User: Hognoxious

Re:It's a rainforest without rain

On: Insect Collapse: 'We Are Destroying Our Life Support Systems' (theguardian.com)

DO you think those things don't migrate?

Better build a wall, just to be on the safe side. Get the spiders to pay for it.

Re:Tanned people are better mates?

On: There's No Such Thing as a Safe Tan (theconversation.com)

IN modern times, tans also are indicators of Leisure and therefore wealth, but historically that wasn't the case-- rich folks were a whiter shade of pale to specifically not be farmer-tanned.

I doubt evolution has had much effect on humans since Tudor times. Anything since the invention of writing is modern on evolutionary timescales.

Re:Solar is ideal for the Greek islands

On: Tesla Proposes Microgrids With Solar and Batteries To Power Greek Islands (electrek.co)

They could, power Las Vegas, by burning, your superfluous commas.

Re:Does Greece have money again then?

On: Tesla Proposes Microgrids With Solar and Batteries To Power Greek Islands (electrek.co)

That's just what they tell the tax authorities.

It's amazing how many luxury cars and swimming pools people who earn nothing can own.

Re:Simple solution

On: Too Many Workers Are Trapped By Non-Competes (bloomberg.com)

It's nothing to do with stealing trade secrets. That's actionable whether there's a non-compete or not.

Re:Can we quit with the myth that Python is slow ?

On: You Can Now Profile Python Using Arm Forge (arm.com)

Python programs that I wrote 15 years ago are still running in production.

If you'd written them in C they'd have finished by now.

Re:Does a printing press have Freedom of the Press

On: Do Social Media Bots Have a Right To Free Speech? (thebulletin.org)

the speech itself being tortuous.

You probably meant "tortious", but given your posting history I can see why the other word sprang to mind.

Re:Spoofed mac?

On: German Police Ask Router Owners For Help In Identifying a Bomber's MAC Address (zdnet.com)

someone thinks it will be a good laugh

Not many. It is Germany, after all.

Not to mention, you know, cocks and all that

On: SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com)

The technotopia they are trying to build is specifically designed to ensure there is no role for "ordinary people" in the world

Rubbish! Their lawns will need mowing, their houses will need cleaning, their brats' snotty noses will need wiping.

Re:yawn

On: SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com)

This is the guy who slept 3 hrs a day for weeks on the factory floor

*sniff* *sniff*

Anyone picking up hints of pointless empty gesture with undertones of publicity stunt?

Re:yawn

On: SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com)

Exactly. I've been waiting for some layoffs related to production for quite some time.

Perhaps it would be better if they'd shed the shills.

Re:Systemd: Conflict of interest?

On: Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com)

I've had precisely one problem with an init script, ever. It was that long ago I found the solution in an actual paper book.

Every systemd based distro I've even tried has given me problems of some kind.

Re:Don't care. No one really does.

On: Ocean Warming is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds (nytimes.com)

Or in cartoons where a tree is falling and the character runs along rather than across.

Re:Thats what you get for running systemd

On: Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet (bleepingcomputer.com)

Xzibit here - can one of the services in the list of services start a list of services?

Ob

On: Ocean Warming is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds (nytimes.com)

So how fast is thought accelerating?

Re: Is There Any Chance Of Sentient Beings?

On: Astronomers Discover 13 New Fast Radio Bursts From Deep Space (nationalgeographic.com)

Ever been mistaken for a man, Vasquez?

Re:DirecTV

On: AT&T Preps For New Layoffs Despite Billions In Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors (vice.com)

It does! Any other explanation for the fact that when companies lay people off their shares go up?

Re:DirecTV

On: AT&T Preps For New Layoffs Despite Billions In Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors (vice.com)

What you say is true, but I don't recall the Trumperor running on that basis. Or anyone else, to be fair.

It was all about them thar chinkeys tekkin ur jerbs, wasn't it?

Re:ZERO loopholes were closed.

On: AT&T Preps For New Layoffs Despite Billions In Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors (vice.com)

"Big Teach" wasn't enough of a giveaway?

Re:It's not a slippery slope argument

On: AT&T Preps For New Layoffs Despite Billions In Tax Breaks and Regulatory Favors (vice.com)

A government doesn't grow organically through voluntary trade, but is instead imposed violently at the point of a gun.

Interesting.

Over here we elect them.

Re:Clevo

On: Dell Alienware Area-51m Packs Desktop Hardware Into Powerful, Upgradeable Laptop (hothardware.com)

I have an older Clevo, the D900T. Other vendors sold it as the M7700.

Weighed a ton but an absolute beast back in the day. Still going strong now for general office stuff and games from that era.

Wish I'd bought more memory though.

How many lakhs and crores?

On: Cambridge Analytica's Parent Pleads Guilty To Breaking UK Data Law (techcrunch.com)

15,000 Pounds.

Re:With Apologies to Rick and Morty

On: No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (nytimes.com)

Sounds a bit like Bowie Bonds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Re:With Apologies to Rick and Morty

On: No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (nytimes.com)

So basically it's income tax with its deductions, thresholds and suchlike?

Re:Learn Esperanto instead- China approved!

On: Kenya Will Start Teaching Chinese To Elementary School Students From 2020 (qz.com)

The spelling systems are much more regular. The verbs are a bastard though. Fuck knows how many tenses and subjunctives on top.