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  1. Re:Way ahead of you... on How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning · · Score: 1

    Free beer != Freedom of movement and association.

  2. Re:Way ahead of you... on How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning · · Score: 1

    A decent LIDAR unit costs significantly more than a car.

    Cheap LIDAR (today) is cheap because it has few beams and is effectively useless.

  3. Re:That's why I use an Amazon Fire Stick on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Dumb noname 4K TVs are _cheaper_ than smart TVs.

    They use the same IPS panels.

    The brands you trust are no longer trustworthy (if they ever were). React appropriately.

    Half the brands are just Matsushita crap anyhow.

  4. Re: âoeSmartâtv is for dummies. on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can get reasonably big (65 is easy) dumb 4k tvs. Just not in a name brand.

    But good news, the panels are all the same.

    Once I realized that all the dumb TVs were the same, I was left with no viable choice, took the small financial risk. It's not bad, as good as any IPS screen, which isn't a surprise as the screen likely came off the same line.

  5. Re:Bought my TV in 2008 on How Smart TVs in Millions of US Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You can get cheap, dumb 4K IPS TVs. Several brands, but it's the same set.

    I was worried. Reviews generally sucked, but not unhappy with it. $300 for a 55 4K TV (not the lowest price ever). Speakers are bad, but long covered.

    I assume the quality control is terrible and I got lucky. But so what? You might be delayed with round trips until you get a good one, how much of a problem is that?

  6. Re: Police state on UK Launches National Dashcam Database For Snitching On Bad Drivers (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Generally, misdemeanors are not pursued unless done right in front of the cops. Footage isn't even considered.

    But footage of a street race? Some other traffic felony? You'll be testifying about how you got the footage.

  7. Re: Police state on UK Launches National Dashcam Database For Snitching On Bad Drivers (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    2 in 15 minutes is a grey area. 1, 'he's the asshole'. Everyone, 'your the asshole'.

    If it was 2 every 15 minutes, clearly the GP is the asshole. But 2 once...not enough information.

    GP do you drive a Volvo, Pius, leaf or Tesla? That would tip the scale to asshole, for sure.

  8. Re:Police state on UK Launches National Dashcam Database For Snitching On Bad Drivers (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Follow Chinese dashcam scammer with dashcam.

    2. Video their illegal antics as they try and get others to break laws.

    3. Snitch.

    4. Profit.

    Obviously wouldn't work for a foreigner, but for a Chink?

  9. Drunk again (still) drinkypoo?

  10. Re: "Price Gouging"? on As Cryptocurrency Values Plummet, Graphics Card Pricing Improves Dramatically (hothardware.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're wasting your time. 'No free market' is just leftist derp. He will be posting the same nonsense tomorrow.

  11. Re:With regards to the main questions on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    You should pet him first.

  12. Re: No, but I donâ(TM)t work at McDonalds ei on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    They _signed_ the writeup and action plan. Their lawyer is on contingency, he will bail as soon as he sees that he's got a loser on his hands.

    In the USA you have to treat people that can afford to pay lawyers differently. Those that get contingency shysters, can't do the 'beat you up with lawyers' thing.

    Also not England. Truth remains a defense.

    Now go read the rest of my post, you're just a moron BTW.

  13. Re: Exactly!! Ding, Ding, Ding! on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    You work in an industry where an excuse is good enough. Which is nice for you.

  14. Re:Cheap service, cheap results on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Hippocracy!

  15. Re:Sorry, but...cheap advice. on 'Why You Should Not Use Google Cloud' (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Good thing I don't work for Amazon. Cause I just found some synergy. Amazon video would be about the get much better, at zero cost to them.

  16. Re: No, but I donâ(TM)t work at McDonalds ei on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if you get sued, by a god damn shyster.

    They 'can' say bad things, just most employers tell them not to, because shysters. Even when the employee signed a write up. Nothing in it for them.

    Personally, I love to trick headhunters and competitors into hiring air thieves. The best way to fire someone, is to trick your competition into hiring them.

  17. Re:Fix your labour law on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    Generally speaking, America doesn't have 'labor contracts' like Germany.

    Germany has (IIRC) four times yearly that most employees can quit/change their jobs.

    German labor laws would get close to indentured servitude laws in the USA. They would, at least, have to be carefully worded. Most employers and employees wouldn't want them.

  18. Re:That's the American employee for you... on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    I've known a bunch of net negative workers. In America, not just Indians, though they do 'overperform' in this respect, Chinese, American, Euro. Also other traits you'd think wouldn't allow net negative workers through, e.g. PhD or ex-marine corps officer. Still worse than useless on a software team.

    They've all got a few airthieves in the mix, they're everywhere.

  19. Re: That's the American employee for you... on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    Never ask an employee to do a job, that you wouldn't do, if you were in his shoes and were afraid of getting fired.

  20. Re: No, but I donâ(TM)t work at McDonalds ei on Ask Slashdot: Have You Ever 'Ghosted' an Employer? (linkedin.com) · · Score: 1

    'Can't' is not the same as 'most don't, by company policy, because they're afraid of shysters'.

  21. Re: We Pulled Out on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The model had the US and Europe as moneybags for the world. Now its left to Europe, that IS a better alternative. When Europe withdraws, better still.

  22. Re:We withdrew from the Paris agreement on America is Falling Behind On Its Paris Climate Pledge (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Only complied with the 'laws of the United States' because it _wasn't_ a binding treaty.

    So either it's not binding or it's moot. Pick one.

  23. Re:This is historically a bad move. on Apple is Rebuilding Maps From the Ground Up (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The original Wordstar for DOS was written by one guy, in three months, in assembler.

    Later, they gave the spec for Wordstar to a bunch of project manager types. Average estimate was about 20 person-years.

    I really should remember the dudes name, but don't. He is a big part of the old 100x programmer mythos. ('Chuck Norris' wrote Wordstar...)

    Wordperfect didn't so much stumble as halfass the GUI version. They were entrenched and their users were fast as fuck in the DOS version. Word took ALL the new casual word processor users.

    Their are almost certainly still wordperfect for dos users running in dosbox, with amazing hacks installed to get printing to work.

  24. Re:Who is the idiot who posted this? on Comcast and Xfinity Facing a Nationwide Outage [Update: Company Confirms] · · Score: 1

    The Weekly World News is dead (long live batboy). Don't you dare compare it to crap like Newsweek, the NYTimes or the Daily Mail.

  25. Re:Not in the US on Comcast and Xfinity Facing a Nationwide Outage [Update: Company Confirms] · · Score: 1

    Pretend? Sports DON'T matter, unless you want them to. People get to choose how they waste their time.