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  1. For once Betteridge is wrong on Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com) · · Score: 1

    To get really good at something, you need 10.000 hours practice.

  2. My barber could have told you that on Standing Desks Are Overrated (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Standing the whole day is no fun.

  3. Mystery font on The Mystery Font That Took Over New York (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not fond of it.

  4. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" ...unless AI told us so.

  5. Ozone-Generator on Ford Patents a Way To Remove 'New Car Smell' (freep.com) · · Score: 1

    I just put my ozone generator in my car for a couple of hours if it has any smell I don't like, be it wet dog scent or musty smell from too much wet weather. It kills all the smells.

  6. People who care switch on their VPN if it's isn't already on by default and the other get spied on by even more people than usual.

    A VPN costs about 5$month for usually 5 machines concurrently (PCs, cellphones, tablets...)

  7. Nice data you have there on 'Google, Apple, and Uber Should Be Forced To Share Their Mapping Data' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be a shame if something happened to it.

  8. Re:Not impressed on Maryland Test Confirms Drones Can Safely Deliver Human Organs (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    "Let me know when they can harvest them first."

    But this is so cool! The thermos was even still cold after the 2 minute flight(2.5 km at almost 68 km/h)
      Awesome.

  9. Re:Broad patents fall to prior art. on Google Patents Motorized, Omnidirectional VR Sneakers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "Like everything, it's about balance."

    Checking balance. Google broke my hip.

  10. is the word(s) you're looking for.

  11. I guess.

    But anyway, congrats for sticking to the reality of life and the world.

    Not every Administration does that.

  12. Nobody needs a year on How I Got Locked Out of the Chip Implanted In My Hand (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    ...to check 10.000 possibiities.

  13. People who like bitter stuff drink bitter stuff?

    Who would have thought?

  14. Re:No link... on There Is No Link Between Insomnia and Early Death, Study Finds (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "It just FEELS like you are dead."

    You WISH you were dead, so that you can finally sleep.

  15. Because Chicago users are not amused about this.

  16. Not quite on 'The Internet Needs More Friction' (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    "Highways have speed limits and drugs require prescriptions"

    Both are just suggestions that you can ignore whenever you want or need it.

  17. Well ... on Google Is Closing Its Schaft Robotics Unit (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Richard Roundtree will not be happy.

  18. 3 wishes on SpaceX Wins FCC Approval To Deploy 7,518 Satellites (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Elon Musk drove with his golden Tesla to the sea to do some diving.
    He donned his golden air bottle and his golden diving mask and went for a dive.
    In the deep waters he detected a bottle with a golden cap. He took it and swam back to land.

    After opening the bottle a genie appeared. 'Thanks a lot for rescuing me, I was down there for centuries!'
    Musk replied: 'Glad to help' and began preparing to dive again.

    The genie said: 'What about the 3 wishes?'
    Musk sighed and asked.'What do you need?'

  19. So they have a fabric that doesn't any helium through 'indefinitely'?
    I'd like to see that.

    Also, how do they heighten or lessen the buoyancy without ballast or additional gas to achieve that 'indefinitely' status.?

  20. Re:Trust on Google Accused of 'Trust Demolition' Over Health App (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "No thanks Google. I wouldn't share a single bit of info on me or my friends with them."

    So you don't have neither an Android nor IOS phone.
    You must be one of those elusive 2 Windows phone users.

  21. "Belgium is almost 3 times as expensive as that for unlimited data and makes no distinction between 3g/4g. I pay $40 for 8GB/month"

    Luxembourg here, I pay 15€ for unlimited calls to all landlines and all mobile operators and also unlimited SMS and MMS and 'unlimited' data (slowed after 4 GB)

  22. All robots must have a stiff upper lip.

  23. Idiotic question on Can AIs Create True Art? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Can _you_ create real art?

    And if not, are you neither human nor intelligent?

  24. OTOH on 'Why PC Builders Should Stock Up on Components Now' (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    These more expensive cases now come with a free 'orange man bad' sticker.

  25. "This miniaturization of rockets and spacecraft places outer space within reach of a broader swath of the economy. "

    Now the drug cartels can use their own satellites to spy on the border in real-time.