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  1. Re:ENOUGH with the politics! on Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour · · Score: 1

    Perhaps in California it's unusual. In Florida there are plenty of IT jobs right at that range. I'm sorry talking about how the average person is getting poorer doesn't do anything for you, but it does for me. This will probably be the most highly commented on article of the day.

  2. Re:"auditing" courses on AP Computer Science Education Scalability: Advantage, Rupert Murdoch? · · Score: 1

    If you audit do you not have to go back and it take the class over again for credit?

  3. Re:Sudafed on Genetically Engineered Yeast Makes It Possible To Brew Morphine · · Score: 1

    When cheap gin first arrived in Europe there was a lot of social decay. When Native Americans first got access to alcohol, lots of problems. In fact these problems seem to persist for generations, but eventually the population in general does not have a problem with the new hard stuff, whatever it may be. I don't advocate abuse of opiates, but the biggest problem these people have is the obscene cost to get their fix. It's not the most dangerous drug out there. It makes people act weird, and that makes us uncomfortable. Because it's not booze, or something.

  4. Re:Defund Amtrak NOW. on Feds Order Amtrak To Turn On System That Would've Prevented Crash · · Score: 1

    Yeah! I don't use interstates either! Why should I have to pay a cent!? /s

  5. Re:Schools that ban game consoles see better resul on Schools That Ban Mobile Phones See Better Academic Results · · Score: 1

    New York mayor Bill de Blasio has lifted a 10-year ban on phones on school premises

    They were banned a decade ago. That's part of how they were able to do the study. It's in the summary. Have your phone on you?

  6. Re:Oh, so now they have money! on Study Reveals Wikimedia Foundation Is 'Awash In Money' · · Score: 1

    Yeah, no one cares they have an endowment. Did you read the summary? The issue is of disclosure.

  7. Re:Call me crazy but... on Examining Costs and Prices For California's High-Speed Rail Project · · Score: 1

    You aren't taking in to account the cost of the car itself, maintenance labor and parts, insurance, towing insurance for long trips, etc.

  8. Re:"Do more with less" on Is IT Work Getting More Stressful, Or Is It the Millennials? · · Score: 1

    It's like this in many other industries too, even thriving ones. It's the new squeeze the worker theme. The older generation is not immune, but successful older people are much less likely to feel the pinch because they have gone on to better jobs/positions.

  9. Re:2-Butoxyethanol on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 1

    I don't know why this is downmodded, it's right on point.

  10. Re:hmmmm on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Indeed. If they contaminate your well to the point the water testing company says its not safe to drink, your property value did just drop. Then they can buy it and get the mineral rights cheap while they stall you for 10 years in court.

  11. Chloramine and lead pipes! on Feds Say It's Time To Cut Back On Fluoride In Drinking Water · · Score: 1

    I'm more concerned about this where I live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm... They have switched over a majority of municipalities to chloramine from chlorine and there is a good body of evidence it can do really bad things. Not directly, but by interacting chemically in different ways than chlorine did.

  12. Re:Growing pains on ESPN Sues Verizon To Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles · · Score: 2

    ESPN makes so much because of the crazy model that's currently in place. It is doubtful they could make as much money "getting on the ball", because a big part of their profits right now are customers that dont even want to be customers. In other words, lock in.

  13. Re:It's simple... on McConnell Introduces Bill To Extend NSA Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Who roused Joseph McCarthy from the grave?

  14. Re:This channel on Why Some Developers Are Live-Streaming Their Coding Sessions · · Score: 1

    I know you jest, but I'm wondering if it really couldn't become a thing. Not 24/7 coding. Systems analysis, modeling, coding, QA, etc.

  15. Re:"lived out high democratic ideals" on The Courage of Bystanders Who Press "Record" · · Score: 1

    How is it blackmail? In this case it appears as though the Police had no idea they were being watched by anything other than their own patrol dash cam (if it was pointed in that direction).

  16. Re:Please.... on The Courage of Bystanders Who Press "Record" · · Score: 1

    What?

  17. Re:Systemic and widespread? on The Courage of Bystanders Who Press "Record" · · Score: 1

    Can they start them much higher though? They already start higher than educators and fire fighters where I am. They can move up the ranks, and then side to side in the private industry making some pretty comfortable money.

  18. Re:Systemic and widespread? on The Courage of Bystanders Who Press "Record" · · Score: 2

    Are you kidding me on #5? My local news often has stories about LEO "doing their job right". Everything from horse and dog training, to helicopter training, to crime scenes. The thing is no one cares. No one cares if anyone does their job right. That's just the news. Most of us have "thankless" feeling jobs.

  19. Re: Lies, bullshit, and more lies ... on With H-1B Cap Hit, Zuckerberg and Ballmer-Led Groups Press For More Tech Visas · · Score: 2

    Take some of that perk money and put it forward training instead of trying to find experienced experts in brand new tech.

  20. Re:Start Menu on Windows 10 Enables Switching Between Desktop and Tablet Modes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bingo. It doesn't have to be the start menu as imagined in 7, but it CAN NOT require you to type to find things. Tap, click, hover, whatever. But keep the original structure of shortcuts.

  21. Re:Of course! on Prison Program Aims To Turn Criminals Into Coders · · Score: 1

    A common attitude is "we already discriminate based on your credit score, age, looks, disability, race, and gender (even though those last 3 aren't supposed to be done). so why not your record?" A lot of rich folks also seem to be truly afraid of those with (notable, not a DUI) criminal records. Like an untouchability in India or something. Source: Charged with 2 felonies 7 years ago.

  22. Hey Devs!!! on Xeroxed Gene May Have Paved the Way For Large Human Brain · · Score: 2

    The "Reply to This" button and the end of the comments are mashing together. So now beta is beta, but original is the new alpha?

  23. Re:Advertising's Big Flaw on Peak Google: The Company's Time At the Top May Be Nearing Its End · · Score: 1

    I took a class in college called Psych of Personal Growth or something like that, the professor had some interesting topics I didn't see coming: one of them was how much we under-estimate marketing's effect on us. This type of emotional advertising is actually the most effective. Think of coke, they get their logo and slogans and products all over the place. In things that have nothing inherently to do with food or beverage even. This creates long-lasting associations, especially in the young. Setting them up for a 'lifetime of coke' hopefully (and often it works). I just had an video of a polar bear drinking it play in my head since I started writing this, and I don't drink the stuff. The hope with emotional advertising being that it appeals to emotions. Down? Grab a coke! Tired? Grab a refreshing coke. Feel like a winner... and on and on. Do you really think these huge companies would do this kind of advertising so much if it wasn't effective? The effectiveness of NEW advertising is (drastically) reduced with age, but there are more younger people and these "emotional advertising bonds" for lack of a better term can persist in people after long after new marketing stops being effective on them ("He only drinks Budweiser".). People tend to under-estimate the effect this has on them greatly.

  24. Re:When did facebook become a right? on EFF: Hundreds of S. Carolina Prisoners Sent To Solitary For Social Media Use · · Score: 0

    Who suggested it was a right?

  25. Re:Terrible names on Windows 10: Charms Bar Removed, No Start Screen For Desktops · · Score: 2

    Im taking a class on Windows 8.1 client administration and its very hard to actually learn this shit for exactly this reason. So many of MS's new names are not even self-descriptive! It's horrible! The MS Press book is written half like a sales pitch. The FOSS world is very far from perfect, but at least the conventions make sense once you learn why they are the way they are. Microsoft's latest round of technologies to lock everything down (a large % of the class) and confuse the shit out of users with marketing gobledeegook! I swear I'd rather be back on 95 than use this latest shit they are serving up (8.1/8), if only there were more viable competitors.