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  1. Is that all they wrote in that bill? Must be the shortest bill in history?

    No numbers? Tst, tst, baaad republicans

  2. Re: They are getting their way at last on Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces To Overhaul the Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Take that song and shove that up your ass. How's that for argument?

  3. Re:Take it one step further on 'The Cashless Society is a Con -- and Big Finance is Behind It' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Cashless transactions are trackable by big advertising brother AND by me.

    I have couple of cash transactions regularly occurring in my life and it's an extreme pain in the ass to track.

    Cashless is a trade-off between convenience and privacy

  4. aaalways with the drama, Guardian on 'The Cashless Society is a Con -- and Big Finance is Behind It' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    'The Cashless Society is a Con -- and Big Finance is Behind It'

    It's not a "con", "panacea", "revolution", "leap", "sign of the times" or any other journalist garbage term you invent four times a year.

    It's a complicated process. Stop generalizing it, instead report actual facts, you know, what you are supposed to do, "journalists".

  5. Re: "container with a well crafted seccomp profile on Containers or Virtual Machines: Which is More Secure? (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The notion of self-secure system stinks of utopia. First of all, security of complex system is not a static state it's a dynamic state of an eternal sword and shield fight

  6. Re: Face Palm on New Zealand Firm's Four-Day Week an 'Unmitigated Success' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The goal of society is not justice or fair compensation or happiness or even fastest progress. The goal of society is maintenance of status quo. If you think I am talking about "state" you might be onto something

    All other types of societies are utopias

  7. Re: Here's a thought: on The US is Facing a Serious Shortage of Airline Pilots (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop your crazy talk. It did not work for developers and it won't work for pilots. Better quality of service has never been utmost priority for corporations.

  8. catch one "artist" on Anti-Amazon Graffiti Increasing In Seattle (with Photos) (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Hang him out for three days in front of hus "creative" work.

  9. What's next: cops eating donuts, doctors playing golf?

  10. Of course, it's Detroit on Hackers Stole 600 Gallons of Gas From Detroit Gas Station, Report Says (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, people will be looking for another round of shield-and-sword war with hackers.

    What happened to

    Zwei Dinge erfüllen das Gemüt mit immer neuer und zunehmender Bewunderung und Ehrfurcht, je öfter und anhaltender sich das Nachdenken damit beschäftigt: Der bestirnte Himmel über mir, und das moralische Gesetz in mir

  11. Re:If it were written today on Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    >"Indian Savages"

    The only incorrect identification of native population of United States in this phrase is "Indian".

  12. inb4 she is invited to HuffPost on Game Company Fires Two Employees Who Complained About 'Mansplaining' on Twitter (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Mark my words. She will be hired publicly to some prominent feminist organization despite her reputation as a sexist scum.

  13. She is a sexist scum. Nothing less.

  14. This made my day.

  15. Re: Trump's version of swamp draining... on Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Or, maybe, they did not like what Obama did to the country ao much that they decided that wven Trump is better than another Dem establishment lackey

  16. but i am not away on The Secret to Disconnecting? Bring Back the 'Away' Message (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually need to wear away message IRL so people won't bother me.

  17. Re:I hope this Elon Musk guy ... on Tesla Meets Self-Imposed Deadline For Model 3, Rolls Out 7,000 Cars In a Week (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Well putt, Qbertino. I like that he goes beyond stupid political posturing of wide majority of techno-billionaires and has a constructive approach to politics.

  18. healthy life expectancy on Study Suggests There's No Limit On Longevity (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    I am more interested in that. Does the article mentions Australian centigenarian traveling to Zurich to commit assisted suicide?

  19. Can we have a list of these sites? on Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites In Search Results (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    For science.

  20. some quotes on Ocean Spray On Saturn Moon Contains Crucial Constituents For Life (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://www.nature.com/article...

    The data constrain the macromolecular structure of organics detected in the ice grains

    This makes this sound almost like we can do a long distance crystallography on these.

    Luckily in the article itself it explains that what they mean is the presence of peaks characteristic of aromatic rings and

    hydroxyl (CH2OH+, CH3–CH-OH+), ethoxy or carbonyl functional groups or nitrogen-bearing ions (for example, CH2NH+2 and CH3–CH–NH+..... abundant cationic forms of a benzene ring, phenyl (C6H5+, 77 u) and benzenium (C6H7+, 79 u).

  21. This is the problem on Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal To a Jury of Their Co-Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    American workforce becoming a swamp of useless spineless drones:

    The downsides of appealing include the stress of litigating a case before strangers and against their bosses and trying to get along with your manager after publicly challenging them.

  22. Re:eh? how is this slashdot subject? on Japanese Writing After Murakami (the-tls.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Stanislaw Lem as well. I liked his critical reviews of made up books more then Borges', for obvious reasons.

  23. Re: Experts on WHO Gaming Disorder Listing a 'Moral Panic', Say Experts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a merger. Tabloid - PTB - prols.

  24. Re:I Read IQ84 on Japanese Writing After Murakami (the-tls.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    >Classic example of a mainstream writer thinking that fantasy must be easy because there's no rules and then demonstrating that it isn't and there are.

    Fantasy is the type of suspension of disbelief and the latter is a handicap, not a creative advantage.

    There are no wild cards in art and literature, there are no carte blanches. You have to earn it by your skills of doing the same thing that has been done by thousands before you in a different way.

  25. Re:eh? how is this slashdot subject? on Japanese Writing After Murakami (the-tls.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    >He was able to choose the book, so he ended up writing a book review about a book he completely made up, by an author who didn't exist.

    How original /sarcasm.