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  1. meanwhile... on Newspaper Obtains James Damore's Complaint Against Google (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 0

    Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded 1 Million Times https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

  2. that's some good social justice on Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded 1 Million Times (fortune.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Google's too busy with diversity to be bothered with having their shit actually work.

  3. clean = less on Why China is Winning the Clean Energy Race (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    The only clean energy is to use less energy.

  4. But, did they buy any votes? Because the easiest way to influence an election is to buy actual votes.

  5. Peddle junk food down Amazon... on Nestle Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Floating supermarket of Nestle products in Brazil. http://bit.ly/1U7PTC9

  6. solar orbit turbulence on Seismologist Explains Mexico's Back-To-Back Earthquakes (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Experiencing a little turbulence in our solar orbit.

  7. CI affects CO, and vice versa. Junk food companies will always blame only CO when they are culpable for CI.

  8. work on problems you have control over... on Could 'Re-Engineering' Earth Help Ease the Hurricane Threat? (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Toby Hemenway - How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization https://youtu.be/8nLKHYHmPbo

  9. All good choices... on At Burning Man While Your Startup Burns (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Revealed https://www.bloomberg.com/news...

  10. carb intolerance on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    How much carbs one can tolerate is actually easy to measure: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabete...

  11. Technological Salvation? on NASA's Plan To Stop A Supervolcano from Destroying The Earth's Climate (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Hunter gatherers most likely to survive cataclysm @joerogan @Graham__Hancock @SacredGeoInt http://bit.ly/2vBecTZ

  12. Inside Job... on Hundreds Of Smart Locks Get Bricked By A Buggy Firmware Update (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yet another data point demonstrating outages are better caused by admins than by hackers.

  13. $265M Boondoggle on Fired Google Engineer Says Company Execs Shamed and Smeared Him (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's be clear... he was fired for exposing their $265M boondoggle: https://www.axios.com/googles-...

    How many targeted scholarships and local/urban school improvements could have been had for $265M?

  14. Not being productive when system is rebooting. Windows 10 Linux subsystem installs Ubuntu for you.

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-...

  15. Conflating climate and pollution. It's all propaganda.

  16. Silly vegans, always trying to outsmart Nature.

  17. SneakerNET? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Isolate a Network And Allow Data Transfer? · · Score: 1

    SneakerNET?

  18. Re: As stupid as banning firearms on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    A Different Argument for the Right to Bear Arms
    http://daviddfriedman.blogspot...

  19. A Different Argument for the Right to Bear Arms on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1
  20. Re:carbon emissions on US Pays Farmers Billions To Save The Soil. But It's Blowing Away (npr.org) · · Score: 1
  21. carbon emissions on US Pays Farmers Billions To Save The Soil. But It's Blowing Away (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Broad acreage tillage is probably the single biggest contributor to carbon released into the atmosphere.

    "Name one ecosystem that is better off for having agriculture moved into it?" Toby Hemenway http://bit.ly/1pnapoW

    Mark Shepard on Restoration Agriculture - Abundance of Ohio River Valley pre-agriculture (during Jefferson administration). http://bit.ly/1cbC2uU

  22. AAA, why have you forsaken me?! on US Insurer Hikes Tesla Premiums Due To 'Higher-Than-Average' Claim Rates (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Techno-Jebus forsaken by AAA?!

  23. Re:tech innovation causes chronic ills? on Silicon Valley Is Too Focused On Taking the Easy Path in Health Care (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect infant mortality factors into the average life expectancy calculation?

  24. tech innovation causes chronic ills? on Silicon Valley Is Too Focused On Taking the Easy Path in Health Care (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Maybe it's tech innovation that's plaguing the poor? Primitive societies did not suffer from chronic diseases of civilization, and were usually healthier and long lived.

  25. Dev Tools on Open Source SQL Database CockroachDB Hits 1.0 (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Development tools are probably the most important factor in wide adoption.