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  1. Re:Absolutely NOT! on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 1

    In addition to write the code, the student should also shape it like a tablet.

    Points off if the tablet has rounded corners - that infringes on Apple's patent.

  2. Re:Comp Sci on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Two of my favorite interview questions back in the day. These are showing my age, I don't know if sorting algorithms are even taught anymore, and most IDE junkies don't know SQL at all:

    1) Explain quicksort

    2) What is a LEFT JOIN?

  3. Re:Huh, wonder why on Wage Growth Slows Across the Country (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What TFA is saying is that given the current low unemployment, we should expect higher wage inflation - but that's not happening. An increase of 3-4% each year is not desirable and would draw a strong response from the Fed.

  4. Re:Measured by job postings on Wage Growth Slows Across the Country (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The article is FUD. Wages went up enough last year that the Fed is tightening the reigns. Of course the increase salaries from job postings reflects that.

  5. No bubble on Canada Has Pulled Off a Brain Heist (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The worst thing Trump could do is put the economy into a Clinton-like bubble. A bubble economy looks good for a few years (e.g. the mid-90's), but there is always a long and painful crash afterward. It took the world roughly fifteen years to recover from the crashes following the twin bubbles Clinton started (stock market and real estate).

    Tariffs are just a thinly disguised tax increase designed to prevent the economy from getting overheated.

  6. Who modded that down, getting out of the house is exactly what's needed - play sports, play with the dog, hang out at Dairy Queen, do something to get off your butt.

  7. Re:Salad Greens? on Scientists Harvest First Vegetables in Antarctic Greenhouse (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Makes you wonder how many calories of food they got per calorie used to generate the electricty. Neumayer-Station III Power generation: Three 75 kW Diesel generators — 150 kW maximum, 105 kW average output. Good luck using diesel generators on Mars.

  8. They're not giving money to renewable projects, they're buying from renewable projects, like any other customer.

    They're paying above market price for their "renewable" electricity, so yes they are subsidizing those projects.

    What I find odd about this article is that they don't make any mention of hydroelectric power, which is where much of the electricity they actually use comes from (think base load). That's the best source of renewable power.

  9. Please be aware that e-Residency does not confer citizenship, tax residency, residence or right of entry to Estonia or to the European Union.

    And they made Elbonia pay for it.

  10. Why wasn't that done years ago? on Outgoing White House Emails Not Protected by Verification System (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Was the security protocol implemented during the Obama administration and then backed out?

  11. Doesn't Duet

  12. Re:100 percent fatal on MIT Severs Ties To Company Promoting Fatal Brain Uploading (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Did they ask any of the people whose brains were embalmed?

  13. reminds me of another question on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If Everything On the Internet Was DRM Protected? · · Score: 4, Funny

    When my daughter was about 5 years old she asked me "What would happen if a monster ate the whole world?".

    This Ask Slashdot question makes about as much sense as my daughter's.

  14. Re:Everyone gets a law now on Move Over Moore's Law, Make Way For Huang's Law (ieee.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone gets a law now

    Yes, that's the well known "Anonymous Coward's Law".

  15. Not glib on Mark Zuckerberg: Tim Cook is 'Extremely Glib' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    More like glibc.

  16. Re:A little caution isn't a bad thing on CRISPR-Altered Plants Are Not Going To Be Regulated (For Now) (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I defy anyone to point out a time when Nature has allowed the mixing of tomato and frog genes to produce a superior tomato.

    RTFA, that is still regulated.

  17. Not a security issue on Is It Illegal to Trick a Robot? (ssrn.com) · · Score: 2

    Is cutting the brake lines on a car a security issue? Of course not. But it is a crime.

  18. Re:Highlights the problem with our legal system on Was The Florida Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Triggered By Post-Tensioning? (enr.com) · · Score: 0

    The civil claim is filed to preserve the right, and all reasonably liable parties are named at that time, or you can lose your right to claim them

    Bullshit. The claim was filed now so if/when it becomes a class action suit that lawyer gets the big paycheck. This has nothing to do with compensation for the victims.

  19. Misleading statistic (aka fake news) on The Gig Economy Keeps Growing, But Worker Benefits Aren't (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    the number of non-employer firms -- primarily incorporated freelancers and gig-economy workers -- has grown 2.6 percent every year since 1997. By contrast, payroll employment has grown by only 0.8 percent annually in that time.

    Do you see the deception in that quote? Number of "firms" compared to "payroll employment". What that tells me is that many small firms are being started (which is a good thing), but most start-ups have few workers (employee or not). Meanwhile, overall employment across the economy is growing at at healthy rate.

    And gig economy has nothing to do with unions or guilds; everything from electricians and plumbers to doctors and lawyers are part of the gig economy. If you have a marketable skill you'll do well.

  20. Re:Apple engineer on Tesla Says Autopilot Was Engaged During Fatal Model X Crash (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Huang reportedly complained that the car’s Autopilot option kept veering the car toward the same barrier on Highway 101, near Mountain View, into which he crashed the car last Friday.

    ...

    Tesla spokesperson said the company has been searching its service records, “And we cannot find anything suggesting that the customer ever complained to Tesla about the performance of Autopilot.”

    The spokesperson added that there had been “a concern” raised about the car’s navigation not working properly, but “Autopilot’s performance is unrelated to navigation.”

    The car usually worked okay, it just had an obsession with that particular barrier. But that was a "navigation" concern, not autopilot. Got it?

  21. Note that they also show the rate of cancer based on the initial population of 90 subjects, regardless of how many died during the study.

    For example, there were no heart cancers in the control group after two years, but only 25 of the original 90 rats were still alive. In the group with the highest level of exposure there was 1 cancer in the 60 that survived. Did the radiation cause that cancer? Or does the rate of cancer go up with age? Draw your own conclusions.

  22. "The information we collect is similar to information hotels in China have collected for decades."

    This seems like a non-story. Or am I missing something I should be outraged about?

  23. Re: Tourism, it's called tourism on A Struggling Town Is Reviving Itself With... Geocaching (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Wilberforce is pretty close to Algonquin Provincial Park; plenty of boating, fishing, and biting insects up there.

  24. Re:There are two ways to fix this on ACLU Urges Cities To Build Public Broadband To Protect Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    That assumes something is broken. Option 3 is to continue on with the internet as we've known it from the beginning.

  25. Re:Commerce in health on Consumer Genetic Tests May Have a Lot of False Positives (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    and/or you got 'lucky'.

    This is slashdot, people who live in their mom's basement don't get lucky you insensitive clod.