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  1. Re:Tech trends are hilarious on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    saving from a problem that we didn't even know existed.

    In that case the answer is systemd.

  2. Re:No on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone else remember when XML was going to do all that?

  3. Re:Burnish their image? on Uber Gives Free Rides to Shelters During Hurricane Irma (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a rather odd turn of phrase, even if it does make sense. Makes me wonder what language it was automatically translated from.

  4. How does spending all your time on that one language for n years get you 2n years of experience anyway?

    I don't know. Who said it did?

  5. Re: EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That's because he also often criticises and rarely makes claims of his own.

    But when he does, boy does he do it!

    Islamists are responsible for about 5% of terror attacks in the US and 2% in Europe.

  6. Re:When you have a hammer on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't even need that. As long as you know that Don't Fear The Reaper (original studio album version) was played you can just look up the cowbell player, assuming it was ever known in the first place.

  7. Oh yeah... on Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    This disconnect between the person who composed a song, the person who recorded it, and the subsequent plays, has led to problems like writers and artists not getting paid for their work

    I'm totally sure that's the reason.

  8. Re:If Apple were a democracy ... on Leaks Reveal New Features In Apple's Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    ... and costs 300 bucks.

  9. Re:I'm curious about the facial recognition on Leaks Reveal New Features In Apple's Next iPhone · · Score: 2

    They want my fingers? They'll have to pry them from my cold ... dead ...

    Oh, fuck it.

  10. a brand new feature called 'Animoji' on Leaks Reveal New Features In Apple's Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    a brand new feature called 'Animoji'

    Is there a noSJW app to make it go away?

  11. Hawker on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hawker, later known as Hawker-Siddeley. Also responsible for typhoons and tempests.

  12. Re:The US should take some responsibility... on Should British Hacker Lauri Love Be Tried In America? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    is not the first time that some mentally disabled idiot from abroad has been wandering around inside important systems.

    Shit, are birthers still a thing?

  13. Their jurisdiction is everywhere. They don't mess about with warrants and all that, they just
    BRB. Door. ,;';o()*
    no carrier

  14. Re:Oh joy.... on Leaks Reveal New Features In Apple's Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, shit gives shits to old people! No, wait...

  15. Re:Of course not on Should British Hacker Lauri Love Be Tried In America? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The UK government has been handing people over with no questions asked for as long as I can remember, whereas it's all but impossible the other way round because of the constitution and how judges interpret it.

    Sod the merits of the individual case, he shouldn't be extradited unless and until it works both ways.

  16. Re:China appears to be shooting for EV dominance on China Builds World's Largest EV Charging Network With 167,000 Stations (247wallst.com) · · Score: 1

    There were probably a dozen or so school buses for the school.

    We only had six. Mind you, ours were the long kind.

  17. Re:China appears to be shooting for EV dominance on China Builds World's Largest EV Charging Network With 167,000 Stations (247wallst.com) · · Score: 2

    If it wasn't for the kind of "protectionism" that people complain about the Chinese doing, i.e. safety regulations and import duty

    Right, because those are the only kinds of protectionism the Chinese engage in. And they should be allowed to call powdered plastic milk if they want, because it's part of their tradition or something.

  18. Re: China appears to be shooting for EV dominance on China Builds World's Largest EV Charging Network With 167,000 Stations (247wallst.com) · · Score: 1

    Such a thing is totally unAmerican. Remember, as Yogi Berra said, the business of America is business.

    You're supposed to buy the government.

  19. Re:not looking to contribute to any "language war" on Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    He said "contribute to a language war". Learn to read.

  20. Re: Python was first released in 1991 on Is Python Really the Fastest-Growing Programming Language? (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    Whitespace is the equivalent of silence, so it's compatible with the 5th.

  21. As Angus Deayton used to say ... on TechCrunch: Equifax Hack-Checking Web Site Is Returning Random Results (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So, no change there then.

  22. Re: Do the math on TechCrunch: Equifax Hack-Checking Web Site Is Returning Random Results (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    If he hadn't invented the internet this hack wouldn't have occurred. Therefore, Obama is a Kenyan. QED.

  23. the langauge people are having the most trouble with

    Is that an instrument for measuring your network?

  24. Well when you're 18 you might have to deal with HR drones. They already require 2n years of actual paid experience where n is how long the thing has existed, so splitting your time among multiple languages doesn't help.

  25. It's growing even faster than you think, because half of it is invisible.