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  1. Re:How do they handle database changes? on LinkedIn Is Open Sourcing Their Testing Frameworks (github.io) · · Score: 2

    They use MongoDB. You don't need to worry about database changes, because it's webscale.

  2. Re:Arbitrary rules on LinkedIn Is Open Sourcing Their Testing Frameworks (github.io) · · Score: 1

    # Because THREE is a magic number ...
    something something trinity (or is it trilogy) /#

  3. Can it be used... on New Metallic Glass Creates Potential For Smart Windows · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can it be used to make nuclear wessels?

  4. Except "at all" doesn't mean "in any situation". You can always, if you're aspie enough, invent a corner case where a dumb thing would make sense.

    It's a form of emphasis.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki...

  5. What do you think of the show so far? on US Copyright Law Forces Wikimedia To Remove the Diary of Anne Frank (wikimedia.org) · · Score: 2

    she would not have wrote the diary at all.

    Possibly not, but it wouldn't stop Ernie Wise.

  6. Re: And how does this help the people? on Scientists Say Goodbye to Philae Comet Lander (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter. Even if he means all 7 billion of us.

    The problem with exploring space is space. It's big and it's empty - the clue is in the name - there's nothing to eat and nothing to breathe unless you bring it with you.

    Did I mention that it's big?

  7. *sigh*

    Googleclipper:
    "Someone who reads a post and understands a majority of the words, a minority of the sentences, none of the nuance and less still of the context; and then proceeds to type a word or two into Google and copy-paste the first result that comes up".

    E.A.Blair, "Are the kids today utter shitcocks or what?" in "As I please", 1943-1945.

  8. Re:Real world versus models on Did a Timer Error Change the Outcome of a Division I College Basketball Game? · · Score: 1

    When you say equally, do you mean it lands exactly on zero? I don't think anyone is claiming that. But if you have some reason why it would be wildly different, like outside of 2 SDs, I'd like to hear it.

    Also, I suspect you missed the point. If the timekeeping guy is a little slow to respond (or if he jumps the gun) then he's slow to respond (or he jumps the gun) for both teams.

  9. "it's" is short for "it is". Substitute that into the sentence. Does it make sense? No, it does not.

    And before any googleclippers respond, "it has" doesn't fucking fit either.

  10. Re:But they're not white, so it's OK on Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    christian politicians harass transsexuals with bathroom bills

    They send you an invoice for taking a leak?

    That's nearly as bad as Belgium.

  11. Re:It's never precise on Did a Timer Error Change the Outcome of a Division I College Basketball Game? · · Score: 1

    Humans are trying to outsmart humans and usually fail in the process.

    I like that. I would add that the ones they're trying to outsmart usually fail too.

    Such is life.

    It's why we can't have nice things, and if we did we'd lose/break them.

  12. Re:Corrupt through and through on UK GHCQ Is Allowed To Hack (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Whenever the subject of guns comes up, people claim that it's not just about protection against burglars, it's protection against oppressive government. And when you ask them if it's the same now as it was in 1776 they don't get it, so you explain that bad ol' King George didn't have AH-64s. Then they say it doesn't matter, because American soldiers would never fire on their own people, even if they are hippehs and corminusts[1]. And when you point out that in that case they don't really need to be able to fight bad ol' King George, they just call you a goshddam muslimberal faggot.

    [1] Kent State was a hoax, like the moon landings.

  13. Re:Smart! on Austrian Minister Calls For a Constitutional Right To Pay In Cash · · Score: 1

    It totally does when the STORY is about AUSTRIA banning (or not) cash payments.

  14. Re:The unmarried speak... on Drivers Need To Forget Their GPS · · Score: 1

    Only a fool would ignore a pilot who's adept at surviving crashes. You sort of make my point for me.

    I'd prefer one who avoids them, but YMMV. Especially since him surviving doesn't imply that his passengers (or the poor bastards on the ground) do.

    As for the rest, I would parody it - but I can't come up with anything that does so better than the original.

  15. Re: Dearest DBC LLC on Dallas Buyers Club LLC Abandons Fight Against Australian Pirates (theage.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Can't be. Several of the rules explicitly forbid poofters.

  16. Right, because that's what the dickhead meant. He was talking about how quick power plants can spin up, or something.

  17. Re:Smart! on Austrian Minister Calls For a Constitutional Right To Pay In Cash · · Score: 2

    Because Austria totally used the US dollar.

  18. Re:Religion on Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the start of the slippery slope toward total barbarism

    I'd say it's a good thing.

    You did mean that they'll eventually ban all emojis, right?

  19. Re:The unmarried speak... on Drivers Need To Forget Their GPS · · Score: 1

    I've been married multiple times

    Listen to me, I know all about aircraft - I've been in dozens of crashes.

    It's my car, if you don't like it then go get your own.

    I suspect it's not about whose car it is. It's about being embarrassed by association with a boorish oaf.

  20. Ground drones on Debating a Ban On Autonomous Weapons (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    Drones can be armed, so yes, it totally is related to autonomous weapons.

  21. Re:How do they know on Google Expands 'Right To Be Forgotten' To All Global Search Results (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The law can't say that. It's against human rights!

  22. Use the preview, dimothy on Internet Archive Brings Classic Windows 3.1 Apps To Your Browser (google.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF is a "showcaseâ"? Is it Norwegian or something?

  23. About 2 quid per head on Google Settles Decade-Long Tax Dispute In UK (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    About 2 quid per head. Total game changer, that.

  24. Re:Sounds good... on Boeing Installs World's Largest 'Reversible' Renewable Energy Storage System (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Kilowatts per hour" doesn't make any sense at all. Watts are already a rate - joules per second.

  25. Minitab on Interviews: Ask Author and Programmer Andy Nicholls About R · · Score: 1

    I think minitab is better. How would you convince me otherwise?