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  1. I am not a audiophile per say

    I can think of something else that you aren't.

  2. Re: Rust is becoming the de facto language on Learn To Code, It's More Important Than English as a Second Language, Says Apple CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A report from Forrester said that 97% of them are brilliant and one in six is a saint.

  3. Re:Those All Look Terrible on Google Is Really Good At Design · · Score: 1

    Joshua Topolsky? I wonder if that's his real name, or whether he's trying to be Joel Spolsky.

  4. Re:Same bullshit as other modern companies UIs... on Google Is Really Good At Design · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They use a left triangle for back, the same as your web browser and your VCR and your tape deck.

    No such button. A *right* pointing triangle means play. *Two* left triangles means rewind. Is that the same as "back"? Not really.

    Stop making things up.

  5. Joshua Topolsky Is Really Good At Being A Shill on Google Is Really Good At Design · · Score: 1

    n/c

  6. Re:Everyone should learn to code... on Learn To Code, It's More Important Than English as a Second Language, Says Apple CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    teaching programming in schools along side the three R's.

    If they were doing statistics the fourth R might actually be R.

  7. You can't really make something simpler than it is - but you can sure make something appear more complicated.

    Sometimes the writing is just shit. I've read the odd article about things that I already knew, and felt like I knew less after reading them.

  8. chemistry (chemical engineering)

    Chemical engineering isn't chemistry. It's fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and a few optional modules drawn from thermodynamics & fluid mechanics.

  9. If I was chequerboard patterned or had zebra stripes it wouldn't matter. In fact even if I was a frigging chameleon everything would still be my fault.

  10. Re:never be... on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    We need to wait for the Firefox tribe, the Gnome crowd, and Lennart Poettering to finish what they're doing now. Then it's just a matter of Elon Musk finding time to lead them.

    You'll have AI before you can say "Where's my plugins, in fact where's *anything*, and fuck binary logs with the devil's own dildo! In space!"

  11. Re:Clark's 1st Law on We're Too Wise For Robots To Take Our Jobs, Alibaba's Jack Ma Says (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    So we could solve the world's energy problems overnight by getting Stephen Hawking to say that perpetual motion machines are total bollocks?

  12. Re: a pattern lately on Evidence Suggests Updated Timeline Towards Yellowstone's Supervolcano Eruption (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're white he's saying it's your fault.

  13. Re:Chromebook is Intel, not ARM. on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Latin wasn't under classics, it was in the modern languages department.

  14. Because millenials see "vulcanology" and think it's something to do with Star Trek?

  15. Re:Need others to follow on Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year (inverse.com) · · Score: 2

    Is someone peddling ?

    Yes. The salesmen, generally.

  16. Re:Ignoring God's gift of coal is a sin! on Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    So it wouldn't change much, then?

  17. Re:First line of TFS and Guardian article are wron on Scientists Discover Ring Around Dwarf Planet Haumea Beyond Neptune · · Score: 1

    Didn't wotsisface do it - the space tyrant series?

  18. Of course you can return the money to the investors. You pay off outstanding debts and liquidate the corporation and divide up what's left.

    P.S. Palo Alto isn't in Germany.

  19. Re:chromebooks suck balls as an alternative on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Worst haiku EVER!

  20. Re:Chromebook is Intel, not ARM. on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They didn't teach us cursive at school. It hadn't been invented.

  21. The enemy side doesn't.

    Neat way to confirm what GP was saying.

  22. Re:Seems Legit on Unsent Text On Mobile Counts As a Will, Australian Court Finds (abc.net.au) · · Score: 0

    He could have forgot. He could have thought he sent it, but hit the wrong button.

    I don't know if you're an aspire or a troll, but it's not as clear cut as you seem to think.

  23. Facial detection is nothing new on PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, read that as facial defecation. As you were.

  24. Spock eyebrow thing on Amazon Finally Makes a Waterproof Kindle (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    one thicker side that tapers down on the other side, for one-handed reading.

    Hmm. And if it's waterproof I guess it's washable too. I could see this not spending much time in the lounge.

  25. Anyone else? on Unsent Text On Mobile Counts As a Will, Australian Court Finds (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    I read it as "usenet text". Anyone else?

    Shit, broke both rules there.