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  1. What did you expect? on 'It Took 10 Seconds For Instagram To Push Me Into an Anti-Vaxx Rabbit Hole' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely you didn't expect it to recommend stuff you hadn't indicated an interest in. You expressed an interest, quite intentionally in antivaxx stuff and you got it. Then you came here to tell us about it. No, I won't click on your link.

  2. You must have gone to my public school. When my parents figured out how a little I did to get my A's, and how poorly I was being prepared for college, they pulled me out and sent me to a top prep school for the last two years. Those were a very hard two years, I started so far behind my classmates, I couldn't afford to not pay attention in class. I was still into extracurriculars at the prep school, in fact they were required, but my classes were worth going to and participating in. I never regretted changing schools. I also learned what it means to have public schools for the masses and private schools for the elites.

  3. Re:And in another year.. on 'Blockchain Developer' is the Fastest-Growing US Job (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why we need a decentralized mesh of alternatively powered servers.

  4. Re:Chelsea, New York City on 22-Year-Old Google Engineer Dies At His Work Terminal (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought it was a kind of morning.

  5. Re:Still suspicious on 22-Year-Old Google Engineer Dies At His Work Terminal (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    How was this "previously-unknown heart arrhythmia" discovered? Healthy young people who drop dead are always autopsied unless they are already diagnosed with a terminally ill disease, and even then, they might be autopsied. For one thing, a healthy young man dropping dead for no reason looks a lot like homicide, so that must be ruled in or out.

  6. Re:Vigilante? on Vigilante Engineer Stops Waymo From Patenting Key Lidar Technology (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    sheesh, i remember when first post was something you had to strive for. Now, it just kinda happens. Maybe I just read the article faster than the next guy.

  7. Vigilante? on Vigilante Engineer Stops Waymo From Patenting Key Lidar Technology (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this the correct word for this?

  8. reality television on Swiss Village Votes for Free Money. Now It Just Needs the Cash (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Funded by taxing the crowd who keep their spare change in Zurich banks.

  9. Lego should get with Monsanto and genetically engineer Lego plants that are immune to roundup, edible, too, that would be nice, perfect for kids who want to play with their food.

  10. Too many web developers forget that not everyone has high speed service. This isn't a new problem. Back in the day, the computer whizzes would demo dashboards and such to the CEO that were quite impressive, but then, the mainframe was in the next room. Later, after the system was installed, down in the call center, the CSRs struggled with impatient customers while the computer poked along with putting characters on the screen. The customers themselves, had no computer connection, that's why they had to call the CSRs. But, the CEO was impressed with every little Blinky blip that slowed down the system because it didn't affect him, not when his impression was based on a single incidence running just a few feet from the mainframe. Or maybe the developers know that the CEO is the only one that must like it, that the CSRs and customers will muddle through.

  11. I agree. Phones and Electricity made no sense as a private investment when the "last mile" was in places like West Virginia. Amtrak, too, only goes there because of government mandate. It's important to include with that mandate with enough money to pay for the cost.

  12. There is a sucker born.... on Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Seeks Investors For New Company (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember when we used to have categories? Real categories and not stuff like Medicine and Chemistry which are industries, not proper categories like we had in the old days.

  13. Re:Yea Sure on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    His advice is reminiscent of the advice in "The Millionaire Next Door", with was a best seller back in the day. The point of that book is that real millionaires usually do not have extravagant lifestyles, that these little savings do add up over time. Or maybe Sam Walton, who lived in a modest ranch house and drove a pickup while simultaneously producing some of the most selfish children to ever walk the earth. They probably feel that they were deprived.

  14. Re:It only costs 18 cents if... on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My experience is similar. My coffee drips while I dress, and I don't wait in line or swipe a card. I make a pot, not just one cup, so I can refill my cup practically for free. I pick up fresh coffee beans or grounds when I buy the rest of my groceries, or I order online for home delivery. Going to a coffee shop costs time and money. So, why would someone go to a coffeeshop? Because they enjoy the experience somehow. They enjoy interacting with other customers and the "dirty hippie". Who know, the barista might be the present day equivalent of the taxi driver giving out stock market tips.

  15. Re:Wholeheartedly agree on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    That is how capitalism is supposed to work. If you think that is sad, you don't understand capitalism. As long as there are plenty of people willing to work cheap, shareholders will do continue to do whatever it is that they do that makes our country great.

  16. No pay wall here on CEO Catches Stranger After Hours, Prompting Espionage Charges (wsj.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
  17. Re:"...they are not pretty." on New Data On H-1B Visas Prove That IT Outsourcers Hire a Lot But Pay Very Little (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Since when are IT employees hired for their looks?

  18. Re:Pied Piper proves it too ... on Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs (stackoverflow.blog) · · Score: 1

    It makes perfect sense that coders are paid by the character. A tab is only one character, not as much work.

  19. Re:Digikey kicks their butt on With Nothing Left To Sell, RadioShack Is Selling Itself To People (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The Radio Shack near me survived all the previous shrinkages. It will be sad to see it go. I liked the manager, even asked him for a job during the holidays. He said sure...... So, I went to the website, first thing they wanted was Social Security Number, could not enter career section without it. I was willing to give them my name and an email, but I couldn't see the jobs or create an account. This was a few years ago, when most websites let you wait until you found a job description you liked enough to apply before entering the SSN. I couldn't even sent a message.

  20. Pirate Bay ... .. on Scientists Capture First Image of Dark Matter Web (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    should move to the dark-matter-web, a mesh of such complexity that not even God can find it.

  21. Re:"borrow money to make it through the month" on Scraping By On Six Figures? Tech Workers Feel Poor in Silicon Valley's Wealth Bubble (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What you want the next generation to be created by the rich who can afford them or the poor who seem to have the time. No wonder the middle class is dying out.

  22. Re:Double edged sword on Automatic Brakes Stopped Berlin Truck During Christmas Market Attack (dw.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw that movie.

  23. Even if you live with a service dog? on Teenager Accidentally Launches DDoS Attack On 911 Systems (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    "A heroic service dog saved the day by dialing 911 and pulling her blind owner to safety after the home they shared in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia caught fire on Thursday morning. Yolanda, a golden retriever, called 911 on a specialized phone...."

    normally, service dogs are trained to hit any button because they are all programmed to dial 911

  24. The NSA may not leave it's real tools laying out on Computer Science Professor Mocks The NSA's Buggy Code (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Just saying, there is such a thing as disinformation

  25. Somehow, rental car companies stay in business. Sure, they clean the car between renting it out again, and some people are rough on rental cars, but they will make it work. Currently, they hit your credit card with an extra $150 or more that they refund when you return the car. And what that doesn't cover, the insurance will.