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  1. Don't forget on J.J. Abrams On "Star Wars" Cast's Racial and Sexual Diversity · · Score: 1

    Watto, pretty clear which group he represents.

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

  2. funded by big oil? on Double-Dynamo Model Predicts 60% Fall In Solar Output In The 2030s · · Score: 1

    Lets see a few others come to the same conclusion.

  3. LOL on Simple Geometry = More Seats In an Airline · · Score: 1

    So when the guy in the middle leans back to sleep you get to look at him and hear his snoring EXTRA loud

  4. OK on The College Majors Most Likely To Marry Each Other · · Score: 1

    Proximity.

  5. That is all.

  6. Laugh on Adblock Plus Reduces University's Network Traffic By 25 Percent · · Score: 2

    This seems like a "no duh" thing that would have been done long ago.

  7. Re:The simple way to see it on Are Certifications Worth the Time and Money? · · Score: 1

    See now it's not simple any longer.

  8. The simple way to see it on Are Certifications Worth the Time and Money? · · Score: 1

    2 resumes, both have equal work time in IT, one has several certs one doesn't.
    Which would you hire?

  9. So how on Technology and the End of Lying · · Score: 1

    Did the cops get a hold of her "fitbit" info?

  10. Re:Laugh on "We Screwed Up," Says Reddit CEO In Formal Apology · · Score: 2

    Ninja please...

  11. Laugh on "We Screwed Up," Says Reddit CEO In Formal Apology · · Score: 1

    "We screwed up" seems contradictory to "the buck stops with me".

  12. Chairman Pao on "We Screwed Up," Says Reddit CEO In Formal Apology · · Score: 5, Informative

    What a piece of work.
    http://www.vanityfair.com/styl...

  13. Ride it on Japanese and US Piloted Robots To Brawl For National Pride · · Score: 1
  14. It's a good thing on Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? · · Score: 1

    I've used desks that adjust so you can stand or sit, they are a good thing.
    I often felt I did better work standing than sitting.

  15. Look at Cameron on Theresa May Named UK's Internet Villain of the Year · · Score: 1

    http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-...

    Cameron reaffirms there will be no âoesafe spacesâ from UK government snooping

  16. Re:Looks pretty useful on 3-D Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning Could Strengthen Smartphone Security · · Score: 1

    Convenience is the death of liberty.

  17. Another in a long line of techniques to gather you biometric information.

  18. Suspected this sort of thing on FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs For Criminal Investigation Into Copyright Trolls · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't be surprised if some of the many clones of Piratebay were put up by someone trying to do the same thing.

  19. Boy do they... on Common Medications Sway Moral Judgment · · Score: 4, Informative
  20. OK on San Francisco Fiber Optic Cable Cutter Strikes Again · · Score: 2

    penalties are not stiff enough to deter would-be vandals.

    Yeah cutting cables is a bad thing, but these days I get nervous when I see that sort of talk because it's never as simple as increasing penalties for vandals, something else always gets added.

    "There are flags and signs indicating to somebody who wants to do damage: This is where it is folks," says Richard Doherty. "It's a terrible social crime that affects thousands and millions of people."

    I mean who talks like this? It sounds like someone that didn't rehearse their script enough.
    thousands and millions of people indeed.

  21. Re:Well on Is Safari the New Internet Explorer? · · Score: 1

    most people simply don't value privacy.

    I disagree, most people do not know to what level they are being violated, and most have learned helplessness issues.

    A simple thought experiment shows this, "Do you prefer a door on the stall of the public restroom, or one without a door".

  22. Well on Is Safari the New Internet Explorer? · · Score: 1

    I have several Apple devices and I NEVER use Safari.
    It's really a terrible browser.
    What I wonder is why Opera didn't take over by filling the very thing everyone wants, a privacy oriented browser with good features.
    It used to be pretty good and I had high hopes.

  23. And... on Cisco To Acquire OpenDNS · · Score: 1

    Who here trust Cisco?

  24. The answer is yes on Are We Too Quick To Act On Social Media Outrage? · · Score: 1

    People are too quick, and frankly from what I've seen it should be called "anti-social media" because it is so insipid, so cruel, and it's manufactured sociopathy.

    But in the can of Tim Hunt the person media raping him is a trifecta of unassailability, she is elderly, black and female.
    In this age of neo-feminism that makes her untouchable.

  25. Laugh on World's First Commercial Jetpack Arrives Next Year · · Score: 1

    Bringing a whole new meaning to the word drone.