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  1. Re:Essentially a dupe from 3 months ago on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 1

    You have to wonder how a cable like that gets released.....didn't they plug it in even once?
    Stuff like that makes me start to believe stories about people who got electrocuted while talking on a charging phone.......

  2. Re:The oncoming destruction on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    by the time it's over the entire stock market will be worth the price of a used Buick.

    The price of a used Buick? Wow. So....then I come along and buy the entire stock market and get rich off dividends? Sounds good to me!

  3. Re:Essentially a dupe from 3 months ago on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is a new development. Benson Leung found a cable so bad it destroyed his analyzing equipment, and he says he won't be able to do reviews anymore because of it. The cable was actually missing wires internally, among other things.

  4. Re:Slower chips but multiple cores on Intel Says Chips To Become Slower But More Energy Efficient (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Give me double clock-speed over a second core any time.

  5. Re:Like commercial airplanes on Intel Says Chips To Become Slower But More Energy Efficient (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    But the price of a transatlantic flight was something like 10 times more expensive back then (adjusting for inflation). Air travel has been improving consistently over time.

  6. Re:Open Source on Samsung's AdBlock Fast Removed From the Play Store (androidheadlines.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there are other aspects he dislikes about Android, and he is supporting some open-source hardware projects, but "complicated UI for allowing third-party software" is not his concern lol

  7. Re:How about we treat the rest of the world better on Marco Rubio Wants To Permanently Extend NSA Mass Surveillance (nationaljournal.com) · · Score: 1

    ok, I'll vote for you

  8. Re:Microsoft will generally not brick your compute on Have Your iPhone 6 Repaired, Only To Get It Bricked By Apple (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    You're still free, however, to either put some of the old components back so that that's no longer the case, or boot Linux on the thing instead.

    Or buy another Windows license, or call Microsoft and tell them what happened......
    There are plenty of options in the Windows case that aren't available in the iOS case.

  9. Re:Open Source on Samsung's AdBlock Fast Removed From the Play Store (androidheadlines.com) · · Score: 2

    So, before you keep going all RMS and howling about how it's not pure enough for you .

    Even RMS doesn't seem to care about the setting being 'difficult to find. Especially since you can install your own version of the OS. His biggest worry is that some drivers are binary blobs.

  10. The USA repeatedly claims the role of 'world police' but most times it invokes isolationist policies and avoids large conflicts.

    Usually when Americans use the phrase 'world police' it is in the context of something like, "We are not the world police! We should not get involved!"
    Most Americans don't want to get involved, but a lot of Americans are worried things will get worse if we don't (for example, when we didn't get involved in the lead-up to WW2).

  11. Re:APorsche Self-Drive? on Porsche Builds Photovoltaic Pylon, Offsetting Luddite Position On Self-Drive (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Even if Porsche invested a lot of money in self-driving research, they probably wouldn't get it first, or best. They would end up licensing the technology from Google or others.
    So might as well save their money and instead focus on their core competency, and if demand for a self-driving Porsche ever arises, license the technology.

  12. Re:You must construct additional pylons on Porsche Builds Photovoltaic Pylon, Offsetting Luddite Position On Self-Drive (thestack.com) · · Score: 1
  13. This is a fallacy known as a hasty generalization.

    And yours is an example of the fallacy fallacy.
    My point still stands, and I doubt you would disagree with it, that if people want to wage jihad on America, they can find an excuse that will get others to their side. When people already believe you are the great satan, how hard is it really to convince them that the great satan caused their crops to fail? Or any other similar thing that goes wrong.......

  14. Re:Oh good, a reason on Marco Rubio Wants To Permanently Extend NSA Mass Surveillance (nationaljournal.com) · · Score: 1

    One of Sander's nicest traits is that he'll be a counterweight to the Republican controlled congress, so they won't be able to do anything too crazy.
    When either party gets too much control of government, they start making stupid decisions.

  15. Re:How about we treat the rest of the world better on Marco Rubio Wants To Permanently Extend NSA Mass Surveillance (nationaljournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Somewhere in all this there has got to be a balance between just not getting involved and being the world's policeman, between bombing the heck out of one group, arming another group or letting the world to it's own devices,

    Let me know when you figure that out.

  16. But even if they do get radicalized, the question is who becomes their primary target.

    The problem is that radical muslims hate our culture, and as a practical matter things from our culture are going to 'invade' them more and more, as the transportation/communication improves. Osama Bin Ladin didn't just hate our music, he hated the fact that we had any music (whether music is appropriate was a big controversy in Christianity too, over centuries, but now it's mostly not).

    furthermore to see US as generally "in the same camp" on account of also being Christian.

    Indeed. That has been a difficulty for some Muslims I know who immigrated to America. It took them a while to accept that I can be a good person, even if I am a heretic.

  17. Re:Oh good, a reason on Marco Rubio Wants To Permanently Extend NSA Mass Surveillance (nationaljournal.com) · · Score: 0

    Rubio is a smooth-talking slimeball who will change his opinion to whatever will get him elected. Other than that, he doesn't seem much worse than the average American (which is really a reflection on the average American, and average person for that matter).

    Right now on the Republican side, John Kasich looks kind of interesting. A long track record of supporting balanced budgets, fiscal sanity, and that sort of thing. Seems like a nice guy towards poor people, etc.

    He's not very good at debating, though.

  18. Re:Fundamentals on Marco Rubio Wants To Permanently Extend NSA Mass Surveillance (nationaljournal.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Regime changes to install US friendly governments tend to piss a lot of people off.

    Read a report from an ex-jihadist who had become radicalized because he was upset when the US didn't intervene quickly enough in Bosnia. So it really doesn't matter what the US does, it can be used by jihadists for recruiting purposes.

  19. Re:should be interesting on Julian Assange May Surrender To British Police On Friday (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    Bonus: google translate can't figure it out when written in ASCII.
    Translation: Morkobka restaurant. Sex and Breakfast.

  20. Re:should be interesting on Julian Assange May Surrender To British Police On Friday (twitter.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The UN working group on human rights has no authority to do much of anything. Here is the current membership. After making a decision, they will work with the countries involved to help them "Do the Right Thing." They can't force England or Sweden to let him go.

  21. Re:Want big Hollywood movies? Eliminate Hollywood on Torrents Time Lets Anyone Launch Their Own Web Version of Popcorn Time · · Score: 2

    Your comment adds nothing to the conversation.
    Instead of accusing him of a "false dichotomy," explain the third option, and all of us will be enlightened. You're currently low on the pyramid.

  22. Ray Crock's principle of "The Customer is always right" is great until the customer comes to believe that this should be the case every time. As soon as that's the case it is an unrealistically high car to set on a customer service experience, because instead of "errors are always in the customers favour" the customer views it as, "if a mistake was made, I am due a large payout or extra swag" leading us to a society of complainers form the start.

    It gets especially bad once the customers start yelling and being rude to the employees. At that point, sometimes you need to push them out the door.
    In some cases companies encourage it though, by giving attention to the loudest yeller, and ignoring people who are polite.

  23. Re:Not enough content on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    Thanks :)

  24. Re:Firehose stories on front page on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    You're right, that did it.

  25. Re:Overhaul comment system. on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    It means everyone's comment gets a chance to be moderated at the top.