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  1. I never said that Singapore was totalitarian; I meant that it was strict.

    Is Singapore a good place to live if you're LGBT?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Singapore is an entire country. Or did you mean a large country?

  3. Yeah, this is what I'd expect from Singapore.

  4. Re:No shit Sherlock? on Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, at various prices, as opposed to quantity demanded, which looks at the amount desired at one price.

  5. Re:No shit Sherlock? on Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are typing instead of saying. And yes, I can be pedantic about such things, Again, from Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    (Note: This distinguishes "demand" from "quantity demanded", where demand is a listing or graphing of quantity demanded at each possible price. In contrast to demand, quantity demanded is the exact quantity demanded at a certain price. Changing the actual price will change the quantity demanded, but it will not change the demand, because demand is a listing of quantities that would be bought at various prices, not just the actual price.)

  6. Re:No shit Sherlock? on Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Asserting that demand (not the demand curve!)

    Why are you saying "demand" instead of quantity demanded?

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    The demand curve is often graphed as a straight line of the form Q = a bP where a and b are parameters. The constant "a" embodies the effects of all factors other than price that affect demand. If income were to change, for example, the effect of the change would be represented by a change in the value of "a" and be reflected graphically as a shift of the demand curve. The constant "b" is the slope of the demand curve and shows how the price of the good affects the quantity demanded.[4]

  7. Re:No shit Sherlock? on Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    You're conflating the demand curve with demand.

    demand curve with quantity demanded (at that price).

  8. Re:Oh yeah, just what I need. on Voice Is the Next Big Platform, But Amazon Already Owns It (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    a warrant or writ of assistance

    You misspelled "lettre de cachet".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  9. Yes, silly me.

  10. How much of the savings would be passed on to consumers?

  11. Aren't they civil servants? Good luck firing them.

  12. The firm that counts the votes for the Academy Awards.

  13. Re:License is a fair question on PwC Sends Legal Threats To Researchers Who Found Critical Security Flaw (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    From Wikipedia:

    Examples of fair use in United States copyright law include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. The Interest of Science on If You Get Rich, You Won't Quit Working For Long (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know if sudden wealth has that effect, but in the interest of science, I'm willing to find out.

  15. Re:Infinite Scrolling on David Pogue Calls Out 18 Sites For Failing His Space-Bar Scrolling Test (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Is infinite scrolling where you think you're approaching the bottom of a page and then more page gets added? Yes, I can't stand it. And I also find inserting text after rendering to be annoying.

  16. Re:Diagnostic 1D 10T on New Bug In Windows 10 Anniversary Update Brings Wi-Fi Disconnects (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The headline is not only misleading it is downright incorrect!

    Welcome to Slashdot!

  17. Re:Provide this at the state level on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    Would state boundaries be different from international boundaries?

  18. Re:Provide this at the state level on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    My point is that some state boundaries are more than lines on maps.

  19. Re:construction construction construction! on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    Trump has his stereotype running DHS (female)

    No. http://www.washingtontimes.com...

  20. Re:It was a joke to begin with on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    You'd think that lawyers would understand the difference between coding and programming, as it's the same as the difference between writing "Fix my fence and I'll pay you $30." and drafting an actual contract.

  21. What percentage of a programmer's time is spent typing?

  22. Re:Provide this at the state level on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    In any case, as stated in the Federalist Papers #41 quoted above, the "general welfare" provides no specific powers at all beyond the enumerated ones, and, according to Madison, it's a ludicrous argument to claim that it does. The Department was actually justified based on the Commerce Clause (like so many of the laws instituting Federal overreach), so you're not even correct about the Constitutional justification that was used to establish it.

    How are judges bound by The Federalist Papers?

  23. Re:Provide this at the state level on White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More · · Score: 1

    Why? What's so special about states? They're just lines on a map.

    Tell that to someone in East St. Louis, IL. That thing between it and St. Louis, MO isn't just a line on a map.

  24. Re:"people largely irrelevant" on Many CEOs Believe Technology Will Make People Largely Irrelevant (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And will these robots pay for it?

  25. Re:Better be ready to be beat up when layed off wo on Many CEOs Believe Technology Will Make People Largely Irrelevant (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    AI, hell GNU emacs has Zippy the Pinhead.