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  1. The cows are not what they seem. on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    their new VP of Diversity, Integrity & Governance

    identified its anonymous author as "not someone senior,"

    Documents that are written and released have a paper trail that managers can can take to HR Immediately after they are 'released'. The fact that this has 'circulated' organically are suspect.

    I smell a false flag.

  2. Re:How about people ? on Cats and Dogs Contribute Significantly To Climate Change, Says UCLA Study (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    The total surface area of Massachusetts is Ten Thousand Square Miles.

    The total surface area of Earth is about 197 million square miles. ( Even though the Earth is round we still call them square. The planet must be a Dweeb. )

    "Order of Magnitude" is not to scale.

    And sure Humans do produce so much more feces than all our pets put together except maybe Horses and chickens but all feces also breaks down to become fertilizer that makes things green like our salads and the tree's we build our houses out of. Any one thing can be taken out of context when measured outside it's place in the ecosystem. This article doesn't address the niche these animals occupy in the human experience and is written with an arguably sensationalist slant.

    The sole existence of this article is clickbait and is not helping the real science of the issue.

    Ignorance is assuming anything you read online that you don't pay for hasn't been written for the sole purpose of dragging ad impressions to the reader's eyes so the ad revenue can flow.

  3. Can't Tell... on ESET Spreading FUD About Torrent Files, Clients (welivesecurity.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not sure if this is a clever slashvertisement for eset or a new push by the mpaa riaa anti-piracy mafia...

  4. And not a single thing was said on Senators Propose Bill Targeting Websites That Facilitate Sex Trafficking (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    But what about the young men trapped in this situation also?

    It's not just women and girls that are trafficked.

    Here's an excellent opportunity for equality.

  5. An extension of competing standards on O'Reilly Media Asks: Is It Time To Build A New Internet? (oreilly.com) · · Score: 1

    This applies.

    https://xkcd.com/927/

  6. NOAA and COAX on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With Old Coaxial Cable? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Download Weather Satellite images from NOAA:

    http://www.instructables.com/i...

    I would recommend removing all the wire from the house though. It's an eyesore, lets in spiders through the holes in the walls and is generally useless. Some people might suggest keeping the coax as a selling point in the future, but the people that can only afford Coax aren't going to be able to be able to afford to buy the house in the first place.

  7. +10 Mod points.

    It's one thing to be pro-gender-swap but there's a point where trying to push for this kind of access will actually do more *harm* to the individual than help.

    But nobody want's to think through the problems of their altruistic ideas and see the flaws. Consequences to their health or the safety of the nation be damned.

  8. Re:More /. greying on Why Your Call Center is Only Getting Noisier (mckinsey.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the low level minions who get spit up and chewed out in favor of H1Bs.

    Doesn't matter how good you are. When you hit 40 you're either going to live in management or be outsourced to younger 'more capable' H1Bs.

    Failing to understand that perception is reality in the corporate world tells me you are posting from an imaginary idea of the workplace that's hiring the H1Bs.

  9. Suicide Risk Management on Donald Trump Says US Military Will Not Allow Transgender People To Serve (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This is potentially a good thing but for the wrong reason.

    Suicide rates are tremendously high for soldiers, and tremendously high for Trans individuals.

    Placing one demographic that has a disproportionately high suicide rate into an industry/profession that is renown for generating a high suicide rate in previously healthy individuals does not seem to be a recipe for success IMHO.

  10. Re:Reverse the role on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    I have an issue with this right now. They used my email address as a 'spam catch'. I am seriously considering messing with this person as well. It's getting old.

  11. Re:Nice objective submission on Drupal Developers Still Rebelling Against Drupal Leadership · · Score: 1

    Here's some work that was written about the issue a long time ago:

    http://www.wilhelmreichtrust.o...

  12. Re:"more arrests as AlphaBay users are tracked dow on AlphaBay Owner Used Email Address For Both AlphaBay and LinkedIn Profile. · · Score: 1

    I raise you one 'people with good intentions'. :)

  13. Re:"more arrests as AlphaBay users are tracked dow on AlphaBay Owner Used Email Address For Both AlphaBay and LinkedIn Profile. · · Score: 1

    I see your 'sarcasm' and raise you one 'excess of caution'.

  14. Re:Shorting Amazon today on Amazon Is Getting Too Big and the Government Is Talking About It (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Individually we all know these things happen.

    Though, it doesn't mean you need to be paranoid about it happening with Amazon.

    With the number of people on this Earth it's going to be natural for companies with a global reach to appear to be growing into a giant like you describe. But lets face it. Amazon's spending and internal balance sheet proves that it's not 'Rockefeller big'.

    Wal Mart and whole foods will have a valid business model if the power goes out, or the Internet is turned off. Think about that for a bit.

  15. At first I was really warming to having friendly relations with Russia, but now it occurs to me.

    Without a nuclear peer state to nuke the shit out of infrastructure we will never get the reset from this 'cashless' madness and other big business schemes without having to do the work ourselves.

    Fuck.

  16. Here we go again. on Amazon Prime Is a Blessing and a Curse For Remote Towns (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Queue the slew of ebil (corp) doing ebil hurtful things pandering for the destruction of the ebil (corp).

    First it was uber, now it's Amazon?

    Grab your torches and pitch-forks and rall... Uhg to hell with it. Tired of railing at whatever (corp) is deemed ebil of the week.

  17. Re:Shorting Amazon today on Amazon Is Getting Too Big and the Government Is Talking About It (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    An imaginary scenario is still imaginary.

  18. Re:Shorting Amazon today on Amazon Is Getting Too Big and the Government Is Talking About It (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you for stating it so succinctly.

  19. Re:Shorting Amazon today on Amazon Is Getting Too Big and the Government Is Talking About It (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This.

    You don't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

  20. Re:More alarmist nonsense on Era of 'Biological Annihilation' Is Underway, Scientists Warn (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    This. So much this.

    But if we could stop using pesticides that would be great too.

  21. Re:To be recursively applied on Germany Says Cyber Threat Greater Than Expected, More Firms Affected (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there are appropriate expressions for the practice of inferring the truth value of a statement based on the source of the statement

    Madam Cleo passed away in 2016.

    Sadly not a new phenomenon and very popular among people who hind their denialism behind the label of scepticism. Simply refuse and deny everything without having to bother looking into the matter.

    Nothing new of course, and skepticism is an important tool towards uncovering the truth. I doubt you're going to trust some homeless guy on the street telling you things. What is it about a corporation that brings 'credibility' to the stories it tells?

    In all reality it's groups of echo chambers where people flock to be told what they already believe. 'Skepticism' rarely enters their thought process as their confirmation bias gets an endorphin drip.

    Having worked in the entertainment industry I know, and have seen what is done to promote new shows, boost existing shows and what happens to 'hosts' that don't tow the marketing line. Generate viewership, boost the ratings, charge more for ads, which fills the paychecks.

    It's all about the paycheck. nothing more.

    If the truth happens to find it's way in there it's either by accident, or they need just that little bit to make their spin somewhat plausible.

  22. Re:To be recursively applied on Germany Says Cyber Threat Greater Than Expected, More Firms Affected (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    detailed, balanced, well-reasoned and well-contextualised explanations based on a large body of observations.

    You're referring to science, not the entertainment industry. I have worked in the latter. I promise you, it's all about the dollar. No matter what.

    Everything you hear on the radio and see on TV is literally bullshit designed to maximize viewership, and hence profits. Nothing more, nothing less.

    I applaud your naivety though. I remember being that young.

  23. Re:With a grain of salt on Germany Says Cyber Threat Greater Than Expected, More Firms Affected (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
  24. With a grain of salt on Germany Says Cyber Threat Greater Than Expected, More Firms Affected (reuters.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    There's just so much bullshit anymore it's nearly impossible to accept anything as fact unless it's witnessed first hand.

    Anything any governmental body says is garbage, and anything the entertainment media says about it is even more garbage just decorated with spin.

  25. But there were supposed to be five armies in this battle...