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  1. Re:Siiiiigh on Bill Gates Just Bought 25,000 Acres in the Arizona Desert (kgw.com) · · Score: 1

    I had the misfortune of living in NJ (Princeton) for a short time.

    People smoked at work and the company wouldn't do anything unless forced by the state. Maybe this has since changed.

    Restaurants advertised as a *feature* that they had no non-smoking section.

    I saw a guy in a suit pull his BMW over on the side of a road so he could jump out and steal 4 ears of corn from a field.

  2. Re:Cue the skeptics on Google Working To Remove MINIX-Based ME From Intel Platforms (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    How is this different from the SMASH-based BMCs built into branded servers for the last 15 years? iLO, ILOM, IMM, DRAC, etc.

  3. Re:That's called the 'Clathrate Gun Hypothesis' on Can Japan Burn Flammable Ice For Energy? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder about the mining / extraction, if it would release a nontrivial amount of non-captured methane into the atmosphere.

  4. Re:As usual you have to determine cost/benefit on Can Japan Burn Flammable Ice For Energy? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one of the reasons why sugar-produced ethanol as fuel doesn't make much sense.

  5. I've had two HP printers. Never again. Shitty OSX drivers, multiple ink colors tied to each other in a single cartridge.

  6. Re: cause my boss likes us here on Ask Slashdot: Why Do We Still Commute? (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    This. It also disproportionally yet conveniently affects people who are older, have families and mortgages. Ie those who cost more in salary and benefits and are less likely to work 60 hour weeks.

  7. Re:Might explain something that's always mystified on 'Discovery of the Century': Mysterious Void Discovered In Egypt's Great Pyramid (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    The location and shape, along with the newness of this tech make me wonder if the readings might not be a reflection / shadow effect of the gallery, though given what's written that seems unlikely.

    I've long wondered about the nasty entrance that was hacked/blasted -- how those involved decided where to bore and why they thought it was a good idea.

  8. Obligatory Goa'uld reference.

  9. Re:HDMI on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Because ARC is scantily documented and rarely works.

  10. Re:dongle on The Impossible Dream of USB-C (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Dropbox ftw.

  11. Re:USB-A did not "just work" at outset either. on The Impossible Dream of USB-C (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    How do you reconcile this idea with the OWC USB-C dock not working with the 2016 15" MBP?

  12. Re:They have retconned massive amounts of technolo on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The animated series showed what was effectively a holodeck.

    As was experienced with Enterprise, the creators are stuck between a rock and a hard place -- managing strict canon and timeline adherence vs being visually modern enough to not look dated to today's viewers. Things like this I notice, but the elephant in the room is the whole spore drive insanity.

  13. When cameras repeatedly show sociopathic cops shooting non-dangerous people for being disabled or black, and get away with it, that's what makes them useless.

  14. Re:The Mac Is Dead on Tim Cook Confirms the Mac Mini Isn't Dead (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Moreover they've lost the leads they had in the existing product lines. A $1k iPhone X with questionable facial recognition doesn't help compete against shitty Android phone, nor do their other product lines that are increasingly falling behind the pack. Look at what they've done -- and failed to do -- with the MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro. Trivial or pointless 'updates' with price increases just drive people to subject themselves to MS Windows or Linux instead.

  15. Re:Opportunist confirms on Tim Cook Confirms the Mac Mini Isn't Dead (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    This. And it's a sad thing.

  16. Re: never had it on NYT Op-Ed Argues Amazon 'Took Seattle's Soul' (bendbulletin.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft took the soul years before Amazon drove the last nail in the coffin.

    Between the two of them they've created a class of haves and have-nots far beyond their hallways. A growing number of medical providers take only their insurance -- why go through the hassle of taking anyone else's when dealing with just one is an ample cash cow? That reduces the ability of others to get services.

    My college had an alumni event on an Argosy cruise. I was denied boarding because I wasn't with Microsoft -- the cruise people heard "School of Computer Science" and wrote down "Microsoft". The inner party / outer party / proles segregation started long before Amazon, as did the inflation of housing prices. Fifteen years ago I read that King County was 4th in the country with millionaires -- 68000 of them. That does not benefit the rest of us, it just prices housing out of reach.

    A small fraction of Amazon's employees, the few citizens they let in, are paid well, if they can survive long enough for their RSUs to start vesting. The rest, the h1-b grunts, not so much.

  17. Re:You've explained it perfectly.. on A 14-Year-Old Asks: When Should I Get a VPN? · · Score: 1

    And there are lots of ads out there for VPN providers. How many of them are legit, and how many are at least as bad as the problems a VPN (well, strictly speaking a tunnel) is designed to address?

  18. Re:How much does Bill Gates understand about... on Bill Gates Tries A(nother) Billion-Dollar Plan To Reform Education (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Gates is a sociopath who was in the right place at the right time. Clever, yes. Maybe even smart.

    I've seen Myhrvold, he's a douchenozzle.

    If Gates really wanted to change education, instead of trying to make it yet another Microsoft the way he has his wife's foundation, he'd put out a hit on DeVos. It'd cost less and be way more effective.

  19. Re:Here's a billion dollar idea: on Bill Gates Tries A(nother) Billion-Dollar Plan To Reform Education (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    When teachers can't afford to live within 30 miles of their kids, no they aren't paid okay.

  20. Re:Here's a billion dollar idea: on Bill Gates Tries A(nother) Billion-Dollar Plan To Reform Education (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If the GP were serious about culling the weak, he'd look in a mirror and get a prescription for Seconal. Or would remove Betsy DeVos from the herd before she succeeds in setting us back a hundred years.

    It wasn't that long ago that educating black children was viewed as a waste of money. The GP's verbal diarrhea is no different.

  21. Re:Here's a billion dollar idea: on Bill Gates Tries A(nother) Billion-Dollar Plan To Reform Education (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    What a jackass. There are a wide range of disabilities and the gross generalizations above are ludicrous as is a presumption of failure. I'm guessing you actually even use the R word. If it were YOUR kid targeted by Betsy DeVos you'd feel differently. IEP's are designed for an individual's needs. And what about the individuals who have GREATER than average mental "potential" but need help in other areas?

    Here's an idea. Let's instead take away the money spent on the handjobs-for-bullies program, aka high school football.

  22. Re:Share the backend code? on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Apply For A Job When Your Code Samples Suck? · · Score: 1

    Because we all totally should be working 80 hour weeks, health and family be damned?
    And because nobody who isn't a hardcore developer should ever be hired for any role?

  23. Re:Share the backend code? on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Apply For A Job When Your Code Samples Suck? · · Score: 1

    Because you prefer candidates that don't have families or other committments?

  24. Re:Another reason why cash is garbage on In a Cashless World, You'd Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out (mises.org) · · Score: 1

    Gasoline is good for what, 2 years maybe before it degrades?

  25. Re:Few people cares on Microwave Tech Could Produce 40TB Hard Drives In the Near Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Consumers who care are using SSDs already.

    Higher performance -- until you have to seek. Or if you aren't the only one using the drive. Interface speeds do not keep up with capacity increases.