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  1. Re: No on Learning To Program Is Getting Harder (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    How strange, I did Z80 assembly on the TRS-80 at age 12, one program I wrote copied any program tape, even the "copy protected" ones with initial loader section to then load different baud rate main section. Motivation and interest make the difference in whether someone with a computer learns something

  2. Re:Mistating the situation on Ask Slashdot: Could Linux Ever Become Fully Compatible With Windows and Mac Software? · · Score: 1

    Wrong, I've been using a Linux desktop as my main home platform for almost 20 year and I can have a new desktop up and function in less than 25 minutes, much less than it takes to set up a windows box.

  3. Re:So Apple employees are to stupid for their hous on Apple's New Spaceship Campus Has One Flaw -- and It Hurts (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    don't know about your workplace but can't function without smartphone at mine. multi-factor authentication one reason, system alerts another, besides the meeting reminders and yes actual phone calls

  4. Re:Wow! what a surprise on Ultra-Processed Foods May Be Linked To Cancer, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    yes, our lifespans have decreased dramatically in the past two centuries.

    except they haven't.

    refrigeration of food is a small part of my electric bill; refrigerators are insulated well

  5. Re:I don't care *why* they get paid less! on Female Uber Drivers Get Paid Less Than Men, Says Study (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    there are already apps for that, it's just that you don't get to ride in a car

  6. Re:Summary of the debate - what Oxford comma is on Maine Dairy Company Settles Lawsuit Over Oxford Comma (bostonmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    It is the "serial comma"; let's leave "Oxford comma" and/or "Harvard comma" to hipsters, bloggers, and trendy fad followers.

    âoeCommas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim." -- E.B. White

  7. Re:You can't stop it.. on Pornhub Is Banning AI-Generated 'Deepfakes' Porn Videos (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    or put your favorite politician or coworker into the Wicker Man

    "NOT THE BEES!!!!"

  8. Re:Today Employee Healthcare, Tomorrow... on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    of course firing someone for health issues is illegal though, wait till the first time that shows up after a subpoena.

  9. but the vehicle itself was only about 10% of cost of launch, so $110M in todays money for a Saturn V which didn't need multiple launches to get men to the moon compared to $90M for a Musk 8 oz bottle rocket.

    Yes I watched first man walk on moon, live.

  10. Re:Just asking on Scientists Create a New Form of Matter: Superionic Water Ice (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Water is said to have "low compressibility", but still it is compressible. Sound wouldn't travel in water were that not the case. Amazing though that at 4 km of depth with 400 atmospheres of pressure, water compresses less than 2 percent!

  11. Re:The least the could do ... on False Tsunami Warning Sent To the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    oh noes they'll be shooting at people who walk funny and grunt, Tom Hardy would be a goner.

  12. someone over age 50? not every crowd has them but our launching capacity is truly pathetic these days. We're not going to Mars with that bottle rocket.

  13. Re:Today Employee Healthcare, Tomorrow... on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Oxfam is incorrect, none of the men listed are the elite and none of them are the richest. Guess again, here's a hint: banking cartel.

  14. a rocket system with much less payload capability than the ones of 40 years ago doesn't make me feel that way.

  15. Re:I don't care *why* they get paid less! on Female Uber Drivers Get Paid Less Than Men, Says Study (recode.net) · · Score: 0

    they can make extra tips giving head and handjobs.

    problem solved.

  16. Re:I know this was BBC, but on YouTube Kids App Still Showing Disturbing Videos (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    indeed, father gave me pocket knife at age 10 and showed me how to sharpen knives. Also, he taught me how to solder, grind damaged screwdriver blade, file parts, etc.

    geez god forbid our children learn to safely use tools

  17. so some taxi companies (using meaning of ride for hire) are slower than others, doesn't invalidate my point about self-driving cars not causing anything that hasn't already occurred.

  18. uber is a taxi

    any taxi company can do all those things you list and some already do

    you're confused.

  19. Re:Bitcoin won't be regulated, fiat/btc exchange w on US Regulators To Back More Oversight of Virtual Currencies (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    wrong, and communication between your server and a foreign one can fall under law. Already laws for fraud and terrorism can be invoked to inspect or seize your server, and more can be created.

  20. Re:No Parking Forever on Uber and Lyft Want You Banned From Using Your Own Self-Driving Car in Urban Areas (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why didn't that happen decades ago with taxis? what's the difference?

  21. Re:This is why I use a credit union on Wells Fargo Hit With 'Unprecedented' Punishment Over Fake Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    pffft, someone was just putting invented tripe in the middle of the normal definition. It's not a real thing, while capitalism and socialism are.

  22. Re:This is why I use a credit union on Wells Fargo Hit With 'Unprecedented' Punishment Over Fake Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    socialism is done at government level though and controls ALL companies. Owners of a company are not practicing socialism, an outsider doesn't get a piece of the pie

  23. Re:The Very Reason Bitcoin Was Invented on Five Major Credit Cards Are Now Blocking Cryptocurrency Purchases (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    when they go broke they will

  24. Re:Irony on Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs (complex.com) · · Score: 1

    no they'll both be produced as niche formats for a while, doubtful it would last half a generation (~15 years) though

  25. Re:This is why I use a credit union on Wells Fargo Hit With 'Unprecedented' Punishment Over Fake Accounts (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    silly, socialism has nothing to do with it. or you think companies with stocks and stockholders are socialism too? hahaha, my sides