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  1. Re:Is it a surprise? on Are Silicon Valley Workers Abandoning Libertarianism For Socialism? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    Shanghai has been around since somewhere around 700 AD, I think it qualifies as the 'older city'.

  2. MX1000 on Logitech is Relaunching the MX518 Gaming Mouse (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm on my third battery, but I'm still using my Logitech MX1000 from 2004. I still haven't found a reason to "upgrade".

  3. Companies like Service Titan and Jobber do this too. It allows the person taking the call to receive a popup in their web browser with customer details (particularly useful for repeat customers). It's also handy to be able to review the call after the fact for details about the job without bothering the customer.

    There's nothing malicious here, phone numbers haven't been 'local' since the FCC mandated number portability.

  4. Historically green areas on maps (paper & digital) have been City, State, or Federal parks, now it's just any old patch of grass?

    TheVerge was right, 'more detail, less information'

  5. If he had so much time to surf porn at work, and none of his superiors noticed, clearly they should have all been part of that reduction of government.

  6. There is no level of 'proper public school funding'. It's always 'more'.

    The city of Minneapolis currently employs 1 adult for every 5 children, yet nearly half of their classrooms are considered overcrowded (30+).

    And then there's crap like this in Wyoming:
    https://www.openthebooks.com/b...

    Public schools are like any other government operation, extremely top heavy, "underfunded" and shit for service. The only thing that keeps them open are young bleeding heart teachers that are willing to work themselves to death.

    I'd support a 100% school tax increase if it came with the stipulation that *all* of those taxes went to teachers who are actually in a classroom all day.

  7. Re:Don't we have a free market system? on Bernie Sanders Introduces 'Stop BEZOS' Bill To Tax Amazon For Underpaying Workers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    FInd a roommate, stop going to the bar every night, slap a case on your phone so it lasts a few years, learn how to cook decent meals at home from scratch (amazing what you can do cost effectively with a sack of rice and a sack of beans).

    Work your job at Wal-Mart, Starbucks, McDonalds, Chick-Fil-A, Krogers (etc, there are many) use their tuition reimbursement program to get an education, then find a job you're actually interested in that pays decently and has advancement opportunities.

    The problem is that most people don't want to put in the effort and they live beyond their means. Ultimately they're just screwing themselves later in life.

  8. Re:Don't we have a free market system? on Bernie Sanders Introduces 'Stop BEZOS' Bill To Tax Amazon For Underpaying Workers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Precisely this.

    I can't tell you how many people I overhear deriding "the greedy stock holders" until I ask them where they think their 401K makes its money.

    After that they start yelling about 'but the CEO of Wal-Mart makes $22 million a year! They should give all the employees a pay raise!!!'

    Then I point out that 22 million dollars divided by 2.3 million employees is $9.56

    Per year.

    We really need to improve math and economics education in our school systems.

  9. Just because you're an AC doesn't mean people don't notice your writing style. Exactly how many times did you comment on this article trying to say the same thing different ways?

  10. Last minute merging and zipper merging aren't the same thing, IMO.

    The assholes cruising at 20 mph past the people in the exit lane trying to find someone to cut off (while blocking traffic behind them trying to go straight) are not 'zipper merging' they're just trying to jump the line.

  11. Re:That's the trouble with you Americans on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Lice and tetanus on a good day, chemical burns and permanently destroyed hair follicles on a bad day. Hair stylists deal with a lot of dangerous chemicals, bonding agents (hair extensions primarily), sharp objects and the fragile soul of teenage girls everywhere that might literally /wrists because their hair was burnt off the day before prom.

  12. It's called an inertial navigation system.

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

    Check out this system from 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  13. Shocking. on Female Uber Drivers Get Paid Less Than Men, Says Study (recode.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Turns out the wage gap really is simply because of personal choices.

  14. Re:Interesting idea.. on NYC Sues Oil Companies Over Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Precisely this.

    You can't fund something, profit from it, then sue the company you funded for doing their job in the legally mandated most fiscally responsible and (legally) profitable way of doing so for more profit.

    This is all about politicians trying to make news. The sad thing is that many of the "oil companies" (energy companies) have been investing in clean energy now that it's viable without subsidies, this will probably cause funds to be diverted from that.

  15. Re:Jerks are not a protected class. on James Damore Sues Google For Allegedly Discriminating Against Conservative White Men (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As opposed to all the other groups protests (discrimination, wage gap, "unwelcome advances", etc) that gave everyone at work the warm fuzzies and a general feeling of unity.

  16. Re: mesh network? on Asus Is Turning Its Old Routers Into Mesh Wi-Fi Networks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    WDS has been in the default firmware for a long time. This isn't WDS, it's mesh.

  17. Regardless of what you want to call the group of people who have deemed themselves the Twitter vigilante group (or snowflakes, or bleeding hearts, or just some bored people with spare time over the holidays), they both want to claim their right to free speech, while they limit the free speech of others.

    If your opponent is truly wrong it's better to let them have the rope to hang themselves while you post your civil objections, rather than screaming over them in an attempt to keep anyone from hearing them.

    I prefer "snowflakes" because I live in Minnesota and it sounds like the kind of crap the locals do.

  18. The poor snowflakes don't understand why they can't have their cake and eat it too.

  19. Exactly.

  20. It's OK people, we're already popular. on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didnâ(TM)t stop to think if they should"

    I like most of where Linux has gone since the mid 90s when I started using it, but I was never looking for a Windows replacement and I abhor the dumbing down and obfuscation of major components (systemd, for example) in the name of 'MORE USERS OMG!!!'.

    It's okay if everyone doesn't know how to use a tool. Imagine if a nail gun were dumbed down so far that nobody could possibly hurt themselves with it, and it were accessible to everyone. It would be a nail gun in name only. This is how you get things like the iPhone.

    I've never understood the push to be accepted by everybody, isn't it enough to be the most popular OS in the world? (Android, TVs, servers, IoT, etc)

  21. Re:I like this. on Android Oreo's Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't see anything about this which prevents you from having root on your device. Can you provide more details?

  22. I like this. on Android Oreo's Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't want *my* device stolen, downgraded, then rooted. I want it secure.

    I buy devices that can be OEM unlocked and rooted though, (currently the Pixel XL) in case I want a custom ROM or root.

    As long as I can buy a device capable of being OEM unlocked and/or rooted I don't see the problem. If you have an issue with rev XYZ of a ROM you can always install a derivative with a fix from XDA, or a straight up copy of a prior version with a different name/version, just not a *signed* copy of a prior version.

    tldr; All this does is prevent thieves from backtracking to an exploitable ROM. If you have authorized access you can still OEM unlock and do whatever you want.

  23. After years of work... on Where's All My CPU and Memory Gone? The Answer: $5B Worth Slack App (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    and numerous new chat protocols, IRC still rules them all.

    poptix 4507 0.0 0.0 141996 13148 pts/4 Ssl+ Jan10 57:23 \_ irssi --config=~/.irssi/config.efnet

    That's *with* 'infinite' scrollback enabled.

  24. Re:Yes it is too much to ask. on TechCrunch Urges Developers: Replace C Code With Rust (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    ^-- This.

  25. Re:This is why I don't use spyware on Google To Auto-Migrate Some Users To 64-bit Chrome · · Score: 0

    It only happens on Chrome installs which are configured to auto-update. If you don't like it, turn off auto-update.