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  1. Re:Languages are tools, not jobs. on The Working Dead: Which IT Jobs Are Bound For Extinction? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah. So a hammer is just a hammer for you? No matter if it is a sledge hammer or a soft faced hammer or ... https://me-mechanicalengineeri...

    The person that beaks down a wall uses a hamme, just like the person that makes jewelery. Both know how to hammer, but the ability to use THEIR hammer makes the job different from the other persons job.

  2. Re:Smart move. Nuclear Fission isn't cost-effectiv on Switzerland Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power In Favor of Renewables (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Is the cost of CO2 also factored in? I mean e.g the amount of money it will take to build higher dikes in Sleswig-Holstein where the majority of the alternative energy comens from? Or are those wind makers build to work under water?

    Also nice to know that SH pays the most in energy, while they produce also all that 'free' energy.

    Since a long time the green party has been scare mongering people about atomic energy and it finaly paid off. Who again said "If you repeat a lie often enough, people think it is true."?

  3. Well, at least he did not get lie about a blowjob, because that would be worse.

  4. sed -i 's/ or / and /g'

  5. As long as there is a "Winner takes all" a third party is not an option.

  6. But things will get better if you do not vote for this party. Vote for the other party.

  7. Re:For you, Elsevier... on Elsevier Wants $15 Million In 'Piracy' Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    They are a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

  8. They are locked in for several years in the top spot selling overpriced goods (Otherwise where do those huge profits from?). The thing with these kind of lawsuits is that unless there is a serious political change in the US, that the question becomes not IF but WHEN this will be turned into law.

    The majority of companies are waiting how this turns out and you can bet that this will become the standard for everything from cars to houses to your shoe laces. John Deere is just one of the bigger names out there who was already mentioned here on /.

  9. Why not mention "The kiss" in the original series. Diverse? It is right out controversial.

  10. My great aunt who lived toil 115 had many doctors in her life. One of the last ones told me:
    She has become this old not thanks to us doctors, but despite us doctors.

    Truer words have never been spoken. I even have the letter where her father asked to be allowed to hold a goat for the sick kid. The doctors then thought she would not be older than 6 weeks. Oldest person in the world who also Open Sourced her body. They found a lot of interesting things. The first was proof that Alzheimer was not a de-facto elderly illness as she had no traces of it.

  11. My mom did just that. Cancer and she refused treatment (as she knew how it would be after going through it already once). Instead of prolonging her life for perhaps 1 year with all the pain that treatment brings, she had pain reduction instead and great help from the palliative doctors.
    And this had nothing to do with bankrupting anybody. All would have been paid either way.
    She died at 83 instead of 84 perhaps.

    The fact that she did not have to take the decision because of money makes it even more humane.

  12. Re:Obsession With The New on The Tech Sector Is Leaving the Rest of the US Economy In Its Dust (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I could not find out what is wrong with it, no matter what. I would not be able to do it if I had a complete Kia Engineering team with me.

    Resetting the check engine light? No problem: ODBII scanners are widely available. Diagnostics tools are available for free, cheap and expansive.
    Google just gave me this link as part of a search.
    This is an expensive option. Just for fun I once bought a Bluetooth OBDII scanner, installed a free app and could see so much that I have no idea what I was seeing. (That is meaningless as I just know not to mix the fuel and the water.)

    The fact that _I_ do not know what the output means does not mean that that knowledge is not available.

  13. Re:Obsession With The New on The Tech Sector Is Leaving the Rest of the US Economy In Its Dust (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes cars are harder to repair than before. You know how many I repaired before? Less than 1. They also became more relaiable. I needed to change my oil less because of all this.They became ore fuel efficient and safer.
    And you can still repair cars if you want. There are plenty of ways if you are willing. It just included electronics.

    For the majority of people what newer means is cheaper, not better. I can buy a 50+" TV for 500EUR fullHD. Compare that to the TV I could repair myself. Paid 4 months wages when they came out.

    So yes, please think back 100 years what was available then for the public and what is now.

  14. (which can likely never be self-driving)

    You are wrong

    And in many places skateboarding, roller skates/blades, horseback riding and the rest are not allowed in great parts of the city.

  15. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    That says more about you than about people using the zipcar.
    Sharing of products is a very common thing. The form of payment might differ, but people share goods all the time.
    That is how e.g. hotels and car rental companies make a living.

    And if you do not play by the rules, you are not allowed to play at all.

    I do car sharing and the cars are better maintained and cleaner than any car I ever owned. (Mine where more messy than dirty)

    I know of one person that was banned from abusing the car he had gotten. No more car for him. He also doesn't have enough money to buy one, so he basically fucked himself.

  16. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    $85 to $115 per day for Zipcar? Here is what I pay at Cambio.be

    I get my public transport paid by my employee. I walk if I can where I live as parking is a nightmare anyway. The car I take is mostly for doing shopping once a week and for further trips about once a month. Saves me around 200EUR per month compared to owning a car.

  17. Re:Not in Africa and all of Asia on All Fossil-Fuel Vehicles Will Vanish In 8 Years, Says Stanford Study (financialpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I had a car and sold it. I now have Cambio.be. I live in a city and work in another city. I have not cut down in the places I go. I just save a shitload of money (around 200EUR per month in my case). So I understand the imediate freedom a car can give you and I have that.
    OK, it needs sometimes a little bit of planning, but that gives me 2.400EUR per year, no hasle of maintenance of the car and what not.

    The thing is sharing cars will not reduce traffic. It will reduce the need for parkings.

  18. Nice if the cost would be the only thing that people looked at. They don't. When people heard about the fact that their VW consumed more diesel than told, the sellers here in Belgium where not really worried.

    They said :"Yes, people ask about it, but in reality they are ,ore interested in the sunroof."

    The thing that is holding it back is not so much the price. That is only one part of it.L What I see is that electric cars will be self-driven cars where fuel will be for people who would like to drive.
    And then people will slowly go from one to the other because of a shift in the general mindset.

    The reason money is not the things is easy to verify: Look outside.

  19. Re:Strong door have a downside... on Access Codes For United Cockpit Doors Accidentally Posted Online (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    So far we have a 4 to 1 in favor of strong doors.

  20. Starting June or July if the Sim is not registered, it will stop working. So yes, at this moment you can still get them at some places, but they will be useless very shortly.

    So many stores will already do it, so they won't be swamped by people claiming they did not know.

    I have received 2 messages informing me about it, even though mine is OK.

    On a side note: phones in Belgium ar never blocked. You will be able to use them from day one on any network workdwide. Just put in a sim card and they work. This is also by law.

  21. Re:It goes both ways on 'U Can't Talk to Ur Professor Like This' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Rules I learned in Germany about Sie and Du. Sie is formal.
    You would say Du till they are 16. From that moment on it should be Sie.
    To go to the formal Du, the protocol is that of hiarchy. e.g. The older person or the person higher in rank can offer to use Du from then on. The other person can then refuse or accept.

    My father lives in an elderly home in Germany and it is very hard to explain to the people working there that he needs to be called by his first name and they should use Du. I saw one person try it and saw she was surprised he reacted better to it.
    It still felt very strange to the person doing that.

    The thing is, if there are clear rules, it is much easier to follow. And yes, if an older person or a boss or somebody else calls me by my first name, to me that means I am allowed to do the same.

    In Germany we had many discussions as a kid. Me not being German was very interested in the subject of Du and Sie. The best explanation I got was.
    "You will say Du Esel" (You ass) but not as easy "Sie Esel". Both will have advantages and disadvatages. None is better than the other. But it is still important that these rules exist, so whe know what the advantages and disadvantages are in the relationship.

  22. Re:Don't talk like that to ANYONE on 'U Can't Talk to Ur Professor Like This' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I am sure the ancient Greeks had something to say about how the young ones spoke to the older ones and thus showed no respect.

  23. Just curious. How often do you use that data? I mean I have my HP with the strips that could be exchanged and programmed, but that thing is burried some where with other shit I don't need anymore.

  24. They stole copyright from the world, so one movie in return is not that bad.

  25. Re:the propaganda narrative needs work. on WannaCry Ransomware Shares Code With North Korean Malware, Says Researchers (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you confuse ICBM with IBM.