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  1. Re:Seems like a fine line on Jimmy Wales To 'Holistic Healers': Prove Your Claims the Old-Fashioned Way · · Score: 2

    I think there are two problems, the first being the press does not understand science - and hence run stories about wine being great for you without the understanding that the chemical mentioned is present in such minute quantities as to be irrelevant.

    The second issue is that a lot of the public (and hence the press) does not differentiate between proper research and published books or perceived authorities (fuck you Dr Oz and Dr Phil) espousing bullshit.

    In summary - one part snake oil, one part losing nuance.

  2. He's Right on KDE and Canonical Developers Disagree Over Display Server · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The canonical developer said that users don't care which I think is pretty accurate. The majority of users won't care as long as applications run and are responsive.

  3. Education... on Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like this would be an education issue not a hiring issue. e.g. are there really a lot of underemployed / unemployed black or hispanics with CS degrees?

    I suspect the tech industry has a high percentage of minorities due to Indians and other Asians ethnicity.

  4. Broken on Google Android Studio Vs. Eclipse: Which Fits Your Needs? · · Score: 0

    I tried to use Android Studio a few times in the early days but could never get it to launch. Failed with non-helpful errors and none of the solutions

    Full disclosure - I'm an inactive Eclipse committer so while one might argue I have a dog in the race I should also be competent enough to get it to run!

  5. Re:Snowden is a Whistleblower on Snowden A Hero? Gates Says No, Woz Says Yes · · Score: 1

    Meant to say... this is why the hero moniker isn't completely out of place.

  6. Re:Snowden is a Whistleblower on Snowden A Hero? Gates Says No, Woz Says Yes · · Score: 2

    I'd say he's sacrificed more than most whistleblowers as he no longer has the opportunity to live a normal life.

  7. Re:Awesome! on Tested: Asus Chromebox Based On Haswell Core i3 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sure, but then you have the Microsoft Bing ad/spyware.

  8. Point Rocket on SpaceX Wants To Go To Mars — and Has a Plan To Get There · · Score: 1

    Light match. Its the same plan we all have.

  9. Re:Ouya just isn't compelling on Ouya CEO Talks Console's Tough First Year, and Ambitious "Ouya Everywhere" Plan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nothing. They suckered a bunch of people on Kickstarter with a game console based on Android

  10. Re:Alliance@IBM on IBM Begins Layoffs, Questions Arise About Pact With New York · · Score: 4, Funny

    The 80s called. They want to party like its 1999.

  11. Visiting a Site Isn't Cheating on Gabe Newell Responds: Yes, We're Looking For Cheaters Via DNS · · Score: 0

    Are DNS entries really indicative of cheating? It doesn't necessarily follow that someone who has viewed a site about cheating is actually cheating. And now that it is known, it is virtually guaranteed that anyone actually cheating will simply use a secondary PC to surf the sites.

  12. Lack of Understanding of Open Source on Google's Definition of 'Open' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its almost like there is a concerted campaign this month against Android openness - or are journalists seeing buzz around earlier stories and creating more link bait? I think this article and the others all demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding of the open source world.

    There is more than one model, while there are entirely open projects like the Linux kernel, there are also a great many projects with both open and proprietary components. See MySQL, JBoss, Glassfish, Solaris, ExtJS, Nexus, etc., all of these projects are completely functional products but the companies provide additional functionality for profit.

    Android code is available under an OSI license, the code comprises a complete functional product (assuming device drivers, but that isn't Google's responsibility). The Open Source world is driven by contributing back, not by getting everything on a silver platter for free.

  13. Re:Richer on Financing College With a Tax On All Graduates · · Score: 1

    Actually a higher income bracket often comes with a higher % as well.

    Lets be honest here, a pretty significant part of university expenses is not teaching its research. Why should former students be paying for research?

  14. Richer on Financing College With a Tax On All Graduates · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The summary describes why this isn't necessary - college graduates make more money. This means they already pay more taxes.

  15. Re:Or just use an IDE on A Dedicated Shell For Git Commands · · Score: 2

    To me the git integrations in IDEs have never felt quite right, CVS and SVN were great but something doesn't quite fit for the git workflow so I still use cli/gitk/gui 4-years later.

  16. Re:Fruit of the poison tree on DEA Presentation Shows How Agency Hides Investigative Methods From Trial Review · · Score: 1

    Though in this instance by the slides the DEA isn't even informing the prosecutor, they're hiding it from everyone even other officers.

  17. Re:The Revolution will NOT be televised on DEA Presentation Shows How Agency Hides Investigative Methods From Trial Review · · Score: 2

    Shame it isn't televised, the general population might notice.

  18. Re:Point of Sale Network Access on Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach · · Score: 1

    If network access isn't required then all of these PoS attacks are either inside jobs or involve break-ins which hasn't been indicated for any of them.

  19. Point of Sale Network Access on Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach · · Score: 2

    There is an easy solution to this problem - don't put point of sale systems on a network with external access. At the minimum one should limit the network addresses these systems are allowed to access.

  20. Correlation With Mobile on Facebook Is a Plague That'll Burn Out In a Few Years, Says Study · · Score: 1

    I wonder if there is a correlation with the rise of the Facebook mobile applications and a decline in people searching for Facebook. My previous experience has been that a big segment of people don't differentiate between searching for something and visiting the URl directly.

  21. Congradulations on Protesters Show Up At the Doorstep of Google Self-driving Car Engineer · · Score: 1

    Now you have hundreds more cars on the roads.

    I mean really, what can they possibly hope to gain? Without the buses there would be many more cars on the road, or these people would move and local businesses would lose out on the disposable income.

  22. Re:Mircea Popescu is a criminal... nothing more on Romanian Bitcoin Entrepreneur Steps In To Pay OpenBSD Shortfall · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have no idea who any of these posters are but the PR person's posts certainly have all the hallmarks of a scammer.

  23. Swedish banking prize on Nobel Prize Winning Economist: Legalize Sale of Human Organs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seriously, there is no Nobel prize in economics. There is however a prize setup by the Swedish bank hijacking the prestige of real Nobel laureates. Further members of the Nobel family have spoken out against it.

  24. Re:30 Hz on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 1

    Its more than gaming, any movement (i.e. your mouse pointer, scrolling) will appear to be choppy.

  25. 30 Hz on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 0

    Is just painful for use as a monitor as far as I've heard.