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  1. Visa "Key Statistics" on Sweden's Cash-Free Future Looms -- and Not Everyone Is Happy About It · · Score: 1

    Profit Margin (ttm): 45.59%
    Operating Margin (ttm): 65.40%


    Note: This is VERY profitable, twice as profitable as AAPL, for example.

  2. When they outlaw cash... on Sweden's Cash-Free Future Looms -- and Not Everyone Is Happy About It · · Score: 1

    Only criminals will have cash.

    But I'm not sure what they will spend it on.

  3. Re:Stage Left on Did Google and the Hour of Code Get "Left" and "Right" Wrong? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Obviously you do not know what Port and Starboard mean... by definition they are unambiguous.

  4. Good Time on Software Error Releases Up To 3,200 Inmates Early (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 0

    How about you do your "Good Time" on your own time. E.g. don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.

    Once you are caught and sentenced, that's it. Do the time. If you don't behave in prison, you get MORE time.

    criminals do what criminals do.

  5. The world would be better with fewer people.

    Volunteers?

    Thought not. There's your problem.

  6. oblig. FTFY on Theremin's Bug Let Soviets Spy On USA For More Than 7 Years (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts

  7. SuperFish Taco on Second Root Cert-Private Key Pair Found On Dell Computer (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    New and improved! Now with AquAdvantage!

  8. journalists... on Sabotage Blacks Out Millions In Crimea · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There are fewer and fewer journalists, every year.

    "all your news is belong to us" (yahoo, facebook, google...)

    Yes, I am aware of the irony of using google in my link.

  9. One third of their time? on CIOs Spend a Third of Their Time On Security (enterprisersproject.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is that more or less than the percentage spend on porn?

  10. Re:Why? on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 1

    Turns out "the force" is really the embodiment of solipsism.

  11. Re:Lucas not having control to do what he wanted on George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars" · · Score: 2

    Because you can't have your $4 Billion dollar cake, and eat it too?

  12. What's unfair? on Controversy Over High-Tech Brooms Sweeps Through Sport of Curling · · Score: 1

    I don't know what's unfair, but I know it when I see it.

    apologies to judge Potter.

  13. OT: power use question on AMD Launches Radeon R9 380X, Fastest GPU Under $250 (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    When they say 190W "board power", I'm thinking holy cow - that is about $40 a month in electricity (here in socal, in the high tier).

    But that's assuming 190W draw, 24/7... So how much power do video cards really use? Assuming in typical use; mostly normal apps, some gaming, a lot of screen asleep time... does anyone have an idea?

  14. Re:This on Value of University Degree Continues To Decline (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How many of these degrees look like they will lead to a job? To be sure there are many, that are good degrees, and if it weren't considered a microagression to point it out, most sane people can also point out those degrees that one should probably not go into debt to acquire. Or certainly not complain about it if that is one's choice.

  15. This on Value of University Degree Continues To Decline (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In the context of the article, it seems to me "overqualified" means - you bought an education which you cannot use / do not need for your work.

    E.g. having a university degree is "overqualified" for a barista job. Sadly, there are many (usually non STEM) degrees for which there is literally zero demand by employers. Where are the counselors on the front end of the university acceptance process? Hmm, seems like they just take students for the good of the school, not the needs of the student, or society.

  16. Some anit-religious restrictions... on Grow Your Daily Protein At Home With an Edible Insect Desktop Hive · · Score: 1

    This, for example, seems like a good idea of telling you what not to eat (or at least how it is is prepared)

    The British Veterinary Association, along with citizens who have assembled a petition with 100,000[20] signatures, have raised concerns regarding a proposed halal abattoir in Wales, in which animals are not to be stunned prior to killing.

    Concern about slaughtering, without prior stunning, has resulted in the religious slaughter of animals being banned in Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.


    source

  17. Get a real watch on TAG Heuer Launches "Connected" Android Wear Smartwatch With Intel Inside (hothardware.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The point is, if you want a real watch, that will still be nice 100 years from now, don't get a "smart watch", that's just dumb.

    If you want a "smart watch", get the cheapest one that suits your needs - it will be trash in less than 4 years.

  18. Re: The NSA circumventing security measures? on Somebody Just Claimed a $1 Million Bounty For Hacking the iPhone (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    in ways unintended by the manufacturer

    It works that way, it was manufactured, it passed QA and was sold. Of course it was intended to work that way. Q.E.D.

  19. Re:Laptop on Ask Slashdot: Securing a Journalist's Laptop Against a Police Search? · · Score: 1

    Well now that we know about the hollow coins, there will just be a "leave a pound, take a pound" exchange set up as you go thru security.

  20. They will be Perscription only on New Artificial Fingerprints Feel Texture, Hear Sound (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    When they outlaw artificial fingerprints, only criminals will have artificial fingerprints.

    You can take my fingerprints when you pry them from my cold dead hands.

  21. Yes! Tell various governments too! on The Coming Tech Gig Economy (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    stop using dedicated company specific processes

    It makes me cringe every time I hear of another over budget, behind schedule, massive software boondoggle that some government bureaucracy or another has blown, and is now "starting over"... Really? You can't outsource payroll? Sheesh.

  22. Be careful of what you wish for... on Despite Takedown, the Dridex Botnet Is Running Again (sans.edu) · · Score: 2

    You might well end up with only "certified", "licensed" (and "taxed") software distributions that you must "subscribe" to, and accept all automatic updates.

    Running unauthorized software will be illegal.

    Problem solved.

  23. This is why we can't have a nice civilization on Mimic, the Evil Script That Will Drive Programmers To Insanity (github.com) · · Score: 1

    It is much easier to destroy than to create.

    Values of "destroy" range from petty theft, vandalism, gaming the system, being a jerk, apathy and sloth, active sabotage, and outright war.

    Be nice, even if nobody is watching. Looters should be shot.

  24. To paraphrase on ESR On Why the FCC Shouldn't Lock Down Device Firmware (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    When they outlaw X, only criminals (and government agencies) will have X.

  25. Pork is culturally insensitive. on Majority of EU Nations Seek Opt-Out From Growing GM Crops · · Score: 1

    There will be a move to ban pork soon too.