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  1. They're qualities that are culturally encouraged or culturally disavowed to varying degrees in different parts of the world. What appears to be human nature is highly subject to ones environment.

  2. Re:its funny on Netflix Geoblocking Loosened Under New EU Law (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    What's funny is watching some dumbass belly flop trying to make a coherent argument that makes a lick of sense.

  3. Re:Something is missing on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay, sure, it's a vast conspiracy.

  4. Re:Confound it! on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 2

    less waiting in traffic = more deliveries per truck per hour = less trucks on the road in a day = less distance per day for total fleet

  5. Re:Something is missing on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, as somebody pointed out, more deliveries per hour = less trucks required per day = less distance traveled by fleet in total. So yes, it does make sense.

  6. Re:Something is missing on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    The newer route algorithms, even minus most left turns, just resulted in shorter routes.

  7. Re:Most of the web really sucks on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is why writing the software is left to the experts. Why would you load images in series when a huge amount of the time they're coming from different sources and you can parallelize the work?

  8. Re:Sad on RSA: Ban On Booth Babes Has Been No Big Deal (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    A model is not a salesperson.

  9. Re:If this is real on Nintendo's Engineers Have Embraced Unreal Engine (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct.

  10. Re:I don't see the problem. on Cutting H-1Bs Could Mean More Competition From China and India, Says GoDaddy CEO (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What's the point of sending them a letter littered with your impressions? You care enough about it to write, but not enough about it to provide any kind of data to back up your back napkin claims? All that is, is like, your opinion, man.

  11. Re:Meh... on Microsoft Introduces GVFS (Git Virtual File System) (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh noes! It turns out the moron is you!

  12. They are. They ones dumb enough not to see it can only work shitty jobs anyhow, advantage or no advantage, but couch their bitterness with failure in racism.

  13. Re:The point on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, if you don't think can honestly say, than it must be right. (Just joking - chances are you actually have no idea what the health care costs are.)

  14. Re:Do the right thing - stand against Trump's bigo on Trump's Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections For Foreigners (whitehouse.gov) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Impressive is the person who has a Masters in economics and worries about terrorism. Mostly because I guess you can work formulas but can't do basic risk analysis.

  15. Re: Do the right thing - stand against Trump's big on Trump's Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections For Foreigners (whitehouse.gov) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The only reason your family suffers is because they can't make it in a meritocracy. It's certainly not because of the color of the skin they were born with, or the country they were born in. It's the idiots like you who think they have a birthright that are ruining the US.

  16. He certainly doesn't favor the individual by any standard that doesn't include a specific mix of gender and color. He favors the certain type of individual, sure.

  17. "IF THEY IMPROVED TEN TIMES OVER, it would still be crap."

    These are the grounded, quantifiable, bold claims that I come to /. to read. That such and such has a LONG way to go until this or that.

  18. Oh, real hacker. Hehe.

  19. don't worry, the army of old guys who know Linux will tell them what went wrong

  20. Re:Unutterable bollocks on Tiny New Robots Perform Eye Surgery (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Man I'm glad there are smart people like you around, who know some smart people.

  21. Foreign ownership numbers in Toronto are relatively low. A lot of things you're saying are kinda the super simple story version of reality ..

  22. Re:Since they determined autopilot wasn't to blame on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nobody who ever died in a car crash would have died in a car crash if we didn't have cars. So cars are a loss?

  23. Re:Ha-Ha! on Windows 10 Upgrade Bug Disabled Cntrl-C In Bash (infoworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know, some of us use windows since it's quite client facing. This might blow your mind. Anything either side can do to bridge the gap of best of both worlds is a good thing.

  24. He made and sold a tool to commit crimes. Willingly and knowingly. I love how people so desperately want to ignore intent.

  25. Re: Well Trump has one thing right on Congress Will Consider Proposal To Raise H-1B Minimum Wage To $100,000 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Problem is that 3/4 of software engineers leave the field due to poor work conditions and relatively low pay

    I love an argument based on numbers pulled from bum.