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  1. Re:EDM? Maybe 15 years ago on Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    The surest sign of getting senile is to start complaining about "kids today". You tend to forget that most of the things you are complaining about were common when you were young.
    Now that I am getting older, I often catch my friends complaining about kids today. I point out that they did the same stuff when they were young and they don't react well.

  2. Re: YAY for coal? on California Will Close Its Last Nuclear Power Plant (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 2

    Sorry, I missed the "not" in your message. You are right. I was confused

  3. Re: More than one dangerous fault here on California Will Close Its Last Nuclear Power Plant (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 0

    Japan did such a good job with Fukushima

  4. Re: YAY for coal? on California Will Close Its Last Nuclear Power Plant (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 1

    All cases

  5. Tesla to the rescue! on Senior Citizens Will Lead the Self-Driving Revolution (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm 70 and have a Tesla. The car gets regular software updates to improve it's Autopilot and safe driving capabilities.
    I'm hoping that the car will improve at least as fast as my abilities decline so it can take over as I become feeble.

  6. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Because I'm not an asshole

  7. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Any time there is any latitude for discretion in awarding compensation (and there is always the ability to modify compensation based of some intangible factors) the data shows that you will have discrimination against women and people of color.

  8. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    You have no data to support your hypothesis. It's just biased speculation.
    You are right. No point in continuing this conversation until you can come up with some data to support your ideas.

  9. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you read?
    The reference is to multiple studies backed up with real data.
    Stop whinging and read then try to find some data to support you speculation.
    Here's the data.
    http://www.epi.org/blog/black-...

  10. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I provided data.
    Do you have anything other than speculation?

  11. Stop whinging and get some data.

  12. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Long-winded rationalizations are a waste of time.
    Do you have any data?

  13. Re: Recipe for disaster on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Please provide some authoritative evidence instead of bringing up irrelevant minutia.
    I don't think you can.

  14. The report does differentiate by industry. Your arguments are specious.

  15. Your argument may have convinced you but all I see is denial.

  16. ... and regardless of industry or occupation, there is significant race and gender inequality.

  17. I'm saying that there is race and gender inequality no matter how you slice and dice it.

  18. Manufacturing industry sales people are not "retail sales people".

  19. This chart (#7) finds pay disparities on race and gender across all occupations:
    http://www.epi.org/publication...

  20. Gender and racial inequality holds across all job classifications.
    Chart #7 of this series http://www.epi.org/publication...

    On average, black women workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar relative to white non-Hispanic men, after controlling for education, years of experience, and location (using 2016 data). This distressing statistic reflects the dual inequities faced by black women—they are subject to both a racial pay gap and a gender pay gap. A key focus of those committed to a fairer economy should be closing these gaps and accelerating economic progress for black women. A number of myths block steps toward real solutions, including the myth that racial and gender pay gaps are simply due to black women making unconstrained choices to pursue careers that pay less. In reality, occupational segregation is not simply a voluntary choice, but is clearly affected by discrimination both before and after people begin their careers. Further, racial and gender pay gaps persist even within occupations.

    The chart shows the average wages of black women and white men in a range of occupations. In every occupation shown—both female-dominated and male-dominated—black women earn less than white men. White male physicians and surgeons earn, on average, $18.00 per hour more than black women doing the same job ($54.94 versus $36.94). The gap for retail salespersons is also shocking, at more than $9.00 an hour ($20.12 versus $10.99). The data confirm that black women are underpaid, period.

  21. With all the hype and panic about these vulnerabilities, it was refreshing to read Eben's clear, detailed tutorial on processor architecture and how these exploits work (and why the RPi isn't vulnerable).
    Highly recommend reading the article.

  22. I don't think this is the problem on White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Probably a good idea to ban personal devices when you have so much to hide.
    However, I doubt that this measure will have much effect. There are many much more serious problems in the WH than personal phones. It will be impossible to keep all this shit buried under the rug.
    I am rather enjoying the show of two senile old white guys brawling in public. Trying to prove who is more paranoid, delusional, hateful, racist and all around jerk.

  23. Re: Obsolete after three years? on Why Most Electric Cars Are Leased, Not Owned (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks. I guess I haven't been keeping up but LineageOS looks like it will do the trick.

  24. Re:Finally! on Asus Is Turning Its Old Routers Into Mesh Wi-Fi Networks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I have two Asus routers, RT-66 and RT-56. They are not particularly "old" but are too old for this new trick, apparently.
    Don't particularly need a mesh since I've got good coverage now.
    (I do appreciate that both of these routers do receive regular updates.)

  25. If the defect is in the microcode and they patch it in software, isn't it still vulnerable? Doesn't seem like it would be difficult to undo or work around the software patch to access the original defective microcode.