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  1. Re:So it appears . . . on Schiaparelli Mars Probe's Parachute 'Jettisoned Too Early', Whereabouts Still Unknown (bbc.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The propellant was hydrazine, so yea, that'll burn and make big black marks if there's any left.

    Sure about that? There's almost no oxygen in Mars' atmosphere.

  2. What would Michelle Obama say on Mark Zuckerberg Defends Peter Thiel's Trump Ties In Internal Memo (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    After her speech, I have to wonder how she would react if her husband was caught getting a blowjob in the Oval Office from a girl about the age of Michelle's daughter. She seems to think it's okay for Hillary to ignore it.

  3. Re:one in every home? on CO2 To Ethanol In One Step With Cheap Catalyst (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    It might make sense when you have a variable rate for electricity. Especially if you have a base load generation plant that's doesn't like to be turned up and down (think nuclear).

  4. Re:the real reasons for this on Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have a mortgage, you are buried in debt like 99% of people.

    Owing a mortgage is not necessarily bad. If the price you paid for the house was reasonable then your net worth isn't effected by the debt.

  5. Re:Participation rate and unemployment on Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Citation needed. Based on what I see here the story is not what you claim; less than half the people in France who could work have permanent jobs:

    In the three months to June 2016, the employment rate of the population aged 15-64 years stood at 64.7 percent, up 0.1 percentage points compared to the first quarter. Permanent employment rate for people aged 15-64 came in at 48.8 percent in the second quarter, unchanged from thr preceding quarter but up by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year.

  6. Re:Misleading results on Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The article only discusses hours worked per capita. That means countries with high unemployment rates like Italy and France have a lower hours worked metric; productivity is entirely different.

  7. Participation rate and unemployment on Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    The study was designed to make it easier to compare countries to each other, by capturing the overall hours per person, not just for people with jobs. That incorporates not just the length of the typical workweek but also retirement, vacation, unemployment, and other time spent out of the workforce.

    What the report is really showing is that there are more people working per capita in the US than in Europe. That's what you can expect from socialism, and would be exacerbated by the oft discussed UBI.

  8. Re:She's not charged for being a journalist on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Care to explain the difference? If you know a crime will be committed ahead of time but don't report it that's conspiracy (at least that's how the judge explained it to the jury I was on in a home invasion trial).

  9. Let's say a a reporter learns ahead of time that a guy is going to beat the crap out of his ex-wife. Are you saying it's okay for the reporter to go along and video the woman being beaten?

    Because that's exactly what happened here. Goodman knew ahead of time when and where the "protesters" were going to hit. So she went along and videoed it.

  10. Re:Cut full time down to 30-32 hours to start! on Slashdot Asks: Do We Need To Plan For a Future Without Jobs And Should We Resort To Universal Basic Income? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    How about people who are good at their jobs and show up for work every day get to keep their jobs, and less productive people lose theirs? Kind of like providing some incentive to do your job instead of slacking off.

  11. Re:Better options are available than UBI on Slashdot Asks: Do We Need To Plan For a Future Without Jobs And Should We Resort To Universal Basic Income? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Why 35 hours? A normal work week is 40; that pretty much covers your extra $2 per hour.

    Is anyone suggesting UBI should be $17k per year? That's way more than any economy could afford, as is paying unskilled workers $30k per year.

  12. How many of the households on the far left are retired, living on their savings and social security? A household in that situation will have a low income but can be living quite well.

  13. Re:True, but not like it's never happened before. on Smartphones Are 'Contaminating' Family Life, Study Suggests (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    People do what they find most interesting/entertaining. You need to have a serious talk with your wife why she prefers Candy Crush to conversation.

  14. Re:The assholes do spend over $1billion / year eac on Non-Cable Internet Providers Offer Faster Speeds To the Wealthy (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    that's enough to pay the administrative costs alone for social security for two years.

    Probably not enough now that Obama has done everything he could to expand it. Today about three quarters of social security payments go to people under the age of 65.

  15. Re: Has Wikileaks jumped the shark? on 4Chan Hackers Claim To Have Remotely Wiped John Podesta's iPhone and iPad (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The New York Times will post anything that makes a Republican look bad. Wikileaks handles the stuff NYT doesn't publish about Democrats.

  16. Re:The worst part on English Man Spends 11 Hours Trying To Make Cup of Tea With Wi-Fi Kettle (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    the kettle started responding to voice control.

    And the kettle responded by calling the pot black.

  17. Re:I have always wondered... on ISIS Is Using Exploding Consumer Drones To Kill Enemy Fighters (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That would work well if the enemy was running around in an open field where you can see them. Not so much when they're hiding in buildings, jungle, caves, etc.

  18. Re:"Promotes equality" on Google Research Promotes Equality In Machine Learning, Doesn't Mention Age · · Score: 1

    "Promotes equality" is a euphemism for "Promotes our agenda"

  19. If you use blog posts to train your AI you'll have an Emo Neo-Nazi Communist homophobe.

  20. He's trying to grab credit for a bunch of things that didn't get done over the past eight years so he can fly around making speeches about them at a million dollars a pop.

    If he listed only the good things that actually got accomplished by his administration it would be a very short speech.

  21. Of course it doesn't make his life public. But millions of people think they know him. Same as they think they know Oprah.

  22. Re:Mass appeal on Why Is Science Fiction Snubbed By Literary Awards? (galacticbrain.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Proper appreciation of science fiction requires an educated mindset that can properly appreciate science as well as hopefully look forward in the face of existential crisis.

    Hey, that's some pretty good science fiction you just wrote. But fiction nonetheless.

  23. When things get to the point of an upheaval your aren't going to stop it. But you can evacuate people, circle the wagons, etc.

    There were plenty of warning that things were about to blow up in Libya a few years ago, but the ambassador in Benghazi was still caught in the middle and murdered. That could have been prevented.

  24. It can be taken that way, and to a large extent it's true. Risk taking is both a way for the individual to learn and a way for the species to evolve. An older and wiser individual won't take what seems like a foolish risk for what seems like a small reward. The adolescents who survive learn things the elders didn't think was possible, nature doesn't care if several have to be sacrificed in the process.

  25. You took a couple of hundred words so say the same thing GP did in seven.