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  1. Re:Bachelor's degree a waste of time for coders on High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Agreed. This is actually the way the better developers I've known have done it.

  2. *** Same guy you see on the streets shouting both sides of an argument to himself. ***

  3. Were you invited in? No? It's a crime.

  4. Thus displaying for all that you do not comprehend what copyright about.

  5. Five misconceptions in a row, nice.

  6. Reread what you quoted and your first sentence in response. If you can't clearly see the self-refutation, then there's no point in discussing things with you.

  7. Re:Depends on how you define civilization on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    They most certainly do. The workings of an ant colony aren't nearly as placid and cooperative as high school level reading would indicate. Workers go rogue, internecine conflicts within castes occur, etc.

  8. Re:One word: Glass on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    I have. Many of them. Not one was due to rot.

  9. Re:One word: Glass on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Oh please. Name a mineral that in natural deposit has a cup like shape with a manufacturing logo impressed on the bottom? The ends of Coke bottles will last for eons.

    Oldest ceramics? Around 20K years. In other words, as long as we've been making it.

  10. Re:One word: Glass on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    We haven't had enough time to deposit sufficient trash in the geologic layers to be noticed.

    Other than boring gigantic holes through said layers, right?

  11. Re:No (evidence: coal is still there) on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Glass rarely survives intact after even a century of neglect.

    Abuse, yes. Neglect, no. We have glass artifacts in perfect condition from the Mesopotamians (1500BC/3500yr). Glass is just a form of stone you know. And, if by "rarely survives intact" you mean down to unrecognizable as manufactured, then you're much, much more incorrect.

  12. Re: Yeah, dinasaurs on Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Cola[sp] and oil might be their waste.

    Fundamental misunderstanding of energy consumption and storage, eh?

  13. Re:Why buy it now? on Selling Full Autonomy Before It's Ready Could Backfire For Tesla (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Conversely, those who paid $3000 now may find it difficult to get that money back if Tesla has financial problems and can't fulfill their promise.

  14. Re: "Full autonomy is far away" overestimates peop on Selling Full Autonomy Before It's Ready Could Backfire For Tesla (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Never mind that Chevy is going to be shipping production cars without a steering wheel next year.

    A little ahead of yourself there, Sparky. Chevy is petitioning for that. Note the very first sentence in that article is "If the Department of Transportation grants GM's latest Safety Petition."

  15. Re:80% is good enough on Selling Full Autonomy Before It's Ready Could Backfire For Tesla (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You only have to be SLIGHTLY better than the average human driver, and you start saving lives by getting marginal drivers off the road.

    The stated condition has nothing to do with your presumed result.

    I am serious; if you took some of the worst drivers today and gave them self driving cars with existing tech, you would be saving lives and reducing accidents.

    Ah, and here we have the caveat needed for your result: someone else's money.

  16. Re:Are they really satisfied with their purchase?. on Selling Full Autonomy Before It's Ready Could Backfire For Tesla (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    One would think such a glowing report wouldn't be from an AC. You should have saved your typing time. That thing could have come from a Tesla salesman for all anyone knows. Worthless.

  17. Re:10.8 feet on California Police Ticket A Self-Driving Car (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Life has a way of educating them with either a penalty of removal from the game.

  18. Re:Cops gotta make that ticket quota! on California Police Ticket A Self-Driving Car (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Um, no. Walking on the non-traffic side of the curb is the safe bet.

  19. Re:Cops gotta make that ticket quota! on California Police Ticket A Self-Driving Car (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Cyclists are safe, because their own bodies are on the line.

    Buuullllshit. In fifty years of driving I've had numerous cyclists pull out in front of me without looking, come down the street the wrong way and do any number of other stupid and definitely unsafe things.

  20. 27 people doth not a decent study make. on Breakthrough Study Reveals How LSD Dissolves a Person's Sense of Self (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Having personal experience with a few "brands", I can say that not once did I experience a dissolving of self. Like most "social experiments", the numbers are too small to extrapolate great insights from. I don't typically follow someone else's gaze unless there's a definite reason for me to, so I don't see any relevance to that.

    Last point, spacing out != dissolving of self.

  21. Just because you do it doesn't mean others do. I worked salary for most of my career and any after hours I had to attend were balanced by a reduction of standard hours. Do your job, do it well, and you can do this.

  22. Re:Same basic concern remains on BuzzFeed Unmasks Mastermind Who Urged Peter Thiel To Destroy Gawker (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    When you got nothing else, you scrape.

  23. Re:I like my dumb speakers on Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? · · Score: 1

    Nice to see that's already being combated.

  24. Re:Alexa, obviously. on Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ms Slaker, I hear you're having sex. Your partner's browsing history indicates he likes his women bound and gagged while he spanks them with a riding crop."

  25. Re:I like my dumb speakers on Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? · · Score: 1

    I see the BeauHD sycophants have started modding. Too bad I've already posted.