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  1. Re:80 hour work week needs to go as well companies on Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Hire more people if you have deadlines that push endless 60-80 hour weeks.

    That isn't necessarily a fix for that problem either....sometimes it can have the opposite effect:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Re:I don't have a problem ... on House Approves Bill To Force Public Release of EPA Science (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Recall that they had Waxahachie [scientificamerican.com] and lost the opportunity to be the Cern [wikipedia.org] and find the Higgs first.

    The USA is one of the leading contributors to the LHC, spending over $500 million towards it's construction and operation.
    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/...

    Texas would have been a major center for the world's greatest talents and would have gained all the logistical support business that comes with it

    What makes you think it isn't?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  3. Re:San Jose must be in the middle... on The Best and Worst Cities To Live in For Tech Workers, Based on Rent and Commute (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I pay $1466 for a studio apartment and make $50K+ per year in IT support in Palo Alto. If I had a car, it would take me 20 minutes in the morning and 45 to 90 minutes in the afternoon. By taking the express bus (one hour each way) for an extra $70 per month, I get read The Wall Street Journal in the morning and an ebook in the afternoon. Why drive when others can drive for you?

    I think the real concern is that you're spending 35% of your salary on rent, and that's before taxes.

  4. Re:Don't worry! on Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    1. The Cotton Gin.

    This topic always comes up on Slashdot, yet this one example never seems to get mentioned.

    Slavery didn't end when we got the cotton gin....in fact the exact opposite happened.

  5. Re:Sexism is systematic in tech on Uber Manager Told Female Engineer That 'Sexism is Systemic in Tech' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    quite shocked how nerds could have such filthy mouths

    I can assure you that women can be just has filthy. My wife works in a small business that is comprised of 100% women. The stuff they talk about would make Andrew Dice Clay blush.

  6. Re:Oh frabjous. . . . on Microsoft Just Showed Off Exactly What Salesforce Was Worried About (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    LinkedIn will become even LESS useful to the typical professional. At this rate, it'll be all sales types and keyword-spamming recruiters in a few years. . .

    So, you mean even MORE useful to the typical professional?

  7. Re:given their track record, i doubt it. on Microsoft Just Showed Off Exactly What Salesforce Was Worried About (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be hesitant to call Azure a failure....it's above Google in market share and isn't that far behind Amazon:
    https://www.skyhighnetworks.co...

    I'm not sure that Surface was ever geared to be a direct competitor with iOS or Android given it's price point. Surface RT maybe a failure, given that MS pulled the plug on it, but in general it's been a success:
    http://pocketnow.com/2016/02/0...

  8. Re:Too many stories on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Horrible IT Boss Story? · · Score: 1

    Litespeed for SQL Server was really nice (from Imceda, then Quest, then Dell, and I think back to Quest again). Back in the SQL 2000 days it was the best solution for doing compressed backups in SQL Server, but there's isn't much need for it now that compression is a standard feature included with SQL Server.

  9. Re:Too many stories on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Horrible IT Boss Story? · · Score: 1

    SQL Server's transaction log and database backups. He said the SAN backups would capture it all.

    DBA here....this always drives me up the wall. I can't stand relying on third-party backup solutions. All of these vendors promise the world, but in every situation you end up with something that is more expensive, takes longer to backup, and can't recover data.

  10. Re:ObamaCare on It's About Time Astronauts Got Healthcare For Life (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I jest, but Lopez-Alegria is already a veteran, so he receives health care benefits. I'm not sure how Miriam Kramer is trying to spin this, because if the U.S. had a single payer system, Lopez-Alegria would still be receiving the same level of care as the general population; nothing better or worse than he already receives.

  11. ObamaCare on It's About Time Astronauts Got Healthcare For Life (mashable.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Wasn't the ACA supposed to fix this?

  12. Re:a more pragmatic reason this is happening on Why Is the Vatican at a Tech Conference? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Try going to Louisiana.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  13. Re:The president doesn't understand his own job on How Wiretaps Actually Work (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there's a pretty clear distinction between "can't" and "won't".

  14. Re:The president doesn't understand his own job on How Wiretaps Actually Work (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America, does not know what the powers and limitations are for the office of president.

    Well the new boss is just like the old boss....the one who said that he "can't" pardon Snowden.
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

  15. Re:No kidding on Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm definitely having less sex than I did 20 years ago!

    Please tell me you're not 23.

  16. The article states you can run dual sockets, but will this be supported in quad sockets (provided someone makes a board to support it), or are you also limited by the way it used PCI Express lanes?

  17. Re:Draft Document != hidden on California Government On the Dangers of Cellphones (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 2

    This. This document doesn't list a single reference. Not a single reference to a case study, a research institution, or even the name of a doctor.

    The article has this to mention:

    "n the draft fact sheet, state health officials list their recommendations for members of the public who wish to reduce their exposure to the radiation emitted from cellphones, but state that as more studies are done the recommendations on the fact sheet may change."

    Okay, I'm down with that, but can you tell us what their original studies were that prompted you to put this in the fact sheet?

    This is the same type of nonsense that gives us anti-vaxxers and homeopathy.....a lot of data from a seemingly trustworthy source without any context.

  18. "But the conversation in the comments of the article was respectful and productive"

    [CITATION NEEDED] ;-)

  19. Re:The USA hasn't recovered from prohibition. on Why Astronauts Are Banned From Getting Drunk in Space (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Correlation does not imply causation. Various parts of Canada also had prohibition during some of the same timeframe. The drinking age there is also set per province, which interestingly, is also the same for the USA. For example the drinking age in Virginia is 18 for beer and wine but 21 for spirits. When I was growing up in Louisiana, there was a weird loophole law; you could be 18 to buy alcohol but had to be 21 to drink it. It was changed to 21 outright shortly after I turned 18 of course. Although the states can set their own age, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which was passed in 1984, forced the States to lose some of their federal highway funding if they set it lower than 21. This effectively set the national drinking age to 21.

    I agree with you that at the very least members of the military should be able to purchase liquor. It's asinine that somebody can face bullets, or vote, or get legally married, but not be mature enough to purchase alcohol. Thanks MADD!

  20. Re:A kook and snake oil vendor on Techdirt Asks Judge To Dismiss Another Lawsuit By That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah my bad on the spelling....also didn't realize she dumped him this past September.

    The most disgusting thing about this is that he waited till Tomlinson was dead to say that he "died a liar"
    (https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/706670699713335297) and that he was a murderer because he worked for Raytheon (but MIT is somehow immune to that, even though they can also be lumped into the military-industrial complex (http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/wwII/WWII-p1-04/brooke_p1_kss_4_1_04/home.html). Somebody really needs to send this guy home with a bag full of his teeth.

  21. Re:A kook and snake oil vendor on Techdirt Asks Judge To Dismiss Another Lawsuit By That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Either way his meal ticket is safe

    I'm not so sure, Fran Dresher could divorce him at any time.

  22. Re:That much demand for being lied to? on Accenture To Create 15,000 Jobs In US (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That didn't work out so well with Jeff Skilling, and the consulting firm he hired was Accenture's former parent company.

  23. Re:Not going to happen on Scientists Propose Plan To Re-Freeze the Arctic (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Call me alarmist if you will

    Then you're part of the problem. Denialism flourishes because of folks like you that make doom-and-gloom predictions that don't come true.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/view...

    we are only able to feed the 7+ billion people on the planet by spending lots of energy on producing artificial fetilizers

    You talk about lifestyle changes being required to prevent climate change, but you throw this in there? Are you trying to claim that we need to grow stuff organically instead? What are you trying to claim?

  24. Re:Matloff's myths on "indentured servitude" on CS Professor Argues Silicon Valley Is Exploiting Both H-1B Visas And Workers (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    First of all, when you get hired as an H-1B, your employer has no idea whether you will start the green card process

    But the employer has to be the one to sponsor it, and they are almost certain that the person being hired will want to start the process.

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

  25. Re:The problem with your argument... on Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    FFS, someone who actually gets it. Thanks you sir.