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  1. Re:Peoples Republic of Commiefornia on California To Adopt First US Energy-Saving Rules For Computers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. CA has a solution looking for a problem.
    Sure, under CA inflated electricity rates you'll save $40 for an additional $14 in hardware. But in other states you'll save $10 but pay $14. Oh, and lets add the additional design, supply chain changes, etc etc for another $10. So it will cost $24 to save $10. Typical SoCal logic.

  2. Re:news flash - income varies by region on Interns At Tech Companies Are Better Paid Than Most American Workers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in a 2700 sqft house just 10 minutes from work and pay $500/month. Also own 5 acres overlooking a large lake for $200/month. I'm a 2 hour flight from and in the same time zone as Silicon Valley yet they have no interest in opening up jobs here despite the low cost yet high engineering and science skill (I have 3 degrees).

  3. Re:Wait.... I recognize that geometric progression on Google Asked to Remove a Billion 'Pirate' Search Results in a Year (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    So charge for each claim.

  4. Re: Something needs to be done on Google Asked to Remove a Billion 'Pirate' Search Results in a Year (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Provide it to your customers in a way that they'll pay for it. That's already working for Netflix and Pandora. Protecting archaic business models hurts everyone.

  5. Re:Wait, what? on Is Google's AI-Driven Image-Resizing Algorithm Dishonest? (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, they use it in court. I once watched a federal prosecutor use this and lie so blatantly to the court that his own (image) expert witness sued him for false representation. Yet the defendant was still convicted based almost entirely on that upscale image "evidence" and served several years in prison.

  6. Re:2 more I've seen on 'Here Be Dragons': The Seven Most Vexing Problems In Programming (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Every real Software Engineer and Computer Scientist.

  7. Re:Serious he missed the 2 biggest problems I've h on 'Here Be Dragons': The Seven Most Vexing Problems In Programming (infoworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Customers are happy as long as they don't find out that Agile costs 4x more and you're spending 90% of your time code refactoring. Or worse, not refactor and watch the system implode.

  8. SV already seceded by hiding $2 Trillion dollars outside of the USA despite living off of incredible amounts of tax assistance and infrastructure.

    CA wouldn't know how to survive without tax welfare.

  9. Re:No, not all automakers will take that hit on Automakers, Dependent on Mexico, Face a Rougher Road with Trump (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Expensive Green = Brown. It just shifts the extra money to pollute a different place in the supply chain.

    Tesla is not Environmental. If they were then they'd sell electric commuter cars for $10k. Cost is the greatest indicator of environmental impact - and when it isn't, the rules need adjusted so that it is.

  10. Re:It was bound to happen. on Automakers, Dependent on Mexico, Face a Rougher Road with Trump (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Support of that automation requires more training, resulting in more pay. Automation is a great thing. Unfair free trade is a terrible thing. A great example of this was a small engineering group coming up with a moving ladder that tripled fruit picking. 1/3 as many people - and cheaper. Farmers shied away from it because it was simpler to hire illegal aliens.

    Trump got the religion vote because they speak the same language - figurative communication rather than literal. He also supports police and other things that make our homes safer. Clinton/Obama/DOJ incited race wars and gutted our police departments - the corresponding riots and lack of safety terrified us.

    Clinton supported antisocial groups such as Wall Street, BLM, and illegal aliens. That drove away mainstream America.

    Clinton's economic plan was to continue scraping the bottom of this recession. Trump's tax plan is a disaster but otherwise he has listed out many concrete steps to bring back and create jobs.

    The gender, race, and other bits were far worse on the Democrats side - misandry, giving money and safety away to those with a better tan, taking bribes, etc.

    There was a lot of bamboozling from both sides but it came down to who is going to support the majority of people. Same thing as Brexit.

    What scares me is that the Senate has 51 Republicans. The next 2 years comes down to Trump staying the maverick and protecting us from the Corporate Party (Clinton & GOP).

  11. It also burns athletes out faster because they push themselves to the point of injuries.

  12. Re:That's just common sense for crime organization on On Wall Street, a High-Ranking Few Still Avoid Email (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Having half a million bits of information show up on an old investigation is the opposite of your "starting" or "not concrete".

    Can't wait until this election is over and we can get back to being screwed over by the 1% regardless of which corrupt party wins.

  13. Re:and yet... on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    And yet when you get down to it, it's always the progressives and liberals who turn violent when they don't get their way.

    Every time.

    [citation needed]

    (Good fucking luck with that.)

    Simple - search on "BLM". Motto: "Kill White People".

  14. Re:and yet... on Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 (itwire.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Don't be evil", amirite?

    Silicon Valley is no longer part of the USA. They are billionaires that make money off the backs of visas, fail to pay taxes, and destroy American jobs. No different than Wall Street, which has bought off Clinton.

  15. Re:Why is Slashdot anti-trade? on CETA Signed Off As Wallonia Folds Under Pressure (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't forget the $50 Billion in job losses to offset the $25 B in gains. We tried this crap with NAFTA etc and it only benefits the rich.

  16. Re:Renewables will never work on Renewables Overtake Coal As World's Largest Source of Power Capacity (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. The story is about Production - not Consumption. What happens when the sun doesn't shine or wind doesn't blow? Or when it's too much? Energy storage doesn't economically exist and transmission hasn't been rebuilt to handle massive fluctuations.

    It comes down to, locally, renewables costing 60 cents/kw while coal/gas/hydro costs 9 cents/kw. Spending that 51 extra cents/kw not only is an economic waste, but environmental waste back up the supply chain.

    Expensive Green = Brown

  17. Re:Taking CO2 out?? on Global CO2 Concentration Passes Threshold of 400 ppm -- and That's Bad for the Climate (time.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That'd take nuclear - something that intelligent people understand and support, but unfortunately that's a tiny fraction of the voting population.

  18. Agreed. The biggest problem is government subsidies to live in flood areas.

    As for "aggressively tackling" I have to ROFLMAO. Asia continues to build a new coal fire plant every week. I'm more concerned about the pollution they are spewing - there are advisories not to eat fish in USA lakes because of poisoning from Asia energy and manufacturing air pollution.

  19. You forgot to measure. Shifting things a few percentage points changes an election.

  20. Do you really think Facebook has no republican employees and could keep some vast conspiracy hidden?

    Conspiracies involve few people but with incredible power over others - hence the head of Facebook over 1.7 BILLION people.

  21. Why again do we give China favored trade status when all it does is evil?

  22. Re: Oh noes!!!!11111 on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly - and those imported cultures are very misogynist, leading to more women quitting.

    More than 3/4 of software developers leave the industry - there is no recruiting issue, there is a retention issue.

  23. Re:Monopolies are bad on Amazon May Handle 30% Of All US Retail Sales (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I've found pretty much all of that and more, higher quality, usually much lower prices, at my local Costco.

    There's more than one 800 lb gorilla out there.

  24. Re:Interesting, Dave Chappelle. on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, your local peace officers do the right thing. That's their job and there is a multitude of tools, trainings, and stats to back it up.

    OTOH, them wearing body cams is a great way to show the world just how much of an stupid asshole YOU are. I think those should automatically be uploaded to youtube and found by a simple google search by your future employers, possible friends, love interests, family, etc etc. It'll also tie the hands of a peace officer in not being able to let you go with a warning - something that is the most common occurrence today but unfortunately disappearing.

    Don't demand something without accepting reciprocation.

  25. Re:What part of this is hard to understand? on Dutch Net Neutrality Law Goes Too Far Say Critics (telegeography.com) · · Score: 0

    There will always be more content than bandwidth. If you don't have some prioritization then 1 person will destroy many. 1:N or even X:N problem, not 1:1.