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  1. Re:And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    California is an "at will" employment state.

    I was thinking the same thing even though California does have protection laws in place to prevent employers from taking action against employees over "political affiliations" until I saw the quote from his interview with the New York Times:

    Before being fired, Mr. Damore said, he had submitted a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board claiming that Google’s upper management was “misrepresenting and shaming me in order to silence my complaints.”

    (src: http://archive.is/IIvaq#select... )

    Short of discrimination against a protected class, you can be fired for anything or nothing at all. Anti-feminists are not a protected class.

    And that's the caveat, by filing that complaint, he became a protected class. Kinda like the FBI in Die Hard, "helping" Hans with the electromagnetic lock on the safe.

    You ask for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I.

  2. and suddenly... on VR Devs Pull Support For Oculus Rift Until Palmer Luckey Steps Down (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    and suddenly the quality of games/apps for oculus rift increases exponentially.

  3. so he loves to shitpost... on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    so what? It's his right and I'm all for it. (doesn't mean I "agree" w/ him on everything and that's just dandy) #everythingoutForCmdrTaco

  4. not quite on YouTube Is Looking for Volunteers To Improve Its Site (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    not quite the same. sure, slashdot has community moderation but of the comments. posting of stories are controlled slashdot staff. also, demographics are different. plus w/ false-flagging, mass flagging, and other abuse issues that exists even now (before "YouTube Heroes"), there's more problems that it can create than solve. shoot, this has the potential to empower the trolls let alone feed them.

  5. it is ars(e) on WikiLeaks Published Rape Victims' Names, Credit Cards, Medical Data (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    it IS ars(e) after all. and yea, I noticed that about slashdot editors too but luckily, slashdot readers are more diverse & based than the editors. (thxfully)

  6. reach out and "touch" someone on Turkish Journalist Jailed For Terrorism Was Framed, Forensic Report Shows (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean "hackers" don't know how to use the "touch" command?

  7. Re:Can you say privacy shield? on PayPal Dumped Cloud Company After It Refused To Monitor Customers' Files (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, seafile guys will need $ to litigate (unless they can get a state sponsor) If only they would diversify their payment options. bitcoin, their own via stripe/square, google wallet, etc. shoot, square even has their money sending service: cash(dot)me Or perhaps Swedish Klarna which appears to also service Germany.

  8. It IS a part of gawker media after all, where the bar is so low, it's just a pipe placed on the ground.

  9. or the original source on Noriyoshi Ohrai, Illustrator of Many Hollywood Movie Posters, Has Died · · Score: 2
    or the original source: http://mrt.jp/localnews/?newsi...

    1027 1749

    "Obiturary: World-famous illustrator and Miyazaki City resident, Noriyoshi Ohrai passed away due to pneumonia on the 27th at a hospital in Kunitomi (town). He was 79 years old. Working out of Miyazaki City, Mr. Ohrai was a world-famous illustrator having created posters for "Star Wars" and "Godzilla" series and had won a prefectural culture award a year before last. Wake will be held on the 28th from 7PM and funeral services will be on the 29th from 12:10PM, both at the Priere-Group Hall in Miyazaki City." note, wiki seems to reference cgmagonline.com anyways. also, /. seems to not support Japanese input that well.

  10. polygraph? on FBI Says It Will Hire No One Who Lies About Illegal Downloading · · Score: 2

    shoot, thought everyone already knew how to beat them?
    (butt "clenching" technique, anyone?)

  11. Re:ToS violation? on Uber Has a Playbook For Sabotaging Lyft, Says Report · · Score: 1

    From https://www.lyft.com/terms

    You further agree that Your Information and Your interactions on the Lyft Platform shall not: be false, inaccurate or misleading (directly or by omission or failure to update information);

  12. ToS violation? on Uber Has a Playbook For Sabotaging Lyft, Says Report · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As much as I hate to see it used, a Terms of Service (ToS) violation and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) may still apply especially since they are using tactics to avoid detection (aka use of "burner phones" and credit card numbers)

    It may also be a violation of the various credit card companies' ToS as well.

  13. straight from the OMFG NO dept on "MythBusters" Drops Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci · · Score: 1

    nerd rage in 3, 2, 1....

    (note, "nerd rage" not "nurdrage" on Youtube)

    Question is, was it an amicable departure or.... something worse?

    Wonder if someone else will pick these three up for some other science show?

  14. could've sworn this was not the case on Illinois University Restricts Access To Social Media, Online Political Content · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

    Supposedly the policy applies to employees not students.

  15. did they... on Researchers Hack Gmail With 92 Percent Success Rate · · Score: 1

    did they try it on an account that has TFA?

  16. new development near Dixon Landing on Tesla's Already Shopping For More Office Space · · Score: 1

    funny since I noticed there's a new development (700k sqft) off Dixon Landing slated as "manufacturing/warehouse" which is two freeway exits from their Fremont plant.

    Alternatively, there's a parcel of land across the street from the plant as well.

  17. Hulu Plus: Paid subscription with ads on Three-Year Deal Nets Hulu Exclusive Rights To South Park · · Score: 1

    To me, it's as if they WANT to drive everyone to don an eye-patch.

  18. Re:Oblig Prior Art Question on Questionable Patents From MakerBot · · Score: 3, Informative

    The author of original article/blog mentions towards the end that he submitted 3 prior arts to USPTO.

  19. Re:Prior Art Disallows Patent Applications PERIOD. on Questionable Patents From MakerBot · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to the exchange on stackexchange.com referenced in the article, apparently you can submit up to 3 free. Beyond that, there's a fee.

  20. Bad idea especially... on Should Tesla Make Batteries Instead of Electric Cars? · · Score: 1

    agreed.

    Especially since then Tesla would be putting all of it's eggs in one basket and in the investing world...that's a big no-no (I'm more amazed that this "bond manager" is even a manager...let alone a bond one).

    Plus recent history with A123 Systems should also say "no" to the battery-only route.

  21. depends on Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    I think it depends on a number of factors such as the one giving the lecture, the material covered by the lecture, the environment in which the lecture is given, and the one receiving the lecture.

    I've had classes in the past that...well...the room was just not that comfortable to listen to a lecture (it was a 3hr class in a slightly overcrowded/warm room in the evening and it was a boring biology class; insta-sleep time).

    I've also had classes where the lecturers (this particular class had 3 different professors; it was an American Studies/history class) all give lectures which were material to the class and were on the exams.
    Oddly, I found the lectures interesting and was able to absorb the information better than my other classmates who took notes (I did not take notes and according to the professors, the first ever to do so and get a decent grade).

    Then I've had classes where the hands-on part was more interesting such as physics with lasers (sadly, there were no sharks).

    In essence, a YMMV situation.

  22. camera, light, securing... on Physicists Turn 8MP Smartphone Camera Into a Quantum Random Number Generator · · Score: 1

    Hmmmm...camera, capturing light (or image), then using that to secure something......reminds me of Johnny Mnemonic.
    Just need Ice-T and it'll be complete.

  23. but will it play Crysis?

    that said, what sort of memory (short-term storage) is used? Would that be the current bottleneck?
    It would definitely be interesting to see how this continues to develop.
    It might be too late for bitcoins but perhaps one of the altcoins can benefit.
    Or for weather prediction/modeling.

    Then again, the dark side comes to mind to (skynet, SID 6.7, etc.)

  24. Re:Sorry, Mr. Becket on CISPA 3.0: the Senate's New Bill As Bad As Ever · · Score: 0

    I've never voted for her since I don't share her views.

    the funny thing is...with regards to the NSA spying stuff, neither do her constituents.

  25. so.....they've solved everything else including... on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 1

    so.....they've solved everything else including...world hunger?

    yea....on a side note, you are luckily....ff on my machine goes to 1.8GB in just a few hours....usually tops off at around 2.4GB until I have to 86 it.

    oh, and for the AC, 4) repeat 3