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  1. Re: Yes, so limit what you share on Are We Living in a World Where You Can't Opt Out of Data Sharing? (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 2

    Someone recently has been working hard to prove Betteridge's law of headlines wrong.

  2. Re: Keynes 15 hour work week vs Parkinson's Law on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    But that is not correct. There are plenty of part time jobs. People like you won't take them though because they like their current standard of living. To be fair, most people in the world agree with you on that preference.

  3. Re: Keynes 15 hour work week vs Parkinson's Law on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You completely avoided the main point though. You wouldn't be willing to reduce your hours if it meant a lower standard of living, at least most people wouldn't. You're more likely to find someone wanting more hours than someone wanting less hours.

  4. Re: Keynes 15 hour work week vs Parkinson's Law on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah whatever, you know you wouldn't take fewer hours if it meant less money.

  5. Re: Keynes 15 hour work week vs Parkinson's Law on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you care so much about being out competed?

  6. Re: Keynes 15 hour work week vs Parkinson's Law on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    The fifteen hour work week hasn't happened because people would rather have a higher standard of living rather than working 15 hours. Most likely you are among them.

  7. Re: "Docker and Kubernetes" on Google Releases Open Source Framework For Building 'Enclaved' Apps For Cloud (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I still think your build and deploy process sucks. If it can't handle minor differences in environment it's too fragile.

  8. Re: Viral Marketing on Forty Years of Spam Email (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    IMO it's just a matter of cooking it right. Eating it raw is a bad idea but on the flip side spam musubi tastes really good.

  9. Re:Reserving CVE numbers is a meta-security hole. on 'Next Generation' Flaws Found on Computer Processors (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Arguably, knowing that vulnerability disclosures are coming reduces the value of current and upcoming products and can even have an effect on stock prices.

    That would be the best thing to happen in security in the last two decades (since ssh was invented, basically). Companies would suddenly start caring about security.

  10. Re:"Docker and Kubernetes" on Google Releases Open Source Framework For Building 'Enclaved' Apps For Cloud (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    When I see a company that is deploying docker containers on AWS, I see a company that has a shitty build system. They can't write simple scripts to install software (and the key is to keep them simple).

    This is especially true because on AWS you already start with images in a known state, you don't have a lot of special cases here (which would be the case if you were deploying to end-user desktop machines). I guess most programmers have trouble figuring stuff out or something.

  11. Re:"Docker and Kubernetes" on Google Releases Open Source Framework For Building 'Enclaved' Apps For Cloud (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, Docker is built for running trusted software, not untrusted software.

    If you want to run untrusted software, VMware was designed for that.......but doesn't do a great job. If you're running Linux, it's not hard to set up your own container. If you're using BSD, you can set up a jail.

  12. Re: Money Laundering on Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Europe wanted to be cheated. They knew how bad Greece was, but unity seemed more important. California is doing the same thing about how much the high speed rail will cost, and Obamacare did also. Politicians lie because people want to be lied to. "It will be alright."

  13. Re: FP on Ask Slashdot: What Should I Study? · · Score: 1

    Java strings are an API that is functional even though it is in an oop language. Each time you make a transformation on a string you get a new string, the strings themselves are immutable.

  14. Re: FP on Ask Slashdot: What Should I Study? · · Score: 1

    Programming with pure functions is a great idea that reduces bugs. I do it even when I am using oop . It is not good in all situations of course, so it is a case of using the right tool for the job.

  15. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You get out of it what you put into it. If you are in the class anyway, find something interesting in it, and it will be easier and you will enjoy it more.

  16. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course if you have a counterexample of writing that someone didn't care about that turned out really good, I am happy to revise my opinion.

  17. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you don't enjoy playing the piano your playing will be trash. Robotic and derivative.

  18. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're a good writer and don't care maybe your writing will hit the high level of grocery store novel. But you won't hit the quality of Stephen King.

  19. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you can't find something interesting about a topic, how will you be able to present something interesting about it to someone else? Your lack of interest will show through in your writing.

  20. Is rather think of those high quality buses that drive across the Pacific ocean.

  21. Re: Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I will merely add to your comment that those lone wolf programmers that still exist who are worth mentioning, they typically have clear minded code that shows good communication skills.

  22. Hawaii has the nation's highest rate of homelessness, per state, but that number can be misleading. For one thing, it counts homeless individuals that were bussed from other states to get rid of them.

    Those are really good buses!

  23. I was with you up until:

    it's 19th century tech (that alone should be a death sentence!)

    This is a non-sequitur at best.

  24. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you don't like Shakespeare, you are missing out. I am sorry for you.

  25. Re:Cheating is stupid on Some YouTube Stars Are Being Paid To Sell Academic Cheating (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I was still able to write a good essay, but it was painfully dull to do it.

    Probably not. If you aren't interested in your own writing, no one else will be.