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  1. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/...

    TLDR: Antarctica is a desert.

  2. Re:Employers are full of shit. on US Employers Struggle To Match Workers With Open Jobs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Before my most recent job, I got laid off and had savings, didn't feel like working. So I took a year off and helped my girlfriend spin up a new business. After my year was up, I interviewed at a local company that seemed like a good fit, and despite totally biffing one technical question (at the time I couldn't see a better than n^2 solution though went home and coded up a linear one) I got the job. So, despite being a highly paid engineer, they seemed ok with the fact that I spent a year as an unpaid "shopgirl".

    But yeah, anecdotes aren't data.

  3. Re:It'll flop. on Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade For Its TV Box (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I pay for (IIRC) the cheapest Comcast internet only deal I can ($50/month) and get 120Mbits

  4. Most definitely giving up live tv... on Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I gave up live TV when I first got a Tivo back in '99 or 2000. Even things I wanted to watch "right away" I'd wait about 20 minutes after start on an hour show to skip all the commercials. I gave up cable/satellite ~8 years ago when the ex left and my daughter moved out. Even radio is something I can't stand, using podcasts as a substitute.

  5. Re: We need to get with the times. on Behind the Hype of 'Lab-Grown' Meat (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Serious question, Why? The ecological impacts of meat are well known, and while eating meat certainly won't kill you, all of a sudden increasing your consumption by 1 steer/year for every vegan seems excessive and likely health impacting.

  6. Re:NFW on Why AI Won't Take Over The Earth (ssrn.com) · · Score: 1

    Pedantic: We have working fusion reactors today, and we have had them for years.

  7. Link to said unedited video?

  8. I agree with most of what you've written, I'd just take issue with: "It's an act of statism." Anarchic violence isn't an act of statism. Violence isn't always in the service of statism.

  9. Re:iPod Shuffle could fit in Air Pods today on Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Handbrake has presets for various Apple devices.

  10. Re:iPod Shuffle could fit in Air Pods today on Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You should be able to transcode the videos with Handbrake

  11. Re:"brand new" on Apple's Shares Rise On Better-Than-Expected iPhone Sales (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    I think my Tacoma is much older than 6 years, it's got 170K miles on it, but I don't remember what year. It didn't come with USB, nor Bluetooth.

    However, for $99 and about an hour of my time I put an aftermarket stereo in it with Bluetooth and USB. Totally worth it.

  12. Re: Why does it even send the info back to iRobot? on Roomba Is No Spy: CEO Says iRobot Will Never Sell Your Data (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The cheap ones didn't. Not sure about now.

  13. Re:oh? on Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I did. I bought a Nano just a month ago to use with my Airpods, since my 6th gen doesn't have bluetooth. But the podcast app on it sucked, so I returned it.

  14. Re:u dont need an ipod on Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't carry my phone when I run. My iPod Shuffle, clipped to my hat works great for that.

    I've got a 6th-gen Nano in the car for podcasts. The iPhone Podcasts app is shite, so I prefer the nano.

  15. Re: Someone is attempting to hack everything on Should We Ignore the South Carolina Election Hacking Story? (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    A USB port is fine, as long as you have the key to open the metal box (which should sound a buzzer) to get to it.

  16. Re:Someone is attempting to hack everything on Should We Ignore the South Carolina Election Hacking Story? (securityledger.com) · · Score: 2

    Election computers should be different, because they shouldn't be attached to the internet!

  17. Re:Voluntary Contract on California Lawsuit Wants To Weaken Noncompetes (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Same reason why it's not legal to sell your heart or lungs.

  18. Re:Effects on overall speed? on OpenBSD Will Get Unique Kernels On Each Reboot (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    If you install a kernel manually, it'll be used until you re-activate the random-kernel setup.

  19. Re:The priesthood has spoken on New Study Confirms the Oceans Are Warming Rapidly (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Are there any conditions under which you believe it would be right/correct for the state to deprive an individual of the right to own a gun?
    Are there any firearms which you believe an individual should not have the right to own?

  20. I'm fine with blasphemy laws... on Man Sentenced to Death For Blasphemous Facebook Comments In Pakistan (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Assuming the victim does all the charging and enforcement.

  21. Re:good example... on Man Sentenced to Death For Blasphemous Facebook Comments In Pakistan (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll note that the GP post didn't advocate outlawing religion, just abolishing. I want to eliminate all religious people, but not by murder or coercion, but by education and reason.

  22. Prograph by TGS Systems on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Way To Write Working Code By Drawing Flow Charts? · · Score: 1
  23. But my passcode is "I killed Scalia"

  24. Re:12 cores, not 8 on The Mac Pro Is Getting a Major Do-Over (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell, my Apple //e with a single 5.25" drive and a green monitor was $2500...

  25. Re:Next up... on 'Verified' Is Now a Derogatory Term on Twitter (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Definitely