User: Hognoxious

Re:Correlation != causation

On: Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com)

Right. Because the CEO has to do all those things himself.

Re:Correlation != causation

On: Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com)

Call it "I got mine, fuck you". Or if you're of a Biblical bent, "To him that hath shall be given".

Well he would, wouldn't he?

On: Internet Giants Like Apple and Google 'Abuse Their Privileged Position', Says Spotify CEO (cnbc.com)

n/c

Re:Good on France

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

If you repeat another's error you should mark it with [sic], though some fucktards seem to think it means "I don't agree with this".

Re:Won't go anywhere

On: Social Media Giants Sued For Helping ISIS (torontosun.com)

the police think they don't have evidence "beyond a reasonable doubt" for a criminal conviction but I think I might have a "preponderance of evidence" to win in civil court.

I don't know, but OJ Simpson probably does.

Re: ugh

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

So I should pay for my own training AND subzidize teaching veterans the skills to replace me at my job?

I don't think the veterans referred to in TFA are ex-members of the Punjab Fusliers.

Re:Watch out for scams!

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

Most Indians in tech speak English perfectly fine.

If you think they do, then you don't.

Re: I dont get it

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

All countries have militaries.

Not true. There's Samoa or Vanuatu, something like that.

Re:ugh

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

Probably because, they don't know, how to use commas, either.

Re:Collissions

On: What NASA Found Beyond The Rings Of Saturn (omaha.com)

I'm not saying it's aliens...

Re: American Prisons

On: What NASA Found Beyond The Rings Of Saturn (omaha.com)

Oh, the sweet irony.

Yes, but not where you thought it was.

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

Re:Overthinking a simple problem

On: Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work?

while they could simply give me a red light controlled by a switch.

A suggestion I heard years ago was a hat. The problem is that when you slip into the zone you aren't thinking about light switches or putting on a hat.

Re:Good on France

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

And the Serbs.

Has anyone else noticed that they all have square heads? What's that all about?

Re:Macron the sly french fox of all trades!

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

its alley Le Pen

I can't say I know her that intimately.

Re:Good on France

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

Wild guess, but I reckon that at least half of the time the White House was occupied by somebody who hadn't been President before.

Re:Good on France

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

the national past time in the US. [...] I said something really stupid.

Yup. It's pastime. One word.

Does past time even remotely hint at what you meant? If it means anything at all, it means history.

Re:Good on France

On: Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election (reuters.com)

Perhaps he's comparing them on the basis of weight?

Re:Watch out for scams!

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

Does it cover foreign languages? If he wants to go into tech he should learn Hindi.

golf clap

On: Social Media Giants Sued For Helping ISIS (torontosun.com)

the explosive growth of IS

I see what you did there.

Re:Well it can't be the Russsians

On: Days Before Election: Macron Campaign Says It Is the Victim of Massive, Coordinated Hacking Campaign (cnbc.com)

I don't know which is funniest.

• The picture - especially the girl with the long dark hair who appears to be totally oblivious to what's in front of her.
• You having the temerity to lecture me on my native language - and almost totally missing the point.
• That cretinous fucktard mi being at +5 for playing Captain Obvious.

Shouldn't you be be busy defrauding pensioners and schools?

Re: no

On: Ask Slashdot: Is ReactOS A Serious Alternative To Windows? (reactos.org)

Well, there's systemd egg sausage gnome3 and systemd. That's not got much systemd in it.

Wish them luck, but ...

On: Ask Slashdot: Is ReactOS A Serious Alternative To Windows? (reactos.org)

It'll be an uphill battle. Windows is barely compatible with itself.

Re: no

On: Ask Slashdot: Is ReactOS A Serious Alternative To Windows? (reactos.org)

... but you can't have either without systemd.

Re:Bogus (last year)

On: Today is 'Free Comic Book Day' (npr.org)

four thin, special-purpose, mostly-ads, obscure comics to choose from, none of which interested my kids.

Were you on the internet within minutes, registering your disgust?

Re:Amazon Leak sounds like a great name for the th

On: Amazon Leak Exposes Echo AI Device With Touch Display and FireOS (hothardware.com)

Came for this. Was it them or B&N that created a tablet called the Paperweight?