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  1. smart but dumb on James Damore Explains Why He Was Fired By Google (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the real world. You have a freedom to speak but not freedom from the consequences. If you damage the company you get fired. And don't pretend your comments weren't sexist and aberrant. You might as well have titled it "Hitler - he had some good qualities too". You can argue that societal norms put females at a disadvantage in technical disciplines but implying a biological one is scientifically, morally and historically wrong and is the very definition of sexist. but thank you for reinforcing the stereotype of engineers as socially bumbling fools.
     

  2. Re:Font vs. Typeface on Font Maker Sues Universal Music Over 'Pirated' The Vamps Logo (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    The method used is not pertinent to copyright. information is information how it is obtained doesnt matter.

  3. Re:Font vs. Typeface on Font Maker Sues Universal Music Over 'Pirated' The Vamps Logo (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    no. Typefaces are not copyrightable so they can not be derivative works. End of discussion.

  4. They have no case. Fonts are not copyrightable. Only font files.

  5. once again lawyers file silly suits without knowing how technology works.

  6. Re:But how much did this electricity cost? on Wind, Solar Surpassed 10 Percent of US Electricity In March, Says EIA (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Solar and wind are already cheaper than coal even without subsidies. (its called technology) Yes solar plants produce energy 24/7. Wind is very reliable. Guess what ignorant one? The wind is always blowing. That's how weather works.

    We get more electricity from Solar than from Oil. We get more electricity from Natural Gas than from Coal.
    Solar capacity is doubling every few years. Wind capacity is doubling every 4-5 years.

  7. Re:What happens when you eliminate subsidies? on Wind, Solar Surpassed 10 Percent of US Electricity In March, Says EIA (thehill.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wind and solar have already become cheaper than coal and gas without subsidies. Renewables have already won.

  8. So they actually said "my phone broke after I had some dude replace the screen" and expected them to go "ok we'll fix some else's mistake'.

  9. Re:Solution on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    AAAAAAHHHHHH GMO's Your trying to KILL US ALL! Yeah crazy shit like thats why. The nuts jobs afraid everything they don't understand, don't understand much.

  10. Re:Charging for pollination? on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    This is because farms are smaller in Europe and there is much more diversity. But when tens of thousands of acres are planted with the same crop as in america's corn and wheat areas there is little open land to support bees. This is referred to as monoculture. When the area is so dominated by one crop, even if it is bee friendly it all flowers within a few weeks leaving almost no food source outside that window. This is why California Almond growers as so dependent on commercial bees. The groves were made by irrigating the desert and there is not no other fertile areas for other plants.

  11. Re:Wasn't it due to one type of insecticide? on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Banning them would be bad for everyone as the alternatives are much more dangerous.

  12. Re:Wasn't it due to one type of insecticide? on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    No there has been no evidence of this. There are certain pesticides if applied at certain times that can cause some issues. Basically you don't apply while the crop is the bees main food source. apply before or after flowering. The fact is neonicotinoids are used almost exclusively in many areas that have no bee die off issues at all. The truth is the pesticides used before (organophosphates(same as nerve gas)) did much more damage.

  13. Re:Impacts on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    NO a die off of 20% is entirely normal. Actually its just below normal. Bees die off in the winter always have always will. Many high die off years are attributed to cold snaps dipping farther south than normal.Lots of variables cause die offs to fluctuate between 10% and 30%.

  14. Re: Impacts on A Third of the Nation's Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    And of course this is categorically false. The majority agriculture does not need pollinating at all. Rice, Wheat, Corn, Oats, tomatoes, peas, green beans, peppers, chiles, oranges.pretty much all herbs,spinach, lettuce, asparagus. The fact is only about 10% of crops depend on pollinators and a large number of those are dependent on non-honey bee species or even non-bee species. Some crops are even hurt by the presence of honey bees. True lemons and limes would get scarce but they are both easily replace by chemical factories (their juice that is).

  15. there was nothing illegal about this. The source does not matter in the least.

  16. hell no on Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    if you can't learn to code on your own you can't learn to code. This is not an industry where you can learn some skill and be done. Coders are constantly retraining themselves to handle new technologies. Maybe this little snowflake should grow up and realize millions of people actually work there way through college studying late at night after working an 8 hour shift and then taking care of there kids.

  17. So its a high power laptop that can't run any software that would need high power? A high end Chromebook makes no sense at all. Easy to see why the surface series has less sales than apples accessory division.

  18. Re:MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air? on Microsoft Unveils the Surface Laptop, a Traditional Notebook That Is 'Better' Than MacBook Pro (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    hmmm 50% faster than a air and faster than a Pro thats 100% faster than an air? Im guessing this performance is measured in m$ programs.

  19. Re:Irrelevant Studies on Subway Sues Canada Network Over Claim Its Chicken Is 50 Percent Soy (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    In America, truth is an absolute defense against libel.

    It absolutely is not. There are no absolutes in law. And the truth is only what the courts rule it is.

    It doesn't really matter because the testing done can in no way back up the claims made. DNA is damaged by heat so varied amounts of cooking will yield varied amounts of residual DNA. If subway cooks their chicken longer or hotter or any soy products are treated differently it will change the DNA profile. This in no way established the amount of chicken present.

  20. Load of BS on Apple Forces Recyclers To Shred All iPhones and MacBooks (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple doesn't force anybody to do anything here. People hired by Apple are expected to do what Apple hired them to do. Apple refurbs and resells tons of devices. what it can't it recycles. Every junkyard in the world crushes tons of cars with usable parts. there simply comes a point when they are not worth the work required to reclaim them.

  21. Re:There are alternatives... on Apple Forces Recyclers To Shred All iPhones and MacBooks (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure none of them want broken computers. Apple sells tons of computers as refurbs. if they can be fixed they're resold if they can't be they're recycled.

  22. Actually very few farmers own their own tractors any. At least the high end models. There almost all leased. They are simply to expensive to purchase outright.

  23. Re:Not use it? on PayPal's 'Policy Update' Includes Price Hikes (paypal.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course all the alternatives have the same terms. its just standard fare for financial transactions.

  24. Re: he's right on Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Interfaces aren"t fair use. If you're making the interfaces claim you're making an industrial design claim. Fair use only applies to copyrighted materials. The interfaces argument would say that the code is industrial design it is not copyrighted.

  25. The jury apparently had no idea what fair use is. Any such claim in this case is ridiculous. Android's use clearly fails every test of fair use.