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  1. Roads are free aren't they? And the PD and FD? /s

  2. Re:Society's wealth is the business of The People. on ACLU Urges Cities To Build Public Broadband To Protect Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    If they were all solved then why are the big ISPs suing to keep states from enacting NN laws? AND trying to get a law passed that will stop future NN laws? https://www.politico.com/story... Sorry I confused the ISP with the FCC. Gee no idea why that would happen /s.

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

    Insightful ^^^ Adding that these monopolies the governments granted where mostly started when cable TV was built out across the US. The companies doing the build out wanted to recoup the costs to run wiring all towns and cities, and rightfully so. I think it was sold to the local governing entities as a short-term license deal so after x number of years it should have opened up to competition. But like any drug addict, once the companies found the revenue stream they began doing whatever it took to keep it flowing. Internet was just another revenue stream for them to lock in and now a new side effect of allowing them to decide what goes into the data stream you pay for, which NN helped keep their hands off. Fox meet the hen house. But they promise not to do anything to your data stream (eye roll). I agree with the sentiment, get rid of the government granted monopolies, allow for more competition.

  4. Re:Careful lefties on ACLU Urges Cities To Build Public Broadband To Protect Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm fine with them around and doing what they want to with the internet IF there was real competition. I hate the fact that I have only 2 choices for an ISP and it boils down to speed and cost. The fact that they can and now will start doing packet shaping and forcing other shit into my internet connection is just the shit frosting on the poop cake to me. Since I work out of my house I have no real choices at the moment. If people want to use the big ISP that's fine be me. But to have the choice between fire and brimstone is BS. Supposedly a 3rd company is building out in my town but I've got my doubts it will come to much more than some basic TV, which I don't need.

  5. Re:Society's wealth is the business of The People. on ACLU Urges Cities To Build Public Broadband To Protect Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Except this has nothing to do with monopolies created by the internet was a commonly used utility. Other than the monopolies created also control the common use utility. You want to do away with NN? Then the ISPs should gave up their right to own a market. But they won't and they will stifle competition anywhere it pops up. And if they have to pass laws to make what they're doing legal, that's what they'll do. Why are they so insecure in their business if they are suing to keep competition down?

  6. Re:Great idea! on ACLU Urges Cities To Build Public Broadband To Protect Net Neutrality (thehill.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The people who use it perhaps? Or would you rather have Big Company ISP nickel and dimeing you to death for each 'tier' of service you want? Basic - email and basic web sites, ISP search engine only. Basic plus get's you a few more web sites and maybe some with embedded video. Then your social teir, twitter, instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc etc. Then streaming per each service. Oh and they get to double dip by injecting their own advertisements into your service. VPN to circumvent? Block that traffic.

  7. weather predication is extremely complex and terribly inaccurate the further out in time you go. They have to use multiple models to even get close just a few days out. And those predictions can quickly change. They're getting better though.

  8. You're assuming that potential army has enough incentive to fight. See the Vietnam military action for an example. Water is a good reason to fight but will it incite the common person enough? Assuming the potential army would be made up of primarily common people. Also, training. I wonder how the water situation in South Africa is impacting the society there.

  9. " they can just stop and put things back to where they were" wrong question, will they want to. I suppose if it causes problems for their country, such as massive uncontrollable flooding, they might put it back. But as long as the negative impact to them is minimal and it gives them more resources, what would be their incentive? I can think of a few but those fall under 'might makes right'.

  10. Re:You just now noticed? on Chinese Hackers Hit US Firms Linked To South China Sea Dispute (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    so basically dump the log file into spreadsheet and review, got it. I thought maybe someone had an app that could do some smart graphing for you. Might have to look into it more, need a side project to keep from being bored.

  11. Re:You just now noticed? on Chinese Hackers Hit US Firms Linked To South China Sea Dispute (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you use to monitor the scanning / probing?

  12. Re:How can this possibly be true? on Android Is Now as Safe as the Competition, Google Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You HAVE purchased a new phone in the last 9 weeks, haven't you? HAVEN'T YOU?
    FTFY

  13. Re: Insect's revenge on Planting GMOs Kills So Many Bugs That It Helps Non-GMO Crops (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "The organic farmers use pesticides just as much as non-organic farmers. In many cases they use more pesticides because the organic pesticides are not as effective and long lasting." ^^^ citation needed

  14. Re: Correction on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    and if you use circus peanuts then you get clowns?

  15. You know of one of those $200k+ jobs in the Chicago area? I can check all of those boxes off. I've been developing for 15+ years, network admin for 5 years before that, build my own computers, started grad classes for MSCS. I can help a junior developer solve a code issue and then turn around and discuss trending technologies with managers and execs. I get paid ok now but that's a large jump in salary, closer to an exec salary imo.

  16. Re:one more thing on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're not working 75 hours a week are you really work at all? I was told by a manager that 10% OT was the expectation.

  17. Ha, truth! A XIO spoke to our group a couple of years ago and made the comment "everyone will be coding in a few years". So now everyone in the corporation thinks they can code because they make a rule up in Outlook or use IFTTT or build a report using a self service tool like Power BI. They have no idea what "coding" is but think they can "code" so how hard can it be?

  18. I can check that 'passed up for promotion by woman' box. Anecdotal, I know, but it just happened. Damn right I'm pissed off and bitter about it. I was told I've been with the company for 20 years and the top person in my group for 2 or 3 years now and someone new to the company is promoted in a couple of years. I've been working on my next move this year. Picking up Python, have tons of data analytic and big data skills, Java / script, XML, HTML, now what to do with it all.

  19. "Microsoft began developing .NET Framework in the late 1990s, originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS), as part of the .NET strategy. By late 2000, the first beta versions of .NET 1.0 were released." Technically 1.0 did come out in 2002. But it had been around in beta before that time. And some people may have worked with it for 5 years but not 10 years at that time. Job postings tend to put experience in buckets too. So 5 to 10 years really means, have you worked on it, do you know the details enough that your supervisor won't be telling you exactly what to write in the IDE, let alone how to install and configure the IDE to work with the project. 20 years experience usually means you've been in the business long enough to be bitter and jaded, j/k.

  20. Re:Alternatives to pissing money away... on Dial P for Privacy: The Phone Booth Is Back (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "properly measure performance and manage employees working remotely" Like that will ever happen. Yes, I'm bitter about being f*cked over because I work remotely. Top rated employee in my group year over year? Check. Passed over for promotion? Double check. So why the f*ck would I want to work my ass off again? For a measly pittance of a pay raise? uncheck.

  21. Steam is in nearly constant use in my house and never had an issue accessing PayPal. The price I pay them for access is horrible but in general I don't have Internet access issues through Comcast.

  22. Re: This, in general, is a bad thing on Comcast's Protected Browsing Is Blocking PayPal, Steam and TorrentFreak, Customers Say (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    ^^^ This

  23. Re: yeah forget that on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You have a low ID#, I'll listen to you. :-) Actually this is interesting and I'd upvote if I had any points.

  24. Re:yeah forget that on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    basic incomes? I welcome our robot overlords. Now just give me a basic income and I'm good.

  25. Re:WSL?? on Kali Linux For WSL Now Available in the Windows Store (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    "One of these things is not like the other." Sing it with me.