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  1. Re:Young people? What young people? on Should Workplaces Be Re-Defined To Retain Older Tech Workers? (wired.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's going to get really hard to find enough under 30

    Bullshit.

    What's gonna be hard is to find people under 30 without the 50 required years of experience for an entry level position.

  2. Compared to the same number of people in a car, they're WONDERFUL for the environment.

  3. Re:Did anyone think it would be otherwise? on Artificial Intelligence Has Race, Gender Biases (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not so sure about that.
    Africans and African American are two very distinct races genetically.

    So, go take a bunch of people from a culture as genetic stock. Now go ahead and remove any that can't survive a grueling 10 week voyage from the genepool entirely. Next, add selective breeding for about 8 generations as slaveowners try to have the next generation be more efficient laborers.

    When you combine all of those, it drastically changes the genetic composure, enough that I would consider them different races.
    Strong pushes to a genetic pool produce quick results, and there are few pushes stronger than selective breeding.

  4. Re:Trump on illegal immigrants on Trump Plans To Dismantle Obama-Era 'Startup Visa' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't blame people for the sins of their ancestors. I am my own person. I am not my father. I am not my mother. I am not my grandparent.

  5. Well, here's the thing. Legally, other autoinjectors are NOT generic versions of the epipen. As far as the law is concerned, Adrenaclick is a totally different type of medication, and is not a generic version of epipen. There is a "generic" version of the epipen, but it's made by the same company with almost the same cost.

  6. It's more complex than that, if your doctor writes a prescription for an Epipen, you CANNOT choose an alternative delivery method. So yes, there are a good number of people forced to buy the product.

    You would need to convince your doctor to write a prescription for epinephrine instead.

  7. No one is forced to buy the product.

    So, fun fact, in the US, if your doctor writes a prescription for an Epipen, you CANNOT choose an alternative delivery method. So yes, there are a good number of people forced to buy the product.

  8. The problem is they have a psuedo-monopoly due to the way prescriptions work.

    The active ingredient in Epipens is epenephrine, however, when a doctor writes you a prescription for an epipen, it is SPECIFICALLY for an epipen, you cannot get epenephrine syringes instead, you can't get another autoinjector instead, it's ONLY for epipens.

    However, if a prescription for epinephrine is given out, you have some choice over delivery methods.

    So, what happens if the doctor won't give out a standard epenephrine prescription? Well, you have to either buy Epipen, or go without.

  9. Re:Java? on Java 9 Delayed Due To Modularity Controversy (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They're for completely different purposes.

    Webassembly is supposed to replace javascript.

    Java is still used for serverside technologies.

  10. Re:Crappy pentest is crappy on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    1. Was this done with written permission from the network owner? If not, you opened yourself up to legal action by the network owner if they choose to pursue it.

    Listening to SSID broadcast is hardly illegal.

  11. Re:Incoming law enforcement on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We resisted the temptation.

    Either they did log onto the network and were doing some snooping (in which case they may have broken the law), or they didn't and made this up.

    Or, another thing they could have done, is idly listen to the network, and notice that there was printer communication on the network.

  12. Re: Mistaking a large # of people on FCC Says It Was Victim of Cyberattack After John Oliver Show (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't blame the FCC for a website crash they don't own the infrastructure for.

    Sure I can. Don't contract it out in the first place. The FCC is big enough to handle it's own website.

  13. Re:Bad solution in search of a bad idea. on Walmart Wants To Put Sensors On Everything So It Can Automatically Order You Stuff (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait what? That doesn't sound right, do you have evidence of this?

  14. And yet we push them away just as hard, by assuming that any man who wants to work with children for a living is a horrible pedophile.

  15. Re:it's the Linux legal problem on Debian Developer Imprisoned In Russia Over Alleged Role In Riots (itwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, no. You only have to make the source code available if you make the binaries available. Further, things produced by a GPL program aren't necessarily GPLed.

  16. In quite a few states, you actually can legally discriminate based on race for renting, if you live on the property, and are renting out to X or fewer people.

  17. I worry that facebook will use this to try to manipulate elections, by encouraging only people who are likely to vote for X party to vote. Or at least having the feature shown stronger to certain groups.

  18. Re:suure on Class Action Lawsuit Launched Over Forced Windows 10 Upgrades (courthousenews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For people who don't know how to reinstall an OS, it's a daunting task. Especially on laptops, where you need to worry about drivers. Because of that, many users are limited to asking for help from a tech support company, such as geek squad or similar... and that can cost a couple hundred dollars. Almost the price of a new computer.

  19. Re: ... uh on Uber Ex-engineer Who Alleged Sexism Retains Lawyer (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    You're only upset with women because the only lady who'll fuck you is Palmela Handerson.

    Look at this guy! He can't get laid! His opinion must be invalid!

  20. Re:You amerikan infidel on Professors Claim Passive Cooling Breakthrough Via Plastic Film (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but how many is that in Kelvin?

  21. Psst: constitutional ammendments never go to the president.

  22. Re:Why reveal method? on Election Assistance Commission Hacked Using SQL Injection (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I can think of two reasons. One, they wanted to embarrass the commission, SQL injection flaws are seriously novice. Two, they are lying, and want to throw out a red herring.

  23. Re:What about the far-left? on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Political stance usually is. It's be similar to refusing to serve a Democrat. Now, it would be reasonable to not make a cake with democrat logos on it.

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

    Counterpoint: Could it be that depending on race, the differences between the sexes is mitigated or exacerbated?

  25. Re:IT and CS need to be split up on Women in Computing To Decline To 22% by 2025, Study Warns (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    As a recent CS graduate, it's kinda annoying when that happens. The analogy I use to explain it to people is "Race car driver, and engine mechanic, they both do that car thing right? Same thing."