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  1. Re:People really need to educate themselves... on Popular Belief That Saturated Fat Clogs Up Arteries Is a Myth, Experts Say (independent.ie) · · Score: 1

    I had a similar experience recently, but with diabetes: three months ago blood glucose was 310-450, A1C 10.5. I've yet to do my second fasting test (playing phone tag with doctor's office) but according to my Accu-Chek Connect cloud service, I've been under 160 for two weeks and my A1C should be in the 5.5 range now.

    Metformin and a paleo diet is what did it.

    What a shock it will be next week when I finally get that 2nd blood test and go to see my insurance company's required diabetic support group for the first time.

  2. You should be allowed to use unused clock cycles in your brain twice- but then your personal project *belongs to the company you are working for*, not to you, and they deserve a return on investment.

  3. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Not very, as one party rule means out of control taxes and spending.

  4. The timer should be assumed to be technically intended to provide a yellow light warning for safety to get cars across the intersection. Thus 5 seconds is a bug, not a feature.

  5. Yes she is. LGBT too as well. A heteronormative person can't work for the state of Oregon anymore.

  6. Re:Do Software Engineers Need to Register? on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Got to be a few out there, the tests have been around since 2009- but that raises the question, who took them before 2013 if you can't even take the test until you've worked under a PE in the same field for 4 years?

    That's kind of like requiring 40 years of .NET experience

  7. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    To some extent I agree, but it's the GP who brought up politics, and I'm just pointing out that no Republican would ever end up with an appointment this important. Probably no heterosexual would either. Not in Kate Brown's Oregon.

  8. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The engineering board is appointed by the Governor, the Governors since the 1980s have all been Democrats. A Republican can't get appointed to dogcatcher in this state.

  9. I disagree. The specific flaw he was pointing out was in the implementation of the light timer.

  10. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is the Democrats are not my party.

  11. Re:And the mind - war rages on... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That disappeared this week with Tom Perez declaring no pro-lifer can be a Democrat.

  12. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    There has been nobody to appoint anybody other than Democrats to positions like this since the mid 1980s. We *finally* had a Republican elected to a statewide office last November. But he's a fluke, for the most part, the Republican Party is dead in Oregon.

  13. Re:(sigh) You people still think you're engineers on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Or Excel a reporting solution...

  14. Re:Do Software Engineers Need to Register? on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    First I've heard of it, but yes, there are FE and PE exams for "electrical and computer engineering". I wonder how many hundreds of dollars they want to register you.

  15. Re:And the moral of the story is... on Oregon Fines Man For Writing a Complaint Email Stating 'I Am An Engineer' (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oregon hasn't been controlled by Republicans in 30 years. This is Democrats doing this shit.

  16. How is firmware timing of stoplights outside of the realm of an electrical engineer?

  17. I think you've overlooked the lack of freedom in the People's Republic of Kate Brown, dictator.

  18. Re:Becaue you aren't offering to do the work. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1

    And even unchecking "use slashboxes", which this feature was originally, does nothing. Thus my sig line.

  19. Re: Becaue you aren't offering to do the work. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1

    Sorry , I'm from Oregon....and facebook is still continuous bugs. As is slashdot.

  20. Re:Becaue you aren't offering to do the work. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking more of companies like facebook and slashdot which seem to skip the QA altogether and just let the users find the bugs, then never repair them.

  21. Re:Becaue you aren't offering to do the work. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1

    I was more looking at how the teams and companies who claim to champion CI, like facebook and slashdot, have a tendency to skip beta testing altogether in abuse of their customers.

  22. Re: Winning the Internet on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 1

    People are still doing anything serious with QuickBasic?

  23. Re:Becaue you aren't offering to do the work. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Explain 'Don't Improve My Software Syndrome' Or DIMSS? · · Score: 2

    Mod parent up. He wins the internet for today. This is exactly why I hate facebook and the entire concept of Continuous Bugs, er, Continuous Integration.

  24. Re:This can't POSSIBLY go wrong! on Mastercard is Building Fingerprint Scanners Directly Into Its Cards (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 2

    Next up, the mugger takes your wallet AND your fingers.

  25. Re:I find this thoroughly unsurprising on Despite Well Known Risks, Survey Finds Most People Use Smartphones While Driving (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    The majority won't bother. Or be able to. When was the last time a relative or a friend asked you to set something on their phone or computer that they could have easily done through settings?
    Happens to me weekly.