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  1. Just having a browser that doesn't take nearly a gig of RAM for a few tabs would be nice.

  2. Isn't this what the Stasi did?

  3. Surely it'd just be simpler to raise the level of corporation tax? More robots = more profitability = more tax = more social provision for those who are rendered unemployed by the intransigent march of future. No need to define what a robot is. Just pay more damned tax!

  4. Re:So what's the issue? on Computer Program Prevents 116-Year-Old Woman From Getting Pension (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It's also worth bearing in mind that on a national scale, 1% is a shitload of people.

  5. Dance, dance for us monkey on McDonald's Is Now Accepting Snapchats As Job Applications (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    And maybe we'll toss you a minimum wage menial job for your humiliation.

  6. Re:That poor woman! on The Guardian Interviews Valentina Tereshkova, the First Woman In Space (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    From what I've read, he became a virtual prisoner, developed severe depression and turned into an alcoholic. It might not have killed Gagarin but fame isn't always the easy pill to swallow the OP suggests.

  7. Dunno. It seemed to do for Yuri Gagarin.

  8. Cash is king on Google To Revamp Policies, Hire Staff After UK Ad Scandal (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny how quickly Schmoogle jump when their only real cash cow is under threat.

  9. Re:clearly the truckers are right on Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    This post is dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.

  10. Zeno's Paradox on Cooling To Absolute Zero Mathematically Outlawed After a Century (newscientist.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't this just Zeno's paradox applied to really good fridges?

  11. Christ on a bike that's embarrassing. Wonder how much it cost?

  12. Eh? I've been phoning mobile mechanics to come and fix my car at home for at least twenty years. This is just a clear case of affixing "ah, but on the internets!" to an existing service.

  13. This is one of the small number of graphics cards I would willingly insert into my motherboard. It is also among the much smaller group of graphics cards I would masturbate over.

  14. Powerpoint watch out on Website Builder Wix Acquires Art Community DeviantArt For $36 Million (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a lot of clip-art they've just acquired.

  15. between those that do and those that don't, is that some people do and some people don't. It's as true in software as it is in any other walk of life. You can't think your way from A to B. You have to walk there.

  16. Re:The republicans will... on eBay Founder Pledges $500,000 To Test Universal Basic Income Program In Kenya (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's hope the robots have fat wallets then, eh?

  17. Well, it was either that, or... on Developer Explains Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Prefix all their drivers with AARDVARK_

  18. The GOU Overwhelming Display of Declining Military Power

  19. Modern Software on Ask Slashdot: A Point of Contention - Modern User Interfaces · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd extrapolate this to modern software in general. It seems acceptable now to leave things broken, unsupported and undocumented so that six months after purchase or download things no longer work and can't be fixed. I appreciate things become more complex over time but the number of boneheaded things I see on a day-to-day basis is extraordinary.

    Oh. And get off my lawn...

  20. The ironing is delicious on EU's Highest Court Delivers Blow To UK Snooper's Charter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You could power the national grid by harnessing Davis' cognitive dissonance. A court case decided in his favour against his employers by one of the institutions he's responsible for ridding us of.

  21. That's a lot of disappointed people on Grand Tour 'Most Illegally Downloaded TV Show In History' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dunno why. It's someone tossed all the worst bits of the old Top Gear into a concrete mixer with a tonne of Jeff Bezos' pension fund. The episode with the sci-fi style reboot army thing was just embarassing. And I say that as someone who liked the old Top Gear.

  22. Europe would look exactly the same if its entire social geography had been designed with the motor vehicle in mind.

  23. Those who something, something on Of 8 Tech Companies, Only Twitter Says It Would Refuse To Help Build Muslim Registry For Trump (theintercept.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think I speak for anyone who's read a history book when I say this is an absolutely awful idea. I know Twitter gets a lot of stick but well done them. If you're in favour of this then you're a fascist or you're an idiot. There's literally no middle ground. This is how it starts.

  24. Seriously. I've worked in many departments for many different employers and seen many different reporting implementations. All of which have been different. All of which have been terrible. Layers and layers of impenetrable abstraction over some "generic" "engine". Every. Single. Fucking. Time. I swear it's the same person.

  25. Re:May the Lord have mercy on us all on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump is less likely to start WWIII than Hillary Clinton because it's just not the done thing to open fire on your boss.