score: 5, Funny

    A high def screen with 12 instances of xterm, all visible at once without having to switch context is the pinnacle of the Linux graphical user experience.

  19. The geekiest way to cook a turkey on Ask Slashdot: Geekiest Way To Cook a Turkey? · · Score: 1

    is to wait for your mom to call you up from the basement where you live to eat the Thanksgiving dinner she cooked.

  20. Re:Unfortunately for Arduino on New Arduino Due Brings More Power To the Table · · Score: 1

    There is a noticeable difference in power consumption as well as startup time when comparing a low power chip vs something like the Raspberry Pi.

  21. Re:Not looking for organic produce to be better on Stanford Study Flawed: Organic Produce May Be More Nutritious After All · · Score: 2

    Organic produce usually does have pesticide residue on it.

  22. All I read was on Intel CEO Tells Staff Windows 8 Is Being Released Prematurely · · Score: 1

    something about a Microsoft and a premature release. I'm sure there's an antiquated internetjoke in there somewhere.

  23. What the UN really needs to do on Pakistan's PM Demands International Blasphemy Laws From UN · · Score: 1

    is pass the "Whaaambulance!" resolution, which states that if someone complains of blasphemy, then other members of the UN hand them a phone and tell them to call said whaaaa!mbulance.

  24. Every time Bane spoke on Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises · · Score: 2

    I thought he was about to have a conversation with the characters from Peanuts.

  25. Re:Pros of Monsanto? on Monsanto May Have To Repay 10 Years of GM Soya Royalties In Brazil · · Score: 1

    Organic crops do use pesticides.