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  1. Racism at work on US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there anyone here who doesn't think that the reason the guy was detained was because his skin color was too dark?

  2. Re:Look behind the curtain on Netflix Geoblocking Loosened Under New EU Law (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    And all those contracts are based on copyright and other laws. Obviously, the EU can change those laws (subject to limitations in treaties, of course).

  3. Re:Supply and demand on The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is that demand for many performances is hard to forecast, and the performers want sell-out crowds.

    How is it that the scalpers can predict demand, but Ticketmaster cannot?

  4. Re:Something is missing on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 0

    This. I suspect eliminating left turns results in modestly longer distances but significantly shorter times.

    But if the intersection is controlled by lights and it is in CA, it's usually better to do a left turn. Most lights have a left filter, which goes green before the straight-on lane.

    On the other hand, right turns benefit from the right turn on red rules.

  5. The factory wasn't built by Tesla.

    The building was formerly a joint venture between GM and Toyota (NUMMI). GM pulled out of the site as part of its bankruptcy. Toyota invested $50M in Tesla and then Tesla bought the site from Toyota for $50M.

  6. there's new media rising to replace it all anyway.

    But who is paying for the "new media"? And do they have a political agenda?

  7. Re:1st class flights, Ibiza hotels,and Michelin-st on Story Of a Founder Who Burned Through $21M While His Social App Fling Crashed (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    i'm sure a good chunk of it went to hookers and coke.

    Indeed:

    regularly seen in with mysterious women on business trips and at parties

    Clearly "mysterious women" is a spelling of "prostitute" that I haven't seen before.

  8. Re:Not too surprising on There Are Now Twice As Many Solar Jobs As Coal Jobs In the US (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but you are apparently an idiot who can't read, or is blinded by your ideology.

  9. Re:Not too surprising on There Are Now Twice As Many Solar Jobs As Coal Jobs In the US (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    The mining isn't that expensive

    Only because the mining companies only pay a fraction of the costs that society as a whole incurs. Most of their costs are externalized.

  10. Re:Not too surprising on There Are Now Twice As Many Solar Jobs As Coal Jobs In the US (vox.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    and shoveled billions of tax dollars in to various (mostly failed) solar companies

    What of it? VC companies regularly expect about 1 in 10 companies to succeed. But more importantly, the green energy fund made a profit for the USA.

    Or do you have some objection to the US government investing in the US and making a profit on the investment?

  11. You have to show that for-profit charter schools get better results than traditional schools. There is no evidence of this, in fact, there is evidence that the opposite is true.

    If you want a religious education for your child, that's OK. What's not OK is to use tax dollars to pay for it. You seem pretty concerned that the state should pay for some kids to be taught incorrect information. Why is this?

    Question for you: what if someone set up a Wahhabi school in which the children were taught only to memorize the Koran in Arabic (and were not taught Arabic) and was able to get the state to pay for it through vouchers?

  12. Re:Nope, don't listen to podcasts or radio on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    With my car's audio system, and an app on my cellphone, I can communicate with and control the Pandora app (to a limited degree, and rather unreliably) on my cellphone, via bluetooth.

    This American Life is on Pandora now.

  13. Re:Nope, don't listen to podcasts or radio on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    Do you commute by car? That provides a great opportunity to listen to some podcasts.

  14. Re:I like on Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Podcasts? And Why? · · Score: 1

    This American Life is great. And now, it's so easy to access via Pandora.

    But if you like this, you have to (if you haven't already) watch the spoof that SNL did of Serial.

  15. Because making the USA safer isn't the goal. The goal is to throw a sop to the Trump voters, who, as discussed in another earlier thread, just want to burn down the status quo.

    There is another goal: preserving Trump's business interests.

  16. I have a *really* hard time believing these companies have such a large part of their workforce that they depend on daily coming in and out of Syria, Iran, etc....

    I know a number of people with technical backgrounds who are originally from Iran. Mostly, I met them in the UK. One is the CEO of a public company with annual revenue over $1B.

  17. Pai is not interested in net neutrality, but in removing regulation and barriers to actual competition - or so he says.

    And if anyone thinks that he is sincere in that, I have a bridge to sell them.

  18. Re:Dafuq? All thesev years no net neutrality on FCC Rescinds Claim That AT&T, Verizon Violated Net Neutrality (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    As an example, one sender, a major mailing list, sends emails to 35,000 of your customers. Then another sender, Bob, sends an email to *one* of your customers, an email from one person to another. It'll take your mail server an hour to churn through the 35,001 emails and deliver them all. Should Bob's person-to-person email sit in the queue for an hour while you first process the 35,000 copies of the "Deal of the Week" email?

    You know that's a completely bullshit example, right? Email takes almost no bandwidth these days. Your argument is the same as the "internet is a series of tubes" argument about how long it took for an "internet" to arrive that Ted Stevens attempted to make, causing such mirth. Processing it at the endpoints is not a net neutrality issue.

    So, now that we have disposed of your bullshit example, we all know what net neutrality is about: banning the application of arbitrary and unnecessary prioritization of the ISPs own video, VOIP and similar services relative to competing services.

  19. might send their kids to schools that teach things you don't agree with?

    LOL.

    Therein lies the problem, It doesn't matter if someone "agrees" with creationism: it's simply not a valid or useful explanation of our current existence. Unless by "valid" one includes subjugating impressionable people.

    I care that children are taught real facts, objective history (as much as this is possible) and real science.

  20. Re:Could it be, you're stupid? on Cutting H-1Bs Could Mean More Competition From China and India, Says GoDaddy CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You live in a dream world. Those gifted but poor kids still won't be able to get the classes they need. Charter schools won't set up in poor areas because the potential administrators know they won't succeed.

    The poor parents can't afford to gifted send their children to another district because they don't have the time and money. All that will happen is those poor kids will attend schools that are even more starved of resources because of the effects of vouchers.

    The problem that Betsy DeVos wants to "solve" is that public schools don't teach religion and creationism.

  21. Because sending kids to religious schools that will teach creationism as fact will help develop STEM education in the US?

    Yes, there are some crap teachers in public schools, but for-profit schools (including those where the for-profit nature is hidden) isn't the answer. Many teachers in public schools are dedicated professionals who are underpaid for their level of education.

  22. Not working on The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There are certainly embarrassing events in my past that I would prefer to forget, but I don't seem to be able to.

    Why isn't it working for me?

  23. Re:LOL on Reddit Bans Far-Right Groups Altright and Alternativeright (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I was campaigning for Pat Buchanan

    So you campaigned for a bigot? At this point you should just embrace your white nationalism.

  24. Re:LOL on Reddit Bans Far-Right Groups Altright and Alternativeright (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes. But people self-label and not all people who label themselves as Alt-Right will admit to themselves that they are White Nationalists.

    FTFY.

    You associate with white nationalists, you support the policies of white nationalists, yes somehow, dear snowflake, you don't think of yourself as a white nationalists.

    I use the word snowflake deliberately, because what I see all the time is that the alt-right, the Trump supporters cannot accept people calling them what they really are. They seem to believe that those of us who actually care about this country and all the people in it should not call them out on their bigotry.

  25. Re: I AM OFFICIALLY PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE! on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Mainly because Venice is sinking:

    Yeah, it's nice that you post a link and whatnot, but perhaps you should actually read it:

    "Venice subsided about 120 mm in the 20th century due to natural processes and groundwater extraction, in addition to a sea level rise of about 110 mm at the same time"

    So Venice's issues with flooding are almost equally caused by sinking and sea level rise. Not "Mainly .. sinking".