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  1. Re: But what if... on Amazon Prime Is a Blessing and a Curse For Remote Towns (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    They get together and coordinate their orders from other suppliers to reduce shipping costs. After a while, one person ends up managing all that full time and you've got a local retailer again.

  2. Re: Pearl clutch! Pearl clutch! on Vaccines May Soon Be Mandatory For Children In France (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Make me, you fat raghead redneck.

  3. Pearl clutch! Pearl clutch! on Vaccines May Soon Be Mandatory For Children In France (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    OMG OMG they're trying to kill children!

  4. InB4 the important question on Former Astronaut Julie Payette To Be Canada's Next Governor General (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: -1, Troll

    speaks six languages,
      an accomplished athlete, pianist and choral singer, A computer engineer with a commercial pilot license

    Whatever. How big are her jugs?

  5. Re:I've never understood the saying: on PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    He's talking about watching pr0n. I think.

  6. Re:CPU speed on PC Shipments Hit the Lowest Level In a Decade (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume you're not using a stock Intel heatsink. I have to throttle mine to 1.6G or it hits 80 [Celsius] if I run 4 mencoders in parallel.

    I know what the solution is, but that involves making a decision. Well two, actually.

  7. So from a financial POV it's more of an unSoundCloud?

  8. Re:An MBA can be expensive on SoundCloud Has Enough Money To Survive Only 80 Days, Report Claims (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How exactly am I going to generate enough hype to keep the VC funding coming in?
    - FTFY

  9. Re: Coding is now VocTech. on Early 'Coding School' Dev Bootcamp Is Shutting Down (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Ciders make good money for the most part.

    Only if they work for Apple.

  10. Re:I think I see the problem... on Early 'Coding School' Dev Bootcamp Is Shutting Down (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    So instead of being a coding bootcamp it was actually a coding bootcamp bootcamp? Xzibit aside, isn't that how it should be? There was presumably some weakness or omission in the original that the offspring remedied.

    Some people think that can happen with plants and even animals. Crazy talk, I know.

  11. Re:If you want moon rocks... on Private Company Plans To Bring Moon Rocks Back To Earth In Three Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Mine the other side, where nobody can see.

  12. Re:One line st a time... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 2

    I don't think I've ever not recognised my own code.

    But occasionally I wonder what the hell I was smoking and if I have any left.

  13. Re:Mistake in the first line on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Read Code? · · Score: 1

    With a little training, it's possible to read at speeds far higher than a human could speak.

    But without having to move actual physical lips etc. you could simulate speaking much faster.

    I don't know if I do or not. Thinking about it could change the result, couldn't it? I'm going to go off now and read something and try to work it out without actually thinking about it in case a huge marshmallow man appears.

    I suspect an MRI would give a more definitive answer.

  14. Almost identical to ice hockey.

  15. Re:Not True AI on After Go, Developers Are Now Building AI To Beat Us at Soccer (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    handing a tribe of Amazon Indians that's been in no contact with civilization the rule book and ask them to figure out how to play.

    Scotland try that for every major tournament.

  16. Re:The E-not-so-U on Google Spared $1.3 Billion Tax Bill With Victory In French Court (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you read the brackets in the wrong place, but I don't see why it's unreasonable for a country to require a registered address etc for any company doing regular[1] business there.

    [1] a bit more than selling a few knitted toilet roll covers to someone on the other side of the world via eBay.

  17. Absence of a soul on 'World's First Robot Lawyer' Now Available In All 50 States (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    n/c

  18. He is arguing for UBS from heaves sake.

    The Swiss bank? Is that where he stashes all his dough?

  19. So you know what conclusion to draw from that...

  20. The UK can beat that. A former banker who went to a private school where the fees are more than most people earn told us to jump and we said "how high?".

  21. I saw a documentary about him once[1]. He's quite funny and a lot sharper than most people would think.

    [1] I've forgotten what it was called, and probably so has he.

  22. For example, interrupting or diverting the thermohaline circulation would be "interesting"...

    Happen I'd best put another jumper on, then. Last time it were proper parky.

  23. Humans migrate all the time, for reasons other than war.

    We aren't talking about the Jones family from Cardiff moving to Australia. We're talking about the entire population of a country upping sticks and walking into another country.

    On that sort of scale it generally doesn't end well.

  24. Guess what, humans move when climate changes.

    Guess what, when humans move en masse to places where there are already humans it tends to be a less than harmonious affair.

  25. Re:Interesting quotes from TFA on Apple Sets Up China Data Center To Meet New Cybersecurity Rules (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    He was trying to imply that it can't be done full stop, but without actually saying so because he knows it's wrong.

    It's like when somebody says "to the best of my knowledge". Weasel words, salesman talk, lawyerese.

    What? They catch fire if you drive in third gear for more than 15 seconds? Well I didn't know about that...