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  1. Re:Looking at TFA's graph... on Visualizing the Best and Worst Paid Jobs in the Tech Sector (howmuch.net) · · Score: 1

    Men are physically larger than women, and they earn more. QED!!

  2. Looking at TFA's graph... on Visualizing the Best and Worst Paid Jobs in the Tech Sector (howmuch.net) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Customer Success Representative??

    Right. And secretaries just loved it when they were "upgraded" to becoming Administrative Assistants.

  3. the only reason you would want that or would want to hang out there is obviously because you are a pedophile.

    That's the fatal flaw in your argument.

  4. Re: I'm in... on PeerTube, the 'Decentralized YouTube,' Succeeds In Crowdfunding (quariety.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Child porn would have millions of views...

  5. Re:But the sea level is only rising a few mm per y on Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    "Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure ar Risk From More Frequent High Floods" would be a much more interesting and uncontroversial paper...

  6. Re:What about the buildings, streets, homes, & on Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    Amsterdam figured it out, and so can New Amsterdam...

  7. But the sea level is only rising a few mm per year on Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Specifically, averaging 3.2mm, according to Wikipedia. In 15 years, that's only 48mm (less than 2 inches).

    How's that going to flood a bunch of stuff that's not on some coral atoll in the South Pacific?

  8. Re:Say what you will.... on Smart TVs Are Invading Privacy and Should Be Investigated, Senators Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Are these the same Democrat Senators spreading FUD about Trump's FCC allegedly requiring people to pay $225 to file complaints?

  9. Re:Human Error on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is not a binary zero-sum problem.

  10. Re:PayPal Credit on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think the husband knew about it.

    That could be true, but to assert it is completely invalid.

  11. Re:Human Error on PayPal Told Customer Her Death Breached Its Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Easy: there's a mail-merge template with the text "we have received notice that you are [reason_code]". At some point, some non-technical manager said that "deceased" should be one of the values, not thinking things all the way through.

  12. 12 uW/cm^2 isn't much on High-Power Thermoelectric Generator Utilizes Thermal Difference of Only 5C (newelectronics.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unless my math is wrong, that's less than an eighth of a watt per square meter.

  13. Re:Sorry, but... on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Control is an illusion. I know this because I've seen many IT people "in control" of their own shit and yet fail to fucking back it up properly and ultimately lose all control.

    You're in control of your own fate. If then you fuck things up, it's your fault.

  14. Re:Sorry, but... on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the solution is to control your growth to something manageable. Otherwise, you inflate like Sun and then the balloon pops.

  15. Re:Sorry, but... on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As if servers doing down can't happen if you host it yourself.

    But then you're in control, instead of having to rely on some amorphous, anonymous monster that only allows communication via automated email.

  16. Re:Oh no, not $5M on AT&T Has To Pay Up Millions After Two Major 911 Outages Last Year (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm 54, and we had a rotary phone up until around 1974ish.

    Regarding long distance, even in the Ma Bell era, different Bell companies had different rules for long distance. Where I lived, and when I was young, half the state had the same AC, so very definitely you had long distance calls within the same AC.

  17. Re:Oh no, not $5M on AT&T Has To Pay Up Millions After Two Major 911 Outages Last Year (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't miss the old days when you had to schedule long distance calls for 10:01PM on a Saturday night.

  18. That's the point: I have purposefully not wrapped my life up with Cloud this and Smart that, because I've been in the tech business long enough to know that shit breaks, and the more reliant you are on others, the more your life is at risk when the shit *does* break.

  19. "In a blow to NASA's prestige and its budget" on NASA Again Delays Launch of Troubled Webb Telescope (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    LOL. In fact, LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

    It was supposed to launch 11 years ago and cost less than $1Bn.

  20. I don't have Google Speaker this, Alexa that, Smart ass wiper, etc, etc ad nauseum. So please explain how/why I'm not in a good position?

  21. explicitly bought a media player that has an Ethernet port and is a dlna client, while running a dlna server on my main PC.

  22. Re:Is using MoviePass really stressful? on MoviePass is Going To Start Charging More For Popular Movies Next Month (qz.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I must be confusing MoviePass with the service that lets you watch first-run movies at home.

  23. Is using MoviePass really stressful? on MoviePass is Going To Start Charging More For Popular Movies Next Month (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't use it so don't know, and thought that the purpose was to remove the (relative) stress of high ticket and concession prices and getting tickets for the showing you want.

  24. "If they don't trust ..., they won't use ..." on NYT: 'Firefox Is Back. It's Time to Give It a Try.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Techno-anarchist delusions. People don't trust Facebook, and yet still use it by the billions...

  25. You're ignoring the fact that 70% don't have herpes.