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  1. It was shite.

    It had a brilliant thing where if you were in a directory and scrolled past the last file it silently went into the next directory. Which of course is exactly what you'd expect because that's what all file browsers do!

  2. Internet-as-a-Service on Cringley's Next 2019 Predictions: Only 3.5 Cloud Players Will Survive (cringely.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF is Internet-as-a-Service? As-a-Service usually means it's somewhere else and you have to give somebody a load of cash and use the internet to reach it.

    Do I need to buy more internets now?

  3. Re:Spreading division is profitable I guess on 'Captain Marvel' Smashes Box Office Record, Laughs Off Review-Bombing Trolls (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Some guys got upset over one quote out of context by the lead actress,

    Like they did with Liam Neeson? Oh, wait, that was different.

  4. Re:Which is why the gov't and larger orgs step in on After Amazon Increases Worker Wages, Whole Foods Responds By Cutting Worker Hours (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Boris Johnson reads slashdot? He'd have got a boner on from that - it's his vision of a golden age.

  5. A very long way of saying "Do the same stuff in less time". However it still doesn't answer the question I asked.

  6. Re:Yes, this works - and it's how I do it too... on Are People Who Take Frequent Breaks More Productive? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I call it a clergyman's daughter.

  7. Re:Depends on the job. on Are People Who Take Frequent Breaks More Productive? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    One-size-fits-all rules like this are basically bullshit statistical naval gazing.

    Are you a Mahanian? I slightly prefer Corbett myself.

  8. Re:Question on Are People Who Take Frequent Breaks More Productive? (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    WW1 veterans said the same thing. Most of the time there's bugger all to do, waiting for Jerry (or in your case, India) to attack.

    Of course, they didn't have the interwebs in them days, and eggs were a farthing per half dozen - if you could get them.

  9. The first genetically-modified animal for human consumption could be arriving in grocery stores across the United States

    Would there be the possibility that some of it may be kindly purveyed upon us in the soon-to-be 51st state?
    --
    J. Rees-Mogg c/o The Houses Of Parliament, London.

  10. Re:Wow, the authoritarians must REALLY be scared on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I never said it was. Work on your vocabulary, perhaps?

  11. Re:I wouldn't worry much on Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no cake. The cake is a lie.

  12. Indeed. But saying "it was them!" is pretty much on Farage's level.

    A better refutation would be on the actual merits of the system. It codified the categories (A=cosmetically perfect, B=edible but a bit spotty), IIRC. This may well make perfect sense if you're in the banana business.

  13. What do you think "amount of productivity" means?

  14. Extra spare time that they can use honing their C#/Unity skills and doing more research for their investment portfolios!

  15. Re: The summary is ridiculous and false-dichotomic on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    There are some round here (rtb61 springs to mind) that appear to have several. Maybe they could donate some of their spares?

  16. Re: They got her money on Tufts Expelled a Student For Grade Hacking. She Claims Innocence (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    She didn't have an alabai

    A what? There's no prize for guessing how much student debt you racked up.

  17. I was at a pool in Belgium and a kid got into trouble. They either didn't have this system or it's slower than a human, because no alarm went off but the instructor spotted it in pretty short order and rescued him.

  18. Re:O.K., But what were the other options? on A Doctor Remotely Told A Patient He Was Going To Die Using A Video-Link Robot (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    was he doing lift-saving surgery

    Yes, on someone with elevatord blood pressure.

    TY,IHAW, etc.

  19. Re: Wow, the authoritarians must REALLY be scared on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's embarrassing living under a queen.

    Don't be silly, most people don't bat an eyelash at that kind of thing these days.

  20. I'm 93 you know on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Imagine if we'd had bureaucratic nonsense like that in 1940 when we were building Spitfires out of old saucepans & school railings and you couldn't get oranges. The beastly Germans would have ended up running the whole bloody continent!

  21. Re:Yeah - they'll be asleep. on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Before joining the EU the UK was known as the "sick man of Europe", even in the UK.

    Every country has had that nickname at one time or another.

    Except Pakistan, obviously. Are you still malingering behind the lines or have they sent you to the front yet?

  22. Re:Wow, the authoritarians must REALLY be scared on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    And if you were one of the ones that hasn't (yet), would your priority be to get one with 60M people or 420M?

  23. Re:Yeah - they'll be asleep. on Satellite Magnate Argues Post-Brexit Britain Will Be 'Lost In Space' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What could be more "closed off from the world" than being a member of the European Union.

    North Korea.

    Do I win five pounds?

  24. The bananas thing is penalty

    Nah, just a free kick.

    even more stupid thank you

    You're welcome.

    Speech-to-text playing up?

  25. Re:Does it matter? on Google Found it Paid Men Less Than Women For the Same Job (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Careful, you'll set the Creimertards off.