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  1. not farmbot. on Robot Ranchers Monitor Animals On Giant Australian Farms (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    there are already at least two different robots dubbed "farmbot" so in the /. fashion, i dub this robot YARNFB (Yet Another Robot Named FarmBot)

  2. Re:Investors expect a return on Xiaomi Revenues Were Flat in 2015 (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Because investors don't invest in a company to maintain the status quo

    last time i checked, /. isn't marketwatch.com, so fuck the investors because they are parasites on society.

  3. expecting eternal increases? on Xiaomi Revenues Were Flat in 2015 (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    what is with the retarded notion that if you aren't making significantly more money than you made last year that you are somehow not being profitable enough? i feel like everyone started plotting only profit increases from last year on logarithmic charts and declaring every company but their favorite unicorn is going under.

  4. typical! on Attackers Steal $12.7M In Massive ATM Heist (mainichi.jp) · · Score: 1

    When are these fools going to learn to only deploy massless ATMs? #OnlyReadTheHeadline

  5. Massive ATM Heist? on Attackers Steal $12.7M In Massive ATM Heist (mainichi.jp) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why did they put $12.7M in one massive ATM? come on, that's just stupid! #OnlyReadTheHeadline

  6. I've got them beat. on Researchers Generate Electricity Using Seawater and Sunlight · · Score: 2

    I know how to generate electricity using sunlight and no seawater at all!

  7. "new and improved!" on Fake Facebook Event Draws Police, Spawns New Meme (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman, who said this might have been the first incident of its kind in his 35-year tenure, was concerned there might be a problem with the elevator's design and that, if so, other elevators might be affected. The elevator at issue has been in use since at least March 2015, when the building opened.

    "We would usually do an elevator rescue in older buildings with antiquated ... elevators," Schapelhouman told The Daily News. "Especially, when this is a brand-new, state-of-the-art building ... that's not good that something's not releasing on the elevator. Is that a one-off or is it a flaw of the elevator?"

    sounds like they found a bug in their fancypants system with mediocre QA.

  8. it was never about money on Linux Advocate Suggests Using More Closed-Source Software (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What he seems to be missing entirely is that free software isn't about the money, it's about freedom. I admit I've used closed software when it was convenient, even one of the programs he listed, Insync. It seemed like it was a perfect solution but after a while I ran into performance issues and without being able to debug the process to identify the cause, I could only report the bug as best I could which resulted in a "can't reproduce, ticket closed" situation. So now, I have software that works kinda but I cannot fix or even say what needs to be fixed. This is the true cost of closed-source software.

  9. foolish on Civil Liberties Expert Argues Snowden Was Wrong (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "The more I worked with the NSA, the more respect I had for them as far as staying within the bounds of what they were authorized to do.

    that's great and all but just because you can doesn't mean you should. i fail to see how he doesn't understand this.

  10. I had no idea... on Microsoft Finds Legal Path To Launch Minecraft In China (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    that bribes were legal in China.

  11. Re:Yucca Mountain was always vaporware. on Scientists Say Nuclear Fuel Pools Pose Safety, Health Risks (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But it was never actually going to be built

    ACs are so ignorant. it was partially build

  12. wait a second... on Wristband Gives You An Electric Shock When You Overspend (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    does it shock you as soon as it's first put on because you spent $200 on a shitty gimmick that won't work?

  13. at last! on Real-Life RoboCop Guards Shopping Centers In California (metro.co.uk) · · Score: 2
  14. ah scramjets on Superjet Technology Nears Reality After Successful Australia Test (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Informative
  15. can't fuck it on Humanoid 'Pepper' Robot Needs US Android Programmers (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Time for a reminder on Europa's Ocean Chemistry Could Be Earth-Like (discovery.com) · · Score: 1

    the from the director's cut was much better:
    "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. FOR THIS IS MY FRONT YARD."

  17. should count as something on Twitter To Stop Counting Photos And Links In 140-Character Limit (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    i certainly hope they aren't saying you can include as many links/images per tweet as you want or idiots will start putting several links in every tweet. the upside is that this could do away with link indirection which is just masking your true destination.

  18. a "Gamertag" is a username for Xbox Live.

  19. It seems like he's trying to be a con-man, and doing a real bad job of it.

    the truth is we don't know what he was trying to do. maybe he was trying to point out that the media isn't tech savvy and it blew up in his face or maybe he did it for the lulz, we really don't know. the only thing we do know is that he's not a credible source of information.

  20. Re:"The G part stands for GNU?" on Oracle V. Google Being Decided By Clueless Judge and Jury (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Honestly, I think we made our beds, and now we're being forced to sleep in them.

    I think you mean YABWBFSI (Yet Another Bed We're Begin Forced to Sleep In). ;)

  21. Re:Still no official Windows client? on EFF Announces Certbot Client For Let's Encrypt (eff.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, there's several unofficial Windows clients, but am I supposed to trust them

    seems like that would be on par with trusting Windows.

    which one is the best?

    the official one for Linux.

  22. distributions, not operating systems! on ZFS For Linux Finally Lands In Debian GNU/Linux Repos (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    For those not in the known, ZFS on Linux is the official OpenZFS implementation for Linux, which promises to offer native ZFS filesystem support for any Linux distribution, currently supporting Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, openSUSE, and now Debian

    FTFY

  23. and I can confirm the meeting was held at a secret base, located underneath a volcano.

  24. Nobody to blame but themselves on Second Bank Hit By 'Sophisticated' Malware Attack, Says Swift (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, attacks on bank network security started when they first had bank networks. There is no legitimate excuse for not have impenetrable systems by now. Before anyone says it, yes there is such a thing as bug free software because NASA makes it and their budget is miniscule in comparison to banks!

  25. autonomous cars can't arrive soon enough on The NYPD Was Ticketing Legally Parked Cars; Open Data Put an End to It (tumblr.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm looking forward to autonomous cars driving a stake into the hearts of vampiric police departments... but only after proclaiming, "here are your 30 pieces of silver, you Judas!" and dumping a bag of silver coins on their searing flesh. It really is the most satisfying way to pay parking tickets.