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  1. Ob on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your TED Talk Be About? (ted.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Betteridge's law: is it actually true?

  2. Re:No surprise on Cats Can Recognize Their Own Names, Study Suggests (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't you lot give them names like breakfast, lunch, dinner?

  3. scorchio on The Nations of the Amazon Want the Name Back (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's ethethetheth or something like that. Viva El Presidente!

  4. Re:Considering that those nations are busy destroy on The Nations of the Amazon Want the Name Back (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The general modern opinion is that they were in fact a Greek myth.

    Perhaps among those who haven't heard of the Scythians and their female horse archers.

  5. Re: This part makes no sense. on Facebook Ad Platform Could Be Inherently Discriminatory, Researchers Say (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. But it helps to actually get the right fucking word. Did your finger get tired after 11 letters or something?

  6. I never liked them.

    [looks all smug and superior]

  7. Re:Where is the cord cutting? on Cord-Cutting Hits Video Games (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm amazed you can find one that still has the tab. They usually get broken off.

  8. Re:Linux is the successful desktop antithesis. on The End of the Desktop? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Today you need to jump through hoops to get things like a C compiler or a Python interpreter on Windows.

    Hoops like starting a web browser and opening a search engine?

    Unity, Unreal, QT creator, Monodevelop, VS, IDLE, Eclipse. Free as in beer. The hard part is choosing.

  9. Re:This part makes no sense. on Facebook Ad Platform Could Be Inherently Discriminatory, Researchers Say (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whoever chose to use the word discriminatory since that sort of implies it, doesn't it?

    adjective: discriminatory

            making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

  10. the captain had just upgraded.

    Not relevant. The 737-MAX is the same as any other 737.

    Source: Boeing.

  11. To find out what the fuck is causing all those clunks and rattles.

  12. Re:Remember the Comet? on Boeing Unveils 737 Max Software Fixes (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The really stupid thing is that "square holes = bad" was known since WW2. Liberty ships (specifically the hatches into the holds) were redesigned to mitigate it.

  13. Re:Who writes down the loss? on Boeing Delays 737 Max Software Fix (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    An alternative PoV is that if the system was runnable with X fewer aircraft they'd have bought X fewer aircraft in the first place.

    These things are expensive. You don't buy them to have them sitting idle just in case.

  14. You were sure about pilot error too.

  15. Re:You're going to win again, Mr. President! on Boeing Delays 737 Max Software Fix (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Only 8?

  16. Re:Their still blaming the pot smoker. on LA County Is Using An Algorithm To Clear 50,000 Pot Convictions Faster (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I see your point, but the law that matters is the law as it was at the time.

    Look at it the other way, it would hardly be fair to convict someone during prohibition for selling booze a decade before it came into effect.

  17. Nice thinking. But it's occurred to me that the two aren't mutually exclusive. The smaller players should be left to do it themselves because ... , umm, administrative efficiency, that's it! The big ones have economies of scale, thus making better use of the flatfoots' time..

  18. Re:Oh God! on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Feel About the End Of Google+ ? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Then again, us greybeards understand the difference between a privacy issue and a usability one.

  19. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong on SUSE Will Soon Be the Largest Independent Linux Company (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If it's compatible in a Fedora way it's not compatible enough. Fedora's not enterprise - RHEL is.

    This matters if you want to run something that (officially) only runs on RHEL.

  20. Re:Loss leaders are a key factor on Amazon Is Slashing Whole Foods' Prices By 20 Percent On Hundreds of Items (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I've made my own pickled sprouts before and I'm not even a hipster!

  21. Re: Oh God! on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Feel About the End Of Google+ ? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    If they can jump across tabs to change the account they can jump across tabs without my even knowing.

  22. Correct me if I'm wrong on SUSE Will Soon Be the Largest Independent Linux Company (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy to be wrong about this, but there's no free (as in beer) version of their enterprise offerings. IOW no equivalent of Dead Rat's CentOS.

  23. Re:Ignoring The Boomer Factor on Why Hasn't The Gig Economy Killed Traditional Work? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    aake my life as miserable as possible through the awesome power of JavaScript.

    I wonder if anyone from O'Reilly reads this site?

  24. Is it that one? on Blockbuster Video Now Has Just One Store Left On Earth (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Is it the one that has Mel Gibson's jockstrap, donated by James Corden?

  25. Re:Bend. on Blockbuster Video Now Has Just One Store Left On Earth (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    hosing prices started to go through the roof

    What's all that aboot, eh?