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  1. Re:Dang it! on Amazon Finally Makes a Waterproof Kindle (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Same goes for Tolino Vision 3 and 4 HD readers.

  2. I don't know about the USA, but in Germany repealing unconstitutional laws is the job of the Federal Constitutional Court. Judical review is what they do for living.

  3. It has already happened with the CCS standard.

  4. Re:What happens on Dutch Government Confirms Plan To Ban New Petrol, Diesel Cars By 2030 (electrek.co) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe in the USA where it is apparently the norm to repeal decisions of the previous government purely out of spite, but in Europe legislation can easily survive for centuries.

  5. Re: When the New York Times is whining... on EPA Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep, and then suddenly flyash stops being more radioactive.

  6. Re: When the New York Times is whining... on EPA Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is as intellectually dishonest as it gets. At the very end of the article is the clarification:

    As a general clarification, ounce for ounce, coal ash released from a power plant delivers more radiation than nuclear waste shielded via water or dry cask storage.

    Emphasis mine.
    OMG the radiation shielding does its job, who would have thought it.

  7. Being a murdering tyrant is of no importance in the Middle East - this is their default ruler archetype. It has worked previously and would still work if Syria had not been destabilised by a bunch of islamists who have been happily supported by the West until very recently.

    The neonazis aren't officially in charge in Ukraine, but they have been the actual enforcers behind the coup of 2014 (as in armed and violent thugs) and the first few months after, beating up and murdering the opposition. Seen them in Kiev myself during my visit in early 2015.

    And even though they are not officially in charge, they still influence every government decision by threatening with another coup if the government even tries to actually do what they have agreed to (Minsk 2 for example).

    Add to this all the private paramilitary units that differ little from the Freikorps of the interwar Germany or even the Sturmabteilung (The far right political parties in Ukraine are the only ones in Europe having a paramilitary wing officially recognised by the government by making them the national guard) and one really cannot help thinking that the nazis are indeed in charge. This is why the Russian propaganda is so successful in that matter in first place - there is enough truth in it to make it believable.

  8. Re:Mondays are the worst if you make them that way on Mondays Are the Worst, Data Science Proves (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a non-sequitor. I like my job a lot, I still hate mondays. Matter of fact, whenever I took a vacation day on monday, I felt much better for the rest of the work week.

  9. Re:Time Travel is Real? on Carbon-Emitting Soil Could Speed Global Warming, Warns 26-Year Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Dude, you really are stupid.
    Venus was hit by a giant fucking asteroid so hard that it has turned the planet upside down and slowed its rotation so much that its day is longer than its year.

  10. Re:Ecology Always Wins on Carbon-Emitting Soil Could Speed Global Warming, Warns 26-Year Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Arctic would only become arable if you are a caribou and thus can eat lichens and shrubs. Otherwise not so much.

  11. Re: Holy crap... on RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    AOL also sold ICQ to mail.ru years ago, it probably doesn't use the AIM servers anymore.

  12. Re:Holy crap... on RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, ICQ actually still works, it is just that most people have moved away from it. Still remeber my UIN better than my phone number.

  13. Re: Slashdot Died when CmdrTaco Left on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    Brits have always been xenophobic, there was really no need for Russia to do anything. Most people elsewere saw Brexit coming for years.
    Sure, Russia is unhappy about the UK for harboring Chechen terrorists back in the day, and it is reasonable to believe that the Russian foreign intelligence tries to sow dissent in unfriendly countries, but you seriously overestimate their influence in this particular topic. I mean, why would Russia want to make the EU stronger?

  14. Re:What about the process... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    you forgot to add that all of them are building nuclear reactors in their backyards.

  15. Re: Slashdot Died when CmdrTaco Left on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    It is always someone else's fault for you Brits. Never your own.

  16. Re:Slashdot Died when CmdrTaco Left on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    was that me?

  17. Re:No way to win. on Netflix is Raising Its Prices, Again (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    she had a heart?

  18. Re:Ballsy Move on Google Unveils Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL With No Headphone Jack (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Should be okay, Pixel supports AptX as far as I know.

  19. Re:Can't compare capacities between power sources on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    90% happens just during few months. The average capacity factor in France over a year is around 80%.

  20. Re:Can't compare capacities between power sources on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Feels Good Man on Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up With Depression (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The main reason for the USA being successful was getting out of the WW2 unharmed, unlike everybody else. That and the abundance of resources due to a large landmass. Believing that some kind of individualism is responsible is just as ridiculous as believing in a deity.

  22. Re:Not an off the shelf weapon on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Apples and oranges. Finland and Sweden both are settled differently from New Hampshire - there are basicaly a few cities where the population density is very high and a whole lot of empty spaces. New Hampshire is settled much more uniformly in comparison. The largest city in New Hampshire - Manchester - is more or less comparable to Turku. It is difficult to find the statistics for Turku - my Finnish is simpy not good enough for that, has been too long ago and I never have learned the language properly, but given the 70 murders for the whole country and Turku's population, it would be around 3.

    In regards to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia you are absolutely right. These three and Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Croatia have been a big mistake. They are third world shitholes that don't belong in the EU. And yes, I have visited all of them except Bulgaria so I can judge.

    Oh, by the way, the three countries you have mentioned have several other interesting things in common
    1) Their firearm laws are very lax compared to the more civilised EU members
    2) They consider USA being a closer friend than the EU
    3) They have a large chunk of their population that is considered second class citizens, actually mostly not even citizens, but stateless persons who often have no legal chance to get a citizenship despite being born there, have difficulties to get jobs and are actively discriminated against - not quite to the point of Jim Crow laws, but still quite a lot. Sounds familiar?

  23. Re:Not an off the shelf weapon on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    New Hampshire has about as many inhabitants as a large city, but a population density lower than a village. It is difficult to shoot somebody if there is nobody around. Homicide rates of similarly populated areas in Europe (which are seriously difficult to find) are barely above zero. Germany, on the other hand, has an average population density similar to the state of Maryland which has a homicide rate of 8.6, almost 10x higher.

  24. Re:We need more guns on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Apparently you don't know the difference between a disease and a infection. Gun violence may very well be caused by some mental disease and honestly, mentally ill people should not have access to firearms.

  25. Re:Native vs naturalized citizenship on Homeland Security Plans To Collect Immigrants' Social Media Information (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    unfortunately it is non-binding