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

    It's called a risk, not interested, go work in a call center somewhere mid-west and you'd make plenty of money to drive around town. The problem is that everyone is flocking there in the hopes to hit it big, Silicon Valley is the 21st century Hollywood - some of you will just end up doing porno, some of you will end up paid okay for an extra role somewhere and very very few of you will end up making it big, and even if you are hitting it big, most of those people will still end up wasting it and at best end up being a beat cop on a reality TV show.

  2. Re:NY Times releases classified leaks all the time on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they went after the left and veered from the message the media was publishing that day. Assange was fine during the Bush era, not so good during Obama's tenure. Even today CNN is trying to pin this one on Trump, even though Wikileaks proper has been pretty much dead for 7 years (Clinton and Manning releases were only re-published on Wikileaks).

  3. Re:Good News on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    It didn't go wrong. Public perception aka the media changed their tune when it was clear they weren't politically affiliated with the left. Assange was public media darling during the Bush era releases but the same releases when Obama expanded upon the Bush wars didn't get any attention and when the Clinton thing came out, Wikileaks wasn't a 'good thing' anymore.

  4. Re: You have that backwards on Mitch McConnell: Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill is 'Dead on Arrival' in Senate (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's your opinion. The market will always favor whatever people want to buy. If you don't want to buy x because of reasons, someone will fill that niche. If environmental impact becomes a problem, markets will change accordingly but the market thus far has produced things that benefit the environment compared to eg the 50s simply due to economics.

  5. Re: Good luck with that on Microsoft Drops 'Safe Removal' of USB Drives As Default In Windows 10 1809 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    The point is that when the dialog indicating a copy disappears, then the copy is complete. Since Windows 95 that hasn't been the case, even on slow media like floppies, Windows would have a write cache and finish a write when the system was "less busy".

  6. JetBrains much better on Microsoft Launches Visual Studio 2019 For Windows and Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I've tried over the years to use Microsoft IDE because people keep raving about it but they've never used JetBrains' suite of products or even simply Eclipse. Especially if you're more than just .NET (most enterprises work in mixtures of .NET, Java, HTML and PHP). They've also worked on Mac and Windows and Linux for a really long time.

    Also, their support sucks whereas JetBrains has a direct-to-engineer support. If you're going to pay for something, at least look around.

  7. So Google has 1000s of alt-leftists on Google Employees Are Lining Up To Trash Google's AI Ethics Council (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Color me surprised. It's illegal to discriminate against people based on their political views in California so these signatories, if holding a managerial position could be putting the company at great risk of a lawsuit.

  8. Re:Why does Apple get a pass? on iPad Mini Makes Two Common Repairs 'Unnecessarily Difficult,' Says iFixit (cnet.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Obviously we're not getting articles about the Dell, Samsung etc primarily because they're irrelevant to most of us, any of the thousands of models they have gets barely a percentage of the market whereas apple has 2 or 3 models take up 50% of the market.

    But yeah, they're not at all serviceable, you can't even find an iFixit tear down or parts for many. Apple gear is surprisingly fixable even though iFixit says it's getting harder as they cram more and more parts, you can typically replace a battery or screen in less than an hour with the right tools and minimal experience.

  9. Re: on the right to repair... on iPad Mini Makes Two Common Repairs 'Unnecessarily Difficult,' Says iFixit (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    That has nothing to do with free markets though. Government has a function, namely to protect me from you to a certain extent as well as to provide emergency and common life-supporting services. Where the boundaries between community and personal service lie is up to (some) debate but government shouldn't be targeting particular industries or individuals in any direction.

    Government is generally bad at everything, they should not get involved in the details of the market because they are too slow and bureaucratic to do anything timely. They should make sure the markets operate as fair as possible though.

  10. Re:Like what exactly? on iPad Mini Makes Two Common Repairs 'Unnecessarily Difficult,' Says iFixit (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure if you've seen modern PCs or toilets for that matter. Even simple stuff like dual flush systems are impossible to repair when a gasket or the plunger goes (it's also all plastic) and you just have to buy an entirely new one.

  11. Re: IT'S THE LYING, YOU LYING FAGGOT. on Burger King is Testing a Vegetarian Whopper Made With Impossible Burger (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    The TDS is strong in this one. Mueller didn't deliver the verdict you wanted either? Must all be part of the conspiracy.

  12. Re: Burgers don't bleed on Burger King is Testing a Vegetarian Whopper Made With Impossible Burger (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Steak tartare typically also gets added spices and some type of pH modifier (typically pickled something, raw onions etc).

    What the guy above says is bullshit, you can eat rare meats (even pork and chicken to some extent can have some pink) as long as you know it's sourced and handled properly and heated through unless you have some form of high risk due to medical reasons, your stomach acid should kill any remaining bacteria.

    Obviously, Wal-Mart grade beef that has a sheen to it I wouldn't eat raw either.

  13. Re:The exploding cost of education on More Colleges Try Forgoing Tuition For A Percentage of Future Income (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    The government backing loans always leads to a bubble. Houses were increasing prices beyond their value due to banks having to give out loans at gunpoint to people that weren't qualified in the name of equality and social justice for all.

    Same is happening in schools, government is forcing massive debt on the economy by forcing loans for people that don't qualify (either by intelligence or degree) and don't have the means to repay it. The colleges just want to collect the money since they're not holding the bag and they keep people going for years collecting money from the bank instead of telling them their dance theory degree won't help them get a job and banks are just going to get bailed out anyway.

  14. The lower classes can still take out a loan. State backing of bad loans leads to bubbles and crashes, like they did for the housing crisis - everyone has to have a loan, then you force banks to be creative with the risk.

  15. It doesn't depend on their success. It's just a loan where you incur interest over the period of your education without having to make payments and you have to pay it back by a certain due date, they just have an agreement that once you have a job, they will start collecting direct from your paycheck.

  16. Re:What have you got to hide? on Tenants Outraged Over New York Landlord's Plan To Install Facial Recognition Technology (gothamist.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Exactly - as long as you're not violating laws. Subleasing, AirBnB etc is a real problem for landlords and rent controlled is already scraping the bottom of the barrel of both tenants and landlord profits.

  17. The goal of jail is to keep dangerous people away from society, not integrate or become an extension of it. If I go to jail and call on the phone, watch tv, see loved ones, surf the web all while getting a roof, heat, medical care and regular nutritious meals then what's the incentive of staying out?

    You get your time, your visitors, phone calls should be part of the visitation times you get. Rest of the time should be reflection in your cell on the decisions made.

  18. Re:Apple is on a downhill trajectory on Apple Cancels Long-delayed AirPower Charging Mat (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And a Palm Pilot is just a notebook with electronics and a cell phone is a landline with the wire cut.

    Apple has been innovative in the sense that they know what people want out of the product and develop it out. There were cell phones and smart phones when the iPhone came out (most notably Windows Mobile) but they sucked and nobody wanted to buy one, they were indeed a Palm Pilot and a Cell Phone in one package but the software treated it as two different modules, no integration, you had to sync contacts manually on and off the SIM card, if you were lucky you got IR to work to transfer data from your computer, but otherwise you had a serial connection (yes a 9-pin D-Sub) to use it.

    Computers existed before the Apple II but they were for geeks and curiosity. Nobody knew how to put them in the classroom, living room and make it usable.

  19. Re:You're asking the wrong question on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Suggest Making Rugged, Weather-Resistant ARM Systems? · · Score: 1

    A lot of camera systems simply come in a case with their own heater systems and the 'guts' are simply standard cameras. That's presuming you can power the system reliably.

    Heating a thing is easy, cooling is typically a harder engineering problem although I agree for the use case he mentioned, I highly doubt you have that much of a thermal envelope.

  20. You may care but you obviously don't understand the issues at hand which is typical for people on your side of the aisle. There is ALWAYS more than a binary cause and solution to the problem.

  21. Re:It's the lack of upgrades on Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair Legislation (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple generally takes them apart for parts and recycles the metal, then all they have to do for a refurb (actually they sell those models in India as 'brand new') is put a new case and battery in it.

  22. Re:It's the lack of upgrades on Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair Legislation (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not quite that bad, the spare parts for any business are higher cost than third party, partially because they have to actually stock them and partially because they require much better QC. Try to buy these spare batteries and displays from an off-brand third party, check the Amazon reviews - 15-25% one star saying it doesn't work, doesn't work well, has all sorts of flaws (dead pixels on screens or low capacity on batteries) and are more often than not simply refurbished or even stolen parts.

    This isn't unique to Apple, Dell, IBM and HP all does the same on their computers. They also have a qualified tech do the work, if you have a business account, on-site next business day which adds to the cost of the 'replacement part'.

  23. Re:my raspberry pi & 3D printer says on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Suggest Making Rugged, Weather-Resistant ARM Systems? · · Score: 1

    That plastic will bleach, crack (become permeable) and melt in direct sunlight. Plastic in UV light degrades.

  24. Talk to an engineer on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Suggest Making Rugged, Weather-Resistant ARM Systems? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are plenty of industrial manufacturers that will get you a custom chip in an IP65 enclosure. My company does these things all the time, but it's a bit more complicated than just putting something in a box. You have to spec the comms, peripherals, serviceability, lifetime, support, software, updates, ...

    Fans on top of fan-less design is a bit weird partially because you're going to sacrifice your IP rating and your fan shorting out or seizing up could bring the power and thus the system down. Also a fan is for moving hot air out and cooler air in. An ARM chip in most data collection circumstances won't get as hot as an asphalt highway in summer so you're just exchanging hot air for hot(ter) air, what's the point of a fan?

  25. Sounds like your bud has some other problems as well. No way you can't find a job if you have any experience, degree or training certification. We have a hard time filling openings, our HR department is a bit slow and candidates get scooped not even a week after being available and this is an issue across the country.

    My local McD is advertising $12.60, Walmart $15 as a minimum and I don't even live in any big city. If you want to work you can.